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PHILIPPI, W. Va. – The Ursuline College volleyball team had its two-match conference winning streak end Friday (Nov. 15) night at Alderson Broaddus University.

ABU won the first set 25-18 after hitting .433 before dropping the next two, 25-22 and 25-17. The Battlers returned to form in the fourth set and hit .324 on their way to another 25-18 set victory before winning the deciding set, 15-10.

The Arrows are now 18-16 overall and 6-7 in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference while the Battlers, winners in four straight, improve to 18-13 overall and 10-3 in conference play. Despite losing on Friday night, Ursuline benefitted from a loss by Trevecca Nazarene University. The Trojans came up short against conference-leading Cedarville University in four, guaranteeing Donna Day's team the fourth seed in the conference postseason tournament which will be held next week.

A likely meeting with TNU will take place on Thursday (Nov. 21) at 2:30 p.m. at the to-be-determined conference site.

Three Battlers collected 10 or more kills on Friday night, led by freshman Megan Christmann's 16. Senior Alex Leister led UC with 14 kills and 10 digs, good for her ninth double-double of the season.

Juniors Molly Hilfinger (39 assists) and Kelly Stenger (17 digs) led the team in their respective categories.

Ursuline will conclude the regular season tomorrow (Nov. 16) at Davis & Elkins College with a 1:00 p.m. match. The Arrows fell to the Senators in three when they came to Northeast Ohio on Oct. 12.

Saturday's match will be covered with free live stats and free live video, available here.