The Shippensburg University volleyball team fell in three straight sets to the Seton Hill Griffins with scores of 25-20, 25-10 and 28-26 on Saturday to end its 2014 season.
This marks the third consecutive year the Raiders have made the PSAC Semifinals as they finished the season at 19-15.
Junior Taylor Gottshall made Raider volleyball history by completing the season with 125 block assists, finishing with three on the night.
Junior Faith Athey had a solid game for SU, compiling seven blocks and seven kills. Sophomore Annie Goerl led the squad with nine kills and five block assists.
Sophomore Laura Nolan picked up 30 assists on the night and freshman Courtney Malott contributed with eight kills.
The first match looked good early on for Shippensburg, who jumped out to a 3-0 lead, but the Griffins came right back and tied it up. The Lady Raiders led by as much as 12-8, and had Seton Hill on the ropes 19-17. But the ‘Hill came back and scored eight of the final nine points to defeat SU 25-20.
The third set was also a close one for SU, who had several good chances to win it with a 24-22 lead and later up 26-25. But they could not capitalize and ultimately fell to the Griffins, who swung for a .200 average on the night.
Junior Laura Plank finished the night with a team-high 13 digs, and holds second place in the Shippensburg volleyball record books with 654 in 2014.
SU lost to Seton Hill earlier this season in a Sept. 19 3-1 decision at home.
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