Philadelphia, Pa. - In a season that saw the Queens College volleyball team win its first four matches, surpass its victory total from a year ago, and sweep a tri-match at home earlier in the year, the team suffered its first setback of the 2013 season in five sets to Chestnut Hill, 3-2, in Philadelphia, on Friday.  The scores of the sets were 26-28, 25-17, 25-21, 18-25 and 9-15.

The opening frame began with the Knights taking a 5-2 lead on kills from Francesca Indoni and Arielle DiCocco and three errors from the Griffins.  Later in the set, QC regained its three-point advantage, at 10-7, but Chestnut Hill got hot and rattled off five straight points to take a 12-10 lead.  QC had an answer for this, though, as they rolled off four points of their own to regain the lead, 14-12.  In that runs, the Knights got points from DiCocco and Ceren Kilic.

The score would be tied at 22-all late in the set when QC took the next two points to lead, 24-22.  With the Knights needing one more point for the set, the Griffins responded by scoring three in a row to take a 25-24 lead.  A Bianca Steele kill tied the game at 25-25.  The two sides traded the net two points and then Chestnut Hill scored the final two points to take the set, 28-26.

Queens responded in the second set by taking a 5-0 lead.  They pushed to the lead to eight points, at 15-7, when a Xhesi Domi serve was misplayed.  Eventually, the Knights were up 21-10, when an Angela Kranz serve led to an attack error from the Griffins.  QC won the second set, 25-17, and evened the match at 1-1.

In the third set, the Griffins took a 4-2 lead before Queens responded.    A 7-5 run for the Knights evened the score at 9-9.  QC scored four points to take a 13-9 lead.  The run was keyed by another DiCocco kill.  Eventually the Knights went on to take the set, 25-21, as Kilic set up DiCocco for the final point.

Ahead two sets to one, the Knights needed to take the fourth set to earn the win.  Queens got off to a slow start as Chestnut Hill went ahead 12-7.  From there, five consecutive QC points netted the set at 12-12, as the run was spurred by kills from DiCocco and Domi.  The teams swapped the next two points and then the Griffins went on to take the fourth set, 25-18.  In the deciding set, the Knights fell behind early and weren't able to recover as Chestnut Hill earned the win.

In the match, Indoni recorded a double-double with 14 kills and 16 digs.  Kilic posted a season-best 42 assists.

The Knights will remain in Pennsylvania over the weekend as they are competing in a tri-match with Cheney and Shaw on Saturday.