ELMIRA, N.Y. – The Elmira College women's volleyball team rallied from a 2-1 set deficit against Keystone College and forced a fifth set by overcoming multiple double-digit deficits in the fourth before surrendering the final set for a 3-2 loss Tuesday night in Speidel Gymnasium.

JUST THE BASICS:
SCORE: Elmira 2, Keystone College 3
LOCATION: Elmira, N.Y. | Speidel Gymnasium
TEAM RECORDS: Elmira (2-8, 0-0 Empire 8), Keystone (1-7, 0-0 United East)

HOW IT HAPPENED:

• The Soaring Eagles put together a string of seven points to take a 17-13 lead that carried them to a 25-22 first set win.
• Elmira was a point away from taking a 2-0 set lead at 24-23 before the Giants scored the last three to steal the second set at 26-24.
• The third set was just as close as the second with the teams tied 23-23 before the Giants closed out the third set with a 25-23 win.
• The fourth set started out strong for Keystone with leads of 14-3 and 18-5 before Elmira crawled back at 20-10 and then took 19 of the last 26 points for a 29-27 win.
• The Giants came out strong in the fifth set with a 6-1 lead and the Soaring Eagles cut that lead to 8-6 before falling 15-8.
• Lilyanah Doolittle '29 led Elmira in kills with 12 and blocks with four.
• Gabriela Rodriguez '26 added a team-best 20 digs, while Erin Bracken '28 finished with 20 assists.

UP NEXT:
The Soaring Eagles host Hilbert College for a doubleheader on Saturday with the first match scheduled for 11 AM in Speidel Gymnasium.