The Elizabethtown College women’s volleyball team lost their last home game 2-3 to Stevenson University Thursday, Oct. 18.

The senior night honored the three senior players; Mackenzie Garner, Sarah Schneider and Katie Kennedy. Schneider had three kills and Garner had two as they had a 6-2 lead in the fifth set. First-year Rileigh Hudock had a team-leading third ace bumping the score 8-3.

Garner held out as Stevenson started closing in on the Blue Jays, and the score moved to 12-8. First-year player for the Stevenson Mustangs Mackenzie Blevins made a huge dig and with help from her teammates the unseen point turned the tables, putting the Mustangs on top.

Garner and Schneider had four kills each. Junior Elle Shatto had a pair of kills and two aces, helping the Jays take the first set at 25-19. The second and third sets went to Stevenson.

Stevenson had four players who registered double-digit digs, their top player making 19 kills and 17 digs.

First-year Shelly Yohe brought the Jays back with a kill. Schneider finished a double-double, making a team-high 14 kills and 15 digs. She is on pace to finish with more than 800 kills and 800 career digs. Hudock is 18 assists away from 900 in the season.

Garner is 11 kills away from tying Ira A. Herr Athletic hall of famer Emily Morris for fifth among the program’s all-time leaders, after she made 12 kills, three blocks and two aces. Kennedy had a season-high five digs.

The team’s next nonconference game will take place at Ursinus College Thursday, Oct. 25 at 7:30 p.m. They will compete at the Landmark Conference Weekend at Moravian starting Saturday, Oct. 27 at 11 a.m.