LISLE, Ill. – The Lakeland University women's volleyball team came through in the clutch in three straight sets and swept Benedictine (Ill.) University 25-23, 25-22, 26-24 Saturday afternoon at the Rice Center.

The Muskies won their Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference regular season finale and wrapped up the number 5 seed in the upcoming NACC Tournament. Lakeland edged Benedictine for the fifth spot and will now face No. 4 seed Edgewood College in the tourney quarterfinals on Tuesday, Nov. 1.

The Muskies (14-13 overall, 7-4 NACC) and Eagles hit nearly identical percentages, with both teams posting 36 kills and 21 attack errors. Benedictine (12-16 overall, 6-5 NACC) also held a 61-54 advantage in digs, but Lakeland gained an advantage with eight service aces to the Eagles' two.

Lakeland also was consistently the tougher team in crunch time at the end of sets. The teams were deadlocked at 21-21 in all three sets, but the Muskies won four of the last six points in the first set, four of the last five in set number two and then rallied from a set point in the third set, finally closing it out due to a service error and two attack errors by the hosts.

Brittini Scoles (Jr.-Kewaskum, Wis.) once again paced the attack with 10 kills, while Eliana Arbetman (So.-Oak Park, Ill.), Shannon Bishop (Fr.-River Grove, Ill.) and Kathy Flanagan (Sr.-Midlothian, Ill.) all added eight kills each. Allison Errthum (Jr.-Joliet, Ill.) finished with 20 digs and Madison Schweitzer (Fr.-Thornton, Ill.) notched 27 assists and nine digs.

Taylor Dunwell led Benedictine with nine kills and Kristina Billie posted 18 digs.

Lakeland now has a 9-day break until the start of the NACC tourney and will fill some of the time with non-conference matches. The Muskies will play at a triangular hosted by Carroll University on Tuesday, opening with UW-Oshkosh at 6 p.m., and then will host St. Norbert College and Lawrence University for a triangular next Saturday.