Temple University Athletics
Friday, September 18
McGonigle Hall
7:00 PM
Temple University
3-4
0
vs
3
Penn State
10-0
1
2
3
F
Penn State
25
25
25
3
Temple
13
9
15
0
Photo by: Joseph V. Labolito/Temple University
Largest Crowd in Temple Volleyball History Witnesses Owls Fall to Top-Ranked Penn State
9.18.09 | Women's Volleyball
Crowd of 2,719 on hand as the Nittany Lions sweep the Owls on Friday night
Box Score
PHILADELPHIA – A crowd of 2,719, the largest in Temple volleyball history, witnessed the top-ranked volleyball program in the nation prove their talent on Friday night as the Penn State Nittany Lions defeated the Owls (3-4) by a score of 3-0 in McGonigle Hall.
Penn State improved to 10-0 for the season and extended its NCAA-record winning streak to 74 matches in a 25-13, 25-9, 25-15 defeat of Temple.
Junior outside hitter Yun Yi Zhang led the Owls with 11 kills in the match. Zhang was leading all players in NCAA Division I in kills per set as of earlier in the week at 6.17.
Three players led the Nittany Lions with 11 kills apiece, Arielle Wilson, Blair Brown and Megan Hodge.
The Owls looked strong starting the second set, leading early at 5-3 before Brown tied the score at 5-5 with a kill and the Lions went on a run to put the set out of reach.
Temple stayed in it early once again in the third set, and was down 8-7 before the Nittany Lions used a 7-2 run to pull ahead.
Temple will be back in action tomorrow against St. Francis (PA) at 2:00 p.m. and again vs. Penn State at 7:30 p.m. Both matches will be played at Penn State.
PHILADELPHIA – A crowd of 2,719, the largest in Temple volleyball history, witnessed the top-ranked volleyball program in the nation prove their talent on Friday night as the Penn State Nittany Lions defeated the Owls (3-4) by a score of 3-0 in McGonigle Hall.
Penn State improved to 10-0 for the season and extended its NCAA-record winning streak to 74 matches in a 25-13, 25-9, 25-15 defeat of Temple.
Junior outside hitter Yun Yi Zhang led the Owls with 11 kills in the match. Zhang was leading all players in NCAA Division I in kills per set as of earlier in the week at 6.17.
Three players led the Nittany Lions with 11 kills apiece, Arielle Wilson, Blair Brown and Megan Hodge.
The Owls looked strong starting the second set, leading early at 5-3 before Brown tied the score at 5-5 with a kill and the Lions went on a run to put the set out of reach.
Temple stayed in it early once again in the third set, and was down 8-7 before the Nittany Lions used a 7-2 run to pull ahead.
Temple will be back in action tomorrow against St. Francis (PA) at 2:00 p.m. and again vs. Penn State at 7:30 p.m. Both matches will be played at Penn State.
Team Stats
PSU
TU
Kills
50
19
Errors
8
18
Attempts
73
71
Hitting %
.575
.014
Points
60.0
24.0
Assists
48
18
Aces
5
1
Blocks
5.0
4.0
Game Leaders
Kills
11
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
3
Aces
0
Blocks
1
Kills
2
Aces
1
Blocks
1
Kills
1
Aces
0
Blocks
2
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