SAN FRANCISCO — The University of San Francisco volleyball team made it four West Coast Conference wins in a row Wednesday, completing its first season sweep of Pacific with a four-set, 3-1 (24-26, 25-22, 25-17, 25-20) triumph at War Memorial at the Sobrato Center.
 
The Dons (4-2) extended their win streak to four in a row – their longest win streak in WCC play since 2013 (a streak that also included a win over Pacific). Wednesday's win coupled with Tuesday's five-set victory in Stockton marked the Dons' first season sweep over the Tigers (1-3) since they rejoined the WCC for the 2013 season.
 
Good, solid performance coming back after a five-set win," said San Francisco head coach Frank Lavrisha. "Pacific had to kind of get us going for us to wake up and play. It's probably our best workman-like match in a while, to take care of business."
 
The Dons dropped a close first set to Pacific. The Tigers led 20-15, but San Francisco actually fought back with a 5-0 run to take a 22-21 lead. USF was on the verge of taking the first set with a 24-23 advantage, but Pacific did to it what USF did in the fourth set Tuesday, scoring each of the final three points to win, 26-24.
 
San Francisco tightened things up from there to win three sets in a row and take the match. The Dons held Pacific to a .000 hitting percentage in the second set, .028 in the third and -.023 in the fourth for a .031 match hitting percentage. Meanwhile, they topped their first set hitting performance (.167) in each of the final three sets, including a match-best .393 in the third.
 
"We're just better now," said Lavrisha. "We're going to match up better now with some teams that are younger like Pacific. From a historical perspective, (the sweep) is great, but we just want to take it one match at a time and how can we help ourselves get better so when we play the more veteran teams, we can compete better."
 
McKenna Marshall led all players with 15 kills, her sixth double-digit kills performance in as many contests. Anna Dalla Vecchia led USF with 14 digs while fellow Italians Irene Abbruciati (11) and Greta Corti (10) also notched double-figure digs. The Dons' defense had 11 total blocks – its fourth consecutive double-digit blocks showing – and 54 digs (13.5 per set).
 
"I thought we were solid and it was great to see that our two outsides still had enough gas after a five-set match yesterday and traveling," said Lavrisha. "So it's a great sign to see that we're getting into shape and they can handle it mentally as well as physically."
 
The Dons take the weekend off and return to action Tuesday for the first of a back-to-back two-match series at Portland. The road trip will extend to Feb 23 and 24 when they travel to San Diego for another two-match set. Fans can find all live coverage links at USFDons.com.