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Penn State Tops NJIT, 3-0
Penn State Tops NJIT, 3-0
Four Lion players reach double-digit kill numbers
NEWARK, N.J., Feb. 2, 2008 - Four Nittany Lions reached
double-digit kill numbers as the second-ranked Penn State men's
volleyball team defeated NJIT in three games (30-27, 30-23, 30-25)
Saturday night in Newark, N.J. The Nittany Lions improve to 9-0
while the Highlanders fall to 2-2.
Junior outside hitter Matt Anderson (West Seneca, N.Y.) led the
Lions with 14 kills as junior opposite Ryan Sweitzer (Lancaster,
Pa.) posted 13 kills on .579 hitting, junior middle hitter Max Holt
(Cincinnati, Ohio) notched 11 kills on .588 hitting and sophomore
middle hitter Max Lipsitz (Williamsville, N.Y.) recorded 10 kills
on .667 hitting. As a team, Penn State attacked at a .422 clip for
the match, including hitting .621 in the third game alone.
Senior setter Luke Murray (East Petersburg, Pa.) directed the
Nittany Lion offense with 42 assists and tallied his second career
double-double with a career-high 10 digs. Freshman libero Dennis
Del Valle (Toa Alta, Puerto Rico) picked up eight digs while junior
outside hitter Jay Stauffer (Columbia, Pa.) chipped in four digs
and Sweitzer provided three.
Penn State outblocked NJIT, 8.0 to 4.0, led by Lipsitz, Holt and
Anderson with three apiece and Sweitzer with two.
Eduardo Welter led the Highlanders with 15 kills as Amobi Armstrong
chipped in nine kills.








