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Concordia-Chicago CUC 9-14, 4-5 NACC
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Winner Benedictine (Ill.) BENU 10-14, 5-4 NACC
Concordia-Chicago CUC
9-14, 4-5 NACC
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Benedictine (Ill.) BENU
10-14, 5-4 NACC
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Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 F
Concordia-Chicago CUC 15 21 13 (0)
Benedictine (Ill.) BENU 25 25 25 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball |

Eagles Win on Senior Day

LISLE, Ill. - The Benedictine University women's volleyball team swept Concordia University-Chicago in a crucial Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference match on Tuesday night in the Dan and Ada Rice Center.

FINAL SCORE
Benedictine 3, Concordia-Chicago 0 (25-15, 25-21, 25-13)

THE DETAILS
• The women's volleyball team celebrated senior night before the match, honoring Ashley Karsten and Beckie Whitmarsh
• Whitmarsh and Kara Epping tallied kills to put BenU up 2-0 in the first set and the Eagles never looked back, winning 25-15
• The second set saw five ties and two lead changes. Tied at 15, a Vanessa Possidoni ace put the Eagles ahead and an Epping kill capped off a 25-21 win
• Benedictine hit.323 with 13 kills and just three errors in a 25-13 third set victory
• As a team Benedictine hit .274 with 35 kills, once of their best offensive games of the season

STAT LEADERS
• Erin Wiegand led BenU with 12 kills while Epping had 11 kills and two block assists
• Whitmarsh had seven kills and five digs
• Karsten ended the match with three aces and two block assists
• Defensively, Alyssa O'Boyle had eight digs with three aces while Caitlyn Martin tallied six digs and three aces
• Kelcey Adams recorded 28 assists and five digs

FROM THE COACH
"It was so great to get a big win on senior night," said head coach Jennifer Wildes. "Ashley and Beckie have given their hearts and souls to the program over the last four years and nothing could make me happier than giving them a win on their big night."

UP NEXT
The women's volleyball team, now 10-14 and 5-4 in the NACC, will make a two-day trip to Wisconsin this weekend. Benedictine plays at Marian University on Friday, October 23 for a 7:00 p.m. contest followed by an 11:00 a.m. match at Lakeland College on Saturday, October 24.
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