Box Score

LANCASTER, Pa. - Elizabethtown dropped the first game, but rallied over the next three to take a 3-1 win at Franklin & Marshall Tuesday evening. The Blue Jays (2-1) spoiled the Diplomats' (0-1) season and home opener, sneaking away with three consecutive wins in tights games.

The Blue Jays needed five match points to put F&M away, but they did just that when Kara Burkholder feigned a pass and popped a ball into the back right portion of the F&M half. Her sixth kill of the night ended F&M's hoped of sending the match to a fifth game.

While Burkholder got the final kill, two Jays' did the bulk of the damage to the Diplomats' cause. Kayla Deats posted 11 kills, while Paige Tanner recorded ten. Tanner closed out the third game with an authoritative spike in the back right. That game had seen the teams trade points throughout.

The Diplomats received double-double efforts from Margot Phelan and Erica Spangler. Spangler had 16 kills and 10 digs, while Phelan had 15 kills and 14 digs. Jessica Poucel recorded 10 kills starting her first collegiate match. Nicole Morano had 11 kills and three blocks for F&M.

Pam Horner led all setters in the game with 46 assists. The Blue Jays' Burkholder helped out on 22 kills.

With the loss, F&M opens the season at 0-1. The Diplomats return to the floor this weekend at the Washington & Jefferson Holiday INNvitational.