BUTLER TWP — Down 2-0 on the road at Butler, the Seneca Valley boys volleyball team was in a deep, deep hole.

No problem.

After a win in the third set, the Raiders faced match point in the fourth.

No problem.

Seneca Valley rolled off three straight points to win and force a decisive fifth set and completed the comeback for a 23-25, 24-26, 25-21, 26-24, 15-11 victory Tuesday night over the Golden Tornado.

“This Butler team is a very good team and we're privileged to play in probably the best section in the state, up and down,” said Seneca Valley coach Dan Follett. “There's no nights off here and to come here into the school and in this gym — it's hard to play at. I give every credit to Butler for pushing us to the brink.”

Butler (6-3, 3-3) led in every set but the fifth and had a chance to win it in the fourth, up 24-23 after a kill by Cody Schnur.

But Seneca Valley (7-1, 5-1) got a pair of kills from Marshall Price and Bryce McAfee to eke out the win.

The Raiders carried that momentum over into the fifth set, jumping out to an 8-2 lead.

Butler got as close as 13-10 but couldn't recover.

“It's disappointing,” said Butler coach Lew Liparulo. “The game could go either way, very easily. The fifth game I don't feel they played like they did the first four.”

Nash Bryan had 25 kills for the Golden Tornado, but Seneca Valley limited his damage later in the match by making a few adjustments at the net.

“He's a fantastic player,” Follett said. “We tried to flip the matchups — he still got his points. We tried to change our blocking scheme a little bit and I think that affected him. He's a great swinger and a great all-around ballplayer.”

Follett was not at all pleased early in the match with the way his team was playing.

During one timeout, he slammed his clipboard to the court in frustration.

But as the match progressed, the Raiders played better and committed fewer unforced errors.

And seniors Evan Mauer and Marshall Price got into a rhythm.

Mauer finished with 15 kills and Price 10.

“We kind of found a groove,” Follett said. “We started exploiting some weaknesses and finding the hot hand as well. A couple of our seniors filled in the shoes and we really owe them the game right now.”

Kyle Martini also had a strong night for the Raiders with 15 kills.

He had a rough stretch in the middle of the match, but returned to dominate at the net with three big kills that kept Seneca Valley alive in the fourth set and two more big kills in the fifth.

“We talk to all our kids — this game is a game of errors. For someone to score, someone has to mess up,” Follett said. “We talk to our guys a lot about short term memory loss, which is a funny statement, but at the same time if you make a mistake, you have to move on from it. That's something Kyle has shown that he can do and he had a fantastic game tonight.”

Butler must now have some short term memory loss after this stinging setback.

“It just didn't happen,” Liparulo said. “We made errors when they couldn't happen. Back to work again. That's how it is.”