JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — The Edinboro volleyball team wrapped up the regular season falling to Pitt.-Johnstown 3-0 on Saturday.
The Mountain Cats started the match with two Caroline Knight kills, but the Fighting Scots pulled even at 2-2 on kills by
Reilly Parent and
Christina Lockett. After the teams traded points,
Faith Schneider served consecutive aces to put the Scots ahead 7-6. UPJ answered with three straight Knight kills to move in front 10-8. The Fighting Scots trimmed the lead to 17-14 on kills by
D'Aira Whitner and
Suncica Lekic. The Mountain Cats scored the next four points, including an Alanna Rivera kill and another Knight finish, to extend the set to 21-14. Parent added late kills for the Scots, including one at 24-17, before Brooke Pelloni closed the opening set for UPJ, 25-17.
The Fighting Scots scored the first two points of the second set on a Parent kill and a service ace from
Grace Petro. After the Mountain Cats moved in front 6-5, the Scots took five of the next six points to go ahead 10-7. UPJ came back to take a 13-12 lead, and after the teams traded points to a 15-15 tie. Ellie Zuro Cirino had two kills and a service ace in a four-point run that put the Mountain Cats up 19-15. The Fighting Scots closed the gap and tied it at 21-21 on a Lockett block, then moved ahead 23-22 on a
Tatiana Williams kill. Edinboro reached 24-23 on a Whitner kill. UPJ answered each of the four Scot one-point leads from there, and tied it at 27-27 on a Knight kill, then took the last two points on a Knight block and an Alanna Rivera service ace to win the set 29-27.
The Mountain Cats stretched a 13-10 edge to 16-10 with three straight points midway through the third set. Williams' kill stopped the run, and
Anna Saldana served four straight Fighting Scots points on a
Taylor Pucky kill and three UPJ attack errors cut the deficit to 16-15. After the Mountain Cats moved back ahead 17-15, Pucky's kill and back-to-back UPJ errors tied the set and then gave the Scots an 18-17 lead. The Mountain Cats answered with six straight points to go in front 23-18; the Fighting Scots got two back on a Lekic block and a bad set, but UPJ scored the final two points to take the set 25-20.
Parent led the Scots with 10 kills while hitting .296 and added 10 digs. Whitner finished with nine kills and one block assist. Schneider collected a team-high 12 digs and served two aces. Petro recorded 14 assists and one service ace.
