LINCOLN, Neb. – The Coe College women's volleyball team fell 3-2 to Nebraska Wesleyan on Tuesday evening in the opening round of the American Rivers Conference Tournament. The loss snaps a two-match winning streak for Coe and drops the Kohawks to 15-18 overall. Coe ends the 2019 campaign with a 5-3 record in the A-R-C, a 4-9 record at home, a 3-5 record away from home and an 8-3 record in neutral-site games. 
 
Madi Parson led the Kohawks with 16 kills while recording 14 digs. Kate Tidman also had a double-double, recording 15 kills and a team-high 23 digs. Morgan Kluesner was the third Kohawk with a double-double, registering 13 kills and 17 digs. Elli Teeple dished out a team-high 43 assists and came up with 21 digs, her second-highest total of the year. Majda Suljic finished with 19 digs while adding two service aces. 
 
Nebraska Wesleyan jumped out to a hot start, winning the first two sets comfortably. Despite opening slowly, Coe remained calm and won the third set 25-21 to draw closer to the Prairie Wolves. The Kohawks started strong again in the third set, opening a 10-6 lead and forcing an NWU timeout. Coe kept rolling following the break, extending its lead to 17-11 and forcing the Prairie Wolves to take another timeout. 
 
Nebraska Wesleyan took advantage of the timeout this time, ripping off three-straight points to inch closer to Coe, making the score 17-14. The teams traded points for the next few rallies as Coe led 22-18 but a Prairie Wolves service error gave the Kohawks a four-point lead. NWU would score the next point but Coe showed poise and hung on to win the set 25-21 to force a deciding fifth set. 
 
The squads went back-and-forth early in the final set, as the score was tied 5-5. Coe took a slight 6-5 advantage after an attacking error but the Prairie Wolves came up with a kill on the ensuing point to tie the game again. The game remained tight but the Kohawks held an 8-7 lead and controlled the serve when the teams switched sides. 
 
NWU regained a 10-9 lead after scoring two-straight points and forced head coach DeAnn Woodin to take a timeout to stop the run. The Prairie Wolves point-streak continued following the timeout as NWU stretched its lead to three at 12-9, forcing another Coe timeout. Nebraska Wesleyan continued the strong play after the break and would hold on to win the final set 15-10 to advance in the tournament. 
 
Numerous Kohawks etched their names into the record books as Tidman, Parson, Kluesner, Teeple and Suljic all made their mark. In the single-season records, Tidman is now tied for first in kills (493), second in total attacks (1,403), tied for second in total points (544) and third in kills per set (3.76 K/S). She is also tenth in most sets played (131). 
 
Parson moves into first place in total attacks (1,446), sixth in total points (501), tenth in most sets played (131) and 15th in kills per set (3.29). Kluesner also played 131 sets, good for tenth place in Coe's history while moving into a tie for fourth place in total service aces (68). She also moved into sixth in total attempts (1,118) tenth in aces per set (.52 A/S) and 11th place in total points (457). Teeple, who also played 131 sets, moved into fifth place in assists (1,331) and sixth in assists per sets (10.16). Suljic moved into seventh place in digs (559) and eleventh in digs per set (4.27 D/S). 
 
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