Redwings find groove, tame Evanston

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Benet has been looking for some consistency all season, and not the kind that led to an 11th-place finish last week at the Glenbard East tournament.

"We’d perform well in the first game, but we haven’t been able to carry it over into the second game," Benet coach Amy Van Eekeren said. "That’s what we’ve been working on."

Friday in a nonconference match against visiting Evanston, the Redwings found consistency of a positive nature as Bill Foran had 11 kills and two blocks and Mike Quigley added 10 kills to lead the hosts to a 25-22, 25-20 victory.

"Last week at Glenbard East [tournament], for some reason we did not play our game at all," Foran said. "We were slowing down the tempo. But we picked it up this week against St. Francis and now tonight. As long as we play like we can, we can beat anybody."

Evanston (3-5) used a 7-0 run with Paul Springer (seven kills, three aces) at the service line to take an 18-15 lead in the first game. But Benet (12-5) rallied to win game one then used a 6-1 run of its own to build a 20-15 lead in Game 2.

"We were able to eliminate a lot of rally opportunities by Evanston by putting balls away off our first catch," Van Eekeren said. "Our outside hitters [Foran and Quigley] really carried us."

Ben Steele added 23 assists and four digs for Benet. Michael Solomon had seven kills and Peter Shuldiner added 23 assists for the Wildkits.