Lisle, Ill. - On the road for a Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) match-up, the Illinois Tech Scarlet Hawks women's volleyball team took on the Benedictine University Eagles. The match went in favor of the home team as the Eagles (8-7, 4-1) defeated the Hawks (3-14, 2-4) 3-0. 

How It Happened

Set One - Eagles 25, Hawks 20

• Set one remained close with multiple ties. After a Briar Moore kill, the Hawks and Eagles would be tied at 8-8. The Eagles would then jump out ahead before the Hawks fought their way back to tie the set back up once again, this time at 14-14 from a Maria Alcantara kill. For the remainder of the set, the Hawks would fight to keep it close, but the Eagles would remain out ahead, eventually taking set one 25-20.

Set Two - Eagles 25, Hawks 13

• The set would go in favor of the Eagles to begin set two before the Hawks tie the set and took the lead at 6-5. The Eagles quickly took back a point to tie the set at 6-6 before going on a 5-0 run to take the lead. The Hawks were unable to keep up with the Eagles offensive attack in set two as they fell 25-13.

Set Three - Hawks 25, Eagles 17

• The Hawks took the first two points of set three for the early lead before the Eagles tied the set up at 3-3. After the tie, the Eagles would get a point off a service ace from Olivia McPherson. From there, the Eagles would go on to lead the rest of the way over the Hawks. During the middle of the set, the Hawks would pick-up back-to-back points with kills from Karla Trautmann Mendez and Anna Elena Sofia Sebastio. By the end of the set, the Eagles took set three 25-17 over the Hawks. 

Scarlet Hawk Standouts

• London Francis - 8 kills

• Karla Trautmann Mendez - 2 aces, 2 blocks

• Sasami Cavan - 14 assists, 8 digs

• Kelsey Starnes - 13 digs

Eagles Standouts

• Grace Knusten - 11 kills, 4 aces

• Olivia McPherson - 3 blocks, 10 kills, 3 aces, 12 digs

• Kiara McPherson - 24 assists, 9 digs

• Courtney Levy - 16 digs, 1 assist

Inside the Box Score

• Both sides tallied 28 kills a piece.

• In total attacks, the Hawks had 104 while the Eagles had 92

• The Hawks barely edged the Eagles in assists 27-26

• The Eagles finished with 11 service aces versus the Hawks 5 

• The Hawks tallied 51 digs versus the Eagles 50 

Up Next

The Hawks return to the Keating Sports Center on Saturday, October 7, when they welcome the Lakeland University Muskies (6-10, 1-3) for a conference match-up. Saturday's contest will be a pink-out for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.