Terre Haute, Ind. - The Engineers' bid for five straight wins ended after a defeat by Lewis and Clark 30-27, 30-28, 30-23 in their third game of the Rose-Hulman Invitational on Saturday.

Sophomore Kate Sernett (Crystal Lake, Ill.) led the offensive attack for Rose-Hulman, leading the team with 10 kills.  Junior Sarah Messmer (Cincinnati, Ohio) provided eight kills with freshman Amanda Jevons (Henderson, Nev.) finishing with six kills.

Junior Brandi Sturgill (Zionville, N.C.) led the team with 24 assists in the match.

On the defensive side,  freshman Samantha Gregory (Huntsville, Ala.) was the leader for the Engineers in digs with nine, while Sernett and senior Amanda Fellows (Beavercreek, Ohio) had six digs each.

In their tournament finale, the Engineers defeated Eureka in four games 30-23, 25-30, 30-22, 30-19, to finish the Rose-Hulman Invitational with a record of 3-1.

Messmer led the Engineer attack against the Red Devils with 13 kills. Fellows also produced double figures in the kills category with 12 of her own.

Sturgill once again led the way for Rose-Hulman in assists with 45.  In the two Saturday matches, Sturgill had a total of 69 assists. 

Jevons was a key contributor on both sides of the net with four services aces and five block assists.

The story of the day was the Engineer defensive effort, in which the team combined for 99 total digs in the four game match with Eureka. Gregory led the team with 28 digs, Messmer contributed with 22, Sturgill added 13, and Fellows rounded out the host of Engineers in double figures for digs with 11.

The win improves the Engineers' record to 5-3 for the season. Rose-Hulman will be back in action on Friday, September 14 to take on Illinois College in the North Park Tournament at 5 p.m. Central Time.