McMINNVILLE, ORE. – Still searching for their first Northwest Conference win the Wildcats fight to take one set away from the Pioneers of Lewis & Clark but were not able to pull away with the win. 
 
Lewis and Clark took the first set then Linfield fought hard to win the second, but the Pioneers would take the remaining two. 
 
Anikalea Keliiheleua, Brianna Sanford, and Regan Dean each had eight kills for the Wildcats. Hannah Waterman added six more off the bench. 
 
Mattie Kelly and Destyni Grace split time in the setting position for the Wildcats. Kelly recorded 15 assists while Grace had 14.
 
Taylor Souza remains solid on the back line for Linfield picking up a team high 18 digs. 
 
Next
Linfield will travel to George Fox on Friday, September 28^th for another Northwest Conference match up at 7:00 p.m.