EASTON, Pa. – The Lafayette College volleyball team dropped a three-set contest (19-25, 20-25, 23-25) to conference-leading Colgate Sunday evening in Kirby Sports Center.
 
Senior Leanna Deegan led all attackers with 23 kills, hitting .264 with nine digs.
 
It was a back-and-forth opening frame with the visitors leading 20-18 before they rattled off a 3-0 run to steal momentum and take the set. The Raiders used a 6-0 run in the second set to make it 15-6 before the Leopards were able to put together a quick 4-0 outburst with junior Grace Steurer collecting back-to-back service aces.
 
Lafayette got within three at 20-17 in the second before Colgate took a two-set advantage into the break.
 
Momentum seemed to be with the Maroon and White in the third, scoring five out of seven points heading into the media timeout with a 15-13 advantage and again when Deegan and freshman Abby Nieporte put together back-to-back kills to force a Colgate timeout at 18-15.
 
Colgate had a pair of 3-0 runs in the match's last seven points to come back and take the third set.
 
Senior Grace Tulevech added eight kills while junior Gracie Gison had three blocks. The Raiders hit .311 as a unit while holding Lafayette to just a .126 team hitting percentage.
 
Lafayette travels south for a pair of matches, beginning Friday at Loyola at 7 p.m. before taking on American Saturday at 4 p.m.