Women’s Volleyball Cruises Past Mounties in AMCC Tourney Opener
ALTOONA, Pa. – The Penn State Altoona women's volleyball team started its postseason run with a 3-0 sweep of Mount Aloysius College on Wednesday night in the first round of the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference Tournament in the Adler Arena.
Penn State Altoona (16-4), the third seed in the AMCC Tournament field, took care of six seed Mount Aloysius (4-17) in three sets by scores of 25-11, 25-12, and 25-15. The victory is the Lions' eighth in a row, and it is the team's sixth straight sweep.
With the win, Penn State Altoona advances to the semifinal round of the AMCC Tournament. The Lions will face number two seed Alfred State College in a conference semifinal match this Saturday, November 6 at 4:30 p.m. at Penn State Behrend. The winner of that match moves on to the AMCC Championship the next day.
Makenna Bauer (Tyrone, PA/Tyrone) led all players in Wednesday's match in points and kills, finishing with 11.5 points and 10 kills to go along with six digs, one service ace, and one block assist. Lydia Mock (Alum Bank, PA/Chestnut Ridge) had 8.5 points on eight kills and a block assist, and she also tallied five digs.
Taylor Myers (Morrisdale, PA/West Branch) posted six kills to go along with seven digs and one ace. Alexis Cannistraci (Tyrone, PA/Tyrone) had a team-high two block assists while recording five kills. Grace Shelley (York, PA/York Catholic) added two kills.
Kayla Moran (Boalsburg, PA/State College) totaled a team-best 30 assists while also contributing six digs, one kill, and one ace.
Erin Lutz (State College, PA/State College) finished with a match-high 19 digs.
Penn State Altoona took advantage of a first set that saw Mount Aloysius commit 10 attack errors to go along with two service errors and two reception errors. The Lions also recorded 11 kills during the set, including five from Bauer and three from Mock. Lutz tallied eight of her 19 digs in the set.
The second set followed a similar plot to the first, with the Mounties' errors coming back to haunt them. Meanwhile, Bauer, Cannistraci, and Myers each recorded two kills, as Penn State Altoona again won by a comfortable margin.
The Lions racked up 13 kills in the third set, including four each from Mock and Myers, plus three more by Bauer. Moran dished out 12 assists during the set, helping Penn State Altoona clinch the sweep.
