THE BASICS
Score: Clarion 3, at Gannon 2
Set scores: (20-25, 26-24, 18-25, 30-28, 10-15)
Records: Gannon (24-3, 17-3 PSAC) / Clarion (27-3, 18-2 PSAC)
Location: Hammermill Center - Erie, Pa.
The Short Story: In a battle for the top spot in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) West Division, the Gannon women's volleyball team dropped a 3-2 decision to visiting Clarion Saturday afternoon at the Hammermill Center on Senior Day. The loss was decided by set scores of 20-25, 26-24, 18-25, 30-28 and 10-15. Sophomore Hannah Kren (Waukesha, Wis. / Wisconsin Lutheran) led Gannon with a career-high 27 kills along with 17 digs for her 18th double-double of the season. Senior Megan Wendel (Aurora, Ohio / Kenston) set a new career-high 70 assists with nine digs and a kill.
 
THE BASICS
- Kren led the Lady Knights with a career-high 27 kills and 17 digs for her 18th double-double this season.
- Wendel established a new career-high 70 assists, posting nine digs and a kill. In addition, Clarion's Laura Subject matched Wendel's output with 70 of her own assists.
- Senior Maggie Desrosiers (Uniontown, Ohio / Hoover) collected her second double-double of the season with 13 kills and 20 digs.
- On the defensive front, senior Taryn Graham (Huron, Ohio / Huron) finished with a team-best 27 digs.
- Junior Lynne Hibbard (West Barnstable, Mass. / Barnstable) also reached double digits in kills with 13 including three digs and two block assists.
- The match featured 28 tied scores with 13 in the second set and 10 in the fourth set. The match was also peppered with eight lead changes.
- The Lady Knights finished with a .212 attack percentage, while the Golden Eagles posted a .278 hitting ratio.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Clarion opened the set with a 25-20 win over Gannon to take a 1-0 lead in the match. The Lady Knights fell behind to the Golden Eagles, 5-1, early in the match. The Golden Eagles managed to use the advantage throughout the opening set pushing their lead to seven, 17-10, to force a Lady Knights' timeout. The Lady Knights went on an 8-3 run with three kills by Desrosiers to pull within the Golden Eagles' 20-18 lead. The Golden Eagles scored five of the final seven points to capture a 25-20 win.
- The second set featured 13 tied scores and five lead changes. Holding a 20-16 lead the Golden Eagles scored three of the next four points to push their advantage to 22-17. The Lady Knights strong together a 7-1 run to knot the set at 23 all with a pair of attacks by sophomore Lauren Beck (Chardon, Ohio / Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin). Tied at 24 all, Beck struck again to give the Lady Knights a one-point lead followed by a Golden Eagles' attack error for the 26-24 GU win to tie the match at 1-1.
- In the third set, the Golden Eagles took a 2-1 lead in the match with a 25-18 win over the Lady Knights. The Lady Knights pulled within one of the Golden Eagles, 15-14, after trailing for most of the set. Despite erasing the Golden Eagles' three-point lead, the Lady Knights surrendered 10 of the next 14 points in the set.
- The fourth set provided a back-and-forth affair. The Lady Knights tied the match at 2-2 by outlasting the Golden Eagles for a 30-28 win. Trailing by as much as five points on three occasions, the Lady Knights managed to work at the Golden Eagles' lead continuously. Pulling to within one, 16-15, the Lady Knights relied on three Golden Eagles' errors. Facing a four-point deficit, 21-17, the Lady Knights tallied four-unanswered points to tie the score at 21 all. The Golden Eagles held the set-point with the score at 24-22 with Kren recording back-to-back kills to tie the set at 24. From there, the teams exchanged one-point at a time until the Lady Knights sealed the 30-28 win on a Kren kill followed by a Golden Eagles' error.
- The Golden Eagles took an early four-point lead in the final set, 6-2, to force a Gannon timeout. The Lady Knights were unable to dig out from the deficit coming within two of the Golden Eagles, 10-8, off three straight points. The Golden Eagles scored four of the final five points to secure the 15-10 win and 3-2 victory in the match.    
 
BEYOND THE BOX SCORE
- Following the match, the Lady Knights honored Wendel, Graham, Desrosiers and Emily Carver (Stow, Ohio / Theodore Roosevelt) as part of the Senior Day celebration.
- The Lady Knights moved to 22-33 in the all-time series with the Golden Eagles.  
- Kren is the first Lady Knight to record more than 25 kills since former Lady Knight Lauren Sazama posted 28 at Findlay Nov. 6, 2012.
- Wendel's 70 assists is the highest total since former Lady Knight Jessamyn Deemer registered 71 against Lake Superior State Sep 27, 2002. Former Lady Knight Mallory Kam was the last Lady Knight to post more than 60 until Wendel's performance this afternoon. Kam completed the feat with 62 against Wheeling Jesuit Nov 6, 2004.
- At the Hammermill Center this season, the Lady Knights are 32-4 in sets played. The Lady Knights also hold a 10-1 record at home.
- Capturing 14 consecutive wins at the Hammermill Center, the Lady Knights dropped their first match since Oct. 12, 2013.

QUOTABLES | HEAD COACH MATT DARLING
"This is a tough loss because there was something at stake, but I have to hand it to Clarion, who played better than we did all day. Even in the sets we won, they were better than we were. As I look forward to next week, I see that we have a long way to go to get to where we need to be in order to beat a team like that."

"Out seniors were on the losing side for senior day, but hopefully they will come back ready to make the changes they need to make in order to reach their goals."

WHAT'S NEXT
Gannon concludes the regular season on the road. The Lady Knights travel to California (Pa.) Nov. 7, with a 7 p.m. start time. The next day, the Lady Knights face Seton Hill at 1 p.m. in the regular-season finale.