OSKALOOSA, Iowa - Behind a double-double (26 ast, 16 dig) from Erin Treis and nine-kill nights by Lauren Adams and Kassidy Phillips, William Woods earned its second comeback win of the year on Tuesday night. The 3-1 (21-25, 25-22, 25-12, 25-22) win over William Penn marks the first time since the 2000 season that the Owls have opened the season with three straight wins.

The Owls jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first set, but William Penn clawed back to level the set at 14-14. The teams traded points back and forth until the Statesmen rattled off a six-point run and held on to claim the first set.

WPU took a short-lived lead in the second, but the Owls closed the gap at 7-7 and maintained a slim lead. After a William Penn timeout with WWU leading 22-19, a Treis service error allowed Penn to close the deficit to two. The WWU senior immediately made up for her service error with a dump kill, and a block from Adams and Phillips pushed the Owls to set point. Two points later, Treis and Phillips combined to close out the second set and tie the match at 1-1.

Treis took to the service line with authority in the third set, notching a pair of service aces in a 7-0 Woods run. The Owls easily cruised to a 25-12 win in the third set and continued its momentum with a 5-0 run in the fourth.

After WWU extended its lead in the set to 20-11, William Penn found a brief spark and tied the match at 20-20. Head coach Kandace Cook called a timeout to settle her team down, and despite allowing the Statesmen to score another two points after the break, the Owls held on to close out the match win with a pair of Adams kills sandwiched around an attack error by WPU's Keegan Butler.

WWU posted a hitting percentage of .117 in the match, holding WPU to a .051 pace (including a -.030 mark in the third), and tallied 71 digs to 64 for the Statesmen.

The road swing continues for William Woods this weekend, as the Owls take on the University of Saint Francis (5 p.m.) and Trinity Christian College (7 p.m.) on Friday.