Behrend Women's Volleyball Opens Season at Great Lakes Cross Over

SANDUSKY, Ohio – The Behrend women's volleyball team dropped a pair of 3-0 matches to Hiram and to St. Mary's College of Notre Dame to open the 2024 season at the Great Lakes Cross Over hosted by Heidelberg at Cedar Point on Friday night.

Match One:
Final Score: Hiram 3, Behrend 0 (28-26, 25-18, 25-22)
Records: Penn State Behrend (0-1), Hiram (1-0)

Key Moments:

* The Lions nearly won the first set, falling in extra points 28-26
* The Terriers held Behrend to single-digit kills in each set
* Sarah Nobach (Athens, MI/Athens) led the team with 17 digs
* Alani Salas-Garcia (Jacksonville, FL/Mandarin) also added double-digit digs with 10
* Freshman setter Brynne Smith (Butler, PA/Knoch) handed out 14 assists on 21 kills, while posting three digs and two kills
* Six different players had kills, led by Cadence Jones (North East, PA/North East) six kills
* Sophia Fuller (Lancaster, NY/Lancaster) added four blocks and four kills in her first collegiate match

Match Two:
Final Score: St. Mary's 3, Behrend 0 (25-22, 25-19, 25-17)
Records: Penn State Behrend (0-2), St. Mary's (2-0)

Key Moments:

* The Lions led 5-1 in the first set and tied St. Mary's eight time, including 22-all
* St. Mary's tallied a pair of kills and capitalized on an attack error to win the first set, 25-22
* By the second set, Smith had double-digit assists with 10 and finished with
* Jones led the attack once again with seven kills and Olivia Swinarski (Harborcreek, PA/Harbor Creek) added five kills
* Jones also added four blocks, four digs and one assist
* Nobach tallied a team-best seven digs and Smith posted six digs
* As a team, the Lions had 14 block assists

Up Next:

* Behrend returns to action on tomorrow against Anderson and Monmouth. Matches begin at 10 a.m.