GREENSBURG, Pa. - Maggie Murray had a season-high nine kills as the Seton Hill University volleyball team defeated Shippensburg University, 3-0 (25-21, 25-18, 25-9), in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference action Saturday afternoon inside the McKenna Center.

The Griffins improve their record to 20-5 (12-3) and have locked up at least a spot in the PSAC Tournament. Shippensburg slips to 19-9 (11-4 PSAC).

In game one, the Raiders jumped out to an early 4-1 lead. However, a kill and service ace by Leah Bisignani followed by a Shippensburg attack error and a kill by Katie Wenson gave Seton Hill a 5-4 lead. After Shippensburg grabbed an 8-7 lead, kills by Jillian Livorse and Maggie Murray, and back-to-back errors by Shippensburg swung the momentum back to Seton Hill. The Griffins would not let go of the lead the rest of the way en route to the 25-21 win.

Seton Hill would come out of the gate strong in game two, pushing out to early 7-1 and 16-6 leads. Shippensburg did go on a run to pull the game to two, 12-10 and 13-11, but back-to-back errors halted their advance. Seton Hill would go on to win game two by a score of 25-18.

In game three, the Griffins again rushed out to a big lead early as they led 15-3. Viktoria Farian got things started with two straight service aces to make it 2-0. A kill from Maggie Murray and another service ace from Farian pushed the lead to 4-0, and two more Shippensburg attack errors and a Jillian Livorse block gave Seton Hill their largest lead up to that point, 7-0. After Shippensburg broke the drought with two points, Murray and Bisignani responded with kills to make it 9-2. A Raider error followed by a service ace from Murray gave Seton Hill an 11-2 lead. With the score at 11-3, the Griffins would go on a 4-0 that was started off with a Livorse kill and ended with a Jenna Sassack kill. The Griffins would cruise to the 25-9 win.

Maggie Murray led with a match-high and season-high nine kills. Leah Bisignani had eight, and Jillian Livorse had four to pace Seton Hill. Viktoria Farian had career-high five service aces. Leah Bisignani tallied four blocks, with Katie Wenson and Murray coming away with three apiece. Murray contributed 23 assists, and Mary Baich had 16 digs.

Seton Hill will close out the home portion of the 2017 season on Tuesday, November 7th when California University of Pennsylvania comes into Greensburg. The Griffins defeated the Vulcans in straight sets on October 10th. The November version of this storied matchup is scheduled for 7:00 PM with live stats and video available via the Seton Hill Stretch Internet Portal.