NEWARK, Del. – The University of Pennsylvania volleyball team earned its third sweep in four days, taking a 3-0 decision over Saint Peter's on Saturday in a neutral-site match at the University of Delaware's Bob Carpenter Center.
 
Set scores were 25-22, 25-16, 25-18.
 
Penn has won three in a row and is 6-3, while Saint Peter's fell to 4-5.
 
Quaker Notemeal
*Penn had another strong day hitting the ball, finishing the match with a .337 percentage. The Quakers hit .357 across their two matches in Newark (92K-22E-196A) and have hit .340 during this win streak (142-36-312).
 
*All six of Penn's wins this season have come in sweep fashion.

*The last time Penn won three straight matches by 3-0 scores was the 2009 season, when the Quakers beat Cornell, Columbia and Yale in the span of a week.
 
*Junior Zada Sanger was named MVP of the Delaware Invitational after she put down a match-high 15 kills and hit a staggering .609 on Saturday against Saint Peter's. She also had a dig and a block assist.
 
*Fellow junior Bella Rittenberg also earned all-tournament honors; she had five kills and two block assists on Saturday.
 
*Freshman Haley Kerstetter had seven kills on Saturday and hit .357; she also led the Quakers' net defense with five blocks (1s/4a).
 
*Sophomore Ellie Siskin also had seven kills and hit .462 on the day (7-1-13); she also had three block assists.
 
*Sophomore Jenna Garner put down five kills and also had eight digs and two service aces on the day.
 
*Sophomore Jenniya Lane got the start in the middle on Saturday and played in all three sets, finishing the day with two kills and two block assists.
 
*Sophomore Emery Moore and senior Anna Shohfi again shared setter duties on Saturday, Moore finishing with 24 assists and Shohfi with 13. They also combined for seven digs (Moore 4, Shohfi 3).
 
*Freshman libero Addison Pollock led all players with 15 digs on Saturday; in fact, she was the only player in the match to reach double figures in that category.
 
How It Happened
SET 1 (25-22): The first set was the most dramatic, the teams tying six times and changing the lead twice. The last tie came at 15-15 but then SPU committed a service error and an attack error and that gave Penn an advantage they wouldn't give up. Rittenberg put down a kill to make it 18-15 and the teams traded several points after that until a pair of Saint Peter's aces got the Peacocks within 22-21. Penn coach Tyler Hagstrom called a timeout, and the timeout froze the SPU server as she served an error out of the stoppage. The Peacocks got that point back, making it 23-22, but Rittenberg and then Garner put down kills and that ended matters. Sanger had five kills in the set, while Rittenberg and Garner finished with three each and Pollock came up with nine digs.
 
SET 2 (25-16): The teams tied the first two points, but an SPU service error was followed by a Sanger kill to make the score 3-1 and Penn never looked back. The Peacocks were within a point at 9-8, but another service error set the Quakers on a seven-point run that featured two Sanger kills, two Garner service aces, and a block by Kerstetter and Rittenberg. That made it 16-8 and the teams essentially traded points the rest of the way. Sanger hit .667 in the set, with six kills on nine attacks without an error, while Siskin had three kills and hit .400.
 
SET 3 (25-18): Sanger put down a kill for the first point, SPU had an attack error on the next point, and the Quakers were on their way. Kerstetter bookended a five-point run with kills, pushing Penn's lead to 11-5, then joined Siskin on a block that started another five-point run to get the margin to double digits at 17-7. To its credit, Saint Peter's rallied—the Peacocks used a 7-1 run to get back within four, at 20-16. However, kills by Garner and Kerstetter slowed SPU's momentum and Penn scored three of the last four points in the set to close out the match. Sanger hit .800 in the set, with four kills on five attacks, while Kerstetter had four kills and Siskin added three.
 
Up Next
Penn is home for its next four matches, beginning next week when the Quakers host Temple on Tuesday and Princeton for its Ivy League opener on Friday. Both matches are scheduled for 7 p.m. starts.
 
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