Walissa Jaque
Craig Chase (craigchasephotography.com)
1
Hood HOOD 2-9
3
Winner Penn St. Harrisburg PSHW 8-5
Hood HOOD
2-9
1
Final
3
Penn St. Harrisburg PSHW
8-5
Winner
Set Scores
Team 1 2 3 4 F
Hood HOOD 22 14 25 19 (1)
Penn St. Harrisburg PSHW 25 25 17 25 (3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | | Geoff Goyne, assistant director of athletics

Women's volleyball stopped at Penn St. Harrisburg

MIDDLETOWN, Pa. - The Hood College women's volleyball team stole the third set before falling 3-1 at Penn State Harrisburg in non-conference action. 

Set Scores
  • The Nittany Lions won 25-22, 25-14, 17-25, 25-19. 
Inside the Box Score PSH 25, Hood 22
  • The Blazers jumped out to an 8-2 lead, benefiting from five early attack errors by Penn St. Harrisburg. 
  • After a MacKenzi Wright service ace made it 10-5, a kill by Tori Henderson ignited a 13-2 run for the Nittany Lions. Just as Hood's early run was fueled by a Penn St. Harrisburg attack errors, the Nittany Lions' run took advantage of eight errors by the Blazers. 
  • Hood battled back and pulled within 20-19 on a kill by Carrington Ray before tying the score at 21-21.
  • The Nittany Lions used a 4-1 spurt to close out the set. 
PSH 25, Hood 14
  • Back-to-back kills by Ambruster pulled Hood within 11-9 but from there the Blazers went cold. 
  • Ainslee Barger had Hood's only kill over the rest of the set as Penn St. Harrisburg went on a 14-5 run, scoring seven straight points at one juncture. 
Hood 25, PSH 17
  • The Blazers regrouped behind the service of Ambruster, who recorded three aces during a 10-3 run to open the set. 
  • Hood took its largest lead at 19-10 before PSH pulled within 20-16. Walissa Jaque stopped the Nittany Lions' momentum with a kill to start a set-closing 5-1 surge. 
  • After committing double-digit attack errors in each of the first two sets, the Blazers hit their stride in the third set, tallying just five to make it a 2-1 match. 
PSH 25, Hood 19
  • The Blazers started slowly in the fourth set, falling behind 14-6. An attack error by Penn St. Harrisburg opened the door for a 7-0 run for Hood that included two kills by Ambruster and a Katie Amaguana service ace. 
  • Tiniro Tubo halted the run with a kill for the Nittany Lions as they built the lead back to 18-13. 
  • Hood pulled within 19-17 but did not get closer as PSH closed out the set and the match. 
Analysis
  • Hood's first two sets skewed its hitting numbers as the Blazers finished with 32 kills and 33 errors. 
  • Penn State Harrisburg finished with 43 kills and 26 errors. 
  • Hood's service game did its best to keep the Blazers in the match, holding an 11-5 edge in aces. 
For the Opponent
  • Anna Ruff had nine kills against a single error, hitting .471 for the Nittany Lions. 
  • Alyssa Snyder finished with 34 assists and Megan Morris had 20 digs. 
Up Next
Hood will look to get back in the win column on Friday, October 1 when Hollins visits BB&T Arena. 
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