Box Score HELENA, Mont. – The 20th-ranked Westminster women's volleyball team dropped a five-set match to Carroll College on the road Saturday afternoon. Westminster (4-6, 0-2) won the opening two sets, only to see the host squad rally back and take the victory. The loss is the second straight for the Griffins after jumping into the national rankings for the first time since 2008.

After winning the first two sets 25-19 and 25-14, Westminster struggled offensively the next two sets and watched Carroll (10-4, 1-1) rally back and win both sets three and four by an identical score of 25-16. Carroll then won the competitive fifth set by a count of 15-13.

Westminster hit .370 through the opening two sets before a -.030 efficiency in the third set. After hitting .049 in the fourth, Westminster bounced back to hit .227 in the fifth, but couldn't overcome the .238 hit by Carroll in the deciding set. The Griffins hit .173 for the match with 51 kills. They also recorded nine service aces and 66 digs.

Clotile Harris led the Griffins with 17 kills while Stephanie Jones added 12. Jones hit a team-best .333 (12-4-24) in the match and added five digs and three blocks. Katie Vance finished with six kills and two blocks and Kenzie Mitchell posted five kills. Ericka Evans and Kyndall Kordakis had 16 digs apiece.

Westminster will return to the court on Thursday, September 16 when they welcome Montana Western to Salt Lake City. First serve from the Behnken Field House is slated for 7 p.m.