CARLISLE, Pa. - The Salisbury University volleyball team suffered its first losses of the season on Friday evening as the Sea Gulls competed in the Dickinson Invitational, hosted by Dickinson College. Salisbury fell to St. Vincent College in five closely contested games; in the second match of the day, the Gulls put up another valiant fight but eventually fell to Elizabethtown College, 3-1.

The match against St. Vincent was intense, as the Bearcats and Sea Gulls exchanged game victories in an effort to earn the "W". Eventually, the teams were knotted up at two games apiece; Salisbury battled but fell in the final game, 15-13, to end the team's four-match win streak. The final scores of the match were 17-25, 25-18, 15-25, 25-19, 13-15 in favor of St. Vincent.

It was a similar story for the maroon and gold in the second match of the evening, against Elizabethtown College. The Sea Gulls fell behind early as the Blue Jays took a 25-23 first game win. Undeterred, Salisbury captured a 25-19 victory in the second game to tie up the match but fell in the third game, 25-22. The maroon and gold continued to compete but the Blue Jays captured the match victory with a narrow 27-25 win in the fourth and final game.

Salisbury (4-2) will regroup and take the court again on Saturday, Sept. 11, facing Allegheny College at noon before wrapping up play at the Dickinson Invitational with a contest against Lebanon Valley College at 4 p.m.