The two teams that combined to win the previous six Baltimore County volleyball championships met at Dulaney Thursday night, and No. 3 Towson emerged with a 25-11, 25-23, 25-21 victory over the host Lions for its fourth consecutive county crown.
The Generals (14-1) have now won 13 straight since a loss to top-ranked Arundel in their second match of the season.
No. 11 Dulaney (13-2), the county champion from 2005 through 2007, had a 13-match winning streak snapped the previous day in a 5-game loss to No. 14 Severna Park.
Towson seniors Ally Teuten (28 assists, 3 kills), Lauren Bosse (7 kills, 3 blocks, 2 assists), Kelly Lacy (10 kills) and Hannah Wohltmann (2 aces, 3 kills, 3 blocks) celebrated their fourth straight county title.
Senior Emily Lansinger (5 kills), junior Hanna Glazer and sophomore defensive specialist Georgie Teuten also contributed to the winning effort.
Dulaney was led by the hitting of junior outside hitter Jessica Starr (10 kills) and freshman middle hitter Milan Amos (6 kills) and the defense and setting of seniors Taylor Roberts and Bridget McManus.
Towson pulled away in the first set after Bosse and Wohltmann teamed up for back-to-back blocks on Starr, while Glazer served eight straight points.
"When they know it's going to go outside, they are going to put up a good block," Dulaney coach Cary Lyon said.
The second set featured 10 ties with the last one coming at 19-19.
Bosse's ace and Lacy's kill followed a Dulaney error, and the Generals pulled ahead, 22-19, before Amos' kill stemmed the tide.
Glazer answered with a two-handed tip, making it 23-20, before Starr's kill brought the Lions within two.
An ace by Amos made it 23-22, but Glazer's block upped the Generals' lead to 24-22.
Roberts pulled Dulaney within one again with a cap at the net, before Wohltmann ended the set with a perfectly placed tip.
"I went up and I tried to fake hit it, so they would all be on their toes and I just tipped it right over," Wohltmann said. "It felt so good to get that last point."
Towson pulled out to a 15-10 lead in the final set before the Lions made a charge. But Wohltmann seized the momentum with two excellent digs that led to kills from Lansinger and Bosse.
Towson coach Emily Berman said she was especially proud of her four four-time county champions.
"It's really, really great," she said. "I think they have grown so much since the first one, and they don't know what it's like to lose in the county, but they know what it's like to lose at a higher level, so they savor the wins."
Towson won the Class 3A state championship last year after losing to River Hill in the state semifinals the previous year.