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Dragons post big comeback against Lake Erie

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Tiffin University dropped the first two sets to visiting Lake Erie College, but the Dragons rallied and won the next three sets en route to their first home win of the season. In the first set, both teams were tied at 23-23, but the Storm would take the next two points sealing a 25-23 victory. The next set was again tied at 23. Lake Erie would take the next point, but the Dragons would answer it to knot the game up at 24. Lake Erie would once again score the next two points to take the second set and a 2-0 lead in the match.

The Dragons would dig down deep, however, and win the next three sets. Once again, with a 23-23 tie the Dragons and Storm would trade points to eventually tie the set at 25. TU would score the next two points picking up a 27-25 victory. The Dragons dominated set 4, 25-14, to force a set five. In the final set, the Dragons took a 12-11 lead, a lead they would never relinquish to earn the set 15-13. "We played pretty well in games four and five. The kids worked really hard, and you could tell they really wanted it at the end," TU Coach T.J Shouse said.

Even with the win, Shouse still pointed out the fact that the Dragons need to cut down on opponent's big runs.

"The thing that's kind of been our snakebite all year has been the inconsistency and giving up runs, and again we showed that today. We showed that if we're consistent with our effort than we're going to be able to prevail and play some good volleyball. It's nice for us to get the win and end this streak we've been on, but at the same time hopefully it's a reflection for us to see what we need to do to get better and win some games," he said.

Brooke Bernabei and Brittany Teaford had 23 and 22 kills respectively. Jessica Adams dished out a game high 57 assists. Amanda Marquardt had 33 digs while Bernabei and Ashley Begeman had 16 and Adams had 12.

The Dragons (2-12) return to GLIAC action Friday when they travel to Northwood.

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