The Lancaster Bible men's volleyball team dropped its final home match of the season on Wednesday night as the Chargers lost a hard-fought four-set match to Cairn, 3-1 at Horst Athletic Center. The Highlanders won, 26-24, 26-24, 24-26, 25-21. Lancaster Bible falls to 7-20 overall this season, while Cairn is now 5-13.

How it Happened: Lancaster Bible took an early 4-3 lead in the first set, but Cairn rattled off seven straight points to take a 10-4 lead. The teams traded points and the Highlanders eventually led, 15-10 midway through the opening set. The Chargers finally went on a run and scored seven of the next eight points and took a 17-16 lead on an error by Cairn. The Highlanders tied the set on the next point and the teams once again began trading points until a service error from Cairn led to a set-point for the Chargers at 24-23. Lancaster Bible could not convert the opportunity as Micah Godshall blasted home a kill to tie the set at 24-24. Lancaster Bible then committed back-to-back errors and Cairn had won the first set, 26-24.

The Chargers did not let the first set loss linger too long as they took an early 9-1 lead in the second set. Derek Bigley served all nine points and added an ace that made it 8-1, as the Chargers had three kills during the scoring run. Cairn answered back and cut its deficit to three at 10-7, but Lancaster Bible responded and won the next three points to take a 13-7 advantage on an ace from Kasey Gentry. The Highlanders continued to chip away at the Chargers' lead and eventually not only tied the match, but took an 18-17 lead after an error from the Chargers. Lancaster Bible regained its composure and took a 23-21 lead, but Cairn won the next three points and had a set-point at 24-23. Lancaster Bible's Caleb Strite converted a kill and tied the set at 24-24, but once again, Cairn won the final two points and took a 2-0 match lead.

The third set was an exact copy of the first two as the teams traded points back-and-forth. Cairn finally got some separation from the Chargers and took a 22-19 lead late in the set. Lancaster Bible battled back once again and won five the next six points to earn another 24-23 lead. Like the first set, Cairn tied the set at 24-24, but this time it was the Chargers who won the big points as a service error from Cairn and an ace from freshman Garyd Martin gave the home team a set three victory, 26-24.

Cairn jumped out to an early 9-3 lead in the fourth set, but Lancaster Bible chipped away and eventually tied that match at 16-16 on a kill from Strite. With Cairn leading 21-20, back-to-back errors from the Chargers helped the Highlanders to within two points of the victory. The Chargers cut it to 23-21 and then thought they had earned another point, but a controversial call went the Highlanders way and Cairn closed out the fourth set and the match with a kill.

By the Numbers: Lancaster Bible's Kasey Gentry finished with a match-high 19 kills and also added 14 digs, which also led all players...Derek Bigley had 13 kills and seven digs as well for the Chargers...Sky Woelkers chipped in with four kills, four aces, four blocks and nine digs...Garyd Martin had 37 assists and six digs, while Joshua Rotz had three kills and nine digs to go with two blocks...Caleb Strite added four kills and three blocks.

Extra! Extra!: Lancaster Bible is now 0-22 all-time against Cairn...The Highlanders defeated Lancaster Bible, 3-2 earlier this season in Langhorne, Pa...The Chargers honored senior Timothy Meyer prior to the match...Lancaster Bible went 3-6 in nine home matches this season.

Up Next: Lancaster Bible will wrap-up its season next weekend in upstate New York as the Chargers face D'Youville on Friday, Apr. 1 and will conclude their season with Medaille and Hilbert on Sat., Apr. 2.