Box Score

Seton Hill hosted California in the PSAC Volleyball Championship match in the McKenna Center on Sunday afternoon.  It was the first time Seton Hill has ever played in a conference championship match.  The result was not the one all the fans wanted as the Vulcans swept the Griffins by a 3-0 score.  SHU falls to 31-5. 

Corrine Gahagen puts the Griffins ahead 1-0 with a kill to start the match.  Cassie Hausfeld ends a long rally with a tip kill to put SHU up 4-3.  Another long rally ended with a Shelby Kyllo kill and SHU led 6-3.  Cal battled back to tie the set up at 8.  Gahagen puts the Griffins back ahead 9-8.  Cal rallied to take a 16-12 lead, forcing a SHU timeout.  Kyllo ended the Vulcan run with a block, cutting the lead to 17-13.  SHU went on a 3-0 run to cut the lead to 17-15.  Gahagen ends another Cal run with a kill, cutting the lead to 21-17.  California takes the first set by a score of 25-18. 
 
Cal took an early 5-2 lead in the second set.  A block from Abigail Malsch and Gahagen cut the lead to 5-3.  Cal then scored two straight forcing a SHU timeout.  Gahagen gets a kill that trims the Vulcan lead to 10-4.  The Griffins cut the lead back to 12-7.  The Vulcans continued to build their lead and led 18-8.  Field puts one over on two to cut the Vulcan lead to 21-11.  SHU then used a 5-0 run to trim the lead to 22-16.  Emily Gilles knocked off one set point with a kill and a Vulcan hitting error ended  another.  Kyllo's block knocked another one off and SHU trailed 24-20.  Cal then won the set with a kill to go up 2-0. 
 
Cal started the third set off with a 3-2 lead.  The Vulcans extended the lead to 8-4, forcing a Griffin timeout.  SHU battles back to trim the lead to 11-9, forcing a Vulcan timeout.  Field ended a Griffin run with a kill to cut the lead to 14-10.  Cal then extended the lead to 18-11, forcing the Griffins to take their final timeout.  SHU then ran off four straight to cut the lead to 18-15, forcing Cal to take their last timeout.  Kyllo continued the run and SHU trailed 18-16.  Cal then went on a 3-0 run of their own to lead 21-16.  Kyllo ended the run with a kill.  Hausfeld cut the Vulcan lead to 23-18.  The Vulcans clinched the title with a 25-18 third set win.    
 
Shelby Kyllo led the Griffins with 8 kills.  Cassie Hausfeld and Corrine Gahagen each added 6 kills.  Lauren Teed led the Griffins with 18 digs. 
 
Seton Hill will now await word on a NCAA Tournament bid.  The NCAA Division II selection show is at 10 PM on Sunday night.