Behrend Women's Volleyball Sweeps Pitt-Bradford

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend women's volleyball team swept Pitt-Bradford 3-0 in the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) opener for both teams on Tuesday night.

Final Score: Penn State Behrend 3, Pitt-Bradford 0 (25-16, 25-20, 25-23)
Records: Penn State Behrend (6-14, 1-0 AMCC), Pitt-Bradford (3-14, 0-1 AMCC)

Key Moments:

* The win marks the seventh straight against the Panthers
* The Lions never trailed in the first set, winning by nine points
* Behrend used seven aces in the first set, including four from Brynne Smith (Butler, PA/Knoch) for an early lead after a set-one victory, 25-16
* The Lions had 17 kills in the second set and hit .209 for a 2-0 advantage in the match
* Smith tallied 13 assists, three kills and three digs in the second set, while Cadence Jones (North East, PA/North East) had a team-best six kills
* Pitt-Bradford came out in the third set with a 6-1 lead and extended it to 16-8
* Down two at 21-19, Behrend won the final six out of eight points to complete the sweep
* Jones and Sydney Petko (North Huntingdon, PA/Norwin) each had four kills in the final set, while Smith tallied 13 assists
* Alani Salas-Garcia (Jacksonville, FL/Mandarin) had a team-best seven digs in the third set
* B. Smith finished with 32 assists and 14 digs for the double-double, and Jones knocked down 12 kills to go with eight digs
* Petko had double-digit kills with 10 and Sara Nobach (Athens, MI/Athens) tallied 11 digs and three assists

Up Next:

* Behrend returns to action on Saturday against Mt. Aloysius. The match begins at 1 p.m.