MILLERSVILLE, Pa. - The Millersville women's volleyball team won its fifth in a row overall and its 22nd consecutive home match Tuesday night with a sweep of West Chester (25-18, 25-15, 25-14), setting up a two-match weekend showdown with Shippensburg and Shepherd that has plenty of PSAC Tournament seeding and NCAA Atlantic Regional implications. 

The Marauders improved to 23-7 (13-4 PSAC), pulling to within one of the program record for wins in a season. With Shippensburg's four-set win over Shepherd, the Marauders pulled into a tie for fourth in the PSAC standings with Shepherd, a team that comes to Pucillo Gymnasium Saturday. The win also improved the Marauders to 12-0 at home. 

MATCH HIGHLIGHTS
• The Marauders scored the fist point of the match and never trailed in any of the three sets. The trio of Jayci Suseland, Lindsey Blevins and Haley Butler combined for 36 of the team's 42 kills and made just 10 hitting errors. The team hit .313--its best mark since Sept. 20 (a span of 20 matches). 
• Blevins (five kills), Butler (four kills) and Suseland (four kills) got the Marauders rolling in the first set, accounting for 13 kills to three errors. The Marauders limited West Chester to nine kills and a .114 hitting percentage in the second set, and Millersville controlled the net in the third set, piling up five total blocks while also totaling 15 kills--six of which came from Suseland. 

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
• Suseland finished with 14 kills (.370), two service aces, six digs and four block assists. Blevins posted a double-double with 12 kills (.357) and 10 digs. Butler finished with 10 kills (.222). 
• Katie Laughman totaled her team-leading 19th double-double with 33 assists and 10 digs. 
• Carley Baughman tied for the team lead with two aces and led the team with five block assists. 

THOUGHTS FROM COACH BRIAN SMITH
• On the team's performance: "The entire match we passed very well. That was key. I thought we started a little slow hitting. We weren't having errors, we were just mishitting. But that worked it's way out and we played very consistently from start to finish."
• On what in the game plan worked well: "Having played them before we knew that their best hitters percentage wise were their middles so we needed to serve tough and deep, which we did. They passed a lot of one-balls and had to go up outside the pins a lot. That's what we wanted to happen--make their offense predictable and for us to pass well so ours wasn't."
• On playing for high stakes in the final two matches: "We are exactly where we want to be. We are in position where all these matches matter. They are for seeding purposes. It takes some edge off because it isn't a lose-and-go-home or win-and-advance situation. I'm looking forward to some very competitive matches and Ship and Shepherd. Hosting them at home is great for us."

NOTES
• Millersville's win evened the all-time series with West Chester at 30 wins apiece. This is the first time since 2005 that Millersville has swept the season series. 
• Laughman is 46 assists shy of breaking Missy Rauhauser's school record of 1,116 which was set in 1992. 
• Suseland, now with 399 kills, is five shy of breaking Abby Hafer's school record of 403, which was set in 1995. She is also just four kills shy of recording the most career kills by a Marauder. 
• Blevins finished the match with 987 kills, putting her just 13 away from becoming the 10th player in program history with 1,000 career kills. 

UP NEXT
• Millersville hosts PSAC Southeast Division leader Shippensburg Friday at 7 p.m. The team is encouraging fans to wear black for a "Black Out."