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The Pitt-Johnstown volleyball team showed why it was the top seed in the PSAC Eastern Division by sweeping fourth-seeded Lock Haven University 25-15-25-20, 25-14 in Tuesday's PSAC Tournament Quarterfinals in the Sports Center.  Cambria Wierman had a match-high 13 kills and seven digs to lead the Lady Cats, now 29-5, into Friday's semifinals at 7:30 p.m. in the Sports Center against West No. 2-seeded Clarion.
 
With the victory, Pitt-Johnstown will be the host site for the 2015 PSAC Volleyball Tournament Semifinals on Friday at 5 and 7:30 p.m. and Championship on Saturday at 7 p.m. 
 
Pitt-Johnstown came out in the first set and jumped on Lock Haven.  The Lady Cats climbed out to a 5-1 lead on Kendall Mahony's kill and a Bald Eagle attack error, before increasing it to 13-5 on Marissa Erminio's kill and two more Lock Haven Errors.  The Bald Eagles scored four of the next five points to cut it to five, but Pitt-Johnstown quickly pulled away.  Mahony's kill pushed the lead into double digits at 19-5, then the Lady Cats closed out the 25-15 win on Allison Mondorff's service ace.
 
The second set was much tighter.  Brittany Moyer's kill gave Lock Haven a slim 8-7 advantage to start, but the Lady Cats came back to take a 16-13 lead on Mahony and Maura Brehl kills.  A Pitt-Johnstown attack error allowed the Bald Eagles to narrow it to 16-15, but that was as close as it would get.  The Lady Cats used a 7-3 run after that to make it 23-18 on Erminio's kill and went on to the 25-20 victory on Brehl's kill.
 
It was all Pitt-Johnstown in the third and final set.  The Lady Cats raced out to a 12-1 lead and never looked back.   Lock Haven tried to get back in it and got the deficit down to 15-8 on a kill by Sarah Gomish, but Pitt-Johnstown responded and outscored the Bald Eagles 7-2 to rebuild its lead to 22-9 on Brehl's kill.   Erminio's kill then sealed the sweep and gave the Lady Cat a 25-14 win.
 
Wierman's 13 kills led the three Lady Cats who finished in double figures in kills.  Mahony had 11 kills and a service ace, while Erminio had 10 kills and six digs.  Pitt-Johnstown also got seven kills and an ace from Brehl in the sweep.
 
Mondorff finished with a match-high 27 set assists and nine digs, and Jessica tallied 17 assists.  Devan Orr led the way for Pitt-Johnstown with 17 digs.  Delaney Roman also had seven digs.
 
Lock Haven was led by Megan Flick's 10 kills and 10 digs, and Gomish's seven kills.  With the loss, the Bald Eagles were eliminated from the tournament and dropped to 21-13.