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Women's Volleyball Spiked by Top-Ranked Penn State
10/9/1999 12:00:00 AM | Women's Volleyball
Oct. 9, 1999
EVANSTON, Ill. - The Northwestern women's volleyball team became the latest victim of top-ranked Penn State, as the Nittany Lions easily downed the Wildcats, 3-0.
Game scores were 15-8, 15-4, 15-2.
The win pushed Penn State to 16-1 overall (6-0 Big Ten). Northwestern fell to 2-13 (0-5 Big Ten).
The Wildcats hung tight with PSU early in the first game, but with the score 4-4 the Lions pulled away with six straight points. In Game 2, PSU pulled away quickly, and then in Game 3 Solena Quick checked in and served out the match with the final seven points.
For Northwestern, Jennifer Zagorski had 10 kills while Carmen Burbach led the team defensively with eight digs. Penn State was led by Lauren Cacciamani with 12 kills and Katie Schumacher with 11 kills.
NU hosts Ohio State Saturday night at 7 p.m.
