Seton Hill and Gannon met up on Friday evening in the McKenna Center in a battle of two of the top two teams in the PSAC.  The match did not disappoint as it went five sets with the visiting Golden Knights earning a hard fought 3-2 victory.  Gannon used a 9-0 run to turn a 7-4 deficit into a 13-7 lead in the fifth set.  With the win, Gannon improves to 17-3 overall and 7-1 in PSAC play.  SHU drops to 13-4 overall and 6-2 in PSAC play.

Gannon led throughout the first set and extended their lead to 17-11 just over midway thru the set.  SHU got to within three points at 19-16 after a Viktoria Farian kill but would get no closer as the Knights took a 1-0 lead following a 25-19 first set win.

The Knights jumped out to early 8-3 and 12-6 leads over the Griffins in the second set.  SHU then went on an 8-2 run to tie the set at 14.  Maggie Murray had three kills during the Griffin run.  Gannon retook a 19-16 lead but two straight kills from Rachel Satira helped the Griffins take a 20-19 lead.  The Griffins extended their lead to 23-20 before a block from Leah Bisignani and Jillian Livorse gave SHU the set (25-23) and evened the match at one.

In the third set, the Griffins jumped out to the early lead at 9-6.  Gannon responded with a 10-4 run to take a 16-13 lead.  Back to back blocks from Satira and Farian cut the Knights lead to 20-19.  Gannon ran off three straight before the Griffins answered with three straight of their own to trim the lead to 23-22.  Two straight from Gannon gave the Knights a 2-1 lead in the match after a 25-22 win.

The early part of the fourth set was tightly played until the Griffins went on a 5-0 run to take a 12-8 lead.  Bisignani had two kills during the run.  Later in the set, Gannon scored four straight to take a 21-20 lead.  Kills from Murray, Bisignani and Farian gave SHU a 23-22 lead.  After a Gannon point, two Gannon errors tied the match at two and gave SHU a 25-23 win.

The Griffins came out hot in the fifth set.  A block from Bisignani and Murray opened the set and a kill from Murray gave SHU a 2-0 lead.  Two more kills from Farian helped the Griffins jump out to a 7-4 lead.  From that point on it was all Knights as they went on a 9-0 run and closed the match on a 11-3 run to earn a 15-9 fifth set win.

Farian paced the Griffins with a match high 18 kills.  She also added 15 digs.  Bisignani added 12 kills and 7 blocks.  Murray played a great all around game as she finished with 9 kills, 35 assists and 5 blocks.  Livorse finished with 8 kills and 13 digs.  Mary Baich had a match high 30 digs.

The Griffins return to action on Saturday afternoon when they host Mercyhurst at 1 PM.