The No. 7 Brock women's volleyball team outlasted the Guelph Gryphons on the road Saturday.

It was the first time a team has pushed the Badgers to five sets as Brock held on to win 3-2 (20-25, 26-24, 16-25, 27-25, 15-13)

"It was a crazy game," said head coach Steve Delaney. "Being down 9-3 in the fifth set, you're not suppose to be able to comeback from that."

The match consisted of massive rallies and see-saw lead changes in the score. The Badgers also went down two players as Samantha Casey and Grace Pyatt exited the game. Casey left with a knee injury in the first set and Pyatt collapsed on the court in the fourth set with a severe asthma attack.

"Everyone was emotional, including myself," said Delaney. "Grace was taken to hospital, but is out and is okay now."

In the fifth set, Brock trailed 9-3 and came back to win the match.

"We stayed positive. It was a great performance by the girls, a gutty performance," said Delaney. "Grace Edwards entered the game and scored a wonderful kill to win the match. Super proud of the girls. This puts us in the playoffs, but we have to recover and fly to Lakehead for some tough matches."

Edwards finished with 10 kills and 13 digs.

Darby Taylor scored 15 kills and 16 digs while Laura Condotta posted 15 kills and seven digs. Emily Armstrong added 31 assists and eight digs, and Sara Rohr contributed 17 assists.

Brock's liberos Alanna Norris and Aleiah Torres served as the backbone of the Badgers as the game took wild turns.

"Alanna flourished under pressure with the most difficult receive and serve situations and Aleiah was the defensive stalwart we all know she is," added Delaney. "Huge digs and key digs down the stretch. It was probably Aleiah's best performance of the season."

Up next, the Badgers (12-3) carry their OUA West-leading win percentage (.800) to Lakehead for back-to-back games against the Thunderwolves (2-15) on Saturday, Feb. 15 and Sunday, Feb. 16. Both games start at 2 p.m.