DUBUQUE, Iowa - The Benedictine University women's volleyball team fell to Loras College and Simpson College on Saturday morning in the second day of the IIAC/NACC Crossover Challenge.
LORAS
FINAL SCOREBenedictine 0, Loras 3 (22-25 ,11-25, 20-25)
THE DETAILS• The Eagles trailed in the first set early on but tied the match at 16. Loras went on a 4-0 run and never looked back, winning 25-22
• Down 6-0, Loras dominated the Eagles offensively in the second set
• Benedictine trailed early again, 10-5, but came from behind to tie it at 16. The Loras offense was too much to handle as they went on to win 25-20.
• The Eagles hit a .-046 with just 17 kills but 22 errors
STAT LEADERS• Defensively,
Kristina Billie led the team with 25 digs
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Caitlyn Martin tallied seven digs
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Kelcey Adams had 12 assists and 12 digs
SIMPSON
FINAL SCOREBenedictine 1, Simpson 3 (25-21, 16-21, 23-25, 16-25)
THE DETAILS• The Eagles improved tremendously in the second match, tallynig 46 kills for a .268 hitting percentage
• In the first set, BenU had 15 kills and just one error. They trailed early on but an
Ashley Karsten kill sparked the offense and they went on to win 25-22
• Simpson caught fire in the second set, taking an early lead and never looking back
• In the third set, Benedictine had an impressive .243 hitting percentage and the set went down to the wire, but SC came out on top, 25-23
• The Eagles trailed early again in the final set and could not recover, falling 25-16
STAT LEADERS•
Erin Wiegand led BenU with 11 kills
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Beckie Whitmarsh had 10 kills
• Rounding out the offense was
Keriann Groen with seven kills
• Adams had 34 assists while Billie tallied 19 digs
NEXT GAMEBenedictine, now 6-10, returns to NACC action on Wednesday, September 30 when they travel to Dominican University for a 7:00 pm contest.
