LISLE, Ill. – For just the second time against a conference opponent in 2015, Edgewood College was pushed to five sets but was able to overcome a 2-1 deficit against Benedictine University to remain perfect in the NACC. The Eagles won by scores of 25-16, 25-27, 15-25, 25-20, 15-6.

Edgewood College trailed early on in the first set but used an 8-2 run to grab a 16-12 lead. The Eagles then scored nine of the last 11 points—including the final five—to close out the first set win. They nearly closed out a win in set two but allowed Benedictine to scored five of the last six points of the set after Edgewood College pulled ahead 24-22.

Five-straight points in set three gave the Eagles an early 7-4 lead but Benedictine had a 16-3 run to go up 20-10. Edgewood College made a little run to make it 22-15 but had dug too big of a hole, eventually falling in the set 25-15.

Edgewood College finally got back in the win column in set four in a back-and-forth set that ended on a 5-0 Edgewood College run. Four of those final five points were kills and one was a service ace courtesy of Emily Chaussee.

In the winner-take-all fifth set, Benedictine scored the first two points but Edgewood College went on an 11-1 run to go up 11-3. Edgewood College had three service aces in the run and Jordan Winkler posted a pair of kills. Edgewood College closed out the match with three-straight points, the first of which came on a BenU service error and the final two on kills from Chaussee.

Chaussee, a sophomore from Sun Prairie, Wis., finished with a career-high 18 kills in the match and also had 11 digs for one of two Edgewood College double-doubles on the afternoon. Winkler was the other after posting 16 kills (.308 attack percentage) and a team-high 21 digs. Rachel Tesch finished second on the team in digs with 19 while Savannah Koester was the other player to reach double figures in kills with 10.