Loretto, Pa. – The Saint Francis men's volleyball team (4-10, 1-4 EIVA) fell to #10 Penn State (9-6, 5-0 EIVA) on Tuesday night, 3-0.

Set One

·         In front of a solid Loretto crowd, the Red Flash had an early 6-4 lead.

·         Penn State didn't let the Red Flash lead get too large, and took a quick 8-7 lead.

·         The teams continued to trade points and stayed within two of each other until the Nittany Lions took an 18-15 lead on a service ace.

·         From there, Penn State scored seven of the final nine points to take the set by eight.

·         Michael Fisher (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland Valley) led SFU with four kills and Blake Liprando (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland Valley HS) added three on .400 hitting.

·         Roman Szwabinsky (Columbus, Ohio/Westerville South) tallied 11 assists.

·         Final Score: Penn State 25, SFU 17 (PSU leads 1-0).

Set Two

·         Penn State jumped out to a 10-3 lead and forced a Red Flash timeout.

·         The Nittany Lions continued to pour it on in the set and reached their biggest lead at 12-4.

·         SFU slowly crept back into the set and cut the PSU lead down to five at 15-10, but the Nittany Lions answered with a 5-1 run to retake a nine-point lead.

·         The Red Flash only scored two more points the rest of the set and PSU won by 12.

·         Fisher and Brandon Dunz (Lake View, NY/Frontier Senior High School) each picked up two kills for the Red Flash.

·         Szwabinsky had six assists.

·         Final Score: Penn State 25, SFU 13 (PSU leads 2-0).

Set Three

·         Penn State got out to an 8-4 lead and continued to stay up by 3-4 points until SFU cut it to two at 15-13.

·         From there, the Nittany Lions finished the set on a 10-3 run to win the set by nine and take the match.

·         In the set, Brandon Dunz (Lake View, NY/Frontier Senior High School) led SFU with three kills and Szwabinsky chipped in five assists.

·         Final Score: Penn State 25, SFU 16 (PSU wins 3-0).

Box Score Notes

·         Michael Fisher (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland Valley) led SFU with eight kills and Brandon Dunz (Lake View, NY/Frontier Senior High School) added five.

·         Roman Szwabinsky (Columbus, Ohio/Westerville South) tallied 22 assists.

·         Ryan Alu (Pipersville, PA/Central Bucks West) picked up seven digs.

·         Kills were 33-23 in favor of Penn State.

·         Penn State also had 7.5 team blocks compared to just one from the Red Flash.

·         Attack %: Penn State .357, SFU .029.

·         Total Errors: SFU 36, Penn State 20.

Up next for Saint Francis is another weekend of home conference matches. They will face Charleston on Friday night at 7 pm and #15 George Mason on Saturday at 7 pm.