ANDERSON, Indiana - The Mount St. Joseph University went on the road to Anderson to take on the Ravens in an HCAC matchup on Wendesday. The Lions and Ravens played a back-and-forth match that went five sets, with the Lions coming away with a 15-9 fifth set victory. 

The teams exchanged wins in the first two sets, with each winning their respective set comfortable. Set one was took by the Ravens 25-17 and the Lions took set two 25-15. In the third it was much more competitive but Anderson came out on top 25-22. Late in the set The Mount led 22-20, but Anderson finished on a 5-0 run to secure the win. 

Anderson looked to secure the win in the fourth set, but the Lions forced a winner-take-all fifth set with a 26-24 win. Trailing 23-21 late in the set the Lions got a pair of kills from Emma Sicking to tie the score. A quick sideout from Anderson gave them a match point, but the Lions would get another kill from Sicking and win the next two points to secure the 26-24 win and force the fifth. 

The fifth set was dominated by MSJ, they took an early 4-1 lead and never looked back. They would take the decisive set 15-9 and move to 2-0 in the HCAC this season.

Once again it was Sicking and Hannah Graves leading the way for the Mount. Sicking had a team-high 20 kills in the match, while Graves added a 19 kill, 19 dig double-double. Aubrey Miranda was the lone other Lion in double-figures with 12 kills. Jasmine Butler dished out 47 assists while picking up 8 digs. Libero Grace Wilking had a career-high 33 digs in the match as well. 

UP NEXT:
The Lions will be on the road at Calvin this weekend, where they will take on Carroll, Kenyon and Calvin. The Carroll match will be at 7:00 pm on Friday, and the Kenyon and Calvin matches will be played on Saturday.