The Misericordia University men's volleyball team dropped a tough 3-0 loss at Elmira, Wednesday.
 
The Cougars lost 25-17, 25-22, 25-23.
 
Anthony DePalma led the Cougars with 14 kills will Zane Martin had four blocks.  James Walsh and Joe Kozak had three blocks each.
 
Gannon DeFrain had 18 assists.
 
Elmira used a 6-1 late in the first set to take a 24-16 lead.
 
Trailing 12-9 in the second set, the Cougars scored five straight points to take a 14-12 lead.
 Walsh and Logan Romeika sandwiched kills around a pair of kills by DePalma during the run.
 
After Elmira rallied to take a 17-15 lead, the Cougars used a Soaring Eagles service error and an ace from DePalma to pull even.
 
Down 21-18, DePalma's kill and an Elmira error made it 21-20.  Elmira scored three of the last four points to win, 25-22.
 
The Cougars broke a 16-16 tie in the third set with seven straight points.  DeFrain had an ace in the middle of six Elmira errors to give MU a 23-16 lead.
 
However, Elmira recovered with a 9-0 run to win 25-23.