Oberlin, Ohio – The Oberlin College volleyball team tied the match at a set apiece before falling in four to Case Western Reserve University on Senior Day inside the Philips Gymnasium on Saturday afternoon.
 
With the score tied at 5-5 in the first set, three straight attack errors by the Yeowomen gave the Spartans an 8-5 lead. A Zoe Kuzbari service ace kept the deficit at three, 12-9, before a 3-0 run doubled the Case Western advantage to six at 15-9. A Maura Gibbs kill trimmed the margin to two at 18-16 but the Spartans had a hold of the first set, leading 22-18 in the latter stages. A pair of Spartans attack errors chopped the lead in half but they held on by capturing five of the last seven points to win the set 25-22.
 
In the second set, another kill by Gibbs tied the score at 9-9. The Yeowomen built off that momentum as a 7-2 run, capped off by a pair of kills from Iyanna Lewis and Emery Beacom, opened up a five-point lead at 16-11. Case Western attack errors stretched the Oberlin lead to seven at 19-12 but the Spartans fought back with five straight points of their own to cut the deficit to two at 19-17 and force a Yeowomen timeout. Natasha Radic and Beacom responded with kills out of the timeout to fend off the Spartans for a 25-19 set victory to tie the match up at 1-1.
 
Another Gibbs kill gave Oberlin a 9-6 advantage early in the third set but Case Western took over with an 11-1 run to take a commanding 17-10 lead. Samantha Lam set up Lewis and Radic to halt the run but six straight points by the Spartans ballooned the score to 23-12. A Lewis kill would again break the streak but two kills for Case Western closed out the set and gave the visitors the lead in the match.
 
A Kira Widran kill put the Yeowomen ahead by one at 10-9 in the fourth set before a Beacom kill pushed the advantage to three at 15-12. The Spartans answered by winning four of the next six points, including three kills, to trim the margin to one at 17-16 and force an Oberlin timeout. A pair of kills out of the timeout put Case Western ahead by one but Lam answered with a nifty kill to tie things back up. Another kill by Beacom capped off a stretch where the teams traded points which kept the score knotted at 22-22 as the Spartans took a timeout. An attack error out of the timeout by Case Western put Oberlin up one but three consecutive Yeowomen errors gave the set to the Spartans 25-23 to end the match.
 
Gibbs led all Oberlin hitters with 20 digs as she hit at a .286 clip. Lewis was the only other Yeowomen in double figures with 10 kills while Lam reached a season-high in assists with 42. On the defensive end, Kuzbari lead the way with 17 digs as Radic notched three blocks.
 
Oberlin remains home as it hosts Allegheny on October, 2^nd for a 7:00 p.m. NCAC match.