TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- The Rose-Hulman women's volleyball team earned an exciting win on Wednesday night against the Greenville Panthers with a final score of 3-2 and set scores of 16-25, 25-20, 24-26, 25-21, 16-14. The win improves the Fightin' Engineers to 5-12 overall this season.
Greta Carlson was the standout offensively with a team-high 23 kills in the match.
Kaia Schroeder and
Hannah Bergfeld also reached double figures in kills with 14 and 11 on the night.
Julia Irmen was the star setter, recording a double-double with 33 assists and 11 digs. She was followed by
Emma Schnackenberg, who also had a productive night with 21 assists.
Shae Clements led the team defensively, finishing the match with 26 digs.
Keira Ohse contributed at the net with six blocks, including two solo blocks.
After falling behind with a first-set loss, 25-16, Rose-Hulman started to catch their rhythm. With the Fightin' Engineers trailing 9-8, the team strung together four straight points to take the lead 12-9. Rose didn't give up the lead for the remainder of the set, scoring the final three points on kills by Bergfeld, Ohse, and Schroeder.
Greenville bounced back to win the third set in a competitive battle with a final score of 26-24. With their backs against the wall, Rose-Hulman rose to the challenge. With the score tied 21-21 in the fourth set, Rose-Hulman ended the set on a 4-0 run, including back-to-back kills by Carlson to tie the match at 2-2 and force the fifth-set tiebreaker.
The fifth set proved to be a thriller, with the score remaining close down the stretch. With the score tied 14-14,
Peyton Blackwell-Spangler crushed a ball to give the Fightin' Engineers the one-point advantage. The team won the match on an attack error by the Panthers, finishing the set with a score of 16-14 to complete the comeback win.
Rose-Hulman volleyball will return to action on the road, facing Transylvania and Covenant on Saturday, October 17, at 1 PM and 3 PM.
