DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - It took five sets for the Embry-Riddle Eagles volleyball team to take revenge on the Webber International Warriors, the only team they had lost to this season, on Wednesday at the ICI Center, as the home team took the match (26-24, 22-25, 28-30, 25-23, 15-11).

The Eagles came back from a 2-1 deficit after game three to grab a share of the conference lead. It was the team's 15th win of the year, moving their record to 15-1 overall and 5-1 in The Sun Conference. Webber International suffered its first loss in conference play and third loss of the season, moving to 9-3 overall and 5-1 in league play. Embry-Riddle, Webber International and SCAD all hold a share of the conference lead with records of 5-1.

Savannah Trakes led the Eagles, posting an individual career-high 26 kills in the match. She marked her third double-double of the season with 14 digs to accompany her team leading kills. Marissa Gonzales had a season-high 53 assists in the match. She also had two service aces, eight digs and a kill.

In set one the Eagles fought back from a six point deficit (10-4) to tie the game at 13. The set was never separated by more than two points from that point on, but the Eagles capitalized on some key errors made by WIU's hitters to take the set 26-24.

ERAU battle back from a WIU lead in the second set, down by five (24-19) the Eagles pulled to within two but a service error for the home team gave the Warriors the set. The Eagles repeated their comeback in the third set, but made a few key substitutions at the outside hitter and middle blocker positions and the team was able to tie the game at 24 where back and forth kills on each side of the net moved the score to 28 all. An error by the Eagles and a kill by WIU's Alicia Mohler gave the Warriors the 2-1 edge going into set four.

Gonzales served the Eagles to a 4-0 lead at the beginning of set four, before WIU took a time out. The Eagles momentum seemed to die down as the Warriors came back to tie the game at nine. Two quick kills by Jenn Meglic and Corey Dobridnia put the Eagles back up by two, but through long volleys the Warriors came back to tie the game at 17. The game remained tied until Trakes torpedoed a ball from the outside deep into the Warriors court that tied the game at 23. An attack error by the visitors and an assisted block by Dobridnia and Jenni Nelsen evened up the sets and forced a game five.

Despite scoring the first point in set five, the Eagles fell behind 3-1 to the Warriors before they were able to regain the momentum. The momentum they used to tie the game was short lived as WIU took a three point lead, 7-4, before Eagle's head coach Joslynn Gallop called a time out. After the time out, back to back kills by Meglic and Lauren Anastase cut the Warrior lead by one. Another point was tallied by WIU but the Eagles tied the game at nine as Trakes sent back-to-back balls soaring down in between the Webber International defense. The Eagles pulled ahead 11-10 on another kill by Trakes, followed by two errors by the Warriors. A few plays later Trakes put the Eagles up for game point, 14-11, as she tallied her final kill of the evening.

Meglic and Dobridnia combined for 17 kills in the middle blocker position (9 and 8 respectively). Anastase, who had only had four kills all season before this match, had eight kills in three sets played. She also had the second most digs on the team with 15. Julia Frassetto, the libero, had 20 digs in the match.

This was the third game of the season where the Eagles played five sets in a match. They have won all three matches.

The Blue and Gold will wrap up the six-game home-stand on Friday as they host Warner Southern in a conference match at 7 p.m. in the ICI Center.