Seattle Pacific fought off a match point in the fourth set before coming back to post a 25-14, 23-25, 26-28, 27-25, 15-10 Great Northwest Athletic Conference volleyball win over Northwest Nazarene Saturday at Brougham Pavilion.

Northwest Nazarene (12-8, 5-3), which started the night one-half match back of SPU, slipped into a tie for third-place with Western Washington with the loss.

Seattle Pacific trailed NNU 24-23 in their fourth set before pulling even on a Crusader attack error. Moments later, the Falcons got kills by Amber Johnson and Sarah Risser to earn a 27-25 win and force a fifth set.

In the fifth set, SPU snapped a 4-4 tie on a kill by Risser and led the remainder of the way.

Lindsay Grant led Northwest Nazarene with 20 kills and 30 digs. The Crusaders were also led by Cammy Dranginis with 14 kills and six blocks and Kailey Trautmann with 10 kills and 15 digs. Haley Hevern had a team-high 31 digs.

In addition to her 22 kills, Risser also had 27 digs and was one of four SPU players to record double-doubles.

The Falcons also got 14 kills and 20 digs from Priscilla Collins, a career-high 39 assists and 12 digs from Cortney Weedman and 23 assists and 13 digs from Shelby Swanson. Johnson, meanwhile, chipped in with 14 kills and a team-high five blocks.

The Crusaders will return to action next weekend, hosting Alaska Fairbanks on Thursday and Alaska Anchorage on Saturday in Nampa.