NEW WILMINGTON, Pa. – The top-seeded Westminster College volleyball team won, 3-2, over fourth-seeded Geneva College in the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) Championship Tournament Semifinals at home Friday night.
 
The Titans improved to 30-2 overall, becoming only the fourth team in school history to win 30 matches in a single season (second year in a row). Geneva dropped to 19-12 overall.
 
Westminster held a 13-9 lead in the first set, however, Geneva responded with a 6-0 run and led 15-13. Both teams kept battling and the Titans regained the lead (20-18) after a kill by first-year Becky Adelman (Mogadore, OH / Waterloo). The Golden Tornadoes once again answered with a run (6-0) to take a 24-20 lead. The Titans managed to score two more points, but Geneva took set one, 25-22. Westminster was in front for the majority of the second set. Geneva cut Westminster's lead to 18-15, however, that would be the closest the Golden Tornadoes would get as the Titans won set two 25-18. The first half of set three was back-and-forth and the frame was knotted up at 10. The Titans started to pull away with a 4-0 run, capped off with a kill by senior Delaney Saxton (Cortland, OH / Brookfield). Westminster maintained the lead and went up 2-1 with a 25-21 set three victory. Geneva led the entire fourth set and won 25-20, forcing a match-deciding fifth set. In the fifth frame, Geneva held an early 2-1 lead. The Titans answered with an 8-0 run, capped off with another kill by Saxton, and led 9-2. Westminster remained in front and did not let Geneva get any closer than four points for the remainder of the set and won the match with a 15-9 fifth-set victory.
 
Saxton and senior Shanna Daniels (Hermitage, PA / Billy C. Ryan) both etched their names in the school's record books. Saxton notched her 1,000^th career kill, only the 10^th Titan to ever achieve this milestone (she totaled 17 kills on Friday), while Daniels dished out her 2,000^th career assist, only the 10^th Titan to ever do so, as she led the Titans with 28 on the night.
 
Junior Reilly DeGeorge (Ashtabula, OH / Saint John) led all attackers with a career-high 24 kills, to go along with 23 digs. First-year Maya Steward (Los Angeles, CA / William Howard Taft) added 15 kills. First-year Samantha Kelly (Irwin, PA / Penn-Trafford) added 23 assists. Senior Rachel Moore (Greensburg, PA / Greensburg Central Catholic) led the Titan defense with 27 digs, followed by Kelly (career-high 24), Daniels (18), senior Mackensie Garris (Meadville, PA / Saegertown) (11), and junior junior Haley Farmerie (Manor, PA / Greensburg Central Catholic) (10). Adelman added a match-high five blocks, while sophomore Josie Toporcer (Warren, OH / Lordstown) had three.
 
The Titans will play third-seeded Bethany College, who topped second-seeded Washington & Jefferson College, 3-1, in the second Semifinal, for a chance for their fourth PAC title in program history.