DE PERE, Wis. – The Edgewood University women's volleyball squad closed out a three-match road stretch at St. Norbert College on Thursday evening. The Eagles claimed an important five-set victory over the Green Knights. The Eagles (17-6, 7-1 NACC) battled back from a first set loss to take down St. Norbert (5-17, 4-4 NACC) for their third-straight win in a 3-2 (24-26, 25-11, 25-18, 23-25,15-12) thriller.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- St. Norbert College opened the night with a 26-24 first set win. In a fairly even first set, the Green Knights and Eagles were tied up at 24 apiece, before St. Norbert claimed the set win on a block and service ace.
- Edgewood University bounced back with a confident 25-11 set to tie the match at one apiece. The Eagles took advantage of a pair of five a six point runs to dominate the Green Knights in the second set. A confident approach from the Eagles posted a .300 attack percentage in the second set, limiting the Green Knights to -.152 hitting.
- The Eagles continued to roll in set three, going up 2-1 in the match after a 25-18 set. The Eagles attack continued to get better, posting a match high 16 kills.
- St. Norbert was determined to force a fifth set, claiming a 25-23 win in the fourth. The Green Knights went up 8-4 early, before the Eagles rallied back to make it to trail by just two points. St. Norbert led 23-18 late in the set before the Eagles posted five-straight points that featured a kill from Molly Amendt and three-straight blocks from Natalie Murphy and Payton Millin. A service ace from Laila Rasmussen tied the set at 23 points. The Green Knights took charge to take the final two points and force set five.
- The final set was back-and-forth, featuring eight tie scores and three lead changes. Edgewood University finally broke past St. Norbert with a kill from Molly Amendt to make the score 13-12. A service Ace from Rasmussen gave the Eagles a 14-12 match point. Anna Marinier clinched the match with a kill from the left side.
TOP PERFORMERS
- Amendt led the Eagles attack with 18 kills, hitting .275 in the match.
- Nida Zukauskaite posted another double-double for the Eagles, her 11th of the season. Zukauskaite posted 18 digs and 12 kills.
- Abbey Eivins added a 29 assist, 13 dig double-double.
- Rasmussen totaled a 28 assist, 10 dig double-double.
- Shannon Rusch posted a match-high 23 digs for the Eagles.
- The Eagles blocking was key in the match, with Millin totaling six block assists. Murphy recorded five block assists and one solo block on the evening.
- Murphy and Siebler each recorded double-digit kills. Murphy recorded 13 kills, while Siebler posted 10.
- Rasmussen recorded four service aces on the evening.
THE OPPOSITION
- Brooklyn O'Malley and Kayden Lamon led the Green Knights attack with 10 and 11 kills, respectively.
- Six different Green Knights totaled double-digit digs on Thursday night. Annabel Stevenson and Elaina Butz each recorded 15 digs in the conference contest.
- Keira Ashenfelter dished out 20 assists.
- O'Malley totaled seven blocks on the evening.
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- Edgewood University now owns six-straight wins against St. Norbert College.
UP NEXT
- Edgewood University will welcome Benedictine University and UW-River Falls to the Todd Wehr Edgedome on Saturday, October 24 for the second Edgewood University Triangular of the season. Action against Benedictine is set to begin at 12:00 p.m.
