Sept. 8, 2017
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - The No. 3 Penn State women's volleyball team sweep Colorado in the opening match of the Big Ten/Pac-12 Challenge on Friday evening in Huff Hall on the University of Illinois Campus.
Being in Illinois must have put Ali Frantti in a good mood on Friday evening because the native of Spring Grove, Ill., came out firing as the Nittany Lions took on Colorado in Huff Hall on the University of Illinois campus on Saturday afternoon.
The senior opened up with seven kills in the first set, swinging at a clip of .545.
She finished the match with a season-high 17 kills to lead all attackers while hitting an efficient .469 at the pin. She also snagged six digs.
Fellow outside Simone Lee (Menomonee Falls, Wis.) added 11 kills and neared a double-double as she added eight digs. Her eight pickups moved her over 300 career digs.
Both setters added double-doubles as Abby Detering(Mentor, Ohio) put down 10 kills on a clip of .692 and dished out 21 assists.
In the third set, Detering went a perfect six-for-six on her attack attempts to help spur the Nittany Lions to the clean sweep.
Bryanna Weiskircher (Loves Park, Ill.) added 27 assists while scooping up 21 digs.
Defensively. Kendall White (Indianapolis, Ind.) led all players with 14 digs. Tori Gorrell (Oakville, Ontario) had a team-high three blocks.
As a team, the Nittany Lions out-hit the Buffs, .307-.265, while putting down 53 kills to CU's 36.
Penn State returns to action on Saturday, Sept. 9, with a 6 p.m. ET match against No. 4 Stanford. This will be the second meeting between the two squads in eight days. Penn State took the first match, 3-1, on Sept. 1.