TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- Earlham College relied on a strong hitting attack to top Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology 25-17, 25-18, 25-23 in the regular season home volleyball finale on Wednesday night.
The Quakers hit .230 with 42 kills in the victory, led by 12 kills from Sarah Dickman. Erin Wagner had 34 assists and Jennifer Shamel added 21 digs for Earlham.
Elizabeth Canon paced Rose-Hulman with nine kills, and
Sophia Koop added seven kills with a team-high two service aces.
Allie Fults contributed six kills and a team-high three blocks.
Other key contributors for the Engineers included
Sophia Harrison with 17 assists;
Kylie Rathbun with 11 assists and two block assists; and
Katryna Dahlberg with 21 digs.
Dahlberg moved into third place in Rose-Hulman history with 1,736 career digs in the performance.
Earlham improved to 10-5 overall and 6-3 in HCAC play. Rose-Hulman dropped to 2-6 and closes the 2020-21 regular season at Bluffton University on Saturday at 3 pm.
