Abington Defeats Falcons in United East Match

Box Score

Penn St.-Abington PSA 9-5,2-1 United East

Cedar Crest Cedar 3-11,0-3 United East

Penn St.-Abington PSA

9-5,2-1 United East

Final

Oct. 03, 2026

Cedar Crest Cedar

3-11,0-3 United East

Set Scores
Team	1	2	3	4	F
Penn St.-Abington PSA	25	24	25	25	(3)
Cedar Crest Cedar	9	26	17	17	(1)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | 10/3/2026 12:00:00 AM

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Allentown, Pa. – Senior Zayna Jamaladdin and junior Ellie Van Otten each totaled 13 kills as the Penn State Abington women's volleyball team defeated Cedar Crest College, 3-1, in a United East Conference (UEC) contest on Saturday afternoon at Lees Gymnasium.

Score: Penn State Abington 3, Cedar Crest 1 (25-9, 24-26, 25-17, 25-17)
Records: Penn State Abington (9-5, 2-1 UEC) | Cedar Crest (3-11, 0-3 UEC)
Location: Allentown, Pa. (Lees Gymnasium)

How It Happened

* Abington opened the match with a 5-1 run and never looked back in the first set. The Nittany Lions led 14-3 midway through after a 5-0 run. The Nittany Lions took advantage of two Cedar Crest attack errors and had two kills by Van Otten. Abington led by as many as 14 points at 22-8 before finishing the set with three straight points for the 25-9 victory. Jamaladdin capped the set with an ace.

* In the second set, Abington trailed 22-17 late but went on a 6-0 run to take a 23-22 advantage. Junior Fabiola Medina recorded three straight aces at the tail end of the run. Both teams exchanged points with Abington holding set-point after a kill from Van Otten that made the score 24-23. However, the Falcons went on a mini 3-0 run to take the set, 26-24.

* Abington bounced back in the third set with a 25-17 victory. The Nittany Lions never trailed in the set and after a late 6-0 run led the set by double-digits at 21-11. Jamaladdin recorded a kill to make it set-point at 24-13, but Cedar Crest delayed the inevitable with a mini 4-0 run to make the score 24-17. Sophomore Danielle Langham halted the Cedar Crest rally with a kill to close out the third set.

* In the fourth set, Abington broke a 17-17 tie by scoring the final eight points in the set. Jamaladdin got things started with a kill and then Cedar Crest gifted the Nittany Lions with six of the next seven points coming off attack errors. Abington took the set, 25-17, to win the match in four sets.

Inside the Box Score

* Jamaladdin and Van Otten combined for 26 of the team's 38 kills. Jamaladdin also totaled five aces and four block assists. With her five aces, Jamaladdin surpassed 100 aces in her Abington career as she now has 102. Van Otten also had four block assists.

* Medina led the match with 23 digs to go along with six aces.

* Sophomore Mari Banjoff recorded a season-high 27 assists; two shy of her career-high. Banjoff also had seven digs.

* For Cedar Crest, Gloria Slavik finished with 11 kills and seven digs, while Kylie Heffner added seven kills and a team-high 20 digs.

All-Time Series
Today marked the sixth meeting between Abington and Cedar Crest since the start of the 2011 season. The Nittany Lions are now 3-3 versus the Falcons in the all-time series.

Next Up
Abington returns to action on Tuesday, Oct. 6 as the Nittany Lions host Notre Dame of Maryland University in a United East contest. Match time is set for 7 p.m. Due to the Abington Athletic Building being renovated, all designated HOME matches will be played at Asplundh Field House on the campus of Bryn Athyn College (2775 Buck Road | Bryn Athyn, PA 19009).

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