The visiting Golden Tornadoes of Geneva College defeated the Lady Bearcats 3-2 on Senior Day at Saint Vincent.

After opening the evening with a decisive 25-11 win in the opening set, SVC saw Geneva take the second game 25-19. 

 The third set was back-and-forth throughout, with the teams sharing 11 lead changes, and Geneva looked prime to put it away going up 24-20.  The Lady Bearcats then stormed back, scoring the next five points to go ahead 25-24, capped off with back-to-back kills by Natalie Hozak.  SVC then took leads of 26-25, 27-26, and 28-27, before a solo block by Taylor Guido gave the Lady Bearcats the 29-27 third set win to go up 2-1 in the match.

With a 25-16 win in the fourth set, Geneva set up a decisive fifth set tie breaker, in which the Golden Tornadoes got off to a hot start, taking leads of 6-1 and 11-4. 

The Lady Bearcats then began the comeback, eventually pulling to 12-9 on another Hozak kill, and 14-12 on a Diana Petrovich kill.  It was as close as the hosts would get, however, as Geneva iced the set and the match 15-12.

It was the final regular season match of the season for SVC (22-10), and of the careers of Lady Bearcat seniors Erin Perry and Christa Calgaro, who were honored prior to the opening set for their contributions to the team.

The Lady Bearcats will now await word on a possible postseason bid for the ECAC playoffs.

PHOTO: SVC seniors Erin Perry (left) and Christa Calgaro await a serve in the Lady Bearcats' Senior Day match with Geneva