The Canisius volleyball team lost in four sets at Fairfield University in the regular-season finale at Alumni Hall on Sunday afternoon. The Stags won 25-16, 27-25, 25-19, 25-23 as the Golden Griffins finish the regular-season with an 8-19 overall record and 8-10 record in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.

Canisius will be the No. 7 seed in next week's MAAC Championship, to be held at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The Griffs will play No. 10 seed Quinnipiac at 11 a.m. on Thursday. That match will be broadcast live on ESPN3. The winner of the match will face No. 2 seed Siena at 5 p.m. later in the day.

Junior Lauren Siebert led Canisius with 13 kills and four blocks while hitting .423 on the day. Freshman Kristin Bendy had 10 kills and a .465 attack percentage. Sophomore Katlyn Tyler posted her third double-double of the season with 11 kills and 13 digs.

"We played in front of a great environment at Fairfield with a lot of energy and crowd noise," Canisius coach Cathy Hummel said. "I'm proud of the way we overcame that and competed against a good Fairfield team. We also got to continue to work on another lineup so we are prepared for a lot of situations in Disney."

After Fairfield (17-11, 13-5 MAAC) pulled away to win the first set, the Griffs played strong down the stretch in the second set to even the match at one set apiece. Canisius trailed 22-20 and then used a kill from Bendy and service ace from junior Rachel Kline to even the score. After trading four side-outs, a kill from Siebert and solo block from junior Grace Streicher knotted the match at one set apiece.

Fairfield took an early lead in the third set and never gave it up en route to regaining a one-set lead in the match. The teams played a tight fourth set as Canisius used a 6-2 run to take a 17-14 lead, capped by a kill from Tyler. The Stags responded with a 7-1 run to take a 21-18 lead. The Griffs got within one point on three occasions down the stretch, but could never close the deficit as a kill from Hadley Orr closed out the match.

Notes: Canisius and Fairfield split the regular-season series for the second time in the last three years… Bendy had double-digit kills for the third time this season, posting 10 or more kills twice in the last three matches… Siebert had at least 11 kills for the fourth time in five matches… Tyler has double-digit kills in eight of the last nine matches.