#1 Edinboro Fighting Scots (30-5, 18-4 PSAC) vs. #4 California(Pa.) Vulcans (16-16, 14-8 PSAC)
Tuesday, November 17
McComb Fieldhouse
Edinboro, Pa.
7:00 p.m.

GAME STORY
The top-seeded Edinboro University volleyball team makes it's first PSAC post-season appearance since 2011 after a stellar regular season that saw many milestones. Head Coach Missy Soboleski earned her 250^th career victory at Edinboro as her Fighting Scots won 30 games for the first time since 2010 and only the sixth time in program history. This is the first time that Edinboro has been the top-seed in the PSAC Western Division since the 1997 team won the PSAC Championship as the number one seed.

Edinboro earned the top seed in the Western Division despite battling several injuries. Jen Gruber, the teams kill leader from 2014, missed a majority of the season with an injury, while fellow junior Latoya Hutchinson missed some games late in the season with a nagging injury.

California (Pa.) enters the PSAC playoffs treading in familiar territory. The Vulcans won the PSAC Championship last year as the number four seed in the West to capture their second title in four years. The Vulcans began the 2015 season a disappointing 8-16 before winning eight straight contests to clinch the number four seed.

Tuesday's playoff contest will serve as the rubber match between the two teams as they split the season series 1-1 with both teams winning at home.

ON TV/RADIO
The Edinboro-California match will be video streamed on Edinboro.tv. The match can be heard live on WFSE FM 88.9, with Tyler Trumbauer providing the play-by-play and Drew Patrick on color. It can also be heard online at www.edinboronow.com

SCOUTING THE FIGHTING SCOTS

HEAD COACH
Missy Soboleski (Gannon '93)
Record at Edinboro: 255-139, 11^th year
Career Record: 388-317, 20^th year

PLAYERS TO WATCH

Challen Litwiler (Middle Hitter) - The sophomore has totaled 461 kills, the tenth-highest season total in school history. She ranks second on the team with 452 digs and was the only player in the PSAC to have both 450 kills and 450 digs. Litwiler leads the PSAC with a team-high 60 service aces, tied for the eight-highest season total. Her 461 kills and 452 digs ranks second and fifteenth in the PSAC, respectively.

Sydney Trathen (Setter) - The sophomore already ranks eighth all-time in career assists with 2,015, including 1,222 this season. That total is good for second place in the PSAC and ranks twelfth in a season at Edinboro. She ranks third on the team with 54 total blocks, including 15 block solos.

Marah Maycock (Libero) - She has played in every set this season, the only Fighting Scot to do so. The senior ranks second all-time in sets played with 502, along with ranking fifth all-time in career digs (1,637) and fifth all-time in career service aces (152) She ranks eighth in the PSAC in both digs (598) and service aces (47). She anchors an Edinboro defense that allows just 9.48 kills per set, good for second in the PSAC.

Victoria Severo (Middle Hitter) - The junior ranks second on the team with 334 kills, while posting a team-high .323 hitting percentage. Her .323 percentage ranks second in the PSAC. She controls the front of the net with 100 total blocks.

Latoya Hutchinson (Middle Hitter) - The junior ranks third on the squad with 223 kills despite missing some games late in the season. She ranks second the team with 55 total blocks, including 15 block solos.

SCOUTING CALIFORNIA

Head Coach: Peter Letourneau
Record at Cal: 139-47, 5^th year

PLAYERS TO WATCH

Mary Lavery (Right-side Hitter) - The senior led the Vulcans with 270 kills and a .258 hitting percentage. She totaled 38 kills in two games against the Fighting Scots this season including 22 in the final regular season meeting to clinch a playoff spot.

Megan Litoborski (Setter) - She paces the California offense with 821 assists from her setter position. Currently ranks second on the team with 372 digs. She totaled 83 assists and 12 digs in two contests against Edinboro.

Miranda Fouzie (Middle Hitter) - The 6' senior controls the front of the net with a team-high 110 total blocks. She totaled seven blocks in the two matches during the regular season including a four block and 10 kill affair in the first meeting.

Danielle Hayes (Outside Hitter) - The McDowell product ranks second on the team with 268 kills and 29 service aces. She also ranks fourth on the team in digs (230) and third in total blocks (60). She totaled 25 kills and five total blocks in the two regular season meetings.

REGULAR SEASON

First Meeting-October 23 - at Edinboro 3, California(Pa.) 1
After dropping the first set, the Fighting Scots rattled off three straight victories to defeat Cal by scores of 20-25, 25-23, 25-16 and 25-22 to win their eleventh straight game and 24^th overall. Challen Litwiler led the Edinboro attack with 19 kills in the match, while Sydney Trathen totaled 51 assists, the second highest total in her career. Trathen also totaled nine kills and a team-high .750 hitting percentage.

Second Meeting-November 14 - Edinboro 2, at California(Pa.) 3
After alternating wins for the first three sets, California won the fourth set by a score of 25-16 to force a fifth set, which they ultimately won, 15-12. California won it's eight straight game and clinched a PSAC playoff berth with the victory. Litwiler and junior Victoria Severo led the Edinboro offense with a team-high 12 kills apiece. Litwiler totaled a career-high 30 digs in the match, as did junior Eiley Durham and freshman Hannah Cantrill with 16 and 14, respectively. Trathen paced the Fighting Scots attacked with 39 assists and added five total blocks.

EDINBORO IN THE PSAC TOURNAMENT
This marks Edinboro's first appearance in the tournament since 2011, but it's seventh in the last ten years. The last appearance for Edinboro saw the Fighting Scots fall to Clarion in the quarterfinals by a score of 3-2. Edinborohas played in the PSAC Championship 21 times, claiming the title nine times, last in 2001.