The Hillsdale College volleyball team celebrated Senior Night with an emphatic sweep of visiting Tiffin on Friday night, avenging an earlier loss to the Dragons and continuing a late-season surge with the G-MAC Tournament starting next week.

The Chargers hit a scorching .346 to overpower the Dragons, with Hillsdale's three graduating players acting in a starring role in the win. Building on being named G-MAC North Division Player of the Week last week, Marcelina Gorny tortured Tiffin with a variety of attacks, from big swings to tips and roll shots, racking up 14 kills and four total blocks on .462 hitting in another stellar performance. 

Fellow senior Molly Kennedy stretched a streak of matches with five blocks or more to four straight with six total blocks against the Dragons, helping Hillsdale to a 10-6 edge in the stat, while fifth-year senior Chloe Pierce led the Chargers defensively with 12 digs.

Taylor Cook chipped in 10 kills for Hillsdale, Taylor Brownsword eight and Ellie Fles seven for the Chargers in the win, while Grace Drake added 35 assists as the team's setter as well.

While all three sets were close, Hillsdale was in control for most of the match, never trailing for long and never by more than one or two points. Leading 17-16 in set one, a block by Gorny and Kennedy helped catalyze a 4-0 run that gave Hillsdale the edge it needed, and another block by the senior pair late proved decisive in a 25-20 set one victory.

Set two was tight from start to finish, with several lead changes. Tied at 21-all, Hillsdale closed out the match with a 4-0 run, thanks to kills from Taylor Cook, Grace Drake and Ella Vandermark and a set-clinching block by Vandermark and Brownsword in a 25-21 victory to go up two sets to none.

Hillsdale scored the first three points of set three and led wire-to-wire to close out the match with a 25-22 victory. Tiffin made things interesting late, rallying from a significant deficit to cut Hillsdale's lead to 23-21, but clutch kills by Gorny and Ellie Fles put Hillsdale over the top.

Hillsdale improves to 15-11 overall, 10-4 in the G-MAC. They wrap up the regular season on Saturday against rival Findlay at 4:30 p.m., looking to sweep the season series with the Oilers and enter the G-MAC Tournament next week on a six-match winning streak.