SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Down 2-1 entering game four, the Gardner-Webb volleyball team kept its A-Sun postseason hopes alive, rallying to tie the match before pulling out a 15-12 victory in game five.

The Bulldogs improve to 13-13 on the season and 4-4 in A-Sun play. USCU falls to 8-14 on the year and 1-7 in conference competition.

Senior Audra Harrison and junior Heidi Steinebrunner each notched career highs to lead the way for head coach Chris Phillips' team. Harrison hit .474 for the match, compiling 29 kills on a career-high 57 attempts. The Hickory, N.C., native had just two errors for the match. Steinebrunner also powered GWU's come-from behind win, notching 28 kills on 57 attempts.

The only other GWU player to reach double figures for the game was junior Bethany Martin with 10.

The reason the offense ran so well was because of sophomore sensation Regina Feagin. Feagin dished out a school-record setting 73 assists. She tallied a double-double by recording 18 digs.

Harrison amassed a match-high 22 digs for her double-double while junior Katie Matykowski had 16 digs. Steinebrunner also had a double-double by tallying 17 digs.

The Bulldogs established a school record by posting 83 assists. In addition to Feagin's 73, senior Ashley Pridgeon had six, Matykowski three and rookie Carrie Long had the other.

All of the games were tightly contested, but GWU had opportunities to record a 3-0 sweep.

However, after winning game one by a 30-24 margin, GWU fell by identical 30-25 scores in games two and three.

In game four, the Bulldogs fell behind early, but countered to take an 8-4 lead after kills from Steinebrunner, Harrison and two from Long. GWU widened its lead to five on a kill by senior Jackie Mathison at 13-8. An ace by Matykowski gave GWU an 18-13 advantage, but the Spartans battled back to knot the score at 26-26 by using a 4-0 run.

With the score tied at 29-29, head coach Chris Phillips' team turned to newcomer Steinebrunner. She slammed home back-to-back kills to force the deciding game five.

GWU fell behind in game five and it didn't look too good for the visitors. Down 6-2, a kill by Mathison, followed by a block by Long and Mathison pulled GWU within two at 6-4.

After USCU scored two of the next three points, GWU fought back to take a 9-8 lead on Harrison's career-high 29^th kill. The Spartans tied it up at 9-9, but GWU would tally two of the next three points for an 11-10 lead. From there, the Bulldogs' Steinebrunner notched two more kills, essentially ended the upset attempt.

GWU will attempt to move to 14-13 on the season on Tuesday night when it plays host to UNC-Asheville at 7 p.m., in Paul Porter Arena.