PHILADELPHIA - The University of Pennsylvania volleyball team closed out the Valley Forge Sports Invitational on Saturday. The Quakers ended the tournament with back-to-back 3-1 losses to Saint Francis (PA) and Lehigh. 

Match One Notes - Box Score

* The Quakers won the first game for the fourth time this season. Penn is 2-2 after winning the first game. 

* Penn out-hit Saint Francis .367 to .077 in the first game. The Red and Blue finished with a .248 attack percentage to the Red Storm's .259.

* Parker Jones ended with a season-high 14 kills. 

* Freshman setter, Kylie Kulinski got her first start of her career. Kulinski finished with 44 assists which is a team high on the season. 

* Both Jones and Kulinski earned double-doubles. Jones added 11 digs to her 14 kills while Kulinski had 12 digs. 

Match Two Notes - Box Score

* Parker Jones had her second straight double-double. It marked Jones' 10th career double-double. 

* Raven Sulaimon led the team in kills with 15. It's the fourth time this season that the sophomore has finished with the most kills on team. 

* Penn's 3-1 loss to Lehigh was its fourth loss by the score of 3-1 this season and it's third straight.  

* The Quakers out-hit Lehigh .250 to .174 in the third set, but were out-hit in the other three games in which they lost. 

How it Happened

The Quakers began Saturday morning looking to bounce back after a close loss to Radford the night before. Penn got off to a hot start against Saint Francis by taking the opening game. Kills by Madison Goldstein and Parker Jones led a 4-0 run to give the Red and Blue a commanding 17-12 lead. Jones then helped close the first game 25-18 to give her team a 1-0 lead.

Like the night before however, Penn fell in the ensuing three games on its way to a 3-1 loss. The Quakers came back from a late five-point deficit at 16-11 to tie the fourth game at 20, but lost four of the next six points to fall 25-22. 

Penn's last match of the weekend came against Lehigh. The Quakers lost the opening two games 25-21 and 25-14 to go down 2-0. Hoping to finish the weekend on a high note, they did not go down without a fight. Sulaimon hit two of her 15 kills in the match early in the third game as the Quakers jumped out to a quick 7-2 lead. The Red and Blue never relinquished that lead, and while the Mountain Hawks pulled within three late, Madison Goldstein put away a kill to give her team a 25-22 third game win. 

Down 2-1, The Quakers once again found themselves up in the fourth, 11-9, but Lehigh used an 9-0 run to go up 18-11. Penn pulled within four at 23-19, but lost the next two points to go down 3-1 for the fourth straight match. 

Raven Sulaimon ended on the all-tournament team for the Quakers as she finished the weekend with 34 kills and a .314 attack percentage. She also ended with four digs and three blocks. 

What's Next

The Quakers will be back in action on Tuesday in The Palestra as they host Delaware State at 7 p.m.