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ABOUT THE MARAUDERS
• Millersville closed out the regular season with five consecutive wins--four of which came in three sets. The run included sweeps of regionally-ranked Clarion and East Stroudsburg. The run helped Millersville win its first PSAC divisional title since 1999 and make its first PSAC Tournament berth in five years.
• Millersville are 13-1 at home but 3-7 on the road, and draws No. 2 seed Shippensburg in the opening round. The Raiders are 8-1 at Heiges Field House. The Raiders are 4-3 in their last seven matches.
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Jayci Suseland leads the PSAC in kills per set (4.03) and is second in the league hitting percentage. Suseland has totaled double-digit kills in 14 consecutive matches. Suseland's hitting percentage of .330 is the fourth-best single-season mark in program history.
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Lindsey Blevins ranks sixth in the league in kills per set (3.62), making Millersville the only team in the PSAC with two players ranked in the top 10.
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Katie Laughman was a key performer in Millersville's three divisional wins last week, totaling 137 assists and averaging 13.7 per set. She set a four-set career-high with 55 against West Chester. She posted 44 in just three sets against Kutztown. Laughman now ranks fourth in the PSAC in assists per set, and her 965 assists is the sixth-most in program history. 35 more would make her just the sixth player in program history to total 1,000 in a season.
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Haley Butler turned in three strong performances in last week's run to the Southeast Division title. She totaled 33 kills to just eight errors while hitting .347. It is the first time in her career that she has posted double-digit kills in three consecutive matches.
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Kat Forry totaled 23 digs in two of the three matches last week, boosting her season total to 485. She is 19 digs shy of cracking the Millersville single-season top 10.
PSAC TOURNAMENT HISTORY
• Millersville's last PSAC Tournament appearance came in 2013, and the Marauders were knocked out int the quarterfinals by Shippensburg, 3-0. It is the 12th overall tournament appearance for Millersville. The Marauders' last tournament win came in 1996 with a victory over Kutztown in the quarterfinals. Millersville's lone PSAC Championship came in 1995 with wins over Lock Haven and Edinboro.
SERIES HISTORY
Series vs. Ship: 27-38
Series Streak: Ship, 1
First Meeting: 1990 (L, 0-3)
Last Meeting: 2018 (L, 0-3)
Last 10 Meetings: 2-8
Brian Smith vs. Ship, 3-15
• Shippensburg has won 22 of the last 26 matches with Millersville including a 3-0 win earlier this season. Millersville's last win over the Raiders came in 2017, when it won the final three sets for a 3-1 road win. Laughman had 42 assists in that win.
• Shippensburg won the team's first meeting of 2018 on Oct. 6, 3-0 (25-18, 25-15, 25-16). Shippensburg totaled 14 service aces and out-hit the Marauders .328 to .207. Suseland totaled 13 kills without committing an error.
SCOUTING SHIPPENSBURG
• Shippensburg is no stranger to the postseason, having reached the PSAC Tournament 13 times in Coach Leanne Piscotty's 15 years. The Raiders are 24-6, winners of the PSAC Central, and were ranked No. 3 in the latest NCAA Atlantic Regional rankings. Shippensburg has lost in the PSAC Quarterfinals in each of the last two seasons, but won a conference championship as recently as 2015.
• Shippensburg is tied with Millersville for third in the PSAC in team hitting percentage (.213). It averages 13.7 kills per set, which is second-best in the league, and the 2.05 blocks per set is third. Shippensburg and Millersville are also tied for fourth in aces per set (1.71). Shippensburg excels defensively, holding opponents to a .128 hitting percentage (ranking second in the PSAC), and its 0.90 aces per set allowed ranks second in the PSAC.
• Emily Hangen is the PSAC's leader in assists per set with 11.04.
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