LISLE, IL - The Benedictine University women's volleyball team split a pair of contests at the Benedictine Triangular on Friday night after welcoming both Elmhurst and Lake Forest.

FINAL SCORES
Elmhurst 3, Benedictine 0
26-24, 25-22, 25-21

Benedictine 3, Lake Forest 0
25-19, 25-15, 25-20

THE DETAILS
• Elmhurst led for much of the opening set but Benedictine would not go away
• Yngride JeanPhillipe opened a stretch of three consecutive points late to tie the score at 24 but Elmhurst notched the next two to win
• Benedictine again battled in the second, tying the score at 13-13 on consecutive kills from Kaitlyn Estopare and Hannah Griffith and again at 17-17 on a kill from Carolin O'Connor, but with Benedictine clawing within 23-22, Elmhurst tallied the final two
• Benedictine led for a lot of the third, using kills from Estopare and Brooke Huizenga to open a 15-10 edge
• Elmhurst slowly chipped away and scored four straight when down 20-19 to open the lead before closing out the contest
• Lake Forest swept Benedictine last week, but the second meeting was a different story
• After falling behind 3-0 in the first set, Benedictine ripped off eight straight points to seize command and did not trail again, ending the set with a kill from Estopare
• Benedictine would not trail in the second either, utilizing five straight which included three kills from JeanPhillipe to open an 18-8 edge
• There was a lot of back-and-forth in the third, but Jamie Janczak notched a key ace to help Benedictine post three points late and grab the victory

STAT LEADERS
ELMHURST
KILLS: O'Connor (12), Estopare (7)
DIGS: Courtney Levy (15), Madelyn Sullivan (10), Sam Zurawski (10)
BLOCKS: JeanPhillipe (5)
ASSISTS: Janczak (19), Alyssa Mojica (13)

LAKE FOREST
KILLS: Estopare (16), JeanPhillipe (8)
DIGS: Levy (11)
ACES: Sullivan (3)
BLOCKS: Griffith (4)
ASSISTS: Janczak (22)

UP NEXT
Benedictine (6-9) will not play again until next Saturday when welcoming Edgewood.