St. Ambrose shook off a poor first set to rally for a 19-25, 25-21, 25-17, 25-21 win at Roosevelt Tuesday night. The victory moved the Bees to 11-3 overall and kept them atop the CCAC with a 4-0 league mark.

SAU got off to a slow start and never fully recovered in the opening set. Roosevelt (0-12, 0-3 CCAC) won five of the first seven points and never trailed from there. The Lakers led by as many as seven points en route to the 1-0 lead.

Things finally came together for the Bees midway through the second. Trailing 17-13, a kill from Alexandria Horne and a block from Horne and Mackenzie Grafton came part of a four-point run that knotted the score at 17-17. The teams traded points with a block from Horne and Hannah Sondag tying the set at 20-20. Three straight Roosevelt hitting errors helped St. Ambrose open up a 23-20 lead, and Jill Kavalauskas followed with kills on two of the next three points to even the match at 1-1.

SAU opened up 3-0 leads in both the third and fourth sets and led comfortably throughout. Over the final two sets, the Bees recorded 29 kills and just 10 hitting errors, hitting at a .297 clip.

Kavalauskas was dominant, finishing with 17 kills against four errors. She had a .342 hitting percentage. Grafton and Emily Pobanz each put down six kills, and Sondag and Meredith Umland had five apiece. Horne and Payton Wendt each finished with three kills and Riley Epperson had a pair.

Sondag had a match-high 29 assists to go along with nine digs. She also had all three of the team's service aces. Neenah Primas was credited with five assists. Maicee Pierce led the way with 15 digs and Skyler Kuntzman came up with five.

The Bees will look to keep rolling next Tuesday when they host Indiana Northwest.