MARIETTA, Ga. – Life University (17-9, 5-5 MSC) found a way to come out on top in a five-set thriller against No. 17 Georgetown (14-3, 9-3 MSC) on Friday.
 
"Tonight's win was probably the largest win in our program's history," Head Coach Steve Wilcosky said. "It's moments like this that you remember for a lifetime. I'm so proud that these girls were able to rise to the occasion, knock off a nationally-ranked team and put together a solid team effort. We had some incredible performances tonight. Liz was back to for form with 22 kills and 13 digs, a remarkable effort by her. The most impressive was probably Amber Harris and her composure and put us in a position to win. She did a great job running what she was asked to run, and not doing anything different than that. I was impressed by our middle. We did a great job holding their All-Americans to a negative hitting percentage and limiting them to single digit kills. That was our game plan. We said we need to isolate them and make everyone else beat us. When you go against top-level teams, you know it's going to be a fight. We were fortunate to come out with the win. I'm extremely proud of our girls."
 
Two Running Eagles posted double-doubles in the win. Junior Liz Mann logged 22 kills and 13 digs, as well as an ace and a block. Junior Zykeria Allen contributed 11 kills and 12 digs, with three aces and two blocks. Sophomore Amber Harris had a career-high 58 assists to go along with seven digs, two kills and an ace.
 
Life U stumbled a little coming out of the gate as Georgetown opened on a 6-2 run. They battled back to cut the lead to 10-9. However, the Tigers mounted a run to push the lead out to 17-11. Life U kept chipping away and eventually tied the match at 22. Things got tight late in the set, but GC took the set 26-24.
 
The second set began like the first, with the Tigers starting with a 6-2 lead. The Running Eagles chipped away to tie it at 6 all. From there the teams traded points for the remainder of the frame, with neither team getting more than a three-point lead. Life U eventually took the set 25-23.
 
A theme appeared to be emerging as the third set got underway. The frame was extremely tight as both teams continued to trade points to the duration. Thanks to a late 4-0 point run, the Running Eagles were able to take the set 25-21.
 
The fourth set was the same as they previous with both teams refusing to yield any advantage to the other. With Life U holding set point at 24-21, Georgetown rallied to a 5-0 run to for a deciding fifth set with a 26-24.
 
In the fifth and deciding set, the two teams kept it close early. The Tigers ran out to a 9-6 lead, but the Running Eagles rallied to tie it at 11-11. After GC took a 13-11 lead, Life went on a 4-0 run to steal the match with a 15-13 decision.
 
The Running Eagles are back in action tomorrow as they welcome No. 24 Campbellsville.