The Misericordia University volleyball team dropped a 3-0 (25-17, 29-27, 25-12) at DeSales, Wednesday.

Cailin McCullion led the Cougars with 12 kills and 12 digs.

Krystal Burford had six kills and Kristin Hoffman had 24 assists.

After dropping the first set, 25-17, the Cougars lost a heartbreaking 29-27 defeat in the second set.

The Cougars trailed, 15-9, before taking advantage of four DeSales errors in a 6-1 run to pull within 16-15.

DeSales went up 20-16 before kills by Hoffman and Burford helped MU close to within 20-19.

Trailing 24-21, Burford, Nicole Korgeski and McCullion had consecutive kills to tie the score.

MU will host Messiah, Widener and DeSales for a quad-match, Friday.