GOSHEN, Ind. — Huntington University sandwiched a pair of nail-biting wins in the first and third sets around an early second-stanza run and swept Goshen College 32-30, 25-11, 25-22 in Crossroads League women's volleyball Wednesday night at Gunden Gymnasium.

After an opening stanza in which neither team led by more than three points, Huntington broke through on its third set point after saving five from Goshen to win the set 32-30. The Foresters pulled out to a 14-3 lead in the second set and expanded that edge slightly over the final 19 points.

In the third set, the Maple Leafs (9-8, 4-5) took an early 6-2 advantage: once Huntington squared the set 6-6, neither team led by more than two until a 5-0 Forester run made it 24-19.

Tailor Schultheis led Huntington (9-8, 5-5) with 10 kills, the match high. Christy Swartzendruber added nine and Darienne Maust six for the hosts.

Huntington hit just .122 and Goshen .023 in the match, in large part because about one in seven points ended in blocks. The Maple Leafs stonewalled 10 HU attacks, with Lindsay McQuinn in on five; former Elkhart Memorial High School teammates Kylie Giger and Lexa Magnuson had four each for GC.

Huntington libero Kate Cobb led all players with 20 digs, six more than teammate Audrey Mallers and nine more than Swartzendruber, who led GC. Mallers was the only player on either side with multiple service aces.

The Forester win and Maple Leaf loss moves both teams to 9-8, while the straight-set result in the visitors' favor mirrors the score of the first match between the teams on Sept. 9 at Platt Arena. At 4-5 in conference play, Goshen is sixth in the 10-team conference: after Goshen visits Mount Vernon Nazarene on Friday night, all 10 schools will have played exactly 10 matches.

The match between GC and MVNU, which is receiving votes in the NAIA top 25 and entered Wednesday 19-2, is set for 7 p.m. Friday at Ariel Arena in Mount Vernon, Ohio.