Box Score

Penn St.-Berks PSB 6-13,3-5 United East

Penn St.-Abington PSA 18-4,4-2 United East

Penn St.-Berks PSB

6-13,3-5 United East

Final

Oct. 23, 2024

Penn St.-Abington PSA

18-4,4-2 United East

Set Scores
Team	1	2	3	4	5	F
Penn St.-Berks PSB	21	25	27	20	14	(2)
Penn St.-Abington PSA	25	13	25	25	16	(3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | 10/23/2024 12:00:00 AM

Abington Defeats Berks in Five-Set Thriller

Next Match:

at Penn State Harrisburg

10/26/2024 | 4:00 p.m.

Next Match

Full Schedule

Oct. 26 (Sat) / 4:00 p.m.

at Penn State Harrisburg

History

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Abington, Pa. – The Penn State Abington women's volleyball team won its third come-from-behind five-set match of the season as the Nittany Lions rallied to defeat Penn State Berks, 3-2, in United East Conference (UEC) action on Wednesday night at the Abington Athletic Building.

Score: Penn State Abington 3, Penn State Berks 2 (25-21, 13-25, 25-27, 25-20, 16-14)
Records: Penn State Abington (18-4, 5-2 UEC) | Penn State Berks (6-13, 3-5 UEC)
Location: Abington, Pa. (Athletic Building)

How It Happened

* Abington forced a fifth and decisive set after defeating Berks, 25-20, in the fourth set to tie the match at 2-2. The Nittany Lions led early in the set but found themselves trailing 13-11 midway through. Berks increased its lead to five after four straight points made the score 18-13. Abington responded by scoring five of the next six points in the set to cut the deficit to 19-18. After an attack error by the Nittany Lions made the score 20-18, Abington bounced back quickly and ripped off the final seven points of the set to win, 25-20. Sophomore Kayla Mason capped the run with a kill after five straight attack errors by Berks.

* In the fifth set, Abington trailed 13-10 but another late surge propelled the home Nittany Lions to victory. Abington took advantage of four errors by Berks in the team's final 6-1 run and sealed the win with back-to-back kills by Mason and freshman Ellie Van Otten.

* Abington won the opening set, 25-21, before Berks came away with victories in the second and third sets to lead the match, 2-1.

Inside the Box Score

* The Berks' offense produced a match-high 58 kills to just 44 by Abington, however Berks also provided the Nittany Lions with 40 points off attack errors.

* Van Otten finished the match with 13 kills marking her third straight match with double-digit kills.

* Sophomore Zayna Jamaladdin also totaled 13 kills in the win to go along with four digs and two aces.

* Mason finished the night with eight kills and four digs.

* Freshman McKinley Grimm led the match with 36 assists to go along with 13 digs.

* Junior Morgan Schaefer and freshman Olivia Juan each totaled 11 digs, while freshman Fabiola Medina totaled 12 digs.

* For Berks, five players recorded double-digit kills, including Diana Stolzfus and Jordan Thompson who each totaled a team-high 12 kills. Stolzfus also had a match-high 27 digs.

100 Career Blocks and Counting…
Sophomore Brynn Atkins totaled three blocks in the match with two solo blocks and a block assist to reach 100 total blocks for her career. She is just the second player in program history to register 100-plus career blocks and now only trails former standout Andia Anderson for the program lead. Anderson totaled 116 blocks in her four-year career (2015-2018).

All-Time Series
Tonight marked the 14^th meeting between Abington and Berks since the start of the 2011 season. Abington is now 4-10 against Berks in the all-time series.

Next Up
Abington returns to action on Saturday, Oct. 26 as the Nittany Lions travel to face Penn State Harrisburg in a United East contest. Match time is set for 4 p.m.

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