ITHACA, N.Y. – The Ithaca College women's volleyball team played its most competitive set in the third, but it was too little to late with the visiting Eagles from Juniata besting the home team 3-1 in Friday's third game of the Bomber Invitational.

Inside the Box Score

• The Bombers dropped the first two sets (13-25 and 15-25) before stringing together momentum with several good rallies to take the third set 25-21, but in the fourth set they couldn't get things going offensively and fell 11-25.
• Victoria Taylor paced all attackers with a match-high 17 kills on 31 attempts. Aly Reardon and Brianne Carmody also had double-digit kills for the Eagles with 12 and 11 apiece.
• It was the first game of the season for the No. 12 ranked Juniata College as the veteran squad will look to build off Friday's game in pair of matches against St. John Fisher and No. 6 Johns Hopkins on Saturday as part of the Bomber Invitational.
• Camryn O'Leary was the top hitter for IC as she tallied seven kills and first year setter Peyton Miller produced 14 assists.

How it Happened

• The teams traded points in the first set and Juniata built a 7-6 lead before going on a 14-3 scoring run that was capped off by a service ace from Kiona Rousset-Hernandez that put her team up 21-9. IC was unable to build a rally within the set and a kill from Aly Reardon put the Eagles up 1-0.
• First year outside hitter Faith Sabatier converted four of her teams seven kills within the second set, but the Eagles were firing on all cylinders as they racked up 17 to power their offensive attack.
• The third set featured 11 ties and four lead changes with the final occurring with Bombers going up 19-18 on a Paris Buckner kill. Ithaca went on to win the set by a 25-21 score.
• The No. 12 ranked team in Division III came out regrouped in the fourth set and were aided by three service errors from the Bombers as Juniata capitalized on the miscues to win the fourth set 25-11.

Ithaca College will have another tough matchup with a nationally ranked squad in No. 6 Johns Hopkins as it will take on the Blue Jays in the final match of the Bomber Invitational on Saturday. Game time is slated for 4 p.m. from Ben Light Gymnasium.