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SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – The Shippensburg University volleyball team is traveling to Erie to face Gannon at 7 p.m. Wednesday in a Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Championship Quarterfinal matchup at the Highmark Events Center.
 
Shippensburg (19-10), the Eastern Division No. 3 seed, will be facing Gannon (21-5), the Western Division No. 2 seed, for the first time in seven years. The Golden Knights claimed a 3-0 victory at Heiges Field House on Oct. 19, 2019 – the last season in which the PSAC mandated full crossover play in the league schedule.
 
SU and GU have actually met twice in the NCAA Atlantic Regional Tournament since the last time they faced each other in the PSAC Tournament. The Golden Knights won regional tournament matchups in both 2015 and 2017, both by 3-1 scores (both matches were played at Wheeling).
 
Gannon and Shippensburg last met in the PSAC Tournament in 2012 in a semifinal matchup at what was then known as the Hammermill Center. The Raiders took the Golden Knights to the brink but came up just short, falling by scores of 25-19, 23-25, 25-21, 19-25, 13-15.
 
Shippensburg is in the PSAC Tournament for the 19th time in 22 seasons under head coach Leanne Piscotty. It is the fifth consecutive season that the Raiders have been in the PSAC Tournament.
 
In fact, SU has been in the PSAC Tournament in every season but one (2021) over the last 20 years (there was no season in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic).
 
Gannon, currently the No. 1 team in the NCAA Atlantic Region National Power Index (NPI), holds a 19-3 lead in the overall series. SU last defeated the Golden Knights in September 2017 (3-2, including 18-16 in the fifth set).
 
The winner of Wednesday's quarterfinal will advance to a Saturday semifinal against the winner of Western Division No. 5 seed Seton Hill vs. Eastern Division No. 1 seed Shepherd.
 
The highest remaining Western Division seed will host the PSAC Semifinals and the PSAC Championship match (Shepherd, as the East's No. 1 seed, would host the PSAC Semifinals and PSAC Championship match if all Western Division seeds are defeated in the quarterfinals).