MIDDLETOWN, Pa. – The Penn State Harrisburg women's volleyball team opened up their second home tri-match of the season against the Tigers of Trinity College DC. The Lady Lions took a commanding lead early in the first set forcing Trinity to call a time-out to stop their 8-1 run.
Dominating the first set, 25-10, the Lady Lions continued their impressive performance in the second set allowing Trinity only 7 points, finishing the set 25-7. The Lady Lions finished off the Tigers in the third set, 25-15, giving them their second win of the season. Jocelyn Mitchell (Heath, OH/Heath) paced the Lady Lions through the first game with 6 kills, 4 assists, 1 dig and 1 block.
In the second game of the day, the Trinity College Tigers faced the Gators of the College of Notre Dame. The Gators trounced the Tigers in three sets, 25-3, 25-11, 25-8, giving Trinity their second devastating loss of the day. Each with decisive wins under their belt, the Penn State Harrisburg Lady Lions and the College of Notre Dame Gators looked for their second win of the day as they faced each other in the final match.
It was an exciting match from the beginning with each team adding points evenly throughout. The Gators took an 8 point lead late in the first match forcing a Penn State time out. The Lady Lions clawed their way back to tie at 23 points apiece and eventually took the set 27-25. Notre Dame jumped out to a quick lead and never looked back in the second set defeating Penn State Harrisburg 25-8 and tying up the match 1-1. Once again, the Gators opened up an early lead, but the Lady Lions weren't going to let them slip by and brought it back within one point. Penn State took a 16-12 lead but succumbed to the strong efforts of the Gators, dropping the third match 22-25. Having trouble bouncing back, the Lady Lions couldn't overcome the Gators in the fourth set and fell 25-16, giving Notre Dame the 3-1 decision.
Amanda Duda (Centerville, VA/Westfield) lead the Lady Lions with 13 kills and 4 digs, while Kara Boyd (Alexandria, PA/Juniata Valley) added 13 assists and 5 digs.
The Lady Lions will travel to Lancaster Bible College for a tri-match on Tuesday, September 21st to face Lancaster Bible College at 5:00 PM and Franklin and Marshall at 7:00 PM.