CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – In its final match at the Mabel Lee Invitational, the St. Olaf College volleyball team rallied from two-sets-to-one down to edge Loras College in five sets (25-19, 21-25, 21-25, 25-18, 16-14) on Saturday at Kohawk Arena.

St. Olaf (14-2) improved to 4-0 in five-set matches this season by coming back from 11-9 down in the decider to defeat Loras (12-4) and finish off a 3-0 weekend in Cedar Rapids. Senior Lauren Rewers led the way for the Oles with a career-high 25 kills to go with 15 digs and four aces.

Since the start of last season, St. Olaf is 19-1 in its last 20 neutral-site matches, including a perfect 10-0 mark this season.

In addition to Rewers' fifth double-double in the last six matches, junior Summer Reid recorded 13 kills and hit .290 for St. Olaf, which also got 11 kills from junior Morgan Marxer. Junior Lexi Wall tallied a season-high 55 assists for her fifth 50-plus-assist performance of the season.

Senior Emily Jarnigan posted a career-high 33 digs, the highest dig total for an Ole since Abby Slack '17 on Sept. 13, 2015, to help St. Olaf hold Loras to a .107 attack percentage.

St. Olaf jumped out to leads of 6-1 and 11-3 early in the first set and led by at least four for the remainder of the set. After trailing 23-15, Loras won four-straight points to cut the Oles' lead in half, but a kill by Reid and an ace by Wall finished off the set.

Late in the second set, the Duhawks went on a 5-0 run out of a timeout to bring up six set points with a 24-18 lead. The Oles fended off three set points before Loras evened the match at a set apiece.

Like the second set, Loras used a late run to win the second and go up two sets to none. Trailing 19-17, the Duhawks won six consecutive points to take a 23-19 lead and won eight of the final 10 points to grab a two-sets-to-one advantage.

St. Olaf hit .278 in the fourth set, the highest mark of the match for either team, and held Loras to a .031 clip to send the match to a deciding set. Reid had three kills during a 4-0 run that opened up a 15-10 lead for the Oles midway through the set. St. Olaf led by at least four and as many as nine late in the set.

Neither team led by more than a single point in the fifth until Loras won three points in a row shortly after the side switch to go up 11-9 and prompt a St. Olaf timeout. The Oles evened the set at 12-12 and 13-13 before a block gave the Duhawks a match point. After an attack error by Loras tied the score at 14-14, Lannom delivered back-to-back aces on either side of a timeout by the Duhawks to finish off the five-set victory.

Kayla Kinney led three Duhawks in double figures in kills with 16 to go with 11 digs. Kelly Boge and Abby Aligeyer each had 10 kills for Loras, while Jessalyn Roling had 46 assists.

St. Olaf returns to Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC) play on Thursday, Sept. 26 with a visit to Gustavus Adolphus College for a 7 p.m. match.