LISLE, Ill. – The Edgewood College and Benedictine University Women's Volleyball teams put on a show Saturday. In a battle of Eagles, the two programs went to a fifth set, but unfortunately Edgewood College came up just short in the NACC battle, falling 3-2.
Mackenzie Doherty recorded a career-best 23 kills for Edgewood College in the setback. The win for Benedictine secured the final spot in the NACC Tournament, meaning Edgewood College will fall just short of a league tournament berth.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The final set was an exciting one that ended up in favor of Benedictine, 19-17. Edgewood College trailed 12-6 in that final set before rattling off five-straight points to make the score 12-11. Benedictine would score the next two and had three-straight chances at a match point but Edgewood College again went on a run with four-straight points to go ahead 15-14. After trading several points, Benedictine finally put away the match at 19-17.
- Doherty and
Abbey Maier were outstanding for Edgewood College on Saturday. Doherty posted a career-best 23 kills and Maier tied a career-best with 19, while hitting a ridiculous .643 for the match. She made just one error on 28 attacks.
- Edgewood College (9-20, 6-5 NACC) opened up with a 25-22 win in set one before Benedictine evened things up (25-18) in set two. Edgewood College won the third set 27-25 but Benedictine again answered with a 25-19 win in the fourth set.
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Brittany Sager tallied 28 assists for Edgewood College with
Ella Carpenter adding 16 and
Taylor Salmon chipping in with 10.
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Sarah Uczen and Doherty led the defensive effort with 13 and 12 digs, respectively, giving Doherty a double-double for the match. Carpenter added five blocks with
Bridget Daniels tallying four.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- With the loss and other results not going the way Edgewood College wanted over the weekend, they will fall just short of the NACC Tournament. Benedictine moved to 7-4 in league play with the win, and Edgewood College dropped to 6-5. There is one NACC Tournament match left in the regular season but Benedictine also clinched the tiebreaker with the head-to-head victory.
UP NEXT
- Edgewood College will play its final NACC match of the season Wednesday at home against Marian. Action is set to begin at 7 p.m. in the Todd Wehr Edgedome.
