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HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. -- Kristina Kerrigan had a season-high 25 kills and Kristina Hefferan added 24 kills, but No. 20 University of Indianapolis volleyball couldn't hold the lead, 3-2 (25-17, 16-25, 16-25, 25-18, 15-8), against No. 24 Northern Kentucky in front of 301 fans at Regents Hall on Saturday afternoon.

Kerrigan hit .383 with nine digs and two blocks, while Hefferan connected at a. 465 clip with three digs and two blocks for the Greyhounds (2-4, 1-1 GLVC) in the Great Lakes Valley Conference encounter with the Norse (7-0, 2-0 GLVC).

Freshman Meghan Binkerd had 59 assists, six digs and three kills, while junior Amy Oldenburg tied for match-high honors with 22 digs. Kourtney Crawford hit .318 with nine digs and Hannah Kelzer added seven kills attacking .429 for the Greyhounds, who finished hitting .351 with 74 kills.

UIndy also had 20 errors, while NKU hit .338 with 64 kills and 12 errors. The Hounds had more digs (56-54), but less blocks (8-5) and lost the serving game with two aces and five errors to six aces and three errors for Northern Kentucky.

After holding a two sets to one lead, Northern Kentucky evened the match to force the fourth five-set match of the season for the Greyhounds. Northern Kentucky built on the momentum of winning the fourth set to race to a 9-3 lead in the fifth frame. The Greyhounds never recovered, 15-8, to make their record 1-3 in five-set matches this season. The Norse hit .714 with 11 kills and one error, while the Greyhounds managed only five kills in the final set.

The Norse had five players with 10 or more kills, led by Sarah Drennen with 16 kills, while Jenna Schreiver tied Binkerd with 59 assists and Kylee Tarantino tied Oldenburg with 22 digs.

The first set was tied, 9-9, when an 8-3 run by the Norse put them ahead, 17-12, with enough of a cushion to win, 25-17, after a service ace on the first set point. NKU hit .405 with 16 kills to start the match, while UIndy tallied 15 kills, but also had five errors to hit .263.

Kills by Courtney Anglemyer and Crawford and a block by Anglemyer and Kerrigan staked the Greyhounds to the early 3-0 lead and it built from there. The Norse called their first timeout trailing by five, 13-8, and its second moments later after a Binkerd kill put UIndy up nine, 18-9. Northern Kentucky committed an error after the stoppage to fall behind by 10 and UIndy evened the match, 25-16, with a kill by Kerrigan.

The Greyhounds hit .645 with 20 kills and no errors in the second set. Kerrigan tallied eight kills with no errors in 12 attempts, while NKU hit a solid .312 with 13 kills.

Back-to-back Hefferan kills and another NKU error staked UIndy to another 3-0 lead to start the third set. Three more Hefferan kills, a Crawford kill and Binkerd ace built the lead to six, 8-2, and the Greyhounds were rolling. Kerrigan's kill eventually put UIndy up 10, 21-11, and Hefferan's ninth kill of the set gave WMU the win, 25-16, and the 2-1 set lead.

Hefferan hit .818 with nine kills in 11 swings to pace UIndy to. 484 attacking with 18 kills, while NKU hit .216 with 13 kills.

Kills by Anglemyer and Crawford scored the first two points of the fourth for the Greyhounds, but Northern Kentucky quickly changed momentum with a 9-3 run to force a timeout, 9-5. Kerrigan had a kill after the stoppage, but UIndy missed the next serve and could never pull closer than three points as NKU pulled away, 25-18, to even the match for a fifth set.

UIndy tallied more kills, 16-11, but had eight more errors, 10-2, as well in the fourth set. The Norse also had two aces and no errors, while the Greyhounds missed two serves with no aces.

UIndy continues its road trip to open the 2011 GLVC season by heading north to in-state rival St. Joseph's on Tuesday at 8 p.m.