PURCHASE, N.Y. - The Purchase College women's volleyball team was defeated by Sarah Lawrence College Tuesday evening, falling in straight sets to the Skyline Conference foe.

Set scores for the contest were 25-15, 25-17 and 25-9.

With the result, the Panthers dropped to 1-8 overall and 1-1 in the conference. For the Gryphons, they moved to 9-4 and 3-0, respectively. 

The opening set saw close action between the two sides to start, until Sarah Lawrence rallied midway through to change an 8-8 tie score to a 19-10 advantage. 

Purchase responded with three-straight points to cut the margin to six points, 19-13, but that was as close as PC got the rest of the frame.

In set two, the tight action continued early, before a late run from the guests separated the two sides.

With the score 14-13 in favor of the visitors, the Gryphons closed out the match on an 11-4 run to secure the win, 25-17.

In the final set of the night, Sarah Lawrence used three different runs of at least five points to create a big margin and cruise to a win over the Panthers to secure the match.

Overall, Purchase was limited to just 13 kills on -.012 hitting. For Sarah Lawrence, the guests tallied marks of 36 kills and .194 hitting.

Individually, Zia Williams (SO/Hudson, NY) led the Panthers with a team-high four kills.

Lilith Bastek-Ochoa (SO/Sag Harbor, NY) added three kills and 10 digs, while Karina Medina (SR/Brooklyn, NY) collected 10 assists, eight digs and two kills.

Up next for the Panthers is more Skyline Conference action, as the team travels to Farmingdale State College on September 29th. That match is set to begin at 7 p.m. and you can follow it here.