(courtesy of Caldwell College Sports Information)

CALDWELL, N.J. - The Georgian Court University volleyball team handed Caldwell College its first Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference defeat of the season on Saturday at the George R. Newman Center, topping the Cougars in four sets, 25-22, 22-25, 25-18, 30-28. The Lions are now 5-0 in league play (including 55 straight CACC victories) and 9-7 overall, while Caldwell falls to 6-9 (4-1 CACC).
 
Caldwell held the advantage for most of the first set and led 20-15 before Georgian Court made its push, tying the set at 20-20. The score was tied at 21-21 and 22-22 before the Lions tallied the final three points, including two on Caldwell errors, to take the first set, 25-22. Caldwell bounced back in the second set and had 10 kills and six hitting errors en route to a 25-22 win.
 
In the third set, Georgian Court broke a 14-14 tie by scoring 11 of the final 15 points to take a 2-1 lead in the match. Brandi Arsenault (pictured) tallied four of the Lions' 13 kills in the set. Georgian Court jumped out to an 11-1 lead in the fourth set and held match point at 24-17. But the Cougars battled back and scored seven straight points to tie the set at 24-24. Caldwell was on the brink of forcing a fifth set twice, at 26-25 and 27-26, but could not score the final point. Eventually a kill by Joann Zayas and a Caldwell attack error gave the Lions the match with a 30-28 win.
 
Arsenault and Janelle Murdock each notched nine digs for Georgian Court, which also received 35 assists from setter Lisamary Figueroa.
 
After five straight on the road, the Lions return to the GCU Wellness Center for a Tuesday night match vs. Wilmington University at 7:00 PM.