The Lancaster Bible College women's volleyball team won its fourth straight match on Saturday morning, defeating Penn St. Abington, 3-0 at Horst Athletic Center. The 25-14, 25-22, 25-13 victory sends the Chargers to 16-6 overall, and 7-1 in North Eastern Athletic Conference play, while the Nittany Lions fell to 5-18 overall and 1-7 in NEAC action.
 
Match Recap: The Chargers raced out to a 7-3 lead in the opening set, as Bekah Roberts had back-to-back kills following a block assist with Allison Shuey. The Nittany Lions fought back and trailed, 14-11 midway through the set, but the Chargers won nine straight points, and took a 23-11 to effectively put the set away. Hannah Thompson had three aces during the 9-0 run, as the Chargers took the opening frame.
 
Lancaster Bible used another big scoring run in the second set to open a 15-8 advantage, as the Chargers won 10 of 11 points, thanks to key serving and kills from Ashtyn Bouslog and Courtney Goyak. Penn St. Abington went on a run of its own and trimmed the Chargers' lead to 20-19. Lancaster Bible held off the Nittany Lions, and leading 23-22, kills from Goyak and Gipe gave the Chargers the set, 25-22.
 
After splitting the opening points of the third set, the Chargers won eight of nine points, and took a 17-9 lead after an attack error by the Nittany Lions. The Chargers took a commanding 23-10 lead a few minutes later, as an ace from Bouslog and a kill from Gipe put the Chargers on the brink of another win. Gipe closed it out with her 14th kill of the match, and extended the Chargers' winning streak to three.
 
By the Numbers: Lancaster Bible had 36 kills, while the Nittany Lions had 17…The Chargers also led in digs, 44-37, and blocks, 8-1…Gipe had a match-high 14 digs, while Goyak had seven kills and six blocks…Roberts had six kills and two blocks, while Bouslog added four kills, two blocks and three digs…Shuey finished with 31 assists and Thompson added a team-best 11 digs…Jenny Mulvey led the Chargers with four aces.
 
Information Hodge Podge: The Chargers are now 9-0 all-time against Penn St. Abington…Lancaster Bible is 7-1 at Horst Athletic Center this season…Lancaster Bible's 16 wins this season are already the most the program has had since the 2014 season when the Chargers finished 19-18…This is the earliest the Chargers have ever had 16 wins in a season…Saturday marked the 10th sweep of the season for the Chargers.
 
Up Next: Lancaster Bible returns to the court on Tuesday to host Lycoming at 7 p.m.