Franklin, Ind. - The Franklin College volleyball team earned a five-set triumph over Trine University (27-25, 25-21, 13-25, 15-25, 15-12) in its regular-season finale on Saturday from the Spurlock Center. The Grizzlies will be the No. 5 seed in the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference tournament.

Franklin lost a four-set match to Anderson University (19-25, 25-15, 27-25, 25-17) earlier in the day. The Grizzlies finished the regular season with a 16-13 record and won its most conference matches since 2003 with a 5-4 mark.

The team travels to Mount St. Joseph University for an opening round contest in the HCAC tournament on Wednesday, November 5 at either 7 or 7:30 p.m.

Freshman Brooke Harvey (Clinton, Ind./South Vermillion) posted a team-high 11 kills in the victory. Senior Jordan Finke (Indianapolis, Ind./Lutheran) and junior Emily Young (Avon, Ind./Avon) each chipped in nine kills. Freshman Amanda Lelivelt (Chippewa Falls, Wis./Riverside Brookfield) rounded out the balanced hitting attack with seven kills.

Sophomore Ashley Bazier (Terre Haute, Ind./Terre Haute South) recorded 38 assists and posted 21 digs defensively.

Junior Mackenzie Wieneke (Seymour, Ind./Seymour) tallied 23 digs to lead the effort. Junior Theresa Brown (Indianapolis, Ind./Franklin Central) added 15 digs. Freshman Sarah Labra (Indianapolis, Ind./Ben Davis), Lelivelt, and Young each had 10 digs.

Against Anderson, Lelivelt recorded a career-high 15 kills. Junior Kourtney Settle (Vallonia, Ind./Brownstown Central) chipped in 10 kills. Young recorded eight kills, hwile Finke tallied seven kills in the match.

Bazier recorded 38 kills and Wieneke led the Grizzlies with 22 digs.

Live statistics of Wednesday's opening-round contest will be available at www.franklingrizzlies.com. In-game updates will also be available on Twitter (@FCAthletics) and on Facebook (www.facebook.com/FranklinCollegeAthletics).