CRIMSON HAWKS at SLIPPERY ROCK (7-16, 2-9 PSAC) and CLARION (14-9, 6-5 PSAC)
November 1-2
THE GAMES
Match 21 | Friday, Nov. 1 (7 p.m.) | IUP at Slippery Rock |
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Match 22 | Saturday, Nov. 2 (1 p.m.) | IUP at Clarion |
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WEEKLY NOTES
Crimson Hawks look to turn it around on the road against PSAC Northwest opponents
IUP women's volleyball (5-15, 4-7 PSAC) travels to Slippery Rock for a Friday night matchup before heading to Clarion to take on the Golden Eagles Saturday afternoon to end the weekend. The Crimson Hawks are coming off a home weekend where they dropped two matches to Southwest Divison opponents, including a five-setter against Cal U on Saturday afternoon.
QUICK HITS
>> The Crimson Hawks are 3-2 against Slippery Rock over the last 5 years. Slippery Rock is coming in on a 9-match losing streak but boast a player in Abigail Johnson who's ranked 4th in the PSAC for blocks with 1.09 per set.
>> Clarion won its last match against IUP in 3 sets. The Golden Eagles are having another good year as they come into this weekend with a 14-9 record and second in their division at 6-5.
>> Julia Holden is having a terrific year for Clarion. She's currently ranked 1st for kills per set in the PSAC with 4.67. She finished with 16 kills and 4 blocks in thier last match.
>> IUP is coming off two tough division losses, though they played Cal U tough on Saturday dropping a five-setter. A couple of career highs were set in the match, with
Jessica Ignace and
Lizzie Virgin finishing with 19 and 17 kills, respectively.
>> Ignace led IUP with 30 kills and hit .283 last weekend. In addition to her career-high 19 kills against Cal U, she had 11 with a .348 hitting percentage in a three-set loss to Seton Hill Friday.
>> Virgin has hit double-digit kills in three of her last five matches overall, including that season-high 17 against the Vulcans. She's now third on the team behind
Nicole Peterson (224) and Ignace (125) with 124 kills.
>> Freshman setter
Leah Henderson is coming off her best match of the year, recording 57 assists, 12 digs, seven kills and three total blocks in IUP's five-setter with Cal U. Henderson is averaging 9.6 assists per set over her last nine matches and is now 14th in the PSAC with 6.41.
>> The Crimson Hawks have three weekends and eight matches remaining in the season. They are currently just two games out of a possible playoff spot with most of the conference still alive for the eight PSAC tournament spots.
