The Dominican University women's volleyball team saw their 26-match Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference (NACC) win streak come to an end on Saturday afternoon, falling in five sets to the Edgewood College Eagles (25-16, 25-19, 21-25, 18-25, 16-14) in Madison, Wisconsin.
 
The Eagles were the last team to knock off the Stars in NACC play, topping Dominican in five sets on October 5, 2013.  That match was also played in Madison.
 
"We started off way too slow to compete in those first two sets," said Dominican's second-year head coach Jeanne Czipri following the loss.  "We made too many errors to win.  To their credit, Edgewood played us well and we struggled to make adjustments.  On a positive note, it was great to see Alex [Kisten] (Huntley, Ill.) get back in her groove offensively."
 
Kisten finished with a team-high 20 kills, hitting .298 in the losing effort.  It was the sophomore's highest kill total since she knocked down 22 kills in a win over UW-Oshkosh back on September 12.
 
The Stars hit just .025 over the first two sets before hitting .206 and .275 in the third and fourth sets respectively.  Dominican then held a 13-11 lead in the fifth set before the Eagles went on a three-point run and set up match-point at 14-13.  The Stars staved off match-point for a moment on a kill by Maddi Zanoni (Hudsonville, Mich.) but Edgewood then closed out the win with back-to-back kills by Elizabeth Evans and Emily Chaussee.
 
Senior setter Christina Wilson (Homer Glen, Ill.) posted a double-double in the loss, dishing out 46 assists and collecting 21 digs while Rosalyn Wyse (Greenville, Mich.) and Kendyl Todd (Crete, Ill.) tallied 12 and ten kills respectively.
 
Dominican could not overcome the 46 errors, including 36 hitting errors, in the loss.
 
The Stars did not have to sit long on the loss, rallying for a four-set win (25-23, 25-22, 24-26, 25-23) over the UW-La Crosse Eagles later in the afternoon.  Wyse and Zanoni led the Dominican attack with 17 kills apiece while Wilson doled out 47 assists and had a team-high 22 digs.
 
Kisten followed her 20-kill performance from the loss to Edgewood with ten kills on 29 swings in the win over UW-La Crosse.
 
Dominican now stands at 15-7 on the year and 3-1 in the NACC.  The Stars are back in action next Saturday, traveling to Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, to take on the Marian University Sabres in conference play.