Seton Hill hosted Pitt Johnstown on Friday evening in a PSAC West contest on Senior Night on the Hill.
The Griffins won the fifth set to take the match 3-2 over the Mountain Cats. The Griffins are now 15-10 overall and 7-6 in the west while UPJ falls to 15-10 overall and 6-7 in the PSAC West. Â
Prior to the match, the Griffins honored seven members of their program for Senior Night. Â
SHU jumped out to an early 7-2 lead in the first set behind three kills from
Payton Rodberg. UPJ battled back to tie the set at nine but the Griffins used a pair of 3-0 runs to take a 16-11 lead. Kills from Rodberg and
Catie Flohr gave SHU a 1-0 lead with a 25-23 first set win. Â
UPJ took the second set by a 25-19 score to even the match at one. The Griffins took a quick 4-0 lead to start the third set. SHU then used a 7-1 run to take an 11-4 lead. UPJ tied the set at 12 before kills from
Kaylee Mattera and
Mallory Meinen put SHU in front 14-12. A Rodberg ace and a block from Flohr and
Ella Deeter gave SHU a 21-18 lead.Â
Emma Meurer gave SHU a 2-1 lead with a 25-23 lead. Â
The Mountain Cats tied the match at two with a 25-20 fourth set win. The Griffins came out of the gates firing behind the serve of
Kendyl Wagner in the fifth set as they took a 5-0 lead behind four Wagner aces. Two kills from Flohr and one from
Maddie Stout gave the Griffins a 9-2 lead in the set. Rodberg and Flohr got kills to end the match with SHU taking a 15-10 fifth set win. Â
Flohr led SHU with 16 kills. Rodberg and Meurer each had 11 kills. Meinen led the offense with 37 assists. Wagner had six total aces and a match high 23 digs. Â
SHU will close out the regular season on Saturday afternoon when they host IUP. Â
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