Post by nyline on Sept 6, 2015 11:30:15 GMT -5
Here's the link to our write-up of the match: Penn State Sweeps Cardinal in Front of 6,055 Fans in Electric Rec Hall
Here's an excerpt:
Match Recap
#1-ranked Penn State’s (5-0) sweep (25-21, 25-22, 25-18) of Stanford (3-1) was a team effort, with four Penn State players registering 11 or more kills (6-4 RS Sr. Opp/RS Aiyana Whitney and 6-2 So. OH Ali Frantti, 13 kills each, 6-3 So. MB Haleigh Washington, 12 kills, and 6-2 Sr. OH Megan Courtney 11 kills (.400 attack %) and 13 digs), and 6-0 Fr. setter Bryanna Weiskircher totaling a career-high 41 assists. There were so many outstanding performances, it was hard to pick a star of the game.
But not for Penn State Head Coach Russ Rose:
I think the key to the match was just the energy in the building. I thought it was an electric evening. We’re really appreciative of the marketing people and the student support. Just to have a crowd like that is really rewarding for these kids.
I thought we started a little sloppy and competed in the first game, even though we weren’t really clean in a lot of areas, it’s a great team victory. I thought a lot of people stepped up and did some great things. You look at the box score and see four people in double digits, Megan hits .400 and leads the match in digs — it’s a really good night for a captain to out there and play like that with some young kids. Aiyana was exceptional at the net, and I thought Bryanna really settled down. It was a great match for us. — it’s the best we’ve played to date — against a really good team. Stanford’s really good.
But the hero of the game is the [crowd of] 6,000 people who came out and made the building electric. That’s the story. We’re the recipient.
I thought we started a little sloppy and competed in the first game, even though we weren’t really clean in a lot of areas, it’s a great team victory. I thought a lot of people stepped up and did some great things. You look at the box score and see four people in double digits, Megan hits .400 and leads the match in digs — it’s a really good night for a captain to out there and play like that with some young kids. Aiyana was exceptional at the net, and I thought Bryanna really settled down. It was a great match for us. — it’s the best we’ve played to date — against a really good team. Stanford’s really good.
But the hero of the game is the [crowd of] 6,000 people who came out and made the building electric. That’s the story. We’re the recipient.
