PHILADELPHIA – Penn Volleyball took on Brown tonight, reverse sweeping the Bears 3-2 (25-20, 25-22, 25-19, 25-17, and 15-12).
"That's what happens when you play as a team and get after it and are greedy after every point," says senior outside hitter
Zada Sanger.
Sanger led the Penn offense with a new career high 25 kills, and tallying 26.5 points.
Adell Murray and
Jenna Garner shared in the success as well, Murray leading in hitting percentage with .304, and Garner tallied 16 kills and 20.5 points. On the defensive side, Murray also tallied 5.0 block assists, while
Elsa McDermott led the back row with 23 digs.
Against Brown, Penn totaled 61 kills, 9.0 blocks, and 84 digs, while the Bears had 59 kills, 12 blocks, and 84 digs. Penn and Brown now tie in the Ivy League for most digs in 5-set game.
For Brown, Elle Holley led the offense with 15 kills while hitting a .231, and Sophie Haskell led the Bears defensive with 25 digs.
HOW IT HAPPENED
SET 1 | The back and forth started early in this game, with ties up until Brown was able to create a three point lead at 8-5, and maintain this lead for the rest of the set. Penn stayed a few steps behind Brown's offense, not able to close the gap, and the Bears took set 1 25-20.
SET 2 | Brown took an early lead in this set, scoring seven points before Penn pulled out three, until the Quakers were able to take a short lived lead at 13-12. From there, Brown continued to push until trailing Penn by just two points at 22-20, ultimately going on a five point run to take the set 25-22.
SET 3 | Penn and Brown created serious competition for each other this set, creating ties up until Penn takes a small lead at 13-11. The Quakers would continue with this lead for the rest of the set, scoring 12 of the next 20 points to take the set 25-19.
SET 4 | The Quakers started this set with a small lead starting at 4-1, and were able to maintain this lead throughout the set, except a short-lived tie at 9-9. Then, Penn was able to score eight of the next 10 points, creating a 17-11 lead. Followed by a series of Brown errors and kills from
Adell Murray and
Jenna Garner, Penn was able to take set 4 25-17 and push this game to a fifth set.
SET 5 | Penn started off strong scoring the first five points unanswered. However, Brown was able to climb back to tie at 12-12 making it anyone's game with just three points left. Two kills from
Zada Sanger mixed with an attack error from Brown's Julia Kakkis led the Quakers to take the set 15-12, and the game 3-2.
QUAKER NOTEMEAL
» Penn is now 10 – 4 overall this season, and 29-21 against Brown.
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Zada Sanger led the Penn offense with a career high 25 kills,
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Jenna Garner tallied 16 kills and 11 digs, her sixth double-double of the season.
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Adell Murray leading in hitting percentage with .304, and also tallied 5.0 block assists.
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Elsa McDermott led the back row with 23 digs.
UP NEXT
Penn will take on Yale, Saturday, October 10
th at 5:00pm at home for 8 Against Hate Night in the Palestra.
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