OTTAWA, Kan. - Kansas Wesleyan Women's Volleyball found itself down two sets to start Saturday's match with the Ottawa Braves at Wilson Field House, but the Coyotes rallied to win the third and fourth sets.
KWU's attempt to reverse sweep the Braves came up just short as Ottawa came away with the 25-20, 25-17, 23-25, 12-25, 15-7 win over the Coyotes.
KWU trailed by as many as five points in the opening set, but the Coyotes came back and got within two at 21-19 before Ottawa was able to close out the set.
In the second set, the Coyotes could not come back from a 20-12 deficit as Ottawa got the 25-17 win.
In the third, the Coyotes rallied for the win. KWU trailed 21-17 but came back and tied the set at 22-all. KWU tied it again at 23 and then closed out the set win with a 25-23 margin.
Wesleyan rode the momentum of the late comeback in the third into the fourth set. KWU raced out to a 10-3 lead and extended the advantage out to 24-10 before Ottawa scored a couple points before KWU closed out the set winning 25-12.
KWU fell behind 11-6 in the fifth and couldn't recover as Ottawa scored the final four points of the set to get the match victory.
Ivi Marcolino had 15 kills to lead the Coyotes, while Blair Pennington had 13 and Ryan Pennington had 10. Blair Pennington made it a triple-double with 26 assists and 13 digs in the match.