LOCK HAVEN, Pa. – The Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) volleyball team went on a storybook run to the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Championship last season. The conference crown was the program's first since 2002. The Hawks will look to repeat their dream in 2025 under a different head coach, Avery Moore. IUP was picked second in the PSAC West preseason poll, receiving three of the eight first-place votes as released Thursday by the conference.
While the Hawks will be under new leadership this Fall, Moore is not someone who lacks experience at the highest level. Moore spent the 2024 season as head coach of the West Virginia State program. She led the Yellow Jackets to the program's first conference championship and was named Mountain East Coach of the Year in her first season as the face of a program.
IUP returns the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) ,and PSAC Freshman of the Year, in 6-0 opposite
Jessica Neiman. Neiman led the team with 298 kills, averaging 2.55 kills per set. She also led the team with 360.5 points.
Another key player returning is junior outside hitter
Delaney Concannon. In a year that Concannon had 190 kills and started 16 of 18 matches she played in, she was named to the All-Atlantic Region Tournament Team, for her contributions to the Crimson Hawks reaching the semi-finals.
IUP will open on the road for the first two weekends of the season, followed by hosting the Crimson Hawk Classic on Sept. 19 and Sept. 20. The Hawks will face Chestnut Hill, Charleston, Elizabeth City State, and Shepherd in a four-match weekend. IUP will then open PSAC play on Sept. 23 in Johnstown against Pitt-Johnstown.
2025 PSAC Women's Volleyball Preseason Poll (#of first-place votes in parentheses)
Eastern Division
1. Shepherd (4)
2. East Stroudsburg (2)
3. Shippensburg (2)
4. Bloomsburg
5. Millersville
6. West Chester
7. Lock Haven
8. Kutztown
Western Division
1. Gannon (4)
2. IUP (3)
3. Clarion
4. Seton Hill (1)
5. Pitt-Johnstown
6. Edinboro
7. Slippery Rock
8. California
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