THE GAME FACTS
Score: Roanoke 3, Guilford 2
Records: Maroons 6-5, 1-2 ODAC, Quakers 2-9, 0-2 ODAC
Location: Salem, Va.

The Short Story: After dropping the first set, the Roanoke College women's volleyball team came back strong in the second and third sets before finishing off Guilford in ODAC play on Tuesday night, 3-2.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Despite taking an early lead in the first set, the Quakers allowed Roanoke to come back and have set point at 24-23. Two Maroon errors and a kill by Guilford gave the Quakers a 1-0 lead with a 26-24 set one win.
• Jumping out to a 5-1 lead, Roanoke capitalized on mid and late set runs to take set two 25-19.
• The Quakers took their own 5-1 lead in the early part of the third set. However, the Maroons went on a 14-4 run to take a commanding 15-9 lead. Never looking back in the set, Roanoke continued to pull away and took a 2-1 match lead with a 25-21 set three win.
• Guilford used 14 kills in the fourth set to pull the match even and force a deciding fifth set.
• The Maroons scored the first point of the final set and never looked back as they never trailed and forced a Quaker time-out, leading 7-2. Both teams went back and forth, each scoring eight of the final 16 points, but with Roanoke already leading, the Maroons picked up their first ODAC win of the season 3-2 over Guilford.

BY THE NUMBERS

• Kylee Draper recorded her sixth double-double of the season with 40 assists and 10 digs. She has tallied at least 21 assists in every match this season.
• Rylee Mayer had the match-high in kills with 16. Peyton Kirchner followed up with 14 and Ryanna Clark had 13.
• As a team, the Maroons led Guilford in kills (55-52) and assists (49-45). The Quakers led in digs (76-74) and total blocks (14-13).

UP NEXT

• Roanoke will continue its homestand with a Friday evening contest against Shenandoah on September 23. Game time with the Hornets is scheduled for 7 p.m. inside the Cregger Center.