Behrend Lions Volleyball Finishes 3-1 in Behrend Invitational

The Penn State Behrend women's volleyball team opened the second day of the Behrend Invitational with a 3-2 (25-23, 22-25, 25-14, 20-25, 15-12) victory over the Daemen College Wildcats. 

Sophomore Aubry Regan(Edinboro/General McLane) contributed ten kills and three blocks in the victory.  Sophomore Danielle Woods(Pittsburgh/Baldwin) lead the defensive effort with 24 digs. Freshman Liz Emerick(Hopewell/Hopewell) chipped in with 11 digs and five aces.

In the second match of the day, Behrend handled Fredonia State. The blue and white took the match 3-0 (25-14, 25-19, 25-17).  This gave the blue and white a 3-1 record for the tournament.

Freshman Stef Kelley (Moon Township/Moon) pounded out nine kills to go with 13 digs.  Brittany Hennessy (Hopewell/Hopewell) collected a team high 24 digs.  Brooke Gallentine (Mt. Pleasant/ Southmoreland) ran the offense handing out 33 assists.  Sheila Odgen (Grove City/Grove City) also smashed nine kills and for her efforts this weekend was named to the all-tournament team.

Tournament Champion Notre Dame College went 4-0 on the weekend.  Notre Dame was lead by tournament MVP Katie Verhoff.  The junior setter led the Falcons to the undefeated weekend.  Also named to the all-tournament team was Katie Barbis from Notre Dame College.  Rounding out the all-tournament team, from Behrend Sheila Odgen, from Daemen College Rachael Bowler, from Fredonia State Amy Bertrando, and from D'Youville Falicia Golden.

Behrend entered the day with a 4-2 record.  The blue and white improve to 6-2 on the year.  The Behrend Lions will be back in action on September 9th at Grove City.  They will return to the Junker Center three weeks later when they host a tri-match between La Roche and Thiel on September 27. 

The tournament results can be found at:
http://www.behrend.psu.edu/athletics/volleyball/invitational%202008.htm