Hamilton's girls volleyball team played the way coach Sharon Vanis envisions on a nightly basis on Tuesday -- strong in every phase. The Huskies opponent -- unbeaten Perry? Just say the Pumas were far from their best.

That combination added up to Hamilton sweeping Perry with ease, 25-16, 25-20 and 25-12 at Hamilton High in a 6A matchup of the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in the most current power rankings.

It was the first loss of the season for Perry, which won its previous 14 matches and dropped to 9-1 in power-ranking matches. Hamilton improved to 18-1 and remained unscathed in power-ranking matches at 10-0.

"I know we didn't play well," Perry coach Fred Mann said. "But they were really good. We started slow and made a bunch of errors the first set. They played great. I think the way they played made us look bad. Sometimes you have to credit the other team for how you play."

Hamilton, which ran its winning streak all-time over Perry to 11-0, wasted no time in demonstrating dominance. The Huskies built 5-1 and 10-2 leads in the first set causing Mann to use both his timeouts to settle his team.

But no dice. Hamilton middle blocker Preslie Anderson contributed five of her 10 kills for the evening in the opening set. The Huskies totaled 11 kills in the set and Perry helped out with  six attack errors and four service errors. 

Perry appeared to have settled in in the second set leading pretty much all the way through 16-14. A 9-2 run spearheaded by a pair of aces from Sarah Miyazumi, four kiills each in the set from Anderson and Darian Clark (kills for the match) and momentum a second-set triumph might have given Perry vanished. Heaven Harris also had nine kills for Hamilton.

The final set was a complete runaway and the match was over in tidy 60 minutes. Vanis cautioned her team between the second and third sets to not let down.

 "I was worried because they've shown the ability to come back down 0-2 to some good teams already," Vanis said. "They did that against Xavier and Desert Vista."

Hamilton's defense, which often sets it apart from other teams, was rock solid. Kimber Kemp and Clark had 12 digs apiece and Anderson added 11 digs. Junior setter Shannon Ryan, returning after missing 10 days with an ankle injury, collected 34 assists. 

Amanda Aguirre led Perry with eight kills and Alexis Keith, playing in her first match of the season, had seven.