Marshfield’s Leslie Silver sets the ball for teammate Jessica Hockema during Tuesday’s match. World Photo by Madeline Steege.

COOS BAY — Somewhere between holding a two-set lead and surrendering the final nine points of the game, an impressive win slipped away from the Marshfield girl’s volleyball team Tuesday.

Visiting Roseburg overcame several obstacles, including a three-point deficit in the decisive fifth set, to come away with an emotional win over the Bucs at Pirate Palace, 24-26, 21-25, 26-24, 27-25, 15-8.

It was the second win over Marshfield this month for Roseburg (5-2), which won the previous meeting in four games on Sept. 6.

The Pirates played superbly at times Tuesday, building late leads in each of the final three sets before succumbing to the relentless Indians offense.

“We all pulled together,” said Stefanie Jarvis, who led Roseburg with seven kills. “It was our best game of the season.”

Jarvis may have had the biggest hand in swinging momentum back to the Indians. That came in the fourth set after Roseburg put together a 6-3 scoring run to tie the game at 24-all. The Indians took a 26-25 lead on an errant hit by the Pirates, then blunted three potentially tying shots by Ali Worthen — Marshfield’s leader in kills — before Jarvis landed a stuff block to end the game.

“I can’t describe how that felt,” said Jarvis, a 5-foot-8 right-side hitter.

Roseburg Indians coach Bruce Myers declined to comment afterward.

Marshfield retook control early in the fifth set as Worthen notched four of her game-high 28 kills — the last giving her team a 4-1 lead. After Roseburg rallied to make it 6-6, the Pirates went ahead 8-6 with a pair of service points — their last two scores of the night.

“We have to learn how to finish games and work harder in practice,” Marshfield defensive specialist Brittney Young said. “We didn’t attack the ball enough. ... Everyone just got down at the end.”

Young and senior libero Taylor Scott finished with 20 and 22 digs, respectively, while Worthen, a 5-foot-10 senior outside hitter, added eight. The defensive efforts helped Marshfield rally back from early deficits in each set — the largest being a pair of six-point deficits in games two and three.

Pirates coach Tammie Montiel felt the slow starts took their toll in the end.

“It’s tough when you’re up 2-0, and you just can’t keep the momentum going,” Montiel said. “If we hadn’t have given them those early runs and had to play catch up, we’re winning those games.”

Marshfield trailed 5-1 in the opening set before battling back to tie it at 10-10 with an unassisted kill by Worthen. From there, Roseburg mounted another 5-1 scoring run to go up 15-11.

Marshfield scored 11 of the next 16 points to take a 22-21 edge, but Roseburg tied it again after junior setter Jordan Quist dialed Jarvis for a kill — one of Quist’s team-high 10 assists.

Marshfield pulled away with a soft shot from Young and four more points from Worthen.

“Ali had another big game for us,” Montiel said. “She’s going to get a lot of kills this season, but we need someone else — a couple of other people — to step up when she goes to the back line. That goes back to just being more aggressive — something we need to do.”

The Pirates showed signs of that in the second set when they split the first dozen points with the Indians. Roseburg built another big lead with an 11-5 run, but Marshfield evened the score at 18-all with two kills by Worthen and Natalie Caffey. Sophomore setter Nikki Gross fed two of those kills as part of her game-high 17 assists.

“We were feeling pretty good until that third game,” Gross said. “Once we get down, it’s hard for us to get back.”

Marshfield did so early in the third set only to fall apart late. The Pirates overcame a 6-0 deficit to tie the game at 9-9, then stayed even with the Indians until Caffey landed an ace, giving Marshfield a 22-21 lead. Caffey and teammate Mel Stout followed with service points, making it game point, 24-23.

From there, Marshfield committed two costly errors before Roseburg buried the game-clinching kill.

“It feels pretty tough right now,” Young said. “I was about ready to cry on the bench. ... We played hard tonight, but we still have a lot of work to do.”

Caffey finished with eight kills, three blocks and a ace. Stout had three kills plus a dig, and Leslie Silver came off the bench to notch three digs and two assists for Marshfield (6-5).

The Pirates play in the Rogue Valley Classic this weekend before opening Midwestern League play at home Tuesday against Thurston, the defending league champion.