INDIANA, Pa. – The IUP women's volleyball team has a pair of divisional matches on deck this week, hosting Clarion Tuesday and traveling to Pitt-Johnstown on Friday. Both matches are at 7 p.m.

It's a big week for the Crimson Hawks as both opponents sit ahead of them in the conference standings. Clarion enters the week with a 12-6 record and is tied for second in the PSAC West with a 4-2 division mark. Pitt-Johnstown is 10-4 overall and 3-3 in the division. 

IUP is coming off a split week and is 11-10 overall and tied for sixth in the division at 2-4. 

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Last time out
>> IUP split last weekend's home matches, defeating Slippery Rock in three sets before losing to Cal U in four. 
>> Nicole Peterson led the offensive attack with 30 kills and 4.29 kills per set, hitting .397 for the weekend. She also had five aces.
>> Gia Cannavino had 20 kills, including a team-best 13 against Slippery Rock. 

Notes
>> These two matches wrap up the first round of divisional matches for the Crimson Hawks. After the weekend they'll have nine matches left in the regular season, including one each against their eight PSAC West opponents. 
>> IUP is 3-16 against Clarion since 2010, with those three victories coming in 2015, 2016 and 2017. 
>> IUP and Clarion played four times during the COVID exhibition spring season, with the Crimson Hawks winning three of those. 
>> The Golden Eagles are one of the top hitting teams in the conference (.218) and feature two of the PSAC's top kills accumulators in Cassidy Snider (4.02/set) and Julia Piccolino (3.50/set). Setter London Fuller leads the conference in assists (11.31/set). 
>> The Hawks have dropped eight of 10 matches to Pitt-Johnstown since 2011, last winning in 2017. 
>> UPJ has the PSAC's leader in hitting percentage in Lauren Gechter (.441) and have one of the top setters in the conference in Adiamar Beaz (9.77/set).
>> The Crimson Hawks are sixth in the PSAC with a .188 hitting percentage, posting a season-high .419 Friday against Slippery Rock. 
>> IUP has two of the top-10 hitters in the conference in Caroline Walsh and Kylie Osborn. Walsh is third with a .324 percentage while Osborn is ninth at .289.