Seton Hill began its final road trip of the season with a matchup with Clarion on Friday evening.  The Griffins forced a winner take all match on Saturday at IUP with a 3-1 win over Clarion.  With the win, the Griffins improve to 22-5 overall and 14-3 in PSAC play. 
 
The Griffins will take on the Crimson Hawks on Saturday with the PSAC Southwest Division title and a possible PSAC regular season championship on the line. 
 
The Griffins got off to a good start in the first set, taking an early 5-1 lead.  After a Hannah Moeller ace, the Griffins built a 12-8 lead.  Clarion battled back to take a 19-17 lead.  The Griffins then ran off a 4-0 run to take a 21-19 lead over the Golden Eagles.  A block from Maggie Murray and Leah Bisignani ended a long rally and gave SHU a 23-20 lead.  Bisignani ended the set with a kill and SHU took a 1-0 lead with a 25-21 first set win. 
 
SHU jumped out to a 10-7 in the second set.  A kill from Bisignani and a Clarion hitting error gave SHU a 14-9 lead and forced a Golden Eagle timeout.  After SHU took an 18-12 lead, the Golden Eagles went on a 3-0 run forcing a SHU timeout.  The Griffins responded with a kill from Farian and a CU hitting error to push their lead back to five at 20-15.  SHU took a 2-0 lead over the Golden Eagles with a 25-16 second set win.
 
Clarion jumped out to a 6-1 lead in the third set behind a jump serve that led to two aces and a SHU timeout.  A Farian kill ended the CU run.  Back to back kills from Bisignani cut the Eagles led to 13-12 midway thru the set.  Clarion retook an 18-14 lead over the Griffins.  After Clarion led 23-18, a kill from Bisignani and an ace from Farian cut the Eagles lead to 23-20.  Clarion trimmed the lead to 2-1 with a 25-21 third set win. 
 
The Griffins responded with a quick 4-0 start in the fourth set.  Clarion battled back to take an 11-8 lead.    A kill from Jillian Livorse ended the Golden Eagle run.  A kill from Katie Wenson and back to back aces from Livorse tied the set at 13.  In a back and forth battle, Clarion took a 20-19 lead forcing Coach Hall to take a timeout.  Bisignani tied the set at 20 with a kill.  A block from Murray and Wenson followed by a Bisignani kill gave SHU a match point at 24-23.  Mary Baich ended the set with an ace giving SHU the match 3-1. 
 
Leah Bisignani led the Griffins with 20 kills.  Katie Wenson and Viktoria Farian each added 10 kills.  Bisignani added 5 blocks.  Maggie Murray finished with 48 assists and 4 blocks.  Mary Baich added 19 digs.