Emma Bruder (Sr.-Frankfort, Ill.) finished with 20 digs and helped the Lakeland University women's volleyball team display superior defense before eventually warming up on the attack and completing a three-set sweep of Edgewood College Friday night at the Moose & Dona Woltzen Gymnasium.

The Muskies earned their second Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference win of the season by a 25-18, 25-22, 25-21 count, defeating an old nemesis for the second straight year in improving to 9-6 overall and 2-1 in the NACC. Edgewood dropped to 2-11 overall and 1-2 in conference play after its sixth straight loss.

Lakeland repeatedly kept points alive with scrambling defense, especially in the early going, making the guests work for every point. Shelby Welsh (Sr.-Ogallala, Neb.) also finished with 14 digs and Brianna Johnson (Sr.-Altoona, Wis.) added 11 digs, giving the Muskies three in double figures in digs in the three-set match. The back row defense helped limited to Edgewood to a .126 attack percentage for the match with 38 kills and 22 errors in 127 swings.

Lakeland eventually picked up the pace hitting and finished the match with 37 kills and just 12 errors in 112 attempts for a .223 hitting percentage. Shannon Bishop (Jr.-River Grove, Ill.) finished with 10 kills, Eliana Arbetman (Sr.-Oak Park, Ill.) also posted nine kills and Megan Goeser (So.-Plymouth, Wis.) added eight kills, and all three hit .267 or better for the match.

The Muskies also finished strong in all three sets, including second and third sets that included plenty of back and forth in the scoring.

The Muskies led most of the first set, with a 7-1 run including three kills from the middle by Goeser giving them a 21-14 lead. Lakeland also scored the final four points of the set after Edgewood briefly closed within 21-18.

The Eagles had a solid chance to get even in the match, leading 17-14 in the second set. Lakeland rallied to tie it at 20-20, though, and then closed it out with an Edgewood service error, a kill from Welsh and an Eagles attack error for the final three points.

The teams were close in both the second and third sets, with a combined 20 ties and eight lead changes in the two sets. The Muskies again pulled through late in the third, though, with Arbetman delivering a pair of kills as part of a four-point run to take a 19-16 lead, and Lakeland then closed with five of the final seven points, with Bishop's kill closing it out.

Neenah Primas (So.-Oostburg, Wis.) finished with 33 assists and Bishop and Emilie Schartner (Sr.-Sturgeon Bay, Wis.) teamed up for all five of the Muskies' blocks.

Sarah Pfeifer led Edgewood with seven kills and Sarah Uczen totaled 16 digs. Alex Zapuchlak also added 17 assists and Brittany Sager finished with 16 assists and eight digs.

Lakeland is in action again Saturday when it travels to Naperville, Ill., to compete in the final day of the Tiffany Robinson Memorial Tournament hosted by North Central College. The Muskies will face the host school at noon and then take on Anderson (Ind.) University at 2 p.m.