ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Middle hitter Lexa Magnuson started her senior year with 39 kills in four matches as the 2016 Goshen College volleyball team kicked off its campaign this weekend at the Concordia University Classic.

The Maple Leafs, who won the 2015 event with a 4-0 sweep through what was then a six-team, pool-play event, split four matches. The 2016 tournament expanded to seven teams with the schedule set in advance to prevent teams from the same conference from playing each other.

FRIDAY: Goshen def. Lawrence Tech 25-27, 25-21, 16-25, 25-23, 15-6 (Goshen stats)

Goshen came back from one-set-to-none and two-sets-to-one deficits to start its season off on the right foot, and the length was apropos: every meeting between the two schools has gone the distance, included a set that required extra points, or in this case, both.

Magnuson and sophomore Hallie Vanitvelt led Goshen's attack with identical lines: eight kills and two attack errors on 21 attempts. Hesston College transfer Christy Swartzendruber put up five kills in her purple-and-white debut.

GC also made use of a prolific blocking line that stuffed 22 points at the net: freshman Darienne Maust had two solos and 10 assists in her first collegiate match. Sydney Cruz added six blocks and Kylie Giger five while Vanitvelt, Magnuson and Whitney Peterson had four each.

The match was marked by aces, 22 in total, and service errors, of which Goshen had 11. Danielle Plank posted a team-high 12 digs, one ahead of Erin Strock.

FRIDAY: Siena Heights def. Goshen 25-22, 25-20, 25-20 (Goshen stats)

A .319 attack percentage that would have been Goshen's fourth-highest of the 2015 season pushed the Leafs to their lone three-set win of the weekend in Friday's nightcap. Magnuson and Cruz posted eight kills each in the win while Vanitvelt had four and Giger three on errorless attacking.

Junior setter Lisa Rodriguez got in on the fun as well, leading the team with 11 assists, one more than freshman Ally Roehr, while adding three kills of her own. Meghan Manley led GC with eight digs, followed by Rodriguez with seven and six apiece for Roehr and MacKinnon Tracy.

"MacKinnon and Meghan were each defensive standouts on Friday," said Goshen coach Jim Routhier. "Hallie had a strong day as well."

SATURDAY: Concordia def. Goshen 20-25, 20-25, 25-17, 25-19, 15-11 (box score)

While Friday's opener set the stage for a Maple Leaf comeback, in Goshen's first Saturday match it was time for the opponent to carry that mantle. Host Concordia used a match-high 17 kills from Erica den Boer and 13 apiece from two other players to come back from a two-sets-to-none deficit for a five-set win.

Magnuson racked up 13 spike winners, her most of the weekend, on 46 attacks. The Leafs finished 50 points on attacks but were also plagued by errors, hitting just .116. Every GC player save one was charged an attack error: among players with only one error, Cruz had six kills, Maust five and Meghan Gerke four. Roehr posted a new career high with 22 assists.

Perhaps indicative of it being each team's third match in less than 24 hours, each team posted more service errors than aces.

SATURDAY: Goshen def. Rochester 13-25, 25-16, 25-17, 25-22 (box score)

Magnuson led the team with 10 kills while Lindsay McQuinn added a career-high six, playing in every set for the first time all weekend as Goshen dropped the opening stanza before sweeping through the final three. Vanitvelt and Maust also added six winners each.

The finale was perhaps the Leafs' most balanced match of the weekend on defense, with three players posting double-figure digs and two (Manley and Rodriguez) reaching 15. Plank chipped in seven aces while four players added three blocks each.

Goshen continues its seven-match road trip Tuesday night with a visit to Rochester. The match will be played at Oakland Christian High School in Auburn Hills, Michigan, and at 7:30 p.m. rather than the originally-scheduled 6:00.