Bearcats Rally from Two-Set Deficit, Fall in Five-Set Thriller on Long Island

The women’s volleyball team battled back from a two-set deficit but fell to the Golden Eagles of St. Joseph’s University-Long Island, 3-2, on Thursday night in Patchogue, New York. The visiting Bearcats dropped the opening two sets, 25-15 and 26-24, but responded with an impressive comeback. They captured the third set, 25-23, before carrying the momentum into the fourth with a 25-19 victory to even the match at two sets apiece and force a decisive fifth-set tiebreaker. The Golden Eagles from the Skyline Conference jumped out to an early 8-4 advantage in the fifth set and maintained its lead to…