Carl Kosola

Penn State Abington PSA 9-6, 1-2

Penn State Berks PSB 10-8, 2-1

Penn State Abington PSA

9-6, 1-2

Final

Oct. 15, 2022

Penn State Berks PSB

10-8, 2-1

Set Scores
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Penn State Abington PSA	23	19	28	11	(1)
Penn State Berks PSB	25	25	26	25	(3)

Penn College PCTW 2-13, 0-3

Penn State Abington PSA 10-6, 2-2

Penn College PCTW

2-13, 0-3

Final

Oct. 15, 2022

Penn State Abington PSA

10-6, 2-2

Set Scores
Team	1	2	3	F
Penn College PCTW	19	13	19	(0)
Penn State Abington PSA	25	25	25	(3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | 10/15/2022 12:00:00 AM

Abington Splits United East Tri-Match

Next Match:

vs. Penn State Harrisburg

10/22/2022 | 1:00 p.m.

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Oct. 22 (Sat) / 1:00 p.m.

vs. Penn State Harrisburg

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Reading, Pa. – The Penn State Abington women's volleyball team split a United East Conference (UEC) tri-match hosted by Penn State Berks on Saturday at the Beaver Athletics and Wellness Center. The Nittany Lions fell to host Berks, 3-1, but bounced back and defeated Penn College by the score of 3-0.

Score: Penn State Berks 3, Penn State Abington 1 (23-25, 19-25, 28-26, 11-25)
Score: Penn State Abington 3, Penn College 0 (25-19, 25-13, 25-19)
Records: Penn State Abington (10-6, 2-2 UEC) | Penn State Berks (10-8, 2-1 UEC) | Penn College (2-13, 0-3 UEC)
Location: Reading, Pa. (Beaver Center)

How It Happened vs. Penn State Berks

* Against Berks, Abington fell behind 2-0 in the match after Berks took the first two sets by the score of 25-23 and 25-19. Abington bounced back in a back-and-forth third set to extend the match. Berks rallied midway through the set with a 5-0 run to grab an 18-17 lead. Both teams would exchange leads over the next few points before Abington led 21-20 after a Berks errors. The home squad followed with three straight points to lead, 23-21, with three straight kills. Abington followed with back-to-back from freshman Brooke Beach and junior Emma de Mey to tie the set at 23-23. Both teams exchange points with Berks leading 26-25. However, Abington recorded three straight kills to close out the set. de Mey tied the set at 26-26 will a kill and then freshman Alyssa Flickinger came up with two straight kills to close the set at 28-26.

* In the fourth set Berks jumped out to a 10-2 run, including the first seven points of the set. Ahead 20-9, Berks closed the match with five of the final seven points to take the set 25-11.

Inside the Box Score vs. Berks

* Abington had three players finish in double-figures in kills. Beach tied her season-high with 11 kills to go along with nine digs. Flickinger also totaled 11 kills, while de Mey finished with 10 kills.

* Freshman Jackie Lewis recorded a season-high 30 digs to lead the match.

* Freshman Laine Kulpinski finished with 36 assists; one shy of her season-high set in each of her previous two matches.

* For Berks, Aubrey Hunt totaled a match-high 13 kills to go along with 15 digs. Julia Rathsam finished with a match-high 51 assists to go along with 11 digs.

How It Happened vs. Penn College

* An 11-0 run midway through the first set gave Abington the momentum to take the opening set by the score of 25-19. Trailing 13-8, the Nittany Lions ripped off 11 straight points started by back-to-back kills from Beach and junior Taylor LaPage. Beach (3) and LaPage (2) combined for five kills in the run, while Lewis totaled a pair of aces. Abington also benefited from four straight errors by the Wildcats.

* Momentum carried over into the second set as the Nittany Lions opened with a 4-0 run. Abington never trailed in the set despite Penn College coming within one point of the lead early on at 6-5. Later in the set the Nittany Lions used a 9-1 run to pull away from the Wildcats at 21-11. Abington closed out the set with four straight points with freshman Brianna Brozo clinching the set with a kill for a 25-13 win.

* Abington trailed briefly, 4-3, in the third set but a 7-1 run gave the Nittany Lions the lead for good. The Wildcats would eventually cut the deficit to one at 17-16 but the Nittany Lions followed five unanswered points to increase their lead to 22-16. Leading 23-19, Abington closed the match thanks to back-to-back miscues by the Wildcats.

Inside the Box Score vs. Penn College

* Beach set a new season-high with a match-high 13 kills as she finished the day with 24 kills between the two matches.

* de Mey finished with eight kills and four digs, while Flickinger added seven kills.

* Freshman Morgan Schaefer recorded a season-high 12 digs to lead the team.

* Kulpinski totaled 30 assists marking her fourth straight match with 30 or more assists. She also totaled 10 digs.

* For Penn College, Lauren Hergert led the team with seven kills, while Coryn Oswald added six kills and a match-high 13 digs.

All-Time Series
Today marked the 12^th meeting between Abington and Berks since the start of the 2011 season. Abington is now 2-10 in the series with Berks. The Nittany Lions and Penn College were meeting for the ninth time since 2014 as Abington is now 9-0 versus the Wildcats in the all-time series.

Next Up
Abington returns to action on Saturday, Oct. 22 as the Nittany Lions take part in another United East tri-match which will be hosted by Gallaudet University. Abington will face Penn State Harrisburg at 1 p.m. and then take on host Gallaudet at 3 p.m.

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