GAMEDAY CENTRAL
IUP Crimson Hawks (24-8, 15-3 PSAC Southwest)
vs. Edinboro (21-9, 10-8 PSAC Northwest)
Tuesday, November 14, 2017 | 7:00 p.m.
Indiana, Pa. | Kovalchick Complex
 
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Ticket Prices:
General Admission: $10
Students: $5

TUESDAY AT A GLANCE
The Crimson Hawks host the Quarterfinals of the PSAC Championships in Indiana this weekend as they clash with PSAC Northwest opponent Edinboro. Edinboro comes into the matchup sitting at 21-9 overall on the year after splitting a weekend by taking down Mercyhurst in five sets following a five set loss to Gannon.  
 
STORYLINES / WHAT TO WATCH FOR
*IUP will look to take advantage of the home court this weekend after concluding monumental victories over California and Seton Hill over the weekend to secure the number one seed in the PSAC tournament while being named Southwest Division Champions in the process
*IUP has faced Edinboro previously in the season, defeating the Fighting Scots in three sets highlighted by; 12 kills by Jr. OH Sami Brown (Lewisberry, Pa./Red Land) and Alexis Anderson (Cleveland, Ohio/Mayfield), 30 assists by Katie Miller (Fort Wayne, Ind./Homestead), and 14 digs by Jess Marut (Painesville, Ohio/Riverside)
*IUP is at the top in the PSAC in Opponent service aces (0.79 per set) while being in the top five in;
Hitting percentage (.210) - 4th in PSAC
Assists per set (12.53) - 2nd in PSAC
Kills per set (13.10) - 3rd in PSAC
Blocks per set (2.14) - 4th in PSAC
Service aces per set (1.76) - 4th in PSAC
Opponent hitting percentage (.126) - 3rd in PSAC
Opponent kills per set (10.65) - 3rd in PSAC
Opponent blocks per set (1.52) - 3rd in PSAC
and Opponent digs per set (15.70) - 5th in PSAC
*IUP is 10-34 all-time against Edinboro
*Sr. OH Natalie Cignetti (Indiana, Pa./Indiana) continues her dominant senior season and enters this weekend as the PSAC's leader in kills per set with an incredible 4.40; Clarion's Taylor Braunagel is second with 4.11
*Sr. S Katie Miller (Fort Wayne, Ind./Homestead) continues to be a staple in the Crimson Hawks offensive output as she ranks first in the conference with 11.13 assists per set; She had a career-high 54 assists in four sets against Slippery Rock; Shippensburg's Emily Hangen ranks second in the PSAC with 10.58

RECORD WATCH
*Cignetti is currently averaging 4.40 kills per set; keeping this pace would place her at fourth overall in a season in the IUP record books; Cignetti slid her way up in the record books and is currently fourth all-time in kills with 1,267 through her career now on the chase for third which is held by Michelle Jones with 1,395
*Miller is currently sitting at 1,157 assists through 32 matches; keeping this pace would help her crack the top-five with assists in a season; with her 1,157 assists thus far, Miller moved into sixth place all-time in assists in IUP history with 1,802, trailing Emily McCombie who sits in fifth place with 1,817
*Jr. L Jess Marut (Painesville, Ohio/Riverside) keeps climbing the record books; with her 489 digs this season, she now sits at third on the all-time IUP record books in digs with 1,691; next Marut shoots for Sarah Rosenberry who has 1,752 digs in her career; if Marut keeps this pace, she will crack the top-10 with digs in a season
*Sr. MB Gabby Egler (Pittsburgh, Pa./Barack Obama Academy) finds herself in the top-10 in blocks all-time sitting in eighth in program history with 302; next up is Heather Bauer with 309; Egler is also on pace to crack the top-20 with hitting percentage in a year as she sits with a .305 in 505 total attempts
*Sr. OH Alexis Anderson (Cleveland, Ohio/Mayfield) sits with 940 career kills; over the weekend she moved into a tie for eighth all-time with Morgan Cerveny at 940