The Lancaster Bible College women's volleyball team won its fourth straight match on Tuesday night, defeating rival Cairn, 3-0 at Horst Athletic Center. The Chargers won, 25-23, 25-23, 25-15, and improved to 10-5 this season, while the Highlanders fell to 3-10.

Match Recap: The first set was a battle of scoring runs, as each team would earn points in bunches, and then give them away in bunches. Cairn took five of seven points midway through the opening set, and grabbed a 14-11 lead after a kill from Lyntia Gwess, who would have 11 on the night. Lancaster Bible responded with seven of the next nine points, and led 18-16 after a kill from Kacey Smith.

The Highlanders would eventually tie the set at 20-20, and take a 22-21 lead. The Chargers got a kill from Ashtyn Bouslog to tie the set at 22-22, and after a Cairn error, Jenny Mulvey quick-served out of a timeout, and gave Lancaster Bible a 24-22 advantage. A kill from Bouslog a point later would give the home team the set, 25-23.

After Cairn won the opening three points of the second set, the Chargers took 10 of the next 12 points, to take a 10-5 lead. Mulvey was key again during the run, as she had three aces, while Aleah Heyworth, Courtney Goyak and Erin Harkey all had kills during the scoring run as well. 

The Highlanders wouldn't go away, and tied the match at 14-14, after winning six of seven points. Lancaster Bible withstood the run, and earned eight of the next 11 points, and led 22-17 after another kill from Hannah Gipe. The trend continued however, and Cairn won the next five points to tie the set at 22-22, but Lancaster Bible Head Coach Micah Herron refused to call timeout and let the team handle its business, which it did, by winning three of the final four points, capped by a kill from Smith.

Mulvey opened the third set on a serving barrage, as she had three more aces, and the Chargers jumped out to a 7-0 lead. There would be no comeback from Cairn in the final set, as the Chargers put their foot on the gas, and led 14-4 after a kill from Bekah Roberts. The Chargers maintained their lead, and late kills from Martina McCauley and Allison Shuey, gave the Chargers the set and the match.

By the Numbers: Lancaster Bible led in kills, 38-25, and also held a 10-3 edge in aces...Gipe led the Chargers with 12 kills, while Goyak added seven kills and two blocks...Heyworth and Bouslog each had six kills, while reigning NEAC Defensive Player of the Week, Hannah Thompson had a team-high 13 digs...Mulvey finished with seven aces for the Chargers.

Information  Hodge Podge: Cairn still leads the all-time series, 35-11, but the Chargers have now won each of the past seven matches against the Highlanders...Lancaster Bible has not lost to Cairn since October 2013...Mulvey's seven aces are the most for a Lancaster Bible player this season, and she now has 15 aces in her past three matches...This is the quickest the Chargers have gotten to 10 wins in a season since 2004, when Lancaster Bible began the season 10-4, en route to a 15-9 finish...The Chargers are 2-0 at home this season.

Up Next: Lancaster Bible returns to North Eastern Athletic Conference play on Friday at 4 p.m., as the Chargers welcome Penn St. Berks to Horst Athletic Center...The match is part of Lancaster Bible's weekend of Homecoming events.