PORTLAND, Ore.—After never trailing in the first two sets, an extended string to finish the third gave Western Oregon University a 3-0 (25-15, 25-16, 25-21) win over Westminster College to close out the Concordia Labor Tournament on Saturday.

Looking for its first sweep of the season, Western Oregon (2-1) faced their first deficit of the day when Westminster (0-3) snared a 6-5 advantage on a combo block by Audrey Green and Katie Hutchings.

WOU came back to tie the final set on four occasions, but Westminster held its ground and eventually created a four-point gap (21-17), its largest lead in any set of the day.

The Wolves, however, got hot at the end and dropped a match-clinching eight-point run that included four kills by Alisha Bettinson.

Big both ways, Bettinson finished with match highs in kills (15) and digs (20). Sydney Blankinship added nine kills and Jenna Compton seven terminations for WOU.

Maddie Mehciz ended the day with 22 assists while Leila Holt assisted on 17 kills and picked up six digs. Emilie Austin led Westminster with 13 kills.

The Wolves will return to action next weekend when they host the DII West Region Volleyball Showcase from Sept. 7-9. Six teams including WOU will participate in a dozen matches over the three-day event. Seattle Pacific University will face Cal State East Bay in the opener at 3 p.m. on Thursday inside the New PE Building. Western Oregon will open tournament play against Cal State San Marcos at 8 p.m.

On Friday at 3 p.m. the Wolves will also face Chaminade (Hawaii) before closing out the tournament with matches against Fresno Pacific (10:30 a.m.) and Cal State East Bay (6:30 p.m.) on Saturday.