ABINGTON, PA.  – The Penn State Abington women's volleyball team closed out the regular season with a tri match split on Saturday afternoon. In the first game Abington cruised to a 3-0 sweep of Bryn Mawr College, but the Nittany Lions had their rally fall short in a 3-2 loss to Goucher College.

The Nittany Lions finish the season with their best record since joining the NEAC with at 21-9 overall and 8-5 mark in the conference.

The Nittany Lions won the first two matches handily with a 25-15 victory in the first set and a 25-14 decision in the second set.  The Owls fought to stay alive for the match in the third set, but the Nittany Lions slip past with a 25-23 win.

In the second match of the day, the Gophers dominated the first set with a 25-12 win, but Abington slowly built momentum over the second set. Goucher held off a late run to win 25-22 to take a 2-0 lead. The Nittany Lions gained energy throughout the third set to keep their hopes alive and came away with a 25-21 win. The women followed up their first win of the set with a huge 25-12 performance in the fourth set to tie the match at 2-2. Both teams battled in the final set but the Gophers came away with a 15-10 decision to win the match.

Freshman Isabel Hoch (Philadelphia, Pa.) set a career record of 37 digs in the second game while she earned 55 digs for the entire day. Cori Watson (Harleysville, Pa.) earned 31 assists through both games.

The Nittany Lions have earned their first NEAC playoff trip since the 2012 season when they travel to SUNY Poly to face off against Gallaudet on Friday at 2:30 p.m.