ANN ARBOR, Mich. – No. 15 Penn State women’s volleyball kept pace near the top of the Big Ten standings with a 3-1 (26-24, 23-25, 25-19, 25-22) win at Michigan on Friday night at Cliff Keen Arena. Erika Pritchard totaled a season-high 18 kills and Jenna Hampton matched a career-high with 27 digs to help the Nittany Lions improve to 18-7 overall and 11-4 in the conference.
Penn State is tied with Purdue for fourth in the Big Ten standings, sitting just one loss behind Wisconsin, Nebraska and Minnesota, which are in a three-way tie for first place with five matches left in the regular season.
Pritchard’s final kill clinched the match for the Lions. She hit .368 and added seven digs, two aces and one block. She didn’t have an attack error through the first three sets, hitting .542 with 13 kills during that stretch.
Adanna Rollins recorded a double-double with 14 kills and 12 digs. Those numbers are notable for the senior outside hitter as she entered the match needed 15 kills and 13 digs to reach 1,000 for her career in both categories. She leaves Ann Arbor with 999 career kills and 999 career digs.
Penn State had trouble closing in the first two sets. The Lions led 21-14 in set one after a kill by Gabby Blossom before Michigan stormed back to tie it at 23-23. Anjelina Starck broke the tie with a kill. Michigan evened the score again, but Pritchard gave the Lions a chance at set point with a kill and the set ended on a Michigan attack error.
The second set is one Penn State will want to forget as it readies for its next match. The…
Click Here to Read the Full Original Article at Penn State University Athletics…