WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Five Lycoming College volleyball players finished in double figures in kills, led by a career-high from junior Tayler Whitman (New Cumberland, Pa./Cedar Cliff), but Widener University was able to win the last three sets in order to take a 3-2 (17-25, 22-25, 25-23, 25-16, 15-10) MAC Commonwealth decision on Wednesday night, Sept. 23, at Lamade Gym.
 
The Warriors (8-5 overall, 1-1 MAC Commonwealth) started out the match by hitting .405 (20-5-37) in the first set and notching a 60 percent (14-of-23) sideout percentage in the second set, but Widener (9-6 overall, 1-1 MAC Commonwealth) came back to hit .313 (34-8-83) and post a 69 percent (35-of-51) sideout percentage in the last three sets to earn the win, avenging a five-set loss in the first round of the MAC Commonwealth Tournament in 2014.
 
Whitman led the team with 15 kills and six digs, surpassing her previous career best of 14 kills set against Elizabethtown in 2014. Senior Bethany Richardson (York, Pa./West York) added 14 kills, hitting .346, and sophomore Cheyenne Altland (East Berlin, Pa./Delone Catholic) added 12 kills, hitting .333.
 
Junior Lauren Fink (York, Pa./West York) added 10 kills and 10 digs and junior Kristine Jahn (Enola, Pa./Cumberland Valley) added 10 kills and six digs. Sophomore Catherine Burger (Royersford, Pa./Spring-Ford) finished with 52 assists, seven digs, four kills and two aces and freshman Emily Hepner (Leesport, Pa./Schuylkill Valley) added 14 digs.
 
Nicole Dorman led the Pride with 17 kills, seven digs and five blocks, Natalie Winn added 12 kills, two aces and two blocks. Kierston Forney posted 10 kills and Kelsey Lee posted seven kills, six blocks and two aces. Sabrina Barbieri notched 43 assists and 12 digs, Lauren Elliott posted 20 digs and Janie Kalinock added five blocks.
 
The Warriors get back on the court when they open the 18^th annual Tip-Off Tournament on Friday, Sept. 25, when they face CCNY at 4 p.m. and Alfred State at 8 p.m.