Millersville, Pa. - Millersville women's volleyball is tough to beat at home. West Chester found that out Tuesday night in front of a raucous Pucillo Gymnasium crowd. The Golden Rams rallied to steal the first set, but the Marauders swept the next three to avenge the five-set loss earlier in the season and put themselves in the PSAC Tournament (25-27, 25-22, 25-15, 25-21). The win improved the Marauders to 11-1 at home.

Millersville (14-11, 9-7 PSAC) entered the night with a one-match lead over West Chester for a spot in the playoffs and clinched its first PSAC Tournament appearance since 2013 and its second since 2001. Millersville has Kutztown coming to Pucillo on Friday and division-leading East Stroudsburg at home on Saturday. Millersville can win the Southeast Division by winning both.

MATCH HIGHLIGHTS
• Powered by a career-high 24 kills from Jayci Suseland, 19 from Lindsey Blevins, 13 from Haley Butler and a season-high 55 assists from Katie Laughman, the Marauders out-hit West Chester .269-.209 and totaled a season-high 61 kills and season-high 12 aces.
• A cleanly-played first set saw both teams total 17 kills, and West Chester committed just three errors. The score stood tied 14 times and neither team led by more than three points throughout. The Marauders held a 24-22 lead before an a West Chester kill and an attack error from Millersville evened the score. The teams traded points but West Chester scored the first set win with back-to-back points.
• Suseland opened the second with three kills in the first six serves and racked up seven with just one error in a set in which the Marauders trailed. The Marauders led by as many as seven at 19-12 before West Chester slowly closed the gap. Suseland got the Marauders to set point, and a West Chester error evened the match at 1-1.
• Millersville rolled in the third, hitting .321 and totaling four services aces--two from Laughman. Millersville trailed 11-7 before Samantha Miller's kill put Laughman at the service line. Laughman served the Marauders to six consecutive points and Miller helped the Marauders to six in a row in one stretch as well as Millersville out-scored West Chester 18-4 to finishing out the set. 
• Millersville fell behind 5-1 early and played from behind until catching West Chester for good at 21-21. Haley Butler's three consecutive kills and five total kept the Marauders close, and again, it was Miller with the serve, and her ace evened the score. Then, the Marauders fed Suseland. The junior ripped three consecutive kills to get Millersville to set point, and the Marauders scored their sixth consecutive point on Miller's third ace of the match.

COACH BRIAN SMITH QUOTES
• " We knew this match could go five sets and it was a very competitive match. We just tried to keep our composure after that first set and managed to come back and take care of business. "
• "[Kat Forry's] defense made a big difference for us tonight. Samantha Miller also served very well for us. She got into some really good runs. I thought everyone stepped up. Jayci had another big day too. We did the things we had to do to win. I was pleased with how we executed the game plan. "
• "'[Jayci's] teammates have confidence in her. She has a big arm. In situations like [the fourth set] you want to give the ball to your big hitter and you expect them to step up and deliver. She did just that. The team gave Katie the passes that we needed to. Everyone contributed to tonight's win in a big way."
• "Haley Butler had a great third and fourth set. She was splitting the block quite a bit."
• " Whenever it's West Chester it's always a big match. This was a match that gave us some separation from them in the standings. This win is huge. We have a very young team out there. Chyna (Gubbings) was passing and hitting well tonight. I could tell there were some nerves early. That didn't go away because every set was tight. They deserved this win tonight, they really worked for it."

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
• Suseland hit .385, committing just four errors. She has totaled 20 or more kills four times this season.
• Blevins' completed her team-high 14th double-double with 19 kills (.265) and 12 digs.
• Butler's 13 kills were a season high. Her 33 attacks were her second-most of the season.
• Laughman's 55 assists were the highest four-set total in her career.
• Laughman, Miller and freshman Emily Hoffman all had three aces.
• Kat Forry led the defensive effort with 23 digs.

NOTES
• Millersville's victory ensures the team a .500 record, giving it back-to-back seasons of .500 or better for the first time since 1998-99.
• Suseland is six kills away from cracking Millersville's single-season top 10 list. Laughman is just 17 assists away from becoming the third player in program history with two seasons of 900 assists.
• Tuesday's win marked Millersville's fourth in the last 21 meetings with West Chester.

UP NEXT
• Millersville hosts Kutztown Friday, Nov. 2. Start time is set for 7 p.m.

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