GALLOWAY, NJ - The Swarthmore College volleyball team suffered a 3-2 loss at Stockton University on Thursday night. The Garnet led 2-1 heading into the fourth set, but were unable to put away the Ospreys. 

Alexia Enache and Isabel Adam both tallied career-highs in kills to pace the Garnet attack. Enache led the way with 17 kills and a .239 hitting percentage, while Adam added 16 kills. Emily Sun also achieved a career-high with 38 assists.

Sun put together a well-rounded performance to go with her career-high in assists. Sun paced the team with 16 digs and five aces, while adding three kills. The sophomore setter recorded a new career-best in kills and matched her career-best in aces.

SWARTHMORE 2, STOCKTON 3
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Garnet began to gain separation early in the opening set. Adam kickstarted an 8-1 swing with a pair of kills, while Enache capped off the run with back-to-back kills. The Garnet scored seven of their eight points off kills during the run and they doubled their opponents score, 16-8. Stockton clawed back to pull within two points towards the end of the set, but were unable to overtake Swarthmore, who ended the stanza with four-unanswered points. Sun took matters into her own hands with three-straight aces to secure the win, 25-19.

- Stockton got off to a fast start in the second set with an 11-3 run. Later in the stanza, the Garnet battled back with four-straight points to pull within four points, 18-14. Enache opened the rally with a kill, while three-straight Osprey attack errors brought Swarthmore within striking distance. However, the Garnet were unable to pull any closer as Stockton maintained its lead to even the match, 25-18.

- Swarthmore led early with a 10-7 lead in the third set, but the Ospreys countered with four-unanswered points to take the lead. The Garnet then put themselves back in front with a 5-1 swing to erase Stockton's advantage, 16-13. Later in the set, Swarthmore built themselves a six-point cushion after consecutive Osprey attack errors. The Garnet then clinched the stanza on a bad set from Stockton, 25-20.  

- Both teams went back-and forth in a tightly-contested fourth set, which saw 14 total ties. The Garnet took the lead late in the set on a Adam kill, before the Ospreys forced the final tie of the stanza with a kill. Stockton then rallied for three-straight points, before clinching the set on a service error, 25-23. 

- Midway through the fifth set, Stockton took the lead on an attack error and never surrendered the lead afterwards, 6-5. The Garnet cut their deficit to one point on several occasions, but were unable to overtake the Ospreys, 15-11.

GARNET LEADERS
Kills: Enache 17, Adam 16
Aces: Sun 5, Mountcastle 4
Blocks: Heminway 4
Assists: Sun 38
Digs: Sun 16, Eyer 16

UP NEXT
The Garnet (2-4) open their home schedule with Rutgers-Camden and the University of Mary Washington on Saturday.