UT Permian Basin Volleyball had a furious rally in the fourth set that saw a 14-point turnaround, but Lubbock Christian closed the night out by scoring four of the final five points to defeat UTPB 20-25, 25-19, 23-25, 25-20, 12-15.

Down two sets to one and trailing 15-6 in the fourth set, the Falcons (10-10) cut the lead to 15-10 with four straight points including a pair of kills by Travana Matthews and a block from Matthews and Haleigh Robinson. 

Following an LCU kill, the Falcons scored the next six points with kills from three different players, a triple block by Robinson, Cadey Jones and Matthews ,and a pair of attack errors by the Lady Chaps to tie the fourth set at 16-16.

After another LCU kill, the Falcons took their first lead of the set after winners by Matthews and Analise Luco, and would also score the next three points with kills by Robinson and Jones for a 21-17 advantage. UT Permian Basin closed out the fourth by winning three of the last four points, and pushed the contest to a fifth and final set by winning on a service error.

UTPB countered a pair of Lauren Zoller kills for Lubbock Christian to open up the fifth by winning the next three points on an attack by Matthews, ace from Sarah Vasquez, and attack by Robinson.

The Falcons would grab a two-point lead at 7-5 on a kill by Skyler Friel and a Lubbock Christian error, and would hold the same two-point advantage at 10-8 on a Matthews/Robinson block and Megan Ashton ace, but the match was won by the Lady Chaps as they scored five of the next six points to go ahead for the final time with a 13-11 lead. A kill from Marissa Aguilar pulled UTPB within a point, but LCU closed out the contest with the last two points of the night on a pair of kills.

Vasquez had a career night for UTPB, setting a career-best with 37 kills on the night, a total that ties for second-most in the Lone Star Conference in 2018.

Friel led the Falcons with 17 total kills, one of three UTPB players in double digits. She did so while committing no errors on 31 attempts to hit .548 on the night. Matthews added 16 winners and Robinson 10 kills for UT Permian Basin.

Lucio led all Falcons on the evening with 41 total assists.

UTPB is back home this weekend during Homecoming week, taking on Texas A&M Kingsville Friday night at 6 p.m.