JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Benedict College women's volleyball team rallied from an 0-2 deficit to defeat Edward Waters 3-2 in a SIAC women's volleyball match on Saturday.
Benedict won the match 12-25, 17-25, 25-23, 26-24, 15-9 to improve to 11-6 overall and 7-4 in the SIAC. Edward Waters falls to 8-8 overall and 7-4 in the SIAC.
Mia Burgess recorded a career-high 19 kills to lead the Lady Tigers, while
Angelic Carter had a career-high 15 kills.
Desire' Young added 10 kills.
Willow Alls had a season-high 25 assists to go along with a season-high 12 digs for a double-double.
Jayden Johnson also had a double-double with 18 assists and 20 digs.
Trailing 2-0, the Lady Tigers jumped out to a 16-9 lead in the third set, and later had a 22-15 lead. Edward Waters scored the next five points to make it 22-20. A kill by Burgess gave the Lady Tigers a 24-21 lead before Edward Waters scored the next two points. A kill by Carter closed out the set.
Benedict had a 24-20 lead in the fourth set before Edward Waters scored the next four points to tie the score. A kill by Burgess gave Benedict the side out, and clinched the set on an attack error by Edward Waters.
With Benedict leading 5-4 early in the deciding fifth set, the Lady Tigers scored the next four points, including a pair of kills by Burgess. Back-to-back kills by
DeMyah Jackson gave Benedict a 14-8 lead. After a kill by Edward Waters, Benedict won the match on an EWU attack error.
The Lady Tigers play at Allen University on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.
