LYNCHBURG, Va. - The Bridgewater College Eagles suffered a tough five-game loss at Lynchburg College in ODAC volleyball action Wednesday evening.

Lynchburg won the first game 25-19 but the Eagles responded to tie the match with a 25-22 victory in the second game. The teams split the next two games with the Hornets winning 25-22 before the Eagles came back to win Game 4 by a score of 25-18. Lynchburg then took the deciding fifth game 15-11 to win the match.

Ashley Scott (South Riding, Va./Heritage) led the Eagles with 17 kills and Lindsay Kallam (Virginia Beach, Va./Princess Anne) dished out 40 assists. Defensively, Candice Guy (Fishersville, Va./Wilson Memorial) led the effort with 22 digs.

Despite the loss, Eagles head coach Greg Spector was able to take some positives from Wednesday's performance. "We played hard. We got ourselves in some situations where we down six or seven points and then we would go on a run of our own to get back in the game. We took some punches tonight, but we punched back and that's good. Of course, I would like to be on the winning side, but overall it was a good effort."

Lynchburg, now 6-2 in conference play, is battling for one of the top seeds and is just one game out of first place. "Lynchburg has a very good team. They are 11-1 at home so it's a tough place to play on the road," said Spector. "I think tonight is a good example of what our conference tournament could be like. The team that is able to put three good matches together will be the team that will win. There is a lot of parity and that should make for an interesting tournament."

The Eagles, now 13-13 overall and 2-6 in the ODAC, return to action Saturday when they travel to Emory & Henry for another ODAC clash. Game time is set for 3:00 p.m.