Box Score

Penn St.-Abington PSA 0-1,0-0 United East

Cairn Cairn 1-0,0-0 United East

Penn St.-Abington PSA

0-1,0-0 United East

Final

Aug. 30, 2024

Cairn Cairn

1-0,0-0 United East

Set Scores
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Penn St.-Abington PSA	28	13	22	17	(1)
Cairn Cairn	26	25	25	25	(3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | 8/30/2024 12:00:00 AM

Abington Falls to Cairn in Season Opener

Next Match:

vs. University of Valley Forge

8/31/2024 | 1:00 p.m.

Next Match

Full Schedule

Aug. 31 (Sat) / 1:00 p.m.

vs. University of Valley Forge

History

Recap
Roster

Langhorne, Pa. – The Penn State Abington women's volleyball team dropped its season opener on the road against Cairn University by the score of 3-1 on Friday night at the Mason Activity Center. Sophomore Zayna Jamaladdin recorded a team-high 16 kills in her Abington debut, while freshman Ellie Van Otten finished with 12 kills in her first collegiate match.

Score: Cairn 3, Penn State Abington 1 (28-26, 13-25, 22-25, 17-25)
Records: Penn State Abington (0-1, 0-0 UEC) | Cairn (1-0, 0-0 UEC)
Location: Langhorne, Pa. (Mason Activity Center)

How It Happened

* Abington came through with a 28-26 victory in a back-and-forth opening set. The Highlanders held the set's largest lead at 16-13 before the Nittany Lions tied the score with three straight points. Down the stretch, Abington led 24-22 after a kill by sophomore Kayla Mason. However, Cairn responded with back-to-back points on the Nittany Lions' set-point opportunities. Both teams went on to exchange points on the set's next four points resulting in a 26-26 deadlock. Abington took advantage of two Cairn attack errors to clinch the set, 28-26.

* Cairn tied the match with a 25-13 victory in set two. The Highlanders grabbed a double-digit lead during a 4-0 run while already leading 17-9. A kill by Bridget Dahn gave the home squad its largest lead of the set at 21-19. In the third set Cairn used a 5-0 run after trailing 22-20 to close out the set at 25-22 and take a 2-1 lead in the match.

* The Highlanders finished the match with a 25-17 victory in the fourth set. Cairn led the entire set and never allowed Abington to get within three points of the lead. The Nittany Lions trailed 7-5 early in the set.

Inside the Box Score

* Jamaladdin had an impressive debut with the Nittany Lions. The transfer from Albright College registered a career-high 16 kills while posting an attack percentage of .239. She also had six digs and two service aces.

* Van Otten also recorded double-digit kills as she posted 12 in her first collegiate match.

* Freshman McKinley Grimm led the team with a match-high 23 digs in her collegiate debut. Grimm also served as the team's setter and totaled 34 assists.

* Freshman Fabiola Medina also registered double-digit digs as she totaled 17 digs in her debut.

* For Cairn, Caroline Conrad finished with a match-high 17 kills to go along with 15 digs. Olivia Zepp paced the offense with a match-high 48 and had 14 digs on defense.

All-Time Series
Tonight marked the ninth meeting between Abington and Cairn since the start of the 2014 season. The Nittany Lions are now 5-4 versus the Highlanders in the all-time series.

Next Up
Abington returns to action on Saturday, August 31 as the Nittany Lions compete in a tri-match hosted by Immaculata University. Abington will face the University of Valley Forge at 1 p.m. and then take on the Mighty Macs at 3 p.m.

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