Media Wrap

Centre Daily Times: “Pair of individual honors punctuate Penn State women’s volleyball’s WVU Tournament title,” August 27, 2017, from CDT staff reports

MORGANTOWN, W.Va.  Saturday proved to be a memorable one for the No. 6 Penn State women’s volleyball team.

Not only did it sweep both Delaware and West Virginia to claim the West Virginia Tournament title, but it also saw Haleigh Washington become the tournament MVP while senior Ali Frantti reached a milestone with her 1,000th career kill.

(Actually, the Nittany Lions also swept UT-Martin in the tournament, but who’s counting?)  For the complete article, Click Here.

Daily Collegian: “Penn State women’s volleyball’s Ali Frantti eclipses 1,000 kills in straight-set domination of West Virginia,” August 27, 2017, by Stephanie Panny

Penn State concluded the West Virginia Invitational the way it began it — strong, and with a dominating straight-set victory (25-16, 25-15, 25-5) over the host team.  In the first set, the Nittany Lions and the Mountaineers battled early for points. Penn State narrowly held a 12-11 point lead over West Virginia before breaking away on a 11-3 run and securing the first set two points later on a service error.

For the complete article, Click Here.

Match Stats and Recaps

(Courtesy of GoPSUsports.com)

PSU vs. WVU – August 26th

MORGANTOWN, W. Va. – Senior Ali Frantti (Spring Grove, Ill.) became just the 26th player in program history to reach 1,000 kills as the No. 6 Penn State women’s volleyball team defeated West Virginia in straight sets, 3-0 (25-16, 25-15, 25-5), to close out the West Virginia Tournament this evening from the WVU Coliseum.

Penn State (3-0) didn’t surrender a single set all weekend and got stronger as each match went on only allowing a total of 23 points in the third set in three total matches. PSU finished the evening hitting .493 with only six attack errors.

For the complete recap from GoPSUsports.com, Click Here.

PSU vs. Delaware – August 26th

MORGANTOWN, W. Va. – Five players recorded at least five kills as No. 6 Penn State defeated Delaware in straight sets, 3-0 (25-15, 25-16, 25-10), as part of the West Virginia Tournament this morning from the WVU Coliseum.  The Nittany Lions (2-0) hit a blistering .519 for the match while committing just 8 errors in the three sets. Senior classmates Haleigh Washington (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Heidi Thelen (Edgewood, Ky.) led the way at .833 and .700, respectively.

For the complete  recap from GoPSUsports.com, Click Here.

PSU vs. UT-Martin  – August 25th

 

MORGANTOWN, W. Va. – The sixth-ranked Penn State women’s volleyball team opened its season in the West Virginia Tournament on Friday evening defeating UT-Martin in straight sets, 3-0 (25-13, 25-13, 25-8), at the WVU Coliseum.
In the first-ever meeting between the two schools, Penn State (1-0) started slow in each of the first two sets before turning it on midway through and securing commanding 25-13 victories in each.

For the complete recap from GoPSUsports.com, Click Here.

Credits

• West Virginia Coliseum, by Swimmerguy269, This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.