Seton Hill closed out their trip to Ohio with a pair of matches at Tiffin on Sunday. 

The Griffins took one set from #14 Hillsdale but dropped a 3-1 decision.  Seton Hill then took on home standing Tiffin in their final match of the day.  SHU battled back from two sets down to force a fifth set but the Dragons won the fifth set to take the match.  SHU falls to 4-4 on the season. 

SHU battled with the highly ranked Hillsdale team but dropped the first set by a 25-22 score.  Seton Hill tied the match at one with a 25-23 second set win.  Hillsdale then closed out the match with a 25-14 third set win and a 25-15 fourth set win. 

Viktoria Farian led the Griffins with 20 kills.  Jessica Hanson finished with 7 kills while Umari Stroud added five.  Taylor Sabol paced the offense with 34 assists.  Farian and Jillian Livorse each had 18 digs. 

Tiffin opened up a 2-0 lead over the Griffins with a 25-20 and a 25-21 set win in the first two sets. 

Seton Hill used a 4-0 run early in the set to take a 9-6 lead.  Tiffin fought back to take a 16-14 lead before the Griffins scored five of the next six points to take a 20-17 lead.  With the Griffins facing a match point, Livorse tied the set at 25.  Farian saved another match point to tie the set at 26.  Back to back kills from Livorse put SHU in front 28-27.  After a service error, Livorse got a kill and Veronica Johns had an ace on set point as SHU took the set 30-28. 

The Griffins built an early 5-2 lead in the fourth set.  Hanson had a kill and a block and Sabol added an ace.  With only a one point lead, the Griffins used a 4-0 run to take a 21-16 lead, the last point on a Bobbi Rempe/Erin Parks block.  Livorse got the Griffins to 24 with a kill and Farian tied the match at two sets with a kill.

SHU led at the turn in the fifth set after a Livorse kill and a Lauren Nelson block put SHU in front 8-7.  Four straight points from the Dragons gave them an 11-8 lead.  A block from Sabol and Hanson and a Farian kill trimmed the lead to 11-10.  Another Farian kill made it 12-11 but the Dragons scored the final three points to take the match. 

Farian paced the Griffins with 22 kills.  Livorse added 18.  Parks and Rempe each finished with eight while Hanson added seven.  Sabol led the offense with 44 assists.  Vaneris Fuentes added 20.  Hanson led SHU with five blocks.  Johns posted 38 digs while Livorse added 22 and Farian 21. 

SHU will return to action on Friday when they open PSAC play with a home match against West Chester.