Rollins Hits Two Career Milestones in 3-1 Win at Michigan State

EAST LANSING, Mich. – No. 15 Penn State women’s volleyball completed a four-match, two-weekend sweep of the state of Michigan with a 3-1 (25-17, 21-25, 26-24, 25-13) win over Michigan State on Saturday night at the Jenison Field House. The Nittany Lions defeated Michigan the night prior and had beaten both teams at Rec Hall the previous weekend.
 
Penn State improved to 19-7 overall and 12-4 in the Big Ten with its fourth-straight win. Michigan State dropped to 11-14 overall and 4-12 in the conference.
 
Senior Adanna Rollins, who spent her first three seasons at Minnesota before transferring to Penn State prior to this season, reached two career milestones in the same set. She recorded her 1,000^th career kill put Penn State up 7-6 in the opening set. She then registered her 1,000^th career dig on a rally that was eventually finished by a kill from Kaitlyn Hord that put the Lions up 11-8.
 
Michigan State battled Penn State close for the second-straight weekend, but the Lions were able to finish the second matchup in four sets compared to the five-set thriller they had in the first matchup. The Lions made sure a fifth set wasn’t needed with a dominant performance in set four, hitting .357 with 14 kills on their way to a 12-point victory.
 
Penn State also cruised through the first set, hitting .367 on its way to the 25-17 win. Kaitlyn Hord was perfect in the set with six kills on her six attacks. Rollins added three more kills after her 1,000^th…