CHADRON, Neb. -- The Chadron State College volleyball team overcame a 2-1 set deficit to defeat the Fort Lewis Skyhawks in five sets Saturday night, winning 25-23, 21-25, 23-25, 25-23, 15-6.
 
The victory improves the Eagles to 7-5 overall and 3-1 in conference play.
 
Set one saw CSC gain an early 5-0 lead but Fort Lewis quickly answered with five points of their own. The two teams traded scores before the Skyhawks eventually led 18-13. Chadron State scored seven of the next ten points to tie the match at 22.
 
Fort Lewis regained the lead 23-22 but two Mayson Fago kills and a service error by the Skyhawks gave the Eagles the set victory.
 
After falling in the second and third sets, Chadron State had to win the next two. In set four, the Eagles trailed 21-20 but responded with three straight points to gain a 23-21 lead. After a point by the Skyhawks, the two teams traded service errors before an attack error by Fort Lewis gave CSC the set victory.
 
The Eagles trailed 3-1 in set five but responded with an 8-1 scoring run to gain a 9-4 lead which they would never lose.
 
As a team, Chadron State outhit Fort Lewis .123 to .115.
 
Fago, a senior from Evans, Colorado had a match high 16 kills while hitting .234 in the victory. Bella Adams, a sophomore from Pueblo, Colorado, continued her outstanding weekend at the net with 12 kills while hitting .286.
 
After having eight blocks the night before, Adams recorded nine in the victory against the Skyhawks.
 
Kendyl Kirkwood, a junior from Fleming, Colorado, once again led CSC with 38 assists.
 
Three Eagles finished with double-digit digs. Alondra Hernandez, a junior from Provo, Utah had 23, while Kirkwood and Lexi Hurtado, a graduate student from Aurora, Colorado each had 10.
 
CSC returns to action this week when they face South Dakota Mines on Thursday and Black Hills State on Saturday.