MIDDLETOWN, Pa. - Despite a match-high 17 kills by Elena Zinaich, the Hood College volleyball team dropped a 3-1 final at Penn St.-Harrisburg. 

Set Scores

PSUH won 26-28, 25-21, 25-32, 25-23

Inside the Box Score

• Zinaich had 17 kills on 23 total attacks, hitting .423 on the evening. She added two aces. 
• Courtney Hutchinson had nine kills and one error, hitting .471 in the match. 
• Payton Belella had a double-double with 37 assists and 10 digs. She became just the third player in school history with 1,500 career assists and moved into second place in the Blazers' record book. 
• Kari Betson led the team with four aces. 

Match Recap

• Zinaich had three kills during an 8-2 run in the first set that put the Blazers on top 15-8. The Nittany Lions regrouped and took a 24-23 lead. With the score tied at 26-26, a kill by Betson and an attack error by Penn St.-Harrisburg sealed the win for Hood. 
• After the Nittany Lions won the next two sets by matching scores of 25-21, Hood made a push to force a fifth set. An attack error by Penn St.-Harrisburg put the Blazers ahead 18-17, but Brittany Wolf and Rachale Hair combined for three kills and two aces in a 5-1 spurt that put Hood behind 22-19. An ace by Betson tied the score at 23-23, but the Nittany Lions were able to close out the set. 

Notes

• Wolf had 14 kills for PSUH, Casey Stump had 40 assists, Kari Ammerman tallied 10 digs and Malika Sharifi finished with five blocks. 
• Hood fell to 6-10, while the Nittany Lions are 5-7.

Up Next 

The Blazers travel to Wilson on Thursday, September 29.