SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – The Shippensburg University volleyball team had four different players produce double-digit kills in both of its PSAC crossover matches on Saturday and earned its first five-set victory of the season with a 3-2 win over Slippery Rock in the nightcap from Heiges Field House. SU opened the day by losing a five-setter to Clarion.

Shippensburg (6-15, 3-7 PSAC) had a 2-1 lead over Clarion in Saturday's opener after a convincing victory in the third set and then had the match at 23-23 in the fourth set, but a Golden Eagle block and a Raider attack error resulted in the frenzied final frame.

Furthermore, SU had leads of 13-12, 14-13 and 15-14 in the fifth set but could not get the decisive point, as Clarion answered each time and scrapped together two points at the end for the victory. The set scores were 17-25, 25-22, 11-25, 25-23 and 17-15 in favor of the Golden Eagles.

The nightcap was no less of a battle. SU won the first set 25-21 but had to rally after dropping the second sets, 24-26 and 21-15. The Raiders raced out to a 10-3 lead in the fourth set and ultimately won the frame 25-15 before scoring six of the final seven points in the 15-10 fifth set.

Saturday night's win marks the first of 10 five-set matches this season for Shippensburg in which the Raiders have emerged victorious. It was also the first of 13 matches this season in which the Raiders have played multiple sets and come up with the victory.

SU completed its PSAC crossover schedule with two victories in seven matches against Western Division opponents. The Raiders played extra sets in six of those seven matches, losing four in five sets and losing another in four sets. SU also achieved a straight-set victory Friday over IUP.

Sophomore Jill Edwards totaled 38 kills between the two matches and paced the Red Raiders with 17 against Clarion and an impressive 21 against Slippery Rock. She also achieved double-doubles in both games after totaling 17 digs against Clarion and 12 against The Rock. Edwards closed out the victory over The Rock with kills on three of the match's final five points and even added four blocks in the contest.

Senior Libby Woffindin was on a roll Saturday, totaling 13 kills and hitting .281 against Clarion before totaling 15 kills and hitting .333 against The Rock. She tallied four of her five aces on the day against Clarion and finished that match with a double-double due to recording 11 digs. Woffindin also had a solo block and three block assists against The Rock.

Junior Erin Flick had a sensational weekend for the Raiders, ripping 11 kills to just three errors against Clarion and tallying 10 kills to reinforce a .333 hitting percentage against The Rock. Flick had a pair of service aces in each match and finished the doubleheader with three solo blocks and seven block assists.

Junior Jenny Pry stepped up her game with 13 kills against Clarion and 11 versus The Rock. Pry had at least eight kills in all four matches this weekend, totaling 42 overall. 

Junior Andrea Heimsoth had 52 assists against Slippery Rock and totaled 98 for the day. Fellow junior Lauren Murphy ended up with 50 digs on Saturday – including 33 against Slippery Rock.

Shippensburg returns to action at 7 p.m. Friday with a PSAC Eastern Division clash with Lock Haven.

Notes: With 14 matches still to play in the regular season, Jill Edwards has already totaled 813 career kills as a sophomore…Edwards has eight double-doubles this season and 23 in her young career…Woffindin is just 13 career block assists short of Kali Antolik's SU career record (258).