The Lancaster Bible College women's volleyball team fell victim to another up and day down at Horst Athletic Center on Thursday, as the Chargers opened the day by defeating Valley Forge in three sets, but Mount Aloysius squeaked out the nightcap in five sets, defeating the Chargers, 3-2. The Chargers defeated Valley Forge, 25-22, 25-21, 25-16 and then fell to Mount Aloysius, 16-25, 25-17, 26-24, 20-25, 15-11. Lancaster Bible is now 4-7 overall.

Lancaster Bible 3, Valley Forge 0
25-22, 25-21, 25-16

How it Happened: A tight match the whole way through, Lancaster Bible jumped out to a 5-1 lead in the first set, only to see Valley Forge storm back and grab a 12-11 lead after winning six of eight points. Valley Forge eventually led, 19-16, but four straight points from the Chargers made it 20-19 in favor of the home team. The Patriots tied the match at 21-21, but Lancaster Bible won four of the final five points, two of which came on service aces, to take the opening set, 25-22.

The Chargers trailed 4-2 early in the second set, but rattled off nine of the next 10 points to take an 11-5 lead. Once again though, Valley Forge hung around and won six of seven points to take a 17-16 advantage. It was then Lancaster Bible's turn to make a run, as the Chargers won six of seven points and took a 22-18 lead on a block assist from Ashtyn Bouslog and Bekah Roberts. Valley Forge cut its deficit to two, 23-21, but Lancaster Bible won the final two points on a kill from Roberts, followed by an ace from senior Myranda Kemrer.

Lancaster Bible trailed, 7-5 in the third set before winning 10 of 13 points and grabbed a 15-10 advantage. The Patriots tried to get back into the set and trailed just 17-15 before the Chargers strung together six straight points and took a commanding 23-15 lead. A kill by Bouslog and a Valley Forge error sealed the win for the Chargers two points later.

By the Numbers: Valley Forge actually had one more kill than the Chargers, as they led 27-26 for the match, but the Patriots committed 23 errors...Lancaster Bible had 69 digs, while the Patriots had 59...Bouslog led the Chargers with nine kills, while Kemrer had a match-high 24 digs...Aleah Heyworth had seven kills, while sophomore Mandy Metzler added 20 assists and 10 digs...Megan Bard led all players with 11 kills.

Information Hodge Podge: Lancaster Bible is now 51-14 all-time against the Patriots and the Chargers have not lost to Valley Forge since 2007...The Chargers have won 15 straight matches against the Patriots and the team's 51 wins against Valley Forge are the most against any opponent the Chargers have faced in program history...Lancaster Bible had 26 kills against Valley Forge in last season's victory too.

Mount Aloysius 3, Lancaster Bible 2
16-25, 25-17, 26-24, 20-25, 15-11

How it Happened: Mount Aloysius jumped out to an early 7-2 lead in the opening set, but the Chargers won seven of the next eight points and grabbed a 9-8 lead. Lancaster Bible used another big run later in the set, winning 10 of 11 points to take a 19-11 lead and never looked back, taking the first set, 25-16. 

The Mounties took a page out of Lancaster Bible's book in the second set and used big scoring runs to take control of the set. Mount Aloysius earned 11 of 14 points midway through the set and took an 18-12 lead and eventually won the set, 25-17. 

The third set went back-and-forth, as neither team could pull away. Lancaster Bible trailed 15-11 midway through the set, but won seven of eight points and grabbed an 18-16 lead on a block assist fy Allison Shuey and Bekah Roberts. The Chargers would take 24-21 lead on a kill from Aleah Heyworth and looked poised to win the third set, but Mount Aloysius hung tough and used two kills, and a Lancaster Bible error to knot the score at 24-24. After a service ace from the Mounties' Sarah Fisher, the Chargers called timeout, trailing by one, but it didn't help and an error on the next play from Lancaster Bible gave Mount Aloysius the set.

The fourth set was much like the third as neither team could gain a large advantage throughout the set. With the match tied at 19-19, Lancaster Bible rattled off five straight points, and took a 24-19 lead. After the Mounties got one point back, Hannah Gipe sent the Lancaster Bible crowd into a frenzy with a huge kill that sent the match to a fifth set.

The opening points of the fifth set played out much like the previous to sets and an attack error from Mount Aloysius tied the set at 8-8. Mount Aloysius won the next two points to make it 10-8 and after a Lancaster Bible timeout, the Mounties won two more points to take a four-point lead. Following another Chargers' timeout, Lancaster Bible took the next three points to cut its deficit to one, 12-11, but an error, followed by a Mount Aloysius ace, gave the Mounties a set point. Lancaster Bible did everything it could, but an error ended the match and gave Mount Aloysius the win.

By the Numbers: Lancaster Bible had 46 kills, while Mount Aloysius had 45...The Mounties had 86 digs and the Chargers had 81...The Chargers also managed 16 aces, while the Mounties had 10...Junior Hannah Gipe had a career-high 16 kills for the Chargers...Bouslog was the other Lancaster Bible player with double-digit kills, as she had 10 to go with 11 digs...Junior Erin Harkey had a career-high six aces for the Chargers and also chipped in with 14 digs...Kemrer had a team-high 21 digs, while sophomore Hannah Thompson had 13 digs and three aces...Roberts added five blocks, as did Shuey, who also added 20 assists...Sarah Fisher paced Mount Aloysius with 15 kills.

Information Hodge Podge: Lancaster Bible is now 2-10 against the Mounties all-time...The 16 service aces are the most for the Chargers since Oct. 19, 2013 when they had 17 against Cazenovia...The Chargers were 2-1 in five-set matches last season.

Up Next: Lancaster Bible is back on the court on Saturday as they face SUNY Cobleskill at 11 a.m. and then take Southern Vermont at 1 p.m...Both matches will be played in Cobleskill, N.Y.