CLARION, Pa. – The Clarion volleyball team rebounded from a sluggish start and dominated down the stretch, winning three straight sets to close out a 3-1 (21-25, 30-28, 25-17, 25-13) win over Seton Hill at Tippin Gymnasium.  The Golden Eagles (13-10, 7-4 PSAC) withstood a late flurry from the Griffins in the second set and cruised to wins in the final two for the victory.
 
In the process, two members of the team achieved significant personal milestones.  Taylor Braunagel finished with a match-high 16 kills and eclipsed the 1,000-kill mark in the process, while Catherine Ferragonio's 22 digs made her the latest Golden Eagle to surpass 1,000 career digs.
 
Mackenzie Biggs contributed 13 kills and hit .400, while Lauryn Driscoll (14) and Marissa Robertson (11) both broke double-digits as well.  Robertson added another double-double to her season total with 16 digs and Leah Vensel recorded one of her own with 55 assists and 11 digs.  Olivia Olson posted nine kills and six blocks.
 
Clarion hit .270 as a team and held the Griffins to just a .145 attack percentage, controlling the match with play at the net.  The Golden Eagles recorded 8.0 team blocks and added 88 team digs, 20 more than the Griffins mustered. 
 
Perhaps the turning point of the match was the flurry of action late in the second set that ultimately ended in a Clarion win.  Things were all knotted up at 28 when the Clarion defense put on a show to seal the win.  The Golden Eagles recovered from several covered balls by the Griffins to break the tie on a kill by Olson.  On the next play, Ferragonio made a diving pancake dig to prevent another Seton Hill block, and Robertson launched the ball for a kill to make it 30-28.
 
Clarion pulled away from the Griffins midway through the third set, opening up a four-point lead on back-to-back kills by Robertson to make it 17-13.  Braunagel boosted the lead to six points with a kill to make it 22-16, and the junior outside hitter added two more at the end of the set to make it 25-17.  The fourth set was never really in question, with the Golden Eagles going ahead 18-10 and wrapping things up on a slide play from Biggs.