Penn State Behrend Lions Set To Host Behrend Volleyball Invitational
The
Penn State Behrend women's volleyball team is set to host the Behrend
Invitational this Friday and Saturday, September 5 and 6. Traveling to
Behrend to compete in the Junker Center will be Division III teams Fredonia
and D'Youville as well as the NAIA teams from Notre Dame College and Daemen.
The blue and white (3-1) open the tournament at 3:30 p.m. on Friday
afternoon versus D'Youville.
Last weekend the Behrend Lions won three of four matches at the Thomas More
Invitational. Behrend opened the tournament with a 3-0 victory over
Earlham before falling to host Thomas More in three games. Behrend
picked up two wins on the second day of the tournament, first with a 3-2
victory over St. Mary's and then with a 3-1 win over Kenyon.
Junior setter Brooke Gallentine (Mt. Pleasant/Southmoreland) was named to the all-tournament team after
dishing
123 assists and recording 29 digs in 15
sets played. Junior middle hitter Sheila Ogden
(Grove City/Grove City) led the offense with 45 kills and also racked up 11
blocks. Senior defensive specialist Brittany Hennessy
(Hopewell/Hopewell) finished the tournament with a team-high 74 digs.
In the first match of the season against Earlham, Hennessy broke the
school's career digs record. The record was held by former standout
Danielle Bemis who tallied 1,776 digs in her career. Hennessy enters
the Behrend Invitational with 1,846 career digs and is looking to lead the
defensive effort this weekend.
The full tournament schedule can be found here:
http://www.behrend.psu.edu/athletics/volleyball/invitational%202008.htm