Box Score

Gallaudet Gal 18-3,2-0 United East

Penn St.-Abington PSA 7-9,1-1 United East

Gallaudet Gal

18-3,2-0 United East

Final

Oct. 06, 2023

Penn St.-Abington PSA

7-9,1-1 United East

Set Scores
Team	1	2	3	F
Gallaudet Gal	25	25	25	(3)
Penn St.-Abington PSA	17	21	15	(0)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | 10/6/2023 12:00:00 AM

Abington Opens United East Play with Setback Versus Bison

Next Match:

Lancaster Bible College

10/10/2023 | 7:00 p.m.

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Oct. 10 (Tue) / 7:00 p.m.

Lancaster Bible College

History

Recap
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Abington, Pa. – The Penn State Abington women's volleyball team opened United East play hosting Gallaudet University on Friday night at the Abington Athletic Building. The Bison came away with a 3-0 victory over the Nittany Lions.

Score: Gallaudet 3, Penn State Abington 0 (17-25, 21-25, 15-25)
Records: Penn State Abington (8-10, 0-1 UEC) | Gallaudet (18-3, 2-0 UEC)
Location: Abington, Pa. (Athletic Building)

How It Happened

* Gallaudet pulled ahead of the Nittany Lions in the opening set after breaking a 6-6 tie with a 7-1 run that gave the Bison a 13-7 advantage. Abington came within three points of the lead at 16-13 after back-to-back kills from freshman Jayla Hickey followed by an ace by sophomore Laine Kulpinski. That would be as close as the Nittany Lions would get as the Bison followed with another 7-1 run to increase its lead to 23-14 before taking the set, 25-17.

* The second set featured multiple runs by both teams as Abington led majority the set after opening on a 4-0 run. Late in the set the Nittany Lions used a 5-1 run capped off by two straight kills by sophomore Brianna Brozo that gave the home squad a 20-16 lead. However, Galladuet responded and went on to score nine of the next 10 points in the set, including the final seven to take the score 25-21.

* Abington trailed 9-6 midway through the third set and made things interesting with a 7-0 run to grab its first lead of the set at 13-9. The Nittany Lions took advantage of four errors by the Bison during the surge and featured back-to-back kills by sophomore Alyssa Flickinger. Gallaudet responded in a big way scoring 11 unanswered points to regain the lead at 20-13. After Abington scored two points, the Bison closed the set with a 5-0 run to seal the win at 25-15.

Inside the Numbers

* Brozo led the Nittany Lions with nine kills to go along with 10 digs.

* Sophomore Morgan Schaefer finished with a team-high 11 digs.

* Kulpinski totaled 20 assists and two aces while having six digs on defense.

* Freshman Kayla Mason totaled 10 digs, three kills and two block assists.

* Flickinger contributed five kills and had three total blocks (1BS/2BA).

* For Gallaudet, both Cassidy Perry and Citrine Lummer totaled double-digit kills. Perry finished with 11, while Lummber led the team with 12. Ella Gamble had a match-high 33 assists, while Natalie Clayberg totaled seven of the team's 17 aces.

All-Time Series
Tonight marked the 14^th meeting between Abington and Gallaudet since the start of the 2011 season. The Bison own a 13-1 record in the all-time series.

Next Up
Abington returns to action on Tuesday, Oct. 10 as the Nittany Lions host Lancaster Bible College in a United East contest. Match time is set for 7 p.m.

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