By: By Bill Morgal, Sports Information Director
SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – The Shippensburg University volleyball team, the PSAC Eastern Division's No. 2 seed, will host No. 3 seed West Chester at 7 p.m. Tuesday night from Heiges Field House – marking the first home playoff match for the Raiders since the 2007 season.
Admission has been set by the PSAC at $7 for adults and $2 for students while students of PSAC member institutions receive free admission with their identification card. PSAC passes will also be accepted.
Live stats will be available here:
http://www.sidearmstats.com/ship/wvball/scoreboard.aspx.
Shippensburg (26-10, 14-5 PSAC) has achieved its second-most wins in a season in school history, trailing only the 2007 team that finished 30-12 overall and remains the only SU squad to qualify for the NCAA Tournament.
The Raiders won both meetings over the Golden Rams, 3-0 at Shippensburg on Oct. 19 (25-17, 25-23 and 25-16) and 3-1 at West Chester on Saturday (25-21, 24-26, 25-20, 25-19).
Junior
Jill Edwards has 28 combined kills between the two matches and a .284 hitting percentage while senior setter
Andrea Heimsoth has totaled 67 assists and six aces.
The winner will advance to the PSAC semifinals to be held Friday, Nov. 16 from the highest remaining seed in the Western Division seed. Gannon enters the tournament as the Western Division's No. 1 seed.