Box Score

Penn St.-Berks PSB 5-14,2-2 United East

Penn St.-Abington PSA 10-12,3-3 United East

Penn St.-Berks PSB

5-14,2-2 United East

Final

Oct. 25, 2023

Penn St.-Abington PSA

10-12,3-3 United East

Set Scores
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Penn St.-Berks PSB	25	27	24	22	(1)
Penn St.-Abington PSA	11	29	26	25	(3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | 10/25/2023 12:00:00 AM

Abington Clinches Postseason Berth on Senior Night

Next Match:

at Penn State Harrisburg

10/28/2023 | 12:00 p.m.

Next Match

Full Schedule

Oct. 28 (Sat) / 12:00 p.m.

at Penn State Harrisburg

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Abington, Pa. – The Penn State Abington women's volleyball team will be returning to the postseason for the first time since 2019 after defeating Penn State Berks, 3-1, in United East Conference (UEC) action on Wednesday at the Abington Athletic Building. Prior to the match, the Nittany Lions honored senior Taylor LaPage who was competing in her final home match in part of Senior Night Festivities.

Score: Penn State Abington 3, Penn State Berks (11-25, 29-27, 26-24, 25-22)
Records: Penn State Abington (10-13, 2-3 UEC) | Penn State Berks (5-14, 2-2 UEC)
Location: Abington, Pa. (Athletic Building)

How It Happened

* After dropping the first set by the score of 25-11, Abington bounced back and took a thrilling second set, 29-27, to tie the match. It was a back-and-forth set that saw each team take the lead multiple times. Abington faced set-point after Berks scored three straight points to break a 21-21 tie. However, three straight miscues by Berks capped off with a service ace from sophomore Brianna Brozo gave Abington a 25-24 lead. Both teams would exchange points and Berks once again held set-point, this time at 27-26. Freshman Jayla Hickey answered the call and supplied Abington with three straight kills for the 29-27 set victory.

* The third set featured most of the same as both teams battled back and forth with Abington coming up with another clutch run. Trailing 24-21, Abington scored five straight points fueled by three errors by Berks. Hickey registered a kill in the final run, while sophomore Laine Kulpinski recorded an ace to break a 24-24 tie.

* Abington used a 6-0 run to overtake Berks for the final time in the fourth set. Trailing 18-17, Abington's six unanswered points gave the home team a 23-18 advantage. Freshman Ela Candir capped the run with back-to-back aces. Berks put up a fight by scoring four straight points, including three players recording kills to make the score 23-22. Abington would benefit from back-to-back errors by Berks to win the set, 25-22 and take the match.

Inside the Numbers

* Brozo led Abington with 11 kills to go along with 10 digs.

* Hickey, the United East Volt Division Offensive Player of the Week, totaled nine kills and five digs.

* Sophomore Alyssa Flickinger also totaled nine kills.

* LaPage added five kills with a .364 attack percentage.

* Kulpinski finished the night with 33 assists and is inching closer to 1,000 for her career. She currently sits at 951 career assists.

* Sophomore Sara Schrader set a career-high with 21 digs to lead the match.

* For Berks, Jordan Thompson finished with a team-high 12 kills, while Libby Swoyer totaled 35 assists and seven digs. Aubrey Hunt led the team with 16 digs.

All-Time Series
Tonight marked the 13^th meeting between Abington and Berks dating back to the 2011 season. Abington is now 3-10 versus Berks in the all-time series.

Next Up
Abington will wrap up the regular season on Saturday, Oct. 28 as the Nittany Lions head to Penn State Harrisburg for a tri-match. Abington will face Harrisburg in its United East match at 12 p.m. and then face Alvernia University in a non-conference match at 2 p.m.

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