ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. -- Elizabethtown could have submitted after dropping two sets against Landmark powerhouse and nationally-ranked No. 7 Juniata on Tuesday night, but that's not the Blue Jay way.

Mackenzie Garner recorded five of her team-high 10 kills and Elle Shatto had four as E-town emerged with a 25-23 win in the third before eventually falling 3-1 to the Eagles inside Thompson Gymnasium.

The Blue Jays' spirited battle earned them a set victory over the 11-time defending conference champions for the second straight season after going 18 straight matches without a set win between 1998-2016.

Sophomore libero Aiyana Tietze-Di Toro stood out defensively with a match-high 16 digs, while freshman middle hitter Marlee Dzergoski added a team-high four blocks and Sarah Schneider had three (one solo).

Most of the evening was an uphill battle for Elizabethtown (16-14, 1-3 Landmark) against an Eagle team rife with talent. The Blue Jays found Juniata's long middles hard to circumvent and even when they did, the Eagles (17-3, 4-0) played stellar defense to keep most balls alive.

Dejia Danhi and Morgan Edwards had six blocks each leading to 11 for Juniata as a team. Danhi was a handful with six kills and six aces --five of which came in the opening set, a 25-16 victory for the guests.

Edwards also had a team-leading 11 kills, Victoria Taylor had 10, Marie Gonsar eight and Marybeth Weihbrecht eight. Weihbrecht hit .800 (8-0-10) to raise her league-best hitting percentage, which was already at .425 coming into the night. Juniata out-killed Elizabethtown 56-29.

Elizabethtown hung with the Eagles in the second, but fell behind by five, 18-13, in the middle stages of the set and could only get within 25-22 by the end. Still, there was a belief from the Jays that they could compete on the same level.

That came to fruition in the third --and in come-from-behind fashion. The Blue and Gray trailed 19-12, but a 10-2 run forced Juniata to burn both of its timeouts and put the hosts in front. Garner had a kill and two aces during the spurt. Dzergoski and Shatto also had kills, while Schneider came up with a block.

Juniata got a kill from Samantha Freese to draw within 24-23 and regain its serve, but E-town got a quick side-out with Rileigh Hudock setting up Garner for the set-clinching kill.

The visiting Eagles would show some fire in the fourth, however, quickly closing out the Jays. Weihbrecht, quiet for most of the match, turned it up with four of her eight kills and Juniata scored seven unanswered points to start the set. E-town could never recover, falling 25-11.

Shatto totaled eight kills and Schneider had seven. Along with Garner's 10, the trio teamed up for 25 of their team's 29 kills on the night. Elizabethtown hit just .024 (29 kills-24 errors) on 127 attempts, while Juniata finished just north of .200 thanks to a .333 percentage in the final set.

Hudock recorded 24 of Elizabethtown's 26 assists and Kennedy produced a team-high four aces.

Elizabethtown closes out its home schedule and honors seniors Garner, Kennedy and Schneider on Thursday evening at 7 against Stevenson.