ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. – The Drew University women's volleyball won the first two sets, but host Elizabethtown College rallied for a 3-2 victory in a Landmark Conference nailbiter Friday evening.
 
The Blue Jays (14-7, 5-1 LC), who erased a six-point deficit in the final set, won by scores of 25-27, 8-25, 25-21, 25-15, 15-13.
 
A trio of Rangers posted a double-double on the night, including junior Teeya Desgoutte, who tied a season-high with 17 kills while also notching 11 digs and three blocks. Freshman Lindsey Millis contributed a season-high 14 kills and 13 digs while junior Emily Shirk added 13 kills, a career-high-tying 19 digs, and three blocks. Sophomore Alyssa Rachwal tied a season-best with 42 assists, and senior Genevieve Sarinelli pitched in with 26 digs and four aces. Junior Inaya Stanford and freshman Melissa Zack also threw down three blocks each.
 
Kate Barbon and Gracie Britten paced Etown with 12 kills each.
 
In a barnburner of an opening set, the Rangers were serving for set point before the Blue Jays rallied with three straight points to go up 25-24. However, that's when Shirk fired back-to-back kills before Stanford clinched the set for Drew with a solo block.
 
The Rangers came out on fire in the second set, surging to a 12-1 lead. Drew maintained control the rest of the way and ended the set on a 7-1 spurt. The Rangers hit a red-hot .462 in the period, throwing down 13 kills while making just one error on 26 swings.
 
Etown seemed to have the third set in hand when it led 21-14 before Drew stormed back with a 6-0 run. However, the Blue Jays ended the game on a 4-1 surge.
 
The hosts never trailed in set No. 4, and a 5-0 run put the Jays up 18-9. The Rangers were unable to get closer than six the rest of the way.
 
Drew bolted to a 9-3 lead in the final set, with Desgoutte throwing down four kills along the way. The Rangers led 10-4 after Millis' third kill of the set, but that's when the Blue Jays embarked on their rally, using a 9-1 run to assume a 13-11 lead. Drew scored two of the next three points, and a kill from Shirk pulled the Rangers to within 14-13 before Britten clinched the match with a kill.
 
The Rangers travel to Susquehanna University for a tri-match on Saturday. Drew takes on Susquehanna in a Landmark Conference tilt at noon before facing York (Pa.) College in a non-conference affair at 2 p.m.