NEW HAVEN, Conn. - In a five-set thriller, the Albertus Magnus College Women's Volleyball team lost a 3-2 Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) match to in-state rival Mitchell College on Wednesday evening.

THE BASICS

Mitchell 3 | Albertus Magnus 2

Set 1: Albertus Magnus 25, Mitchell 18

Set 2: Mitchell 25, Albertus Magnus 5

Set 3: Albertus Magnus 25, Mitchell 22

Set 4: Mitchell 25, Albertus Magnus 13

Set 5: Mitchell 15, Albertus Magnus 11

Box

RECORDS: Albertus Magnus (4-6, 0-2 GNAC) | Mitchell (3-6, 1-2 GNAC)

HIGHLIGHTS

The Falcons took set one after finishing on a 10-3 run after the game was knotted up, 15-15. In the deciding run, Colleen Edwards (Clinton, Conn.) had three kills and Yarelis Torres (East Haven, Conn.) finished the set with a kill off an assist from Shalese Gordon (Bridgeport, Conn.). Both teams finished with ten kills in the set.

Mitchell dominated set two, scoring 15 straight points behind the play of Bliss Brown, taking a 19-2 lead. Brown had 12 of her team-high 33 kills in the set.

The Mariners again got off to another hot start in the third set, taking a 12-5 lead, but this time the Falcons were able to bounce back with a 14-4 run, taking advantage of nine errors from Mitchell and two kills from Edwards.

Mitchell tied the match in the fourth set, scoring the final six points. Sarah Aviles scored four of the final six points for the Mariners. The Falcons had five kills in the set from five different players. Brown had eight kills in the set for Mitchell.

In the deciding fifth set, the two teams could not separate from each other early on. On two occasions, the Mariners took a two-point lead. Down 6-4, the Falcons tied the set as Kanishjoary Marrero-Martinez (Schenectady, N.Y.) had a kill followed by an ace from Da'Veona Parker (New Haven, Conn.). Mitchell was able to  pull away in the end, scoring the final two points, including an ace from Allison Blum to end the match.

TEAM LEADERS
Albertus

Colleen Edwards - 9 kills

Shalese Gordon - 18 assists

Amanda Zdru (Stratford, Conn.) - 33 digs

Nathalie Wallace (Rocky Hill, Conn.) - 3 blocks

Shalese Gordon - 3 aces

Mitchell

Bliss Brown - 33 kills

Jenna Blankenship - 24 assists

Bliss Brown - 18 digs

Kiersten Veenstra - 2 blocks

Julia Lent - 5 aces

NOTEWORTHY

• This is the second match this season - and the first one since their opening game - that the Falcons went to five sets.

• The Mariners lead the all-time series, 11-23, including the last seven matches.

• Zdru's 33 digs were a career-high.

• The Falcons finished with 72 digs, which were the second-highest this season.

UP NEXT

The Falcons host a tri-match on Saturday, September 23, as they take on Framingham State at 11 a.m., followed by a match against Northern Vermont - Lyndon at 3 p.m.