Box Score

MEQUON, Wis. – For the first time this season, the Edgewood College volleyball dropped a conference match, falling at Concordia University Wisconsin on Tuesday night. The Eagles kept the first two sets close, but could not get over the hump, dropping both sets by just two points. In the third set, Edgewood College could not mount a comeback as they fell 3-0 to the Falcons.

With the loss, the Eagles (14-12, 8-1 NAC) are in a tie for first place with Concordia Wisconsin (18-16, 8-1 NAC) with three conference matches left. Edgewood College can clinch at least a first place tie if they win their final three matches, starting at Dominican University on Friday.

The first set was played very tight, with neither team gaining more than a three point advantage. With the score tied at 11, the Eagles went on a three-point run, started by a kill from Jessica Martin. Kristin Manske hammered out one of her four kills in the match and Martin ended the run with another kill. The Falcons came back and ran off four straight points to take a 15-14 lead. From that the teams jostled back-and-forth and the Eagles found themselves down 22-19 and called a timeout. Out of the time out, Edgewood College cut the deficit to one, but could not get any closer as the Falcons took the set 25-23.

Down 4-3 in the second set, the Eagles rolled off five straight points to take an 8-5 lead and extended the lead to 11-6 before the Falcons started to chip away. Concordia Wisconsin cut the deficit to one at 14-13, only to see the Eagles push the lead back to three points three more times, with the final time being at 20-17. At that point the Falcons went on a run behind Kelsey Lorenzen, rolling off six straight points to take a commanding 23-20 lead. Edgewood College staved off three straight set points to tie the set at 24, however the Eagles made an attack error and Amanda Wilke gave the Falcons the 26-24 win with one of her three kills in the match.

In the final set, there were only four ties and two lead changes, and all came in the first 10 points of the set. With the score tied at five, the Falcons went on a 4-0 run and never looked back as the Eagles did not get closer than three points the rest of the way, dropping the set 25-17 and the match 3-0.

Mallory Palmer led all hitters with 15 kills in the match. She also tallied 12 digs for her eighth double-double of the season and second in as many matches. Martin recorded 11 kills marking the fourth time in five matches she has reached at least 10 kills in a match. Kim Lueck and Sam Himmelspach also reached double figures in digs with 12 and 10, respectively. Stephanie Boehm was the only Falcon to reach double figures in kills with 13 and Lorenzen recorded a match-high 26 digs.

Edgewood College will have the opportunity to bounce back at Dominican University on Friday night. The Stars are only one game behind the Eagles in the NAC standings with a record of 7-2 in NAC play. Dominican will provide both live stats and live video for the 7:00 p.m. start time. Both links can be found on EdgewoodCollegeEagles.com.