FROSTBURG, Md. – The Fairmont State volleyball team earned a share of the Mountain East Conference North Division Championship with a 3-1 win over Frostburg State on Friday evening to wrap up the 2021 regular season.
 
Fairmont's win coupled with West Liberty's 3-1 win over Wheeling University this evening gave the Falcons a share of the division title. The Falcons have also earned the top-seed in the Mountain East Conference Volleyball Tournament and will host Notre Dame College in a quarterfinal tournament match on Tuesday evening at Joe Retton Arena. Opening serve is set for 7 p.m.
 
The four quarterfinal winners will advance to the semifinal round, which will be hosted on Friday and Saturday at the highest-remaining seed.
 
After dropping the first set to Frostburg State (23-25) on Friday evening, the Falcons took the next three sets by scores of 25-13, 25-21 and 25-21 to earn the win.
 
With the win, the Falcons improved to 8-2 on the season. Frostburg fell to 0-10 and finished winless during the 2021 spring season.
 
Julia DiPaola led the Falcons in the win with 22 kills and 24 digs. Keara Lewis also drove home 16 kills to go with eight digs, and Taylor Wisniewski finished the match with 12 kills and two block solos. Lilianna Keber led the Fairmont State offense with 50 assists and also tallied 19 digs. Bryce Knapp also finished with double-figure digs with 14.
 
Fairmont State had a .263 hitting percentage in the win, finishing the match with 68 kills compared to 23 errors.
 
Beverly Braun paced Frostburg with 14 kills.