MADISON, Wis. – The Edgewood College Women's Volleyball team split a pair of matches at a home triangular Saturday. The Eagles won the conference match, opening the day with a 3-0 win over Illinois Tech and moving to 4-1 in conference play. Edgewood College was later swept by Maranatha Baptist to close out the day.

EAGLES 3, ILLINOIS TECH 0
- The Eagles opened the day with a NACC sweep over the Scarlet Hawks. The closest set was a 25-21 win in the opener before the Eagles rolled 25-16, 25-17 to close out the match.

- Edgewood College featured a balanced attack and hit .243 during the win as five players tallied five or more kills. Mackenzie Doherty led the way with 8 kills, while Seghen Northey and Abbey Maier added seven each. Northey hit .636 during the win over Illinois Tech. Kennedy Crain and Ella Carpenter each added five kills.

- Brittany Sager and Taylor Salmon shared the duties of setting up the Eagles hitters with 15 assists each. Sager also led all players with four service aces.

- Sarah Uczen and Crain each recorded eight digs.

MARANATHA BAPTIST 3, EAGLES 0
- The Eagles, who were playing for the third time in a 24-hour span (also played last night) may have ran out of gas against the Sabercats. Maranatha Baptist picked up set wins of 25-21, 25-17, 28-26 in the non-conference battle.

- Edgewood College had 12 service errors against Maranatha Baptist and saw its hitting percentage drop to .177.

- Sager dished out 26 assists in the match, several of those to Doherty, who led all players with 17 kills. Uczen recorded 17 digs.


UP NEXT
- Edgewood College will visit Wisconsin Lutheran College to begin a busy week of NACC play. The Eagles and Warriors are set for a 7 p.m. start at the Recreation Complex on the campus of WLC in Milwaukee. It will be the first of three NACC matches next week for the Warriors.