The Shippensburg University volleyball team concluded the regular season Saturday by sneaking past Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Southeast Division opponent West Chester on the road in straight sets by scores of 28-26, 25-19 and 25-23 from Hollinger Field House.
 
Shippensburg (25-5, 17-2 PSAC) earns the No. 2 seed for the upcoming PSAC Tournament and will host No. 7 seed Clarion at 7 p.m. Tuesday from Heiges Field House. SU's two conference losses in the regular season are its fewest since the conference began counting crossover matches as league contests in 2009.
 
West Chester (17-15, 5-14) had three set points in the opening frame but the Raiders defended all three. SU needed its third set point of the opening frame to take a 1-0 lead, using blocks on each of the last two points to take the first set. The third set was tied 18-18 before a 3-0 SU run gave the Raiders just enough room to pull away.
 
Senior Megan Forstburg became just the second Raider in school history to achieve 2,000 career digs – her match-high 21 digs brings her career total to exactly 2,000. She also had three assists in the match.
 
Senior Gabriella Johnson posted her third consecutive double-double and 18th of the season with kills and digs, slamming a match-high 13 kills, swinging .222 and recording 10 digs.
 
Senior Samantha Webber had 10 kills, three blocks and hit .421. Webber hit .385 over three matches this week – crunching 46 kills and just nine errors over 96 attempts.
 
Senior Kendall Johnson totaled seven kills, two solo blocks and hit .316. Kendall Johnson hit .382 over three matches this week.
 
Junior Emily Hangen had 38 assists and eight digs, and has directed the Raider offense to an attack percentage of .230 or better in six of the last seven matches.
 
Junior Alana Pergine was excellent on the outside, slamming 10 kills on just one error and hitting .474. Junior Gianna Sigado had six kills and 19 digs.
 
Shippensburg and Clarion met this season on Oct. 12, with the Raiders winning in four sets at Clarion. The Golden Eagles won the first set before SU took the last three.