The Muhlenberg volleyball team took a 2-1 set advantage but were unable to close it out, falling in five to the visiting Dickinson Red Devils.
The two teams battled neck-and-neck for the majority of the first three sets; neither team notched a lead of more than five points across those games. It was the Mules outlasting the Red Devils in the first set, 25-23, before the visitors answered back with a 27-25 win in the second. The hosts faced a 24-21 deficit in the third set before storming back to win it on an emphatic
Olivia Bruno kill at 27-25. From there, the visitors took hold of the match, winning both the third and fourth sets by six points.
Four Mules reached double figures in kills on the evening.
Abigail Oswari led the way with 15,
Lizzie Steinkamp wasn't far behind with 14,
Andrea Romero-Agosto notched 11, and
Kelliann Keogh had 10. All four of them were relatively efficient, finishing with hitting percentages greater than .150.
Maddy Budris was effective in her role as the setter, totaling a team-high 26 assists while
Jenny Ryan experienced similar success, evidenced by her 23 dimes.
The match is Muhlenberg's ninth five-setter of the season. That sets a new program record for most five-set contests in a single season, topping the previous mark of eight reached in 1999, 2003, and 2018. This comes after not playing a single five-set match in 2025.
