WHITEWATER, Wis. – The Edgewood College volleyball team rallied from behind for a 3-1 victory after dropping the opening set to Grinnell College, but then fell 3-0 to 18th-ranked UW-Whitewater in their second match at the UW-Whitewater Invitational. Freshman Savannah Koester had double-digit kills in each match for the Eagles.

In the opening match, the Eagles stumbled out of the gate, committing eight errors and falling to Grinnell College (0-4) 25-21 in the first set. However, Edgewood College (2-2) pulled it together in a 25-22 second set win behind four kills each from Koester and Jordan Winkler, and then blew away the Pioneers 25-12 in the third set. The Eagles hit .636 in the third set as Koester and Elizabeth Evans each had four kills. Edgewood College then put the match away with a 25-17 victory in the fourth set.

Winkler finished with a team-high 14 kills and added 14 digs for her first double-double of the season. Koester had 12 kills against one kill in 20 attempts for a .550 attack percentage, which was the fourth highest single-match hitting percentage in school history. Libero Rachel Tesch had a team-high 18 digs, while Rachel Thomsen had 31 assists and 10 digs. Sarah Schuchhardt had eight kills and four blocks, while Evans also added eight kills.

The Eagles turned around immediately to face 18th-ranked UW-Whitewater, but the Warhawks swept Edgewood College by scores of 25-15, 25-22, 25-14. Koester was the only Eagle with double figure kills, scoring 12 and hitting .529 for the match. Evans added eight kills, while Winkler scored seven kills. Thomsen had 16 assists, while Haley Schwenn added 11 assists.

Edgewood College will travel to Dubuque, Iowa on Tuesday for a triangular featuring the host Spartans and UW-Oshkosh. The Eagles open at home on September 10 against UW-Platteville.