Box Score SWARTHMORE, Pa. - Led by career performances from seniors Danielle Sullivan and Brone Lobichusky, the Swarthmore College (16-13) volleyball team defeated Marywood University (18-12) by a 3-1 score (25-15, 28-26, 24-26, 25-16) on Wednesday in the ECAC Southeast Volleyball Play-In match. With the victory, the Garnet advance to the semifinals this coming Saturday.

Sullivan finished with a career-best 22 kills, clipping a .420 hitting percentage in the match and added 18 digs for her 13th double-double on the season. Sullivan enters the weekend with 984 career kills. Lobichusky also tabbed a career-best in kills with 19 in the victory.

Swarthmore finished with its best hitting percentage (.319) since defeating Mount Saint Vincent in early September. Sophomore Sam DuBois finished with 53 assists and nine digs.

Sophomore Madison Heppe, a recent All-Centennial first team honoree, grounded the defense with 23 digs, bringing her season total to 513 - a mark that breaks the single-season program record previously set in 2007 by Erin Heaney (492). Senior Maggie Duszyk picked up a season-high 15 digs in the effort. 

In the opening set, Swarthmore kept a steady led over the visiting Pacers - including a seven-point run sparked by Sullivan's kill at 8-6 leading to her service led by three kills from Lobichusky to go ahead 14-6. The Garnet went ahead by ten, 20-10, on Sullivan's fifth kill of the set. Sophomore Anastasia White-Torruellas tallied two kills for the 25-15 first set win. 

The teams tied three times before back-to-back kills from Sullivan ignited momentum for the home squad. Down 18-13, the Pacers began a five-point run to knot the score at 18-18. Ashley Zalewski, whom finished with 13 kills, led the run with two kills. The teams would go point-for-point to the finish line, forcing extra tallies. Marywood's Amy Melick set the score at 26-26 with her kill, but back-to-back kills from Sullivan and a dump from DuBois gave the Garnet a 28-26 second set victory. 

Opening the third set close, the Pacers went on a 7-3 run to hold the lead at 13-9 with a kill from Melick - she finished with 12 on the night. Swarthmore closed the gap and tied at 16 with Sullivan's service ace and later regained the lead, 20-18, on White-Torruellas service. Once again the teams closed out the set point-for-point, but this time Marywood took the victory on back-to-back kills from Zalewski. 

In the fourth set, Swarthmore found its groove after service aces from Lobichusky to go ahead 16-13, holding the lead for the remainder. The Pacers would only score twice more in the set. 

The ECAC Southeast semifinal/championship rounds are being hosted by Neumann University. The host will play Wilkes University in the opening semifinal game at noon. The championship match will be played at 6:00 p.m. and a consolation match for the semifinal losers at 4:00 p.m.