Box Score

Centenary (NJ) CentNJ 8-5,1-1 Atlantic East

Penn St.-Abington PSA 8-12,1-3 United East

Centenary (NJ) CentNJ

8-5,1-1 Atlantic East

Final

Oct. 18, 2023

Penn St.-Abington PSA

8-12,1-3 United East

Set Scores
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Centenary (NJ) CentNJ	27	19	14	19	(1)
Penn St.-Abington PSA	25	25	25	25	(3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | 10/18/2023 12:00:00 AM

Abington Defeats Centenary in Non-Conference Match

Next Match:

at Penn College

10/21/2023 | 1:00 p.m.

Next Match

Full Schedule

Oct. 21 (Sat) / 1:00 p.m.

at Penn College

History

Recap
Roster

Abington, Pa. – The Penn State Abington women's volleyball team had three players record double-digit kills as the Nittany Lions defeated Centenary University, 3-1, in a non-conference match on Wednesday night at the Abington Athletic Building. Freshman Jayla Hickey (17) and sophomores Brianna Brozo (15) and Alyssa Flickinger (14) all set career-highs in kills.

Score: Penn State Abington 3, Centenary 1 (25-27, 25-19, 25-14, 25-19)
Records: Penn State Abington (9-13) | Centenary (8-6)
Location: Abington, Pa. (Athletic Building)

How It Happened

* After dropping a close opening set, 27-25, the Nittany Lions bounced back with a 25-19 victory in the second set to tie the match at 1-1. Abington used a 9-1 run after trailing 12-11 to take control of the match with a 20-13 advantage. Hickey and Flickinger combined for five kills during the run. The Cyclones cut into the lead to come within four at 22-18 but Abington followed by scoring three of the next four points to take the set.

* Abington took a 2-1 lead in the match after jumping out in the third set with a 9-2 lead. The Nittany Lions never trailed in the set and increased their lead to as many as 13 points at 18-5 before taking the set, 25-14.

* The fourth set went back and forth early but the Nittany Lions pulled ahead with a 5-1 run after only leading 13-12 at the time. The mini surge gave Abington an 18-13 lead. Centenary made it a three point score at 22-18 but that would be as close as they would get before Abington scored three of the final four points of the set.

Inside the Numbers

* Hickey led the match with a career-high 17 kills as she committed just three errors on 31 attempts for a .452 attack percentage.

* Brozo also set a career-high with 15 kills to go along with a career-high 12 digs.

* Flickinger totaled a career-high 14 kills while hitting at a .323 clip after committing only four errors on 31 attempts.

* Sophomore Laine Kulpinski also had a career night as she recorded 40-plus assists for the first time as she finished with a match-high 43. She also had four aces and nine digs. With her four aces, Kulpinski surpassed 100 for her career and now has 102.

* Sophomore Morgan Schaefer led the match with 16 digs.

* For Centenary, Poppy Skjonnemand led the Cyclones with 14 kills, while Alyssa Bizzarro finished with 11 kills and eight digs.

All-Time Series
Today marked the eighth meeting between Abington and Centenary since the start of the 2014 season. The Nittany Lions improve to 8-0 versus the Cyclones in the all-time series.

Next Up
Abington returns to action on Saturday, Oct. 21 as the Nittany Lions travel to face Penn College in a United East contest. Match time is set for 1 p.m.

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