After dropping the first set to visiting Geneseo by 14 points, Sterling could have packed it in against one of the leading teams in the Western Big 6 Conference.

Instead, the Golden Warriors showed what they are capable of as a team.

Sterling took the Maple Leafs right down to the wire before ultimately falling 25-11, 17-25, 27-25 in a thriller at Musgrove Field House.

After a pedestrian first set, Sterling (7-11, 1-7 Big 6) opened the second set with a 6-0 lead and never trailed.

“We’ve been off to kind of a rough start this season,” Mya Lira said, “so to have that momentum and energy and just the electricity in that game, you know, it was really good for us as a team and individuals.”

Lira had 18 of the team’s 32 digs.

“I think this is probably the best game that we’ve had all sea

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