ITHACA, N.Y. – The Ithaca College volleyball team (6-10) forced visiting Keuka (9-4) to five sets, but the Storm outlasted the Bombers, 3-2 (25-22, 23-25, 25-20, 23-25, 15-12), Wednesday night at Ben Light Gymnasium.

With the win, Keuka snapped Ithaca's flawless record over the Storm in Ben Light Gymnasium. The Bombers own the all-time series record 9-4 and are now 4-1 against Keuka at home.

Junior Rylie Bean matched a career- and team-high 18 kills while hitting .239. She also paced the Bombers with 17 digs and three block assists. Freshmen Grace Chang and Shaelynn Schmidt chipped in double-digit kills with 12 and 10. Junior Abbie Hutchinson posted nine on 20 swings. Freshman Molly Brown set for 38 assists and dug out 13 times. Hutchinson and rookie Siobhan Sorensen joined Bean with a trio of block assists each.

The seventh tie of the first set deadlocked action at 14, before the Storm posted three consecutive points. Ithaca answered to knot the set at 19-19, but Keuka scored five of the next six points good for set-point. The Bombers flirted with a comeback, 24-22, but a Keuka kill secured the victory for the visiting team.

The Storm jumped out to a 7-4 lead in the second, a gap that Ithaca erased with a 10-2 run and a 14-9 advantage. The set was tied 10 times, lastly at 23. Sorensen and Chang put down back-to-back kills to even the series, 1-1.

The Bombers carried their momentum into the third, taking a 9-4 lead and forcing a Keuka timeout. The Storm returned to the court to knot play at 11-11. The Storm cracked a 16-all tie with four unanswered on its way to a 25-20 win.

Ithaca again answered in the fourth, forcing a decisive fifth set. The lead bounced back-and-forth before the Storm powered to a 20-14 lead. Behind a rowdy student crowd, the Bombers outlasted Keuka with an 11-3 run to close out the fourth.

The final game went the way of the Storm. Keuka burned an early timeout with Ithaca taking a 6-4 edge on back-to-back Keuka attack errors. The set went on to be tied four times. The Storm powered ahead down the stretch to hand Ithaca its second five-set loss in five days.

Ithaca returns to the hardwood Friday and Saturday, Sept. 27-28 at the Lycoming Tournament.