FREDERICK, Md.--The Hood College volleyball team (0-7) dropped a 3-0 decision (15-25, 20-25, 17-25) to the visiting Penn State University Harrisburg Nittany Lions Tuesday in nonconference action at Gambrill Gymnasium.

In the first set, the Nittany Lions snapped a 7-7 tie with a 9-1 run capped by a Melissa Reese kill to assume a 16-8 lead. The Blazers closed to within seven, 19-12, on a pair of blocks by Ashley Burns and Kristan Hawkins, but Hood got no closer as Penn State went on to take the first stanza, 25-15.

The Nittany Lions scored the first four points of the second set on Blazer miscues and extended their advantage to 9-2 before the Blazers called timeout. Later in the set, trailing 23-14, Katie Worthington served six straight points, including three consecutive aces, to pull Hood to within 23-20. Penn State earned its first set point on a serving error and Reese closed out the stanza once again with one of her match-high eight kills.

Hood went up 4-3 in the third set on a service ace by Hawkins. But after a Hawkins hitting error, the Nittany Lions took the lead for good on a Lindsay Shook service ace and Penn State captured the match with a 25-17 triumph.

Burns paced the Blazer offense with eight kills while Jamie Gardner had five and Chelsea Weaver and Hawkins chipped in four apiece. Kristina Straub set up 15 Blazer kills and put down three of her own.

Reese hit an impressive .538 for the Nittany Lions while Amanda Wade finished with a double-double of 21 assists and 12 digs.

Hood returns to action Friday hosting the St. Mary's College (Md.) Seahawks in a Capital Athletic Conference match at 7 p.m. at Gambrill Gymnasium.