WEST CHESTER, Pa.- The West Chester University women's volleyball team (9-14) returned to action on Tuesday night in Hollinger Field House against Wilmington (8-16) in the Golden Rams non-league finale. West Chester held an early lead but fell to its visitors by a 3-2 (29-31, 17-25, 25-19, 25-13, 15-8) final.

West Chester jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the match with a marathon 31-29 victory in the first and a 25-17 second-set victory but fell victim to a reverse sweep once again as the visiting Wildcats stormed back for a 3-2 victory over the Golden Rams.

West Chester hit .212 (67-28-184) in the loss but failed to hit north of .200 in either of the final two sets, hitting .135 (9-4-37) in the fourth and .091 (6-4-22) in the fifth set as the Wildcats completed their comeback.

CeCe Isenberg (Berwick, Pa./Berwick) and Gwen Atkins (Morristown, N.J./Morristown picked up 15 kills each and Atkins also led West Chester in aces with three. Julia Kwitchoff (Niagara Falls, N.Y./Niagara Wheatfield) led West Chester in blocks with six, while Bria Stepp (Cranberry Twp, Pa./Seneca Valley) led West Chester in assists with 29.

Hailey Atkins (Morristown, N.J./Morristown) led West Chester in digs with 13, while Elianna Freeman (Jersey Village, Tx./Jersey Village) added 11 digs of her own.

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West Chester will return to action this weekend at home against Bloomsburg on Friday at 6 p.m. before visiting Millersville on Saturday.