After Friday's win over Atlantic Region No. 4 Clarion University, the Pitt-Johnstown volleyball team, ranked fifth in the region was back at it on Saturday.  This time, the Mountain Cats visited Atlantic Region No. 8 Indiana University (PA), but the outcome was not the same, as the Crimson Hawks won a pair of tight sets 25-23 and 27-25 to start, before completing the PSAC sweep with a 25-16 victory in the third set.
 
Cambria Wierman and Caitlin Vrabel each had 10 kills for Pitt-Johnstown, which had their three-match winning streak snapped and slipped to 21-7 overall and 11-4 in the PSAC Central Division.
 
Pitt-Johnstown got two straight kills from Wierman to climb out to a 10-7 first-set lead, before IUP answered with an 8-2 run to go back in front 15-12 on a Natalie Cignetti kill and a pair of Mountain Cat errors.  It stayed close the rest of the way.  Pitt-Johnstown regained the lead by one on kills from Noelle Carota and Wierman, but the Crimson Hawks broke a 22-all tie with a Gabby Egler service ace and another Cignetti kill on their way to the 25-23 win.
 
In the second set, IUP took advantage of two Alexis Anderson kills and an Ellie Burns' ace to build a 14-10 advantage.  Pitt-Johnstown battled back to tie it on three occasions, including at 25 to force extra points on Vrabel's kill, but the Crimson Hawks followed with kills from Anderson and Jessica Ignace to secure the 27-25 victory and go up by two sets.
 
Pitt-Johnstown held a slim two-point lead early in the third set, but IUP outscored the Mountain Cats 20-9 the rest of the way to complete the sweep with a 25-16 victory.  Vrabel's kill, followed by a Crimson Hawks' error put Pitt-Johnstown in front 7-5, but it was all IUP the rest of the way.  After Egler's kill capped a 10-4 IU run that made it 15-11, the Mountain Cats were able to narrow the gap to 16-14, but that was as close as it would get.  The Crimson Hawks scored the next five to increase it to 21-14 on Cignetti's kill and finished it with back-to-back blocks and a Mountain Cat error.
 
Wierman had 10 kills and 12 digs, while Vrabel added 10 kills and three blocks to lead Pitt-Johnstown.  Marissa Erminio finished with nine kills and 10 digs, and Kendall Mahony had five kills and two blocks.  The Mountain Cats also got three kills and three blocks from Maura Brehl and three kills from Carota.
 
Allison Mondorff paced Pitt-Johnstown with 18 set assists and 12 digs, and J.C. Longeville had 15 assists.  Devan Orr had a team-high 19 digs for the Mountain Cats.
 
IUP, which made it four straight wins and moved to 21-7 overall and 12-3 in the PSAC Southwestern Division, was led by Cignetti's match-high 19 kills and 13 digs.  Anderson tallied 12 kills, and Ignace had eight kills for the Crimson Hawks.
 
Pitt-Johnstown will close out the regular season with three straight home PSAC matches.  Pitt-Johnstown will host Lock Haven on Tuesday at 7 p.m., Millersville on Friday at 7 p.m. and Shippensburg for Senior Day on Saturday at 1 p.m.