MADISON - Monroe alumna Savannah Koester started her college volleyball career out with a bang on Tuesday.
The Edgewood College volleyball team rallied from behind for a 3-1 victory after dropping the opening set to Grinnell College, but then fell 3-0 to 18th-ranked UW-Whitewater in their second match at the UW-Whitewater Invitational. Koester, a 2013 Monroe graduate who is a freshman at Edgewood College, had double-digit kills in each match for the Eagles.
In the opening match, the Eagles stumbled out of the gate, committing eight errors and falling to Grinnell College (0-4) 25-21 in the first set. However, Edgewood College (2-2) pulled it together in a 25-22 second set win behind four kills each from Koester and Jordan Winkler, and then blew away the Pioneers 25-12 in the third set. The Eagles hit .636 in the third set as Koester and Elizabeth Evans each had four kills. Edgewood College then put the match away with a 25-17 victory in the fourth set. Koester had 12 kills against one kill in 20 attempts for a .550 attack percentage, which was the fourth highest single-match hitting percentage in school history.
The Edgewood College volleyball team rallied from behind for a 3-1 victory after dropping the opening set to Grinnell College, but then fell 3-0 to 18th-ranked UW-Whitewater in their second match at the UW-Whitewater Invitational. Koester, a 2013 Monroe graduate who is a freshman at Edgewood College, had double-digit kills in each match for the Eagles.
In the opening match, the Eagles stumbled out of the gate, committing eight errors and falling to Grinnell College (0-4) 25-21 in the first set. However, Edgewood College (2-2) pulled it together in a 25-22 second set win behind four kills each from Koester and Jordan Winkler, and then blew away the Pioneers 25-12 in the third set. The Eagles hit .636 in the third set as Koester and Elizabeth Evans each had four kills. Edgewood College then put the match away with a 25-17 victory in the fourth set. Koester had 12 kills against one kill in 20 attempts for a .550 attack percentage, which was the fourth highest single-match hitting percentage in school history.
