COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. – The Ursinus Volleyball team celebrated its senior night by rallying to defeat McDaniel 3-1 (19-25, 25-20, 25-12, 25-16) on Friday night at Helfferich Hall.
 
 
Ursinus improved to 10-8 overall and 1-3 in Centennial Conference play. Meanwhile, the Green Terror fell to 9-5 overall and 0-3 in conference action.
 
 
Senior Caroline Sherman led the Bears with a match-high 12 kills behind a .273 hitting percentage and compiled seven digs, three aces, and three assists. Junior Mel Eglinton recorded nine kills and eight digs while junior Reena Robinson and sophomore Daejah Bazemore posted seven kills apiece. The Bears recorded 13 blocks as a team with Eglinton leading the team with five that all came from block assists. Senior Rachel Bernard paced the offense with 21 assists while adding three aces and five digs and junior Erin Dychdala added 11 assists.
 
 
The Bears won the first two points of the match and won seven straight points to take a 9-3 lead in the first set, forcing a Green Terror timeout. Out of the timeout, McDaniel won five of the next six points to cut the deficit down to 10-8. Ursinus responded by winning six of the next nine points to go up 16-11 before the Green Terror stormed ahead at 20-17 by winning nine of the next 10 points. Ursinus won back-to-back points to make it 20-19, but the Green Terror won five straight to close out the first set.
 
 
Ursinus responded in the second set by jumping out to a 10-3 lead. The Bears won six straight points after McDaniel reduced the lead down to five at 11-6 and had to stave off another Green Terror run which left their lead at 16-12. Ursinus worked its lead back out to 19-13 before the Green Terror won four of the next five points to make it 20-17. McDaniel got within two points twice of the Bears, but Ursinus fended away another rally and won the set at 25-20.
 
 
It was all Bears in the third set as they raced out to a 7-1 lead and eventually extended it to 12-4. McDaniel won three straight points to make it 12-7, but the Bears took control with six straight points to go up 18-7. Ursinus continued to pull away as they led by as many as 14 points at 24-10 before closing the set out at 25-12.
 
 
The fourth set was very competitive to start as neither team was able to lead by more than a point until Ursinus went up 11-9. McDaniel tied the set up at 12 and again at 14, but the Bears took complete control of the match by winning nine of the next 10 points to go up 23-15. Eglinton responded to a Green Terror point with a kill and Bernard closed the match out with an ace.
 
 
Ursinus returns to action on Saturday, October 19th as they will host Washington College at 1:00 p.m.