EASTON, Pa. – The Lafayette College volleyball team had its five-match win streak come to an end Friday night at the hands of Army in four sets (26-24, 17-25, 15-25, 15-25) in Kirby Sports Center.
 
The Leopards were seemingly playing from behind all night long, but were able to battle back and win a tight first set after trailing by as many as four points on multiple occasions.
 
Sophomore Katie Weston helped spark the comeback with a 4-0 run at the service line to tie the set at 11. Lafayette again found itself down late in the set 19-16, but scored two straight and eventually fought off two set-points to tie the match at 24.
 
A senior Madi Wahrmund kill started a 4-0 run to end the first and take a one-set advantage. She closed the night with four kills and a pair of blocks.
 
Army fought right back and took total control of the second set before Lafayette was able to score the third set's first four points. The Black Knights quickly answered and went on an 8-0 run to make it 10-6. They led it 15-12 at the media timeout and went on a 3-0 run out of the break, then a 4-0 run late in the set to go up by two sets.
 
The visitors hit .349 in the third set and followed it up with a .387 performance in the fourth to take the match.
 
Senior Leanna Deegan led all attackers with 21 kills while sophomore Katie Weston had 16 digs. Freshman Abby Nieporte put down nine kills off the bench and junior Grace Steurer helped out with 12 digs.
 
The Leopards will have to make a quick turnaround, traveling to Annapolis for a road test with Navy Saturday night at 7:30 p.m.