HOUGHTON, Mich. - The Michigan Tech volleyball team dropped the first two sets (21-25, 24-26) but rallied to win the next three (29-27, 25-16, 15-12) to defeat Ashland, 3-2, at home in Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference action Thursday (Oct. 2). With the win the Huskies remain in second place in the North Division with an 11-5 overall and 6-2 conference record. The Eagles fall to 8-7 overall and 4-4 in the league.

"Our experience helped tonight. Ashland is a young team and their errors cost them down the stretch," said head coach Krista Mikesch. "The first two sets we didn't earn a lot of points. We committed a lot of unforced errors."

Junior Kelly Jorgensen paced the Huskies with 17 kills on route to hitting .417 in the match. She also recorded one block solo and four block assists.

Senior Jen Jung also turned in a solid performance hitting .333 with 17 kills and adding two block solos and three block assists.

Senior Christa Jung struggled offensively but stepped up defensively to lead the team with one block solo and six block assists.

Senior setter Kelsey Skoog tallied 48 assists in the five set thriller, the most for the Long Lake, Minn., native this season since she recorded 58 in a 3-1 win over Northwest Missouri State on Aug. 29.

Sophomore Kaitlin Wiza finished with a match-high 24 digs to lead a quartet of Tech players with 10 or more digs. Overall the Huskies finished with 81 digs in the match.

Junior Marina Santos led the Eagles in both kills (18) and digs (18) in the match.

The Huskies will host GLIAC newcomer Tiffin Friday (Oct. 3) at 7:00 p.m.