Penn State Beaver deafeat PSU Greater Allegheny 3-0
Lady Lions beat GA in 3 sets
By: Haley Paul
Monaca, PA - The Penn State Beaver volleyball team took on the women of Penn State Greater Allegheny Saturday afternoon for very exciting match!
In the first set Beaver showed no mercy taking on the girls of GA by winning 25-11. They started the game enthusiastically keeping the energy going on to rally against GA. Set 2, Beaver was ruthless in letting GA gain on them and kept the score steady at 25-11. In the beginning of the set the girls rallied with points and within minutes they were up 6-0 to GA. Moving to set 3 in was neck and neck until GA scored 13 points against Beaver. Beaver answered back and played good offense and defense to take it all making the score 25-13 winning the match 3-0.
Leading the team in kills was freshman Vanessa Pollard (Clinton, MD/ Surrattville) with 6 overall. Following her with 5 was sophomore Jenna Petrucci (New Castle, PA/ Shenango). Freshman Brenda Martinez (El Centro, CA/ Southwest) lended them a helping hand with a total of 12 assists in the match. Sophmores Julianna Kon (Hopewell, PA/ Hopewell) and Ryanne "Roxy" Kie (Laguna, NM/ Laguna Acoma) shared the lead in digs with a total of 8.
The Lady Lions are now 5-0 in the PSUAC and 8-5 overall. The team will be back at it Tuesday, September 22, to challenge Carlow at 7 p.m.