Spikers Post 1-1 Mark in Friday's Behrend Invitational
The Penn State Behrend women’s volleyball team opened their home tournament on Friday, September 9, splitting a pair of matches.
In the day's first match Behrend cruised in three games over D'Youville (NY), 30-22, 30-11, and 30-26. Junior Elaine Voltz (Saxonburg/Knoch) paced the attack with 13 kills and five blocks while senior setter Amanda Evans (Upper St. Clair/Upper St. Clair) tallied 28 assists and had seven digs. Aiding the cause was freshman defensive specialist Brittany Hennessy (Hopewell/Hopewell) with 20 digs.
In the second match, Behrend battled Washington and Jefferson tough forcing four tight games (33-31, 30-20, 35-33, 30-23).
"It was nice to play on our home court for the first time this season," said head coach Phil Pisano. "Our goals are to improve each time we step on the floor and we showed some improvement since our last tournament."
On Saturday at 11:30 a.m. the blue and white will play Principia (IL) and then compete against Bethany (WV) at 3:30 p.m. in the Junker Center. Then on Wednesday, September 14 at 7:00 p.m. the Thiel Tomcats will travel to Erie for another non-conference match.