Box Score Seton Hill concluded play against the PSAC Northwest Division with a pair of games in Erie.  The Griffins opened the trip with a matchup with Mercyhurst on Friday evening.  The Griffins rallied from a rough start to sweep the Lakers.  SHU is now 15-5 overall and 7-1 in PSAC play.
 
SHU got off to a slow start as they trailed 9-3 early in the match.  The early part of the match was filled with errors.  A kill and an ace from Leah Bisignani and three Hurst hitting errors forced a Laker timeout with the Griffins just trailing 9-8.  Two more Hurst errors gave SHU a 10-9 lead.  Mercyhurst was able to build its lead back to three at 16-13.  Back to back Laker kills gave them an 18-14 lead and forced a SHU timeout.  The Griffins responded with five straight points to force a Laker timeout.  Back to back blocks from Bisignani and Katie Wenson ended the 5-0 run.  Two more Laker errors extended the SHU lead to 21-18.  Bisignani followed with a kill and another Laker error pushed the lead to 23-18.  Bisignani and Wenson combined for a block to set up game point and a Laker error gave SHU a 25-19 first set win. 
 
A solo block from Cassie Hausfeld ended a long rally and cut the Laker lead to 4-3 early in the set.  Back to back kills from Jenna Sassack and Rachel Satira forced a Laker timeout with the Griffins leading 16-13.  Another Bisignani kill extended the SHU lead to 19-16.  Back to back kills from Bisignani gave SHU a 22-17 lead and Mercyhurst took their final timeout of the set.  An ace from Hannah Moeller gave SHU a set point at 24-17.  Bisignani ended the set with another kill for a 25-18 SHU win. 
 
Bisignani opened the third set with back to back kills, her 15^th of the match to give SHU an early lead.  Jillian Livorse's ace forced an early Laker timeout with SHU leading 5-2.  Back to back Laker aces trimmed the SHU lead to 8-7.  Kills from Livorse and Sassack and a block from Sassack and Maggie Murray extended the SHU lead to 14-12.  Back to back aces from Murray pushed the SHU lead to 18-13.  Sassack and Hausfeld combined for a block and Sassack added a kill and SHU lead 20-13.  Kills from Jessica Hanson and Livorse set up game point and SHU took the match with a 25-17 win. 
 
Leah Bisignani led SHU with 16 kills.  Jenna Sassack, Cassie Hausfeld and Jillian Livorse each added 5 kills.  Maggie Murray finished with 33 assists.  Hannah Moeller lead with with 12 digs.  Hausfeld and Mary Baich each added 10 digs. 
 
 
Seton Hill will close out the road trip with a match at Gannon on Saturday afternoon at 2 PM.