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No. 4 Penn State Sweeps Rutgers

PISCATAWAY, N.J. – The No. 4 Penn State women's volleyball team swept Rutgers, 3-0: 25-23, 25-14, 25-17, in a Big Ten Conference match to move to 17-3, 8-2 on the season.

Penn State was led by three hitters who registers double digit kills. Redshirt senior Nia Reed finished with a match-high 11 kills on .474. She added two blocks on the evening.

Graduate student Taylor Leath finished with 10 kills, hitting .500 in the match. She added seven digs and a block.

Freshman Jonni Parker was the third Nittany Lion to reach double figures as she put down 10 kills on .421 hitting. She finished the evening with four digs, two blocks and an ace.

The freshman middle blocker duo of Kaitlyn Hord and Serena Gray added six kills apiece. Hord hit .667 on the evening, with three blocks. Gray hit .333, with two digs and a block.

Redshirt senior Bryanna Weiskircher dished out 40 assists, scooped up three digs, and tallied a block and an ace.

Defensively junior libero Kendall White tallied a match-high 10 digs. Fellow defensive specialist Jenna Hampton dished out two aces and added three digs.

For the match, Penn State put down 46 kills on .379 for the match, and out-blocked the Scarlet Knights, 6.0-3.0.

The Nittany Lions will return home on Friday, October 26 to take on Indiana for Penn State's Dig Pink Match at 7:30 p.m.