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TERRE HAUTE, Ind. -- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology battled Mount St. Joseph for five sets and nearly three hours before falling in a Senior Night heartbreaker 23-25, 25-18, 22-25, 25-22, 19-17 on Wednesday night at Hulbert Arena.

The Fightin' Engineers honored their lone senior Katryna Dahlberg after one of the top four-year playing careers in program history.  Dahlberg has been Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year in 2018 and 2019, and ranks No. 4 in Rose-Hulman history with 1,701 career digs.  She had a season-best 40 digs in Wednesday's five-set match.

Rose-Hulman won the first and third sets to take the lead into the fourth set.  The first set ended on back-to-back kills by Sophia Koop, turning a 23-23 tie into a 25-23 set victory.  The third set ended with a kill by Koop and a service ace by Kate Wood as Rose-Hulman picked up a 25-22 set win.

After Mount St. Joseph captured the fourth set, the fifth set went beyond the scheduled 15-point distance.  The Lions led 13-6, but Rose-Hulman scored five straight points on serves from Sophia Harrison to trim the margin to 13-11.  After a Mount St. Joseph score, a kill from Elizabeth Canon, an attack error by the Lions, and a service ace by Brookelyn Corona tied the deciding set at 14-14.

Rose-Hulman took a 15-14 lead on a kill by Wood, before Mount St. Joseph tied the score.  A hitting error and a kill by the Lions tied the score at 16-16.  Koop added another kill to give Rose-Hulman a 17-16 lead, before Mount St. Joseph scored the final three points to secure the match win.

Canon and Koop led the Rose-Hulman offense with 14 kills each.  Wood pitched in with eight kills, and Aaliyah Briggs had seven kills and no errors in 14 attacks.

Wood added seven total blocks and five service aces to the performance.  Harrison paced the squad with 28 assists and also contributed four service aces.  Dahlberg had 40 digs, Harrison contributed 18 and Kylie Rathbun added 12 for the balanced defensive performance.

Emily Abshire led the Mount St. Joseph offense with 27 kills and Sam Buschur recorded 52 assists for the Lions.

Mount St. Joseph improved to 8-3 overall and 5-1 in league play with the win, while Rose-Hulman dropped to 2-4 overall and in conference play.  The Fightin' Engineers return to action on Saturday afternoon at Hanover.