BEAVER FALLS, Pa. – The Geneva College women's volleyball team dropped a tight first set to Allegheny on Saturday afternoon, and the Golden Tornadoes never recovered in falling in straight sets 22-25, 15-25, 11-25.  Geneva dropped to 6-9, while Allegheny improved to 8-8.

The first set is where things turned in the match.  Two kills from sophomore Megan Veon (New Castle, Pa./Mohawk), a kill from junior Tess Neville (Lisbon, Ohio/Crestview) and an ace from freshman Ashley Monroe (Warren, Ohio/Labrae Local) gave Geneva an early 4-1 lead.  Allegheny used a four-point run midway through the set to take a brief 12-10 lead, but the Golden Tornadoes regained the lead and extended the margin to 22-19 on a kill from Neville.  However, the Gators scored the last six points of the set to win 25-22, and Geneva never seemed to recover from the late blown lead.

Geneva did jump ahead 7-4 in the second set before Allegheny answered with a 12-2 run.  The Gators made very few errors, while the Golden Tornadoes struggled in their attack.  Geneva pulled within three points at one point before Allegheny pulled away for a 25-15 win.

The third set was never really close.  Allegheny led 7-5 when the Gators took full control.  A few minutes later Allegheny led 15-7, and the Gators never let up in winning 25-11.

The final stats showed a significant difference between the two school's attacks.  Allegheny hit .437 as a team, including .619 in the final set, making just seven hitting errors.  Geneva hit just .060, including 23 hitting errors.  Neville and freshman Emily Nelson (Kijabe, Kenya/Rift Valley Academy) led the team with seven kills.  Monroe led the team with 19 assists and seven digs.

Geneva heads to Thiel on Tuesday for its final non-conference tune-up before beginning Presidents' Athletic Conference play next Saturday.  The match with the Tomcats begins at 7:00 p.m.

Geneva College is a Christ-centered academic community that provides a comprehensive education to equip students for faithful and fruitful service to God and neighbor. Offering over 145 traditional undergraduate majors and programs, fully online Adult Degree Programs and high-demand graduate degrees, Geneva's programs are recognized for their high quality. Geneva has one of the top 100 undergraduate engineering programs in the nation, according to U.S. News and World Report. Adhering to the truth of Scripture, a Geneva education is grounded in God's Word as well as in a core curriculum designed to prepare students vocationally to think, write and communicate well in today's world. Geneva was founded and is governed by the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America (RPCNA) and is a founding member of both the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU) and IACE (International Association for Christian Education).