Volleyball Captures 20th Win
The Penn State Behrend women's volleyball team swept both matches against visiting Pitt-Greensburg and Buffalo State on Saturday to improve to 20-7 (6-0 AMCC) on the season. The Behrend Lions stayed undefeated in the conference with the win against Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference opponent Pitt-Greensburg by scores of 30-13, 30-18, 30-18. Junior middle hitter Elaine Voltz (Saxonburg/Knoch) led the blue and white with ten kills and six blocks. Junior outside hitter Lisa Wagner (Laurel/New Castle) also had ten kills, while chipping in eight digs. Freshman defensive specialist Brittany Hennessy (Hopewell/Hopewell) tallied a team-high 19 digs.
Behrend earned their
20th win by defeating Buffalo State by scores of 30-18,
30-15,
30-13. Wagner had a team-leading 11 kills, while senior setter Amanda Evans
(Upper St. Clair/Upper St. Clair) posted 30 assists. Against Buffalo State,
the Behrend Lions totaled 19 aces as junior outside hitter Karla Murray
(North East/North East) had seven aces and freshman outside hitter Carli
Nemcsik (Murrysville/Franklin Regional) had six aces.
The match between Pitt-Greensburg and Buffalo State was also a sweep, as Pitt-Greensburg was victorious by scores of 30-25, 34-32, 30-23. After splitting their two matches Pitt-Greensburg is now 6-19 on the season and 3-2 in the AMCC while Buffalo State dropped both matches to fall to 2-27 on the season.