SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – Sophomore Jill Edwards and junior Jenny Pry combined for 26 kills and just two attack errors on Friday night as the Shippensburg University volleyball team avenged an early-season sweep at West Chester by sweeping the Golden Rams from Heiges Field House, 3-0. Set scores were 25-20, 25-21 and 25-21.

Shippensburg (10-16, 5-9 PSAC East) committed just 11 hitting errors in total for the match. Edwards had 14 kills, 15 digs and hit .382 while also recording a solo block and two block assists. Pry, who did not start, had 12 kills and hit .367 from the floor to post her second-highest hitting efficiency in a match this season and her best performance against a PSAC Eastern Division opponent.

West Chester (16-11, 5-8 PSAC East) went toe-to-toe with the Raiders in each set but struggled at the end of the second and third frames. Lexi Kegerise paced the Golden Rams with 11 kills overall, but the visitors hit just .085 overall from the floor and committed 24 attack errors.

SU led 21-13 in the first set before the Golden Rams reeled off five straight points. An attack error put the ball back in Shippensburg's court, and the Raiders answered with a kill from senior Libby Woffindin and a service ace from sophomore Tessa Bivens – who had three of SU's six aces in the match. Pry ended up closing out the first set with a kill.

The second set was tied at 19-19 until the Raiders reeled off four points in a row. Neither team led by more than three points in the set until SU built its 23-19 advantage. The teams traded points to close the frame, with both of Shippensburg's strikes coming off the attack of Edwards.

WCU was rallying in the third set before a service error returned the serve to the Raiders at 23-20. After a Golden Ram kill, SU closed out the second set with a kill from Pry and blocks by Woffindin and junior Rachel Smicker. The Raiders had nine total blocks in the match – including five by junior Erin Flick and four from Smicker.

Junior Andrea Heimsoth continued her excellent play with three kills, 31 assists and 13 digs. She also added a service ace and a block assists.

Shippensburg has another crucial PSAC Eastern Division matchup tomorrow at 1 p.m. when it faces Kutztown from Heiges Field House. SU will also face WVIAC front-runner Wheeling Jesuit at 5 p.m.

Notes: Woffindin needs eight block assists to break Kali Antolik's school record of 258 set from 2006-09...Jill Edwards has 11 double-doubles this season and 26 in her career…she has totaled 432 kills this season, which is 26 short of her career high and 56 short of the single-season school record of 489 set by Jenn Fuhrman in 2000…Jill Edwards is 61 kills short of reaching fifth place on SU's all-time kills list...Heimsoth is 30 assists away from reaching third place on SU's all-time list…Heimsoth has 2,761 for her career…Heather Wilton posted 2,790 assists from 1989-92.

Current PSAC East Standings:
1. Lock Haven 11-4 (vs. KU, vs. WCU, vs. MU, vs. SU)
2. Kutztown 9-5 (at SU, at LHU, at ESU, vs. CU, at WCU)
3. Millersville 6-9 (vs. WCU, at SU, at LHU, at ESU)
4. West Chester 5-8 (at MU, at ESU, at LHU, at CU, at CU, vs. KU)
5. Shippensburg 5-9 (vs. KU, vs. MU, at CU, at ESU, at LHU)

* The Top 4 teams qualify for the postseason tournament.