CENTER VALLEY, Pa. - The Arcadia University women's volleyball program saw its seven-match win streak come to an end Tuesday night in a tightly-contested, five-set match at DeSales in MAC Freedom play. Michelle Frank posted a match-high and career-high 28 kills in the effort to go along with a team-best three service aces while Estefania Martinez-Sola added a season-high 51 assists.

HOW IT HAPPENED 
-The Knights and Bulldogs played a tightly-contested first set to open play Tuesday with neither side able to take a clear advantage, resulting in a 16-all tie in the middle stages of the set. Nicole Dallara put the Knights out in front with a kill and ace on consecutive points, but DeSales rallied to take a 24-21 lead to put the Knights' backs against the wall. Following a service error on match point, Dallara, Danielle Doyle, and Katie Paoli combined for four-straight kills as the Knights stormed back for the 26-24 victory.

-The Bulldogs responded with a 25-14 second set victory, only trailing once when the Knights took an early 3-2 lead to even the match at one-all.

-DeSales earned six of the first seven points in the third set and used an 8-3 run down the stretch to take a 2-1 lead in the match despite six Frank kills. The Bulldogs ultimately took the third with a 25-19 victory.

-Arcadia was able to extend the match to a decisive fifth set with a 25-17 fourth-set victory. Frank posted a set-high nine kills to lead the Knights to the match-tying set win, while Doyle added four kills of her own to keep the match alive.

-The two sides traded points to open the fifth set before a 4-0 DeSales run gave the hosts a three-point lead at 6-3. A Haylee Harper kills broke up the run, but the Bulldogs responded to extend their lead to five. A pair of kills each from Frank and Harper got the Knights back within one, but the Bulldogs won five of the last seven points to clinch the match with a 15-11 win in the fifth set.

KNIGHT LEADERS
-Kills: Frank 28, Doyle/Harper 8
-Aces: Frank 3, Martinez-Sola 2
-Blocks: Harper 3, Frank/Paoli 2
-Assists: Martinez-Sola 51
-Digs: Kraft 29, Paoli 21

UP NEXT
Arcadia (10-7, 3-2 MAC Freedom) heads to Haverford Saturday for a tri-match with the host Fords and Johns Hopkins beginning at 2 p.m.