ERIE, Pa. – Senior Sydney Trathen recorded her PSAC leading third triple-double of the season as the Edinboro volleyball team fell in their fifth straight five-set match to Pitt-Johnstown in the semifinals of the PSAC Tournament, 3-2. The Fighting Scots, who are ranked 10^th in the most recent Atlantic Region poll, will await to see if the NCAA selects them for the National Tournament.

The first set went back and forth. Edinboro held a two-point lead at 11-9 before the Mountain Cats even things 14-14. Pitt-Johnstown was forced to take a time out after the Fighting Scots even things once again at 22-22. The Mountain Cats were able to claim the final two points to take the set and the 1-0 lead in the match.

The second set saw Edinboro take the 10-7 lead early in the set. Pitt-Johnstown was forced to take a timeout halfway through the set with the Fighting Scots leading 17-13. The Mountain Cats would score the first two points out to pull within two, and even the score at 19-19. A kill by freshman Cierah Jackson out of a timeout started a 6-3 run for Edinboro as the Fighting Scots even the match at 1-1. The Fighting Scots hit .366 with 19 kills.

A 6-1 run shortly after the third set started saw the Fighting Scots jump out to a -5 lead with kills by freshman Paige Morris and redshirt senior Jill Glover. A pair of Pitt-Johnstown attack errors would keep Edinboro ahead 11-6. A block by freshman Paige Morris and Jackson forced the Mountain Cats to take the second time out of the set with the Fighting Scots leading 16-8. Edinboro had 16 kills with only three errors in the set for a .338 attack percentage.

The Mountain Cats jumped out to a 4-1 before Edinboro used a 6—3 run to even things at 7-7. The Fighting Scots took their first time out of the set with Pitt-Johnstown leading 10-7. The Mountains would hold on for the 25-21 set win and sending the first semi-final to a deciding set. It marked the fifth match in a row that the Fighting Scots would play five sets. The Fighting Scots defeated top-seeded Indiana(Pa.) in the quarterfinals 17-15.

Edinboro won the captains toss and elected to serve to start the fifth. Points went back and forth in the early stages of the set with the score tied at 3-3. With the score tied up at 6-6, the Mountain Cats scored three straight points as Edinboro used its first timeout of the set. Pitt-Johnstown.

Edinboro had five players in double-digit kills led by Jackson's 14. Redshirt junior Tessa Sikora, senior Challen Litwiler and Morris had 13, 12 and 11 kills respectively. Trathen recorded her triple-double with 10 kills, 47 assists and 12 digs. Litwiler had a match-high 24 digs to lead the Fighting Scots. Morris led at the net recording three blocks.