LATROBE, Pa. – The Geneva College women's volleyball team's season came to an end on Saturday afternoon at Saint Vincent, with the Golden Tornadoes falling in four sets 21-25, 10-25, 29-27, 25-27.  Geneva finishes the season with a 9-17 overall record.

Saint Vincent opened the match by scoring the first six points of the first set, and the Bearcats eventually stretched their lead to as much as 20-9.  Geneva put together a late furious rally, scoring six straight points to pull within 23-21, but Saint Vincent scored the final two points to win the set, 25-21.

Geneva jumped ahead 3-1 in the second set after a kill from senior Hope Shook, and Geneva still led 7-6 before the Bearcats took over.  Saint Vincent scored the next six points and never let up, eventually closing the set on a 19-3 run to win 25-10.

Geneva jumped ahead 5-1 in the third set, behind two kills from freshman Emily Nelson.  A couple minutes later, six straight Golden Tornado points gave Geneva a 15-5 lead.  However, Saint Vincent made a late run.  The Bearcats rallied from a 21-14 deficit and eventually got to match point twice late, the last time coming at 27-26.  Geneva pulled through late, though, with a kill from sophomore Megan Veon and two kills from Nelson giving the Golden Tornadoes a 29-27 win.

Once again, Geneva had the better of the play early in the fourth set, jumping out to a 6-2 lead.  Later in the set, three kills from Nelson and two from Shook pushed the Golden Tornado lead to 18-12.  Despite a late Bearcat rally, Geneva still held a 24-22 lead, but the Golden Tornadoes couldn't close things out.  Saint Vincent finished the set on a 5-1 run to win the match, 27-25.

Shook finished the match with a season-best 17 kills in the final match of her career.  Nelson added 12 kills, while Veon contributed 10 kills.  Freshman Ashley Monroe finished with a team-best 20 assists, while freshman Heather Seubert came up with 36 digs and senior Maggie Townsend 30 digs for the Golden Tornadoes.  Nelson also added 20 digs.

This will be the first time Geneva hasn't participated in the PAC playoffs since joining the conference 11 seasons ago.  The Golden Tornadoes have some big holes to fill in Shook, Townsend and senior Natalie Parra, as Geneva looks to rebound from this season.  Townsend will finish her standout career 7th all-time in Geneva history with 1,494 digs.

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