Caitlin Vrabel had 16 kills and five blocks to help the Pitt-Johnstown volleyball team rally from a two-set deficit to defeat Seton Hill in Five sets, Saturday afternoon in the Sports Center.  Vrabel led five Mountain Cats who finished in double figures in kills.  Pitt-Johnstown improved to 20-6 overall and 10-3 in the PSAC Central Division.
 
After dropping the first two sets 25-21 and 26-24, the Mountain Cats stormed back with 25-17, 25-22, and 15-12 to down the Griffins.
 
Pitt-Johnstown fell behind by three early in the first set, but rallied to tie it at seven, then go in front 9-8 on back-to-back kills by Cambria Wierman.  The Mountain Cats still held a 12-11 advantage, but Seton used a 13-3 run to take it to set point at 24-14.  Jillian Livorse's kill gave the Griffins a 21-14 lead, before Livorse's service ace took it to set point.  Pitt-Johnstown scored the next six points on Devan Orr's serve, but Seton Hill got a kill from Katie Wenson to finish the 25-21 win.
 
In the second set, Pitt-Johnstown opened-up three four-point leads with the last coming at 21-17 on Wierman's kill.  Pitt-Johnstown then held a 23-20 lead, but Seton Hill scored three straight points to tie on Maggie Murray's kill.  The Griffins forced extra points and took advantage of a Pitt-Johnstown attack error and a bad set to complete the come-from-behind, 26-24 victory.
 
The Mountain Cats responded with a convincing with a convincing 25-17 third-set win.  After Seton Hill scored three consecutive points to tie it on Viktoria Farian's kill, Pitt-Johnstown began to pull away.  Noelle Carota's kill, followed by a Seton Hill attack error gave the Mountain Cats a seven-point advantage.  Pitt-Johnstown increased it to 24-16, and Wierman's kill gave Pitt-Johnstown the set.
 
Pitt-Johnstown kept it going with a 25-22 win in the fourth set.  A pair of Seton Hill attack errors gave the Mountain Cats a 21-18 lead, but the Griffins clawed back with four straight points to go up 22-21 on Wenson's block and a Pitt-Johnstown attack error.  The Mountain Cats were able to outscore Seton Hill 4-1 down the stretch, including Marissa Erminio's kill, that wrapped-it up and forced a final set.
 
Kills from Maura Brehl helped the Mountain Cats jump out to a 5-2 lead in the fifth set.  The Mountain Cats maintained the three-point advantage at the midway point and increased it to 11-6 on another kill from Brehl.  Pitt-Johnstown completed the comeback with the 15-12 victory behind kills from Brehl and Erminio.
 
Along with Vrabels, 15 kills, Erminio had 15 kills, two blocks, and 21 digs, and Wierman had 12 kills and 15 digs.  Carota tallied 11 kills and four blocks, and Brehl had 10 kills and a block to round out the five Mountain Cats who had double-digit kills.
 
Pitt-Johnstown also got nine kills and four blocks from Kendall Mahony.
 
Allison Mondorff led Pitt-Johnstown with 33 set assists and 11 digs, and J.C, Longeville had 26 assists and eight digs.  Orr, the PSAC career leader in digs chipped in 31 more digs and nine assists.
 
Seton Hill, which had its five match-winning streak snapped and slipped to 18-5 and 10-3 in the PSAC Southwest, had four players in double figures in kills, led by Leah Bisignani's 16.  Wenson and Farion each had 13 kills and Livorse finished with 10 kills for the Vulcans.
 
Pitt-Johnstown travels to PSAC matches at Clarion on Friday and to Indiana (PA) on Saturday, before hosting a conference match against Lock Haven on Nov. 7 at 7 p.m. in the Sports Center.