GAMBIER, Ohio – Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology swept a non-conference volleyball contest Friday night over Kenyon College at Tomsich Arena. After squeaking by the Ladies in the first pair of sets, the Fightin' Engineers rolled in the third to improve their record to 11-13. The Ladies dropped to 6-9, their sixth defeat in a row.
 
In the opening set, Rose-Hulman opened with a 6-0 lead following a Sarah Jensen kill. The Ladies didn't allow the visitors to run away with the first set as they quickly regrouped and fought back to cut the deficit to two points (16-14).  Freshman Delaney Swanson pulled Kenyon to within two again (22-20) after a kill, but the Fightin' Engineers ended the opening set with a 3-1 run with Becca Poppel recording two kills.
 
Tierney McClure's kill in set two had the Ladies down a pair (12-10) about midway through. However, Rose-Hulman responded with a 5-0 run to go up 17-10 after Julia Hammond delivered on an assist from Jensen.
 
Kenyon rallied late in the set as a 4-0 run capped off by a Rose-Hulman error cut the score to 24-23. Unfortunately for the Ladies, they weren't able to tie it as the next point came RHIT's way courtesy of a Jensen kill.
 
Set three turned out to be a completely different story. Unlike the competitiveness in the first two sets, Rose-Hulman saw all the bounces go its way.
 
Up 3-2, the Fightin' Engineers reeled off a 6-0 run to attain a 9-2 lead. Kenyon scored the next point on a Lauren Kerr kill which brought the total to 9-3, but Rose-Hulman responded with the match-clinching run.
 
An 11-0 stretch pushed the visitors' lead to 20-3. Kenyon aided Rose-Hulman with eight errors during that run. The Ladies had a small 5-0 spurt in the third set which brought the score to 20-11 after a Swanson kill, but that was the closest Kenyon got the rest of the way as Rose-Hulman prevailed 25-13.
 
Swanson led the Ladies with 13 kills and added 13 digs while Rachael Thorson recorded a team-high 19 digs. Jensen Shurbert added 23 assists.
 
The Ladies will look to snap their six-match losing streak as they welcome Waynesburg University and Manchester University to town tomorrow starting at 2 p.m.