Hillsboro, Kan. - After eight straight wins to open KCAC play the Tabor College Volleyball Team suffered its first conference loss of the season as the Bluejays fell to Ottawa University in four games (19-25, 25-23, 22-25, 24-26) Tuesday night in Ottawa, Kan.

Ottawa jumped on the Bluejays early taking game one of the match by six points the largest margin of victory in any of the four games. The next three games were decided by a total of seven points as Tabor rallied to take game two before falling in games three and four.

"We did not play our game at Ottawa," said Head Coach Amy Ratzlaff. "We had error after error after error and just couldn't get the job done."

Tabor did have three players register double-digit kills in the match led by reigning KCAC Hitter of the Week sophomore Tina Frick (Durham, Kan.) with 16, while senior Carly Kroeker (Henderson, Neb.) and sophomore Gina Hullet (Abilene, Kan.) each racked up 10 apiece.

KCAC Setter of the Week Sophomore Mandi Phillips (Halstead, Kan.) dished out 48 assists in the match while senior Ashley Cohlmia (Wichita, Kan.) chipped in with seven kills.

Defensively Tabor did a better jump up at the net as the Bluejays accumulated 18 assisted blocks in the match led by Frick and Hullet who had six apiece. Cohlmia led the Bluejays with 12 digs while Phillips and senior Andrea Batista (Hagerman, N.M.) added eight digs apiece.

Tabor (8-1 KCAC, 10-7 Overall) will look to bounce back and exact an early season loss as they return home to host Southern Nazarene University Friday Oct. 9^th, at 5:30 p.m.