PHILADELPHIA – History repeated itself here in the Palestra as Penn Volleyball took on Columbia tonight, beating to the Lions 3-1 (25-23, 25-22, 25-19, 26-24), just as they did in their October 3rd, 1990 Palestra regular season debut. 
 
Jenna Garner led the Penn offense hitting a .308, 16 kills, and tallying 18.5 points, and Zada Sanger tallied 15 kills and 16.0 points. On the defensive side, Adell Murray tallied 4.0 blocks, Addison Pollock led the back row with 33 digs, her 13^th with 10+, 9^th with 20+ this season, and just one shy of her career high 34 against Quinnipiac earlier this year. Jenna Garner also tallied 10 digs, making it her fifth double double of the season.
 
Against Columbia, Penn totaled 50 kills, 16.0 blocks, and 75 digs, while the Lions had 50 kills, 11.0 blocks, and 77 digs. 

For Columbia, Charlotte Gravlee led the offense with 15 kills and hit a .357. Delaney Seaman led the Lions defensive with 24 digs, and Charlotte Gravlee and Avery Jones each tallied 3.0 blocks. 

HOW IT HAPPENED
SET 1 | Penn started set 1 strong, going on a seven-point run to gain a lead at 12-8. However, another seven-point run from Columbia, had them force a tie at 19-19. From there, the Quakers went on to score only four more points, however not before Columbia was able to score six to take the first set 25-23. 

SET 2 | The second set started off as a back and forth as these two teams fought for a lead. Penn held on to a four-point lead at 12-8 until 16-12, however a seven-point run brought the Lions up 19-16. Still, that was not the end for the Quaker offense, as a five-point service run from Haley Kerstetter with kills from Zada Sanger, Adell Murray, and Ellie Siskin brought Penn up 23-21. The Quakers were able to score two of the last points, taking the set 25-22.
 
SET 3 | Splitting the first two sets brought both teams into the third making this anyone's game. Cornell gained a five point lead early on at 10-5, however a seven point run from the Quakers narrowed the deficit and brought the lead at 11-10, and another four point run brought a 15-13 lead, which would continue to finish out the set 25-19.
 
SET 4 | Even with the momentum of winning the last two sets, this game started off back and forth, with each team scoring five of the first ten points, tying at 5-5. Columbia seemed to start pulling away, creating a 16-11 lead. However, Penn was able bring some energy and score two for every point Columbia scored, finishing this set out in extra points 26-24.

QUAKER NOTEMEAL
» Penn is now 9 – 4 overall this season, and 49-38 against Columbia.
» Jenna Garner led the Penn offense hitting a .308, 16 kills, and tallying 18.5 points and 10 digs, making it her fifth double double of the season.
» Zada Sanger tallied 15 kills and 16.0 points 
» Adell Murray tallied 4.0 blocks, as well as Skylar Greene and Jenna Garner each tallying 3.0
»  Addison Pollock led the defense with 33 digs, her 13^th with 10+, 9^th with 20+ this season, and just one shy of her career high 34 against Quinnipiac earlier this year.


UP NEXT
Penn will take on Brown, Friday, October 9^th at 6:00pm at home for Breast Cancer Awareness Night in the Palestra.
 
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