EASTON, Pa. – The Lafayette College volleyball team dropped its sixth Patriot League match of the season on Saturday afternoon, falling to American in four sets.

"We put ourselves in a good situation," head coach Ryan Adams said, "We battled and it was good to see us battle and pull of a set. We are in a good spot."

Lafayette (12-11 (1-6)) started off the first set with a five point run before American (12-7 (5-1)) got on the board. From there the Eagles would only take the lead twice in the set, tying the score three times but the Leopards were able to hold on for the 25-23 set one victory.

American came back to take the second set, 25-20, only giving up the lead once throughout the set, evening out the match 1-1. The Eagles would then cruise to a third set victory, 25-15 to get the 2-1 match advantage.

The Eagle went up 3-0 at the start of the fourth set before it would be sophomore Kelly Austin with a kill to get Lafayette on the board. American responded with a kill of their own and the set would see an exchange of points before the Eagles would push ahead off a five point scoring run.

The Leopards responded with a three point scoring run of their own but it would ultimately be another five point run by the Eagles that would push them ahead for the 25-23 set victory.  
Sophomore Grace Tulevech led the Leopards with 16 kills. Tonight's match marks the seventh match in a row that Tulevech has recorded double-digit kills and out of the 23 matches Lafayette has played so far this season, she has reached the double-digit mark in 19.

Sophomore Leanna Deegan also recorded double-digit kills in today's match with 13. Freshman Ellie Carrera-Justiz and sophomore Madi Wahrmund totaled five and seven, respectively.

Tonight's match marks the seventh match in a row that Tulevech has recorded double-digit kills and out of the 23 matches Lafayette has played so far this season, she has reached the double-digit mark in 19.

"We found we can battle with anybody and now it's just about turning the page, resetting and getting ready to do it all over again," Adams said.

The Leopards are set to take on Bucknell on Friday at 7 p.m, making the start of their second go-around in Patriot League action. Earlier in the season they dropped their first match against the Bison's 3-1.