The Oglethorpe volleyball team suffered another difficult defeat Saturday at Sewanee, losing to the Tigers, 3-0, ensuring a season sweep by Sewanee. 

The Petrels fell behind 3-0 in the first set, but came back to tie the score, 8-8. The Tigers pushed the lead back out, though, making it a 20-14 set after a 12-6 run. Oglethorpe fought back, though, picking up three straight point to get within three, 20-17. After Sewanee made another move and went up 23-17, Oglethorpe went on a huge run that almost saved the set. They won six of the next seven points, including five in a row after Sewanee attained set point, to pull to within a single point, 24-23. However, the Oglethorpe comeback bid came up just short, as Sewanee finally converted set point at their last opportunity, winning the set, 25-23.

It was as close as the Petrels would get. In the second set, the Tigers jumped out to a 13-7 lead. The Petrels went on a three-point mini-run to pull to within 13-10, and then the two teams traded three-point runs. Sewanee had a 15-12 lead entering the latter half of the set. From there, the Tigers took control of the set, going on a big 8-2 run to go up 22-14, putting themselves on the brink of putting it away. Oglethorpe pulled it back to 23-18, but Sewanee took two straight points after that to put it away, 25-18.

In the third set, the Petrels won back-to-back points to tie the set, 2-2. It was the last tie or lead the Petrels had in the set. Sewanee embarked on a couple of runs, sandwiched around a couple of Petrel points. Sewanee jumped out to an 8-3 lead, then after Oglethorpe pulled it back to 8-5, the Tigers finished five more points for a 13-5 lead. Oglethorpe did fight back, though. They went on a run to pull to within three, 14-11, and continued pushing to get it down to a two-point margin, 18-16. From there, though, Sewanee went on a 7-1 run to finish the match off, 25-17.

Junior setter Anna Marie DiSalvo continued her fine work in this contest, passing out 22 assists. Meanwhile, junior libero Megan Makuck pulled up 19 digs to lead the squad in that category. 

The loss dropped the Petrels to 4-10 on the season, 0-8 in SAA play. They'll be back in action Sunday afternoon, when they travel up to Danville, Ky., to take on Centre at 1 p.m.