RIVER FOREST, IL - The Benedictine University women's volleyball team won the first set but fell in the conference tournament to Concordia Chicago in a competitive match on the road.
FINAL SCORE
Concordia Chicago 3, Benedictine 1
18-25, 25-22, 25-23, 25-13
THE DETAILS
- Concordia Chicago scored the first four points of the opening set and led 5-1
- A kill from
Brooke Huizenga put Benedictine ahead for the first time at 8-7
- Benedictine took the lead for good by scoring five straight points which included kills from
Kaitlyn Estopare,
Jamie Janczak and
Hannah Griffith
- Benedictine led 20-16 and scored the final four points to capture the opening set
- Concordia Chicago led early again in the second but Benedictine scored four in a row on kills from Griffith,
Caroline O'Connor, Huizenga and an ace from
Madelyn Sullivan to lead 9-7
- Benedictine held a 21-20 lead, but the hosts scored five of the final six to win
- Benedictine led early in the third but Concordia Chicago regrouped
- Molly Stock recorded a kill as Benedictine fended off two straight set points before the hosts recorded the win
- Concordia Chicago built a big advantage early in the fourth at 14-5 and kept pulling away to close out the contest
STAT LEADERS
KILLS: Griffith (10), Estopare (9), Stock (8)
DIGS: Hayley Primas (19), Griffith (10), Sullivan (8)
ASSISTS: Alyssa Mojica (24), Janczak (12)
RECORD
Benedictine closed the unique season with a 3-9 record