SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – The Shippensburg University volleyball team marched on to surpass Pitt-Johnstown on Tuesday night with a 3-1 win at Heiges Field House. Set scores were 25-16, 24-26, 26-24, 25-23.
 
Shippensburg (8-11) extended its winning streak to three straight matches and had two players with double digit kills. Freshman Emily Gardner led the Raiders with her sixth double-double of the season with 15 kills, 10 digs and hit .289 from the floor. Alongside her was freshman Kat Negron, who posted her sixth double-digit kill output of the season with 15 kills. She added eight digs and hit .278 from the floor.
 
Also adding to the SU attack was junior Rachel Verhoef, who had nine kills and two blocks. Freshman Lily Letchworth and freshman Sabrina Sheppard each worked at setter on the night – Letchworth had 27 assists, nine digs and two aces while Shepherd had 23 assists, 12 digs and a kill.
 
Redshirt-sophomore libero Alex Leitner led the Raiders with 31 digs and added four assists and two aces – with the second coming on match point.

Pitt Johnstown (10-5) hit .204 compared to .186 for the Raiders and had three players with double-digit kills. However, Shippensburg had eight aces compared to two for UPJ.
 
In the opening set, both teams were evenly matched and tied at 9-9. The Raiders would go on a 9-2 run to take the lead and never looked back; a kill from Gardner won the first set.
 
In the second set, the Mountain Cats were looking to win a set, but the Raiders seized momentum. SU had a set point after a kill from Negron but was unable to convert, and the Mountain Cats won the next two points to even the match.
 
Each of the final three sets were decided by two sets. The third set was similar to the second set with each point going back and forth. The set was again tied at 24-24, until SU got kills from Negron and Gardner to take a 2-1 lead.
 
The Raiders were trailing 9-5 at the start of the fourth set but the score eventually made its way to 23-23. A kill from freshman Maddie Clabaugh and Leitner's second service ace closed it out.
 
Shippensburg is on the road this weekend for its next two conference matchups, beginning at 7 p.m. Friday at Bloomsburg.