GAMEDAY CENTRAL
IUP Crimson Hawks (19-7, 10-3 PSAC Southwest)
vs. Lock Haven (11-14, 4-9 PSAC Central)
Friday, November 3, 2017 | 7:00 p.m.
Indiana, Pa. | Memorial Field House
 
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IUP Crimson Hawks (19-7, 10-3 PSAC Southwest)
vs. Pitt-Johnstown (20-6, 10-3 PSAC Central)
Saturday, November 4, 2017 | 1:00 p.m.
Indiana, Pa. | Kovalchick Complex
 
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IUP Crimson Hawks (19-7, 10-3 PSAC Southwest)
vs. Point Park (19-13, 9-6 River States East)
Saturday, November 4, 2017 | 5:00 p.m.
Indiana, Pa. | Kovalchick Complex

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WEEKEND AT A GLANCE
The Crimson Hawks stay in Indiana this weekend as they clash with two PSAC Central teams and a non-conference opponent in Point Park. First up on Friday, the Crimson Hawks take on Lock Haven at 7 pm in the Memorial Field House before facing Pitt-Johnstown at 1 pm and Point Park at 5 pm on Saturday in the friendly confines of the KCAC
 
STORYLINES / WHAT TO WATCH FOR
*IUP will look to extend their win-streak this weekend after concluding a sweep of Millersville and Shippensburg last weekend. IUP is reaching the tail end of their schedule while fighting in a tight race for the PSAC Southwest lead with Seton Hill and Clarion
*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 (.215) - 2nd in PSAC
Assists per set (12.38) - T-1st in PSAC
Kills per set (12.96) - 5th in PSAC
Blocks per set (2.10) - 4th in PSAC
Service aces per set (1.75) - 5th in PSAC
Opponent hitting percentage (.128) - 3rd in PSAC
Opponent assists per set (10.14) - 5th in PSAC
Opponent kills per set (10.56) - 4th in PSAC
Opponent blocks per set (1.41) - 3rd in PSAC
and Opponent digs per set (15.20) - 3rd in PSAC
*IUP is 7-30 all-time against Lock Haven, 9-5 against UPJ, and 2-0 against Point Park
*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 4.20; Clarion's Taylor Braunagel is second with 3.76
*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 10.97 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 10.61
*Fr MB Shelby Miles (New Castle, Pa./Laurel) has been a dominant force of the Crimson Hawks defense as of late tallying 23 total blocks over her last four matches, pacing the IUP defense in the category

RECORD WATCH
*Cignetti is currently averaging 4.20 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 1,179 through her career now on the chase for third which is held by Michelle Jones with 1,395
*Miller is currently sitting at 965 assists through 26 matches, having just surpassed Lindsay Moeller (Troy, Mich./Troy)'s 2015 total of 947; keeping this pace would help her crack the top-seven with assists in a season; with her 965 assists thus far, Miller moved into seventh place all-time in assists in IUP history with 1,610, trailing Jennifer Regan who sits in sixth place with 1,781
*Jr. L Jess Marut (Painesville, Ohio/Riverside) keeps climbing the record books; with her 407 digs this season, she now sits at third on the all-time IUP record books in digs with 1,609; 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 ninth in program history with 286; next up is Morgan Cerveny with 290; Egler is also on pace to crack the top-20 with hitting percentage in a year as she sits with a .318 in 428 total attempts
*Sr. OH Alexis Anderson (Cleveland, Ohio/Mayfield) sits with 887 career kills; over the weekend she moved into 11th all-time and now is just behind Danielle Ostendorf with 902