Box Score
Minnesota State-Mankato climbed out to early leads in all three sets on its way to downing the Pitt-Johnstown volleyball team in straight sets 25-20, 25-23, and 25-22 in Friday's Second Round of the 2016 Courtyard by Marriott Classic in Tampa, Fla.  Maura Brehl's nine kills and eight digs led the way for the Lady Cats, who slipped to 1-1.
 
Pitt-Johnstown fell behind 7-4 early in the first set, but scored the next four points to regain the lead 8-7 on Kendall Mahony's service ace.  Minnesota State-Mankato answered with six straight points to break a 15-15 tied and build a six-point lead.  Marissa Erminio's kill got the Lady Cats back to with three at 25-22, but two kills from Sydney Geisness and a Pitt-Johnstown error gave the Mavericks a 25-20 win.
 
Kills from Sarah Kuehn and Geisness helped Minnesota State-Mankato run out to a 10-3 lead to begin the second set, before Brehl's kill, followed by two Maverick's errors got the Pitt-Johnstown deficit down to 14-12.  Minnesota State-Mankato extended its lead out to 20-14, and the Lady Cats answered again.  This time to narrow it to 24-23 on a Mavericks' attack error, but Geisness' kill ended the set at 25-23.
 
Just like the second set, the Mavericks ran out to a 10-3 lead in the third set on three consecutive Pitt-Johnstown errors.  A 9-5 Pitt-Johnstown run cut it to 15-12, then to 18-17 on Mahony's ace.  However, the Lady Cats could not get any closer and Minnesota State-Mankato went on to the three set sweep with a 25-22 victory.
 
Erminio finished with five kills, while Cambria Wierman had four kills, and Mahony had three kills, one block, and a pair of service aces for Pitt-Johnstown.
 
Allison Mondorff's 15 assists and Jessica Dillon's eight assists led the Lady Cats.  Devan Orr collected a team-high 11 digs, and Delaney Roman added six digs and two aces in the loss.
 
Geissness ended with a match-high 15 kills, and Krista Hassing chipped-in 13 kills for the Mavericks, who improved to 2-0.
 
Pitt-Johnstown concludes the Courtyard by Marriott Classic with matches against Franklin Pierce (NH) University and No. 7 University of Tampa on Saturday.