NCAA Womens Volleyball

No. 20 Women’s Volleyball Goes Five Sets Again in Win Over No. 18 Oregon

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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – No. 20 Penn State women’s volleyball knocked off a nationally-ranked opponent from the Pac-12 for the second-straight night Saturday, beating No. 18 Oregon 3-2 (25-21, 15-25, 25-19, 23-25, 15-9) at Minnesota’s Maturi Pavilion.
 
The Nittany Lions kept their perfect record intact at 8-0 thanks to the two wins at the Big Ten/Pac-12 Challenge. They defeated No. 11 Stanford in five sets on Friday night. The Lions entered the day as one of just 14 unbeaten teams left in the nation.
 
Kashauna Williams took over in the fifth set to help Penn State get its second signature win in as many days. She tallied four kills on .444 hitting and added three blocks, including one solo, in the final set.
 
Penn State led 11-9 in a closely-contest fifth before closing the match with a 4-0 run. Anjelina Starck and Allie Holland started the run with back-to-back kills. Williams set up match point with a kill and then teamed with Holland for an exclamation point block.
 
Williams finished with 16 kills and five blocks, while Zoe Weatherington went for 13 kills and five blocks. Holland had a strong all-around match, hitting .381 with nine kills and nine blocks.
 
Holland led an impressive Penn State defensive effort that was strong for the second-straight match. One night after totaling 21 blocks in the win over Stanford, the Lions recorded 17 against Oregon. The block party got off to a slow start with just three after the first two sets but came alive with 14 over the final three sets. Taylor Trammell and Seleisa Elisaia finished with six blocks…

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