Allegheny Defeats Behrend Women's Volleyball in Straight Sets

MEADVILLE Pa. – The Allegheny women's volleyball team had double-digit kills in each set to defeat Penn State Behrend 3-0 in non-conference action on Wednesday night.

Final Score: Allegheny 3, Behrend 0 (25-15, 25-17, 25-12)
Records: Penn State Behrend (6-2), Allegheny (6-4)

Key Moments:

* The Gators had two players with 14 kills, including Dagney Javes who had 14 kills on 20 attempts to hit .700
* Allegheny held the Lions to single-digit kills in the first and third set, while posting a .430 attack percentage as a team to collect its sixth win of the season
* Hannah Phillips (Pittsburgh, PA/North Allegheny) led with eight kills, while Meg Goodsel (Corry, PA/Corry) dished out 23 assists
* Sara Nobach (Athens, MI/Athens) had six digs out of the teams 26 on the night
* The Gators held a 46-27 advantage in kills and 14-1 edge in service aces, while recording 12 block assists to the Lions four
* Breana Reynolds (Cranberry Township, PA/Seneca Valley) tallied six kills, two block assists and one dig
*  Allegheny hit .419 in the first set and posted 17 kills for an early lead
* The Gators kept the pressure on and hit better in the third set, posting a .583 attack percentage with 16 kills and six aces to sweep Behrend

Next Up:

* The Lions return to action on Friday at the Buffalo State Tournament. Behrend faces Buffalo State at 5 p.m.