<p>COLUMBUS</p>
<p>The Lancers were down to nine players for Monday’s matchup at Columbus Christian. They used only six players for most of the night, with a seventh playing in one set in a 25-18, 21-25, 25-12, 25-15 loss.</p>
<p>"We have injuries going on and lots of different things that are affecting our team that are hurting us numbers-wise, and that’s really affecting how we’re playing," Edinburgh coach Kilah Dickey said. "With the injuries and them being out, that really hurts us."</p>
<p>The Lancers (4-15), who were without starters Gracie Myers and Shelby Graham, fell behind 10-1 in the first set and never recovered.</p>
<p>Edinburgh came to life in the second set. Emily Chappelow served the Lancers to a 4-0 lead. Columbus Christian came back to within 22-20 and 23-21, but Edinburgh got a sideout and an ace from Callie Hancock to even the match at a set apiece.</p>
<p>In the third set, Edinburgh was within 12-9 before the Crusaders closed with a 13-3 run. The fourth set was close until Columbus Christian stretched a 17-14 lead to 22-14 and went on to close out the match.</p>
<p>Chappelow led the Lancers with five kills, two blocks and two aces, while Hancock recorded 16 assists and Gracie Crawhorn had six digs. </p>
<p>"I thought we played okay," Dickey said. "I was a little disappointed because I thought we had a fair matchup tonight, which we haven’t had in the past few games. We’ve been playing some tougher teams that are a lot better than we are. I feel like we should have won tonight, and we didn’t."</p>