OWINGS MILLS, Md. – Despite a combined 27 kills from juniors Annika Schwartz and Lauren Weaver, the Stevenson University women's volleyball team dropped a 3-1 decision to Marymount (Va.) University Wednesday night at Owings Mills Gymnasium.  The set scores were 25-22, 26-24, 21-25, 25-23.

The loss snapped a 13-match home win streak for the Mustangs.

For Stevenson (9-7), Schwartz finished with 14 kills and 12 digs for her fifth double-double of the season.  Weaver hit .333 for the contest en route to 13 kills, while sophomore Moriah Savage added nine kills and senior Kristen Brooks eight to go along with 15 digs.  Junior Deanna Bradbury had 19 digs.  Senior Sara Bollinger notched 22 assists, with freshman Julie Nightwine adding 21.

Marymount (8-4) was led by Margaret McAlpin's 16 kills, while Cailyn Thomas added 11.

Trailing 2-0, the Mustangs forced a fourth set with a 25-21 win in the third frame.  The set was tied 8-8 when Stevenson scored 10 of the next 12 points to open up an 18-10 lead.  Schwartz had a pair of kills in the run while the Mustangs took advantage of six Saint errors.  The guests cut the lead to 21-18, but that was as close as they would come as the set was closed out by a kill by freshman Victoria Prokic.

Marymount jumped out to a 9-2 lead in the fourth set before four straight Mustang points made it 9-6 following a block by Brooks and senior Kelsey Stave.  The Saints pushed the lead back to 13-7 before Stevenson started to again chip away, using three straight points to tie the set 19-19 on a Marymount attack error.  From there, the two teams were tied four more times.  Stevenson led 23-22 when a service error, an attack error and a McAlpin kill closed out the match for Marymount.

The Saints opened up an 11-5 lead in the first set, but Stevenson scored seven of the next nine points to pull within 13-12 on back-to-back Weaver kills.  The Mustangs were down 19-15 when they reeled off five straight points to take a 20-19 lead on a kill by Savage.  Marymount scored the next two points to take a 21-20 lead, and although the set was tied two more times, the guests scored the final three points to take a 1-0 lead.

Marymount led 15-10 in the second set before a 9-4 run by the hosts pulled Stevenson within one, 20-19, on a block by Schwartz and Prokic.  The Saints led 24-23 and were serving for set point when a Brooks kill tied the set 24-24, but kills by Thomas and Emily Abramaitys sealed the set for Marymount.

Stevenson hit at a .181 clip while holding Marymount to .169 hitting, but the Saints had eight service aces to two for the Mustangs. 

Stevenson returns to action Saturday when it travels to Lycoming for a Middle Atlantic Conference tri-match.  The Mustangs face the host Warriors at 1:00 pm, followed by a league match against Hood College at 3:00.