GAMEDAY CENTRAL
IUP Crimson Hawks (22-8, 13-3 PSAC Southwest)
vs. California (Pa.) (14-13, 8-8 PSAC Southwest)
Friday, November 10, 2017 | 7:00 p.m.
Indiana, Pa. | Memorial Field House
 
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IUP Crimson Hawks (22-8, 13-3 PSAC Southwest)
vs. Seton Hill (21-5, 13-3 PSAC Southwest)
Saturday, November 11, 2017 | 1:00 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 fellow PSAC Southwest teams. First up on Friday, the Crimson Hawks take on Cal at 7 pm in the Memorial Field House before facing PSAC Southwest leading Seton Hill at 1 pm on Saturday in the friendly confines of the KCAC
 
STORYLINES / WHAT TO WATCH FOR
*IUP will look to take advantage of the home court this weekend after concluding monumental victories over Pitt-Johnstown and Clarion over the past week. IUP is in the tail end of their schedule while fighting for the top see with Seton Hill in the PSAC tournament
*With IUP's win on Tuesday, IUP has locked up home-court for next Tuesday's PSAC Quarterfinal match.
*IUP is at the top in the PSAC in Opponent service aces (0.78 per set) while being in the top five in;
Hitting percentage (.207) - 5th in PSAC
Assists per set (12.43) - 2nd in PSAC
Kills per set (13.00) - 5th in PSAC
Blocks per set (2.16) - 4th in PSAC
Service aces per set (1.76) - 4th in PSAC
Opponent hitting percentage (.128) - 3rd in PSAC
and Opponent blocks per set (1.49) - 4th in PSAC
*IUP is 13-29 all-time against Cal, and 10-9 against Seton Hill
*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 4.38; Clarion's Taylor Braunagel is second with 3.93
*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 11.04 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

RECORD WATCH
*Cignetti is currently averaging 4.38 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 1,234 through her career now on the chase for third which is held by Michelle Jones with 1,395
*Miller is currently sitting at 1,071 assists through 30 matches, as she now sits behind Lindsay Moeller (Troy, Mich./Troy)'s total of 1,119 from last year; keeping this pace would help her crack the top-seven with assists in a season; with her 1,071 assists thus far, Miller moved into seventh place all-time in assists in IUP history with 1,716, 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 459 digs this season, she now sits at third on the all-time IUP record books in digs with 1,661; 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 295; next up is Trisha Gerus with 300; Egler is also on pace to crack the top-20 with hitting percentage in a year as she sits with a .301 in 478 total attempts
*Sr. OH Alexis Anderson (Cleveland, Ohio/Mayfield) sits with 919 career kills; over the weekend she moved into eighth all-time and now is just behind Morgan Cerveny with 940