MORRIS, Minn. -- The College of Saint Benedict volleyball team rallied from a 0-2 deficit and fought its way back to claim a 3-2 victory over the University of Minnesota Morris in non-conference action on Wednesday night at James Gremmels Court. With the win, the Bennies move to 6-3 overall on the season.

During the first two sets, the Bennies struggled to find their offensive rhythm, hitting just .073 and .032 respectively. A few CSB service miscues, combined with a strong blocking effort for the Cougars, led to two quick sets.

CSB flipped the script in the next set, making quick work of Morris as the Bennies posted a 25-16 set three win. Saint Ben's hit .323 in the set, while holding the Cougars to just a .086 hitting percentage. The Bennies could feel the momentum swinging and kept the foot on the gas out-hitting Morris .244 to .053 in the fourth set as they went on to win 25-19 and force the fifth and final set.

Saint Ben's saved its best offensive set for last as the Bennies posted 10 kills on 22 swings with just one error, good for a .409 hitting percentage. Both teams traded points to a 4-4 tie before CSB used two service aces, a kill and a Courgar attack error to take an 8-5 lead and force a Morris time out. The Cougars gave it everything they had down the stretch, but CSB had an answer for every Morris play. The Bennies ended the match scoring the final two points of the night off a Morris hitting error and an exclamation point kill from Mackenzie Knofczynski to seal the come-from-behind win.

Individually, setter Audrey Spolidoro had an strong night for CSB, dishing out a match-high 43 assists, to go along with 14 digs and seven kills -- nearly posting the rare volleyball triple double. Emma Guest led the Bennie offense posting a match-high 17 kills, while adding eight digs and a solo block. Knofczynski also shown for the Bennies, recording 13 kills on 22 swings with just two errors for a .500 hitting percentage. Gabby Heying added 10 kills and nine digs, while Mackenzie McDonald and Chaeli Haupert added 18 and 17 digs respectively. 

Saint Ben's returns to action on Friday-Saturday, traveling to Eau Claire, Wis. where the Bennies will play four matches. Tournament action for CSB begins at 5 p.m. on Friday when CSB takes on Finlandia University.