Box Score

Junior Jill Edwards led all players with a season-high 26 kills on Friday night but East No. 2 seed Shippensburg University women's volleyball team suffered a heartbreaker in five sets in the PSAC Semifinals to West No. 1 seed and PSAC Tournament host Gannon. Set scores were 25-19, 23-25, 25-21, 19-25 and 13-15.

Jill Edwards added 13 digs while freshman Taylor Gottshall hit .290 with 14 kills and five errors to go along with six block assists. Junior Samantha Edwards added 10 kills and seven digs while senior Andrea Heimsoth recorded season highs with 51 assists and 21 digs.

Senior Rachel Smicker contributed a match-high seven block assists while senior Lauren Murphy had 14 digs.

The Raiders (27-11) started out hot in the first set and held a seven-point lead on five different occasions before finishing with a hitting percentage of .343 (16 kills and just four errors). A 10-3 run in the middle of the second set gave Shippensburg a 23-20 lead, but the Golden Knights (27-5) rattled off five consecutive points to even-up the match.

Both teams battled to 12 different ties in the third set, and with the Raiders down 21-20, SU rattled off five straight points (three kills, a service ace and an attack error) to claim the set. Gannon pulled away late in the fourth set to send the match into a deciding fifth stanza.

Gannon jumped out 5-2 before the Raiders went on a 6-2 run to get ahead 8-7. GU took eight of the next 15 points, however, to advance to Saturday's PSAC Championship game against Lock Haven.

The NCAA selection show will be shown live on NCAA.com on Sunday night at 10 p.m. ET.