Abington, Pa. –  Welcoming Rutgers University-Camden to campus, Penn State Abington defeated the Scarlet Raptors (25-16, 25-22, 13-25, 25-23) in four sets. The Nittany Lions improve to 8-11 on the year while Rutgers-Camden dropped 4-14 for the season.
 
Sophomore outside hitter Sam Amaro (Philadelphia, Pa.) paced the Blue and White with a double-doubles of 13 kills and 13 digs while freshman outside hitter Lauren Pace (Beachwood, N.J.) jotted ten kills to lead the offense for the Scarlet Raptors.

Penn State Abington opened up the first set by breezing through comfortably to a 25-16 victory. After a brief lead of 9-8, the Nittany Lions went on a 16-8 run to close it out. The Scarlet Raptors would not go down without a fight as they tried to come back in the second set. However their effort fell short on a 25-22 defeat as to go down 2-0. As Abington attempted to close out the match in the third set, the Scarlet Raptors stormed through the set by taking advantage of Abington's errors for the 25-13 dismantle.

Given another endeavor to close out the match, Abington opened the fourth set to a comfortable 15-10 lead. However the Scarlet Raptors rallied back and eventually led briefly 19-18 on a successful block by junior middle hitter Sydney Allen (Magnolia, N.J.) against sophomore outside hitter Rachel Bohl (Philadelphia, Pa.). From that turning point, the back and forth lead change eventually, favoring the Nittany Lions' side with a 25-23 decision for the set and match.

Sophomore outside hitter Nancy Brown (Cherry Hill, N.J.) recorded 24 assists while earning two kills and eight digs. She's backed up by sophomores libero Melanie Kaiser (Somerdale, N.J.) and defensive specialist Caitlin Marchlowitz (Marlton, N.J.) with 20 and 11 digs respectively for the Scarlet Raptors.
Amaro was backed up by teammates setter Sam Nelson (Doylestown, Pa.) with 31 assists and libero Victoria Lohman's (Frederick, M.D.) 18 digs to round out the team effort for the Nittany Lions.

Abington will host the North Eastern Athletic Conference crossover on Friday October 3^rd against Penn College of Technology. The match is slated for a 2:00 p.m. start.