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Cougars fail to rally back, fall 3-1

The volleyball team’s struggles continued Wednesday as they fell to the Tulane University Green Wave 3-1 (19-25, 18-25, 27-25, 12-25) at the Athletics/Alumni Center

In a match that featured 24 ties and 9 lead changes, the Green Wave (13-8, 5-4) defense proved to be too much for the Cougars, who hit just .159 in the match with 22 attack errors.

Freshman outside hitter/right side Faith Squier led all Cougars with 15 kills on 44 total attacks, while junior outside hitter Sarah Afflerbaugh continued her strong season, adding 12 kills on .294 hitting.

“Faith, taking 44 swings in 4 sets and Sarah hitting almost .