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PITT-JOHNSTOWN MOUNTAIN CATS

Women's Volleyball

Volleyball Sweeps Millersville In PSAC Home-Opener

Johnstown, PA

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2994Cambria Wierman, Maura Brehl, and Marissa Erminio all eight kills as the Pitt-Johnstown volleyball team made its 2015 PSAC home-opener a good one with a 25-11, 25-21, 25-16 sweep over Millersville University, Friday night in the Sports Center.  The Lady Cats extended their winning streak to seven straight matches and improved to 11-2 overall and 5-0 in the PSAC Eastern Division.
 
In the opener, Pitt-Johnstown broke open an early one-point lead with a 21-8 run and went on to coast to a 25-11 win.  After Kelsi Ceriana cut Millersville's deficit to 4-3, the Lady Cats took over and pushed it out to 13-6 on kills by Kendall Mahony and Maura Brehl.  The Lady Cats then made it 22-10 on a pair of Marauders' errors, before ending the set on two Madeline George kills and one from Cambria Wierman.
 
Wierman's kill gave Pitt-Johnstown a 7-2 advantage to begin the second set, but Millersville battled back to knot it at nine on Erin Harman's kill.  However, the Lady Cats scored the next four and never gave up the lead the rest of the way.  Devan Orr's kills extended it to 18-12, before the Marauders cut it to two on two occasions, with the last coming on another Harman kill that made it 21-19.  Pitt-Johnstown scored of the next six points, including a kill from Mahony that sealed the 25-21 victory.
 
Pitt-Johnstown finished-up the sweep with a 25-16 win in the third set.  Pit-Johnstown erased a two-point deficit with 7-1 run, capped by George's kill and two consecutive Millersville attack errors.  The Lady Cats extended it to 22-16 on Brehl's kill and went on to the three-set sweep.
 
Along with her eight kills, Wierman had seven digs, while finished with seven and three blocks for the Lady Cats.  Mahony had five kills and two blocks, and Larissa Swank collected five kills and a block.
 
Pitt-Johnstown also got 21 set assists from Allison Mondorff and 15 assists and 10 digs from Jessica Dillon. Orr had a match-high 23 digs for the Lady Cats.
 
Harman had a match-high 11 kills, and Ceriana chipped-in seven kills for the Marauders, who dropped to 8-5 overall and 1-4 in the PSAC East.
 
The Lady Cats host PSAC matches against Shippensburg University on Saturday at 1 p.m. in the Sports Center and Lock Haven University on Tuesday at 7 p.m., before traveling to conference matches at East Stroudsburg University and Kutztown University next weekend.
 
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Players Mentioned

Marissa Erminio

#15 Marissa Erminio

OH
5' 10"
Redshirt Sophomore
Madeline George

#21 Madeline George

MH
5' 10"
Sophomore
Kendall Mahony

#12 Kendall Mahony

MH
6' 2"
Sophomore
Allison Mondorff

#18 Allison Mondorff

S
5' 9"
Redshirt Sophomore
Devan Orr

#7 Devan Orr

DS
5' 7"
Sophomore
Larissa Swank

#19 Larissa Swank

RS
6' 0"
Senior
Cambria Wierman

#11 Cambria Wierman

OH
5' 8"
Sophomore
Jessica Dillon

#8 Jessica Dillon

S
5' 8"
Freshman
Maura Brehl

#23 Maura Brehl

OH
5' 8"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

Marissa Erminio

#15 Marissa Erminio

5' 10"
Redshirt Sophomore
OH
Madeline George

#21 Madeline George

5' 10"
Sophomore
MH
Kendall Mahony

#12 Kendall Mahony

6' 2"
Sophomore
MH
Allison Mondorff

#18 Allison Mondorff

5' 9"
Redshirt Sophomore
S
Devan Orr

#7 Devan Orr

5' 7"
Sophomore
DS
Larissa Swank

#19 Larissa Swank

6' 0"
Senior
RS
Cambria Wierman

#11 Cambria Wierman

5' 8"
Sophomore
OH
Jessica Dillon

#8 Jessica Dillon

5' 8"
Freshman
S
Maura Brehl

#23 Maura Brehl

5' 8"
Freshman
OH