Seton Hill continued their weekend at home of PSAC West action as they hosted Gannon on Saturday afternoon in the McKenna Center.
Gannon won the fifth set by a 20-18 score as they defeated the Griffins in five sets. SHU is now 11-9 overall and 4-6 in the west while Gannon is 18-4 overall and 8-2 in the west.
The Griffins used an 8-0 run in the first set as they took a 1-0 lead over Gannon with a 25-23 first set win. Gannon tied the match at one with a 25-13 second set win.
The Golden Knights won a back and fourth third set to take a 2-1 lead in the match with a 26-24 third set victory. The fourth set was all Griffins as they tied the match at two with a 25-12 fourth set win.
Gannon took a 9-6 lead in the fifth and final set. The Griffins responded with three straight on two kills from
Catie Flohr and a block from
Savannah Schwarz/
Courtney Smith to tie the score at nine. Gannon then went on a 5-1 run to earn a few match points at 14-10. The Griffins fought off all three and took a 15-14 lead with a 5-0 run on three kills from Flohr. The Griffins took an 18-17 lead before Gannon scored the final three points to win the set 20-18.
Flohr led SHU with 21 kills.
Maddie Stout added 15 and Smith finished with 11.
Mallory Meinen had 51 assists. Schwarz led the Griffins with 9 blocks. Smith added 7.
Kendyl Wagner finished with 28 digs.
The Griffins will host CalU next Friday evening.
