The Ursuline College volleyball team eliminated the defending G-MAC Tournament Champion Trevecca Nazarene in the opening round of the conference tournament on Thursday evening in Mason, Ohio.
 
The Arrows erased an early deficit and tied the match 5-5 in the opening set. After the two teams traded points through the rest of the set, Ursuline took a 19-17 lead. Trevecca rallied to score five of the next six points to make a 22-20 lead, however, the Arrows battled back to regain the lead at 23-22.
 
Ursuline finished the first set with a 26-24 win.
 
The second set was almost identical to the first with both teams trading points in the early going. The Arrows built trailed 15-10 and 16-11 before pulling back to within in a pair at 23-21 late in the set. The Trojans held on to even the match 1-1 with a 25-13 win.
 
Ursuline responded with a dominant third and fourth set. The Arrows started the third set with a 12-4 run and saw the lead build to as many as 10 at 15-5. Ursuline took the set and the lead in the match 25-16.
 
The Arrows continued their control of the match in the fourth set as they went onto win 25-18 and take the match in four sets.
 
Senior Makayla Windau had a season high 20 kills while fellow senior Emily Adkinson and freshman Victoria Henderson finished with 14 kills each. Freshman Jill Morrow had a season high six blocks while freshman Angela Zamora had five. Sophomore Katelyn Selleny had 55 assists and sophomore Kassidy Stilwell finished with 24 digs.
 
Ursuline will play Davis & Elkins on Friday evening in Mason, Ohio at 5:00 in the semi-finals. The winner will take on the winner of Cedarville and Malone for the G-MAC Championship on Saturday afternoon. The winner of the G-MAC tournament will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament Midwest Regional.