FORT WAYNE, Ind. – Senior Saige Thomas (Corpus Christi, Texas) had a night to remember on day one of the Fort Wayne Invitational as she collected a career-high 24 kills as the Toledo volleyball program fell to SIU Edwardsville in a five-set thriller (25-21, 15-25, 29-31, 25-21, 11-15) on Friday night.
"It was a tough first match as we knew it would be from playing SIUE last year. We did some really nice things tonight but we need to learn to finish sets out as we had leads in four of the five sets from the midway point and after," said head coach Greg Smith.