Morgantown, W.Va. - The University of Pennsylvania volleyball team (3-8) dropped the finale of the Mountaineer Classic on Friday. The Quakers fell, 3-0, to host school, West Virginia. Penn is now finished with its nonconference schedule and will play its first Ivy match on Friday at The Palestra against Princeton. 

Match Notes

* Raven Sulaimon led the team in kills with 10. It's the seventh time this season that she's put up double-digit kills. 

* For the first time in nine matches, Daniela Fornaciari had less than three blocks. 

* The all-time series against West Virginia is now tied 2-2. Penn had won the previous meeting in 2010.

How it Happened

A slow start put the Quakers in an early hole in the first set. Penn went down 8-2 and was not able to recover from the deficit. The Red and Blue bounced back from the 25-14 first set loss and jumped out to a 5-2 lead in the second. Raven Sulaimon hit two of her ten kills in the match during the early run. However, with a 6-1 run from the Mountaineers, Penn lost the lead. The Red and Blue were unable to get the lead back as West Virginia went up 2-0. 

Penn once again went down early as they trailed 6-2. However, not going down without a fight, the Quakers used kills from Sulaimon and Daniela Fornaciari to tie the set up at 7-7. Up 21-20 late, the Quakers lost the final five points to go down to West Virginia, 3-0. 

What's Next

The Quakers are finished with its nonconference schedule and will not begin the Ivy slate. It all starts on Friday at The Palestra against Princeton at 7 p.m.