NEW LONDON, Conn. — Despite being down after the first set, the Trinity College volleyball team rallied back for three-straight set wins for the 3-2 match victory at Connecticut College on Saturday (23-25, 25-16, 25-21, 25-16). The Bantams moved to 7-10 overall and 3-5 in the New England Small College Athletic Conference, while the Camels dropped to 6-10 and 1-8.

After being down 20-16 in the opening set, the visitors rallied back to bring it within one before the game-notching point by Connecticut College thanks to a three-point serving run by Grace Sullivan (Forth Worth, Texas) a pair of kills by Lola Craig (Los Angeles, Calif.) and Margaret McCarthy (San Diego, Calif.) and a spike by Julia Torre (Cape Elizabeth, Maine).

Molly Bernstein (Oakland, Calif.) ignited the second set with a kill and the Bantams never trailed through the remainder of the set. The third set saw a match-high 14 kills by Trinity and got dicey when the Camels tied it at 13 a piece. The teams went point-for-point until the Bantams took a two point lead after a kill by McCarthy and an opposing attack error put Trinity up, 21-19. Caroline Howell (Houston, Texas) tallied the game-winning point with a serving ace.

The home team went 5-0 to open the fourth set before an attack error by the Camels initiated the rally and bring the score at six a piece. A three-point serving run by Bernstein and a block Isabella Caffuzzi (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and Craig catapulted the Bantams who never loss the lead.

Craig accounted for a team-leading 13 kills and 33 total attacks while teams McCarthy and Eva Lekovic (San Marino, Calif.) notched nine kills.

Trinity is back in action at home for a 7 p.m. match on October 20 with Montclair State University.