The Basics

Match 1: Evangel 3, Briar Cliff 2 | Game Box

Match 2: Evangel 3, William Jessup 0 | Game Box

Records: Evangel (3-3); Briar Cliff (2-4), William Jessup (1-4)

Site: CNOS Fieldhouse

North Sioux City, S.D. – The Evangel volleyball team went undefeated on the first day of the CSM Labor Day Classic in a five-set decision to Briar Cliff (3-2) and a three-set sweep of William Jessup (3-0).

Evangel overcame dropping two consecutive sets to emerge victorious in their 11 a.m. matchup with Briar Cliff.

Jorden Stacey began the first set breaking EU's digs in a career record while helping lead them to a first set win. EU slowed down and dropped sets two and three. In the fourth set, EU shook off the previous two sets and after back-to-back service aces by Lowry, Evangel grabbed the lead and never lost it for the remainder of the set. In the deciding set, EU went down 9-5, but continued to show they could beat adversity. Stacey went on a run of 6 consecutive serves and took the lead for EU, who never looked back winning 15-12.

Game One Highlights

●    Stacey broke Morgan Smith's EU record for digs in a career in the first set of the matchup. After today's games, Stacey currently sits at 2,002 digs

●    Tori Lowry led all attackers in kills with 17

●    Eryn Russell finished with 24 digs

●    Stacey continued her excellence at the net, leading both teams with 34 assists

●    The Chargers won the advantage in blocks 12-6

In the second match of the day, Evangel played extremely well on both sides of the ball, shutting down William Jessup, 3-0.

Set one of the match-up was full of back-and-forth play with the lead constantly trading between the teams. Evangel finally took the first set off of a Tori Lowry kill, set up by Jorden Stacey to win 26-24.

Set two was all Evangel, 25-14. EU found success and went on streaks of 5-0 runs and 4-0 runs and William Jessup could never recover, losing the set after a kill by Daisy Eklund that was set by Sydney Dunavant.

Evangel finished the game off in set three off a good beginning of the set. EU raced out to a 11-6 lead and although William Jessup cut it down to just one, a service error ended their chances of a comeback, giving EU the 25-23 win.

Game Two Highlights

●    Daisy Eklund led EU in kills with 10

●    Stacey finished with a team-high 18 assists with Dunavant close behind with 17.

●    EU finished with a 9-2 advantage in blocks on the game.

●    Evangel finished with an attacking percentage of .263, their best of the season.

Up Next

Evangel will take on Lincoln Christian (9 a.m.) and NAIA ranked No. 8 Northwestern (1 p.m.) tomorrow in the CSM Labor Day Tournament at North Sioux City, S.D.

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