WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. – Three Lycoming College volleyball players finished with double-digit kills, led by 12 a piece from seniors Kristine Jahn (Mechanicsburg, Pa./Cumberland Valley) and Lauren Fink (York, Pa./West York) to lead the team to a 3-1 win over Penn State Altoona, as it split a pair of matches on the opening day of the Tip-Off Tournament at Lamade Gym on Friday night, Oct. 7. The Warriors fell, 3-0, in the opening match to Susquehanna.
 
The Warriors were able to outlast the Nittany Lions (7-11 overall) thanks to the performances of Jahn and Fink as well as senior Tayler Whitman (New Cumberland, Pa./Cedar Cliff), who added 10 kills and five digs in the 25-19, 22-25, 25-20, 25-15 win.
 
Fink finished with a double-double for the fifth time this year, adding 18 digs, two aces and two blocks and Jahn also added a block. Sophomore Cheyenne Altland (East Berlin, Pa./Delone Catholic) added eight kills and five digs. Junior Catherine Burger (Royersford, Pa./Spring-Ford) added 32 assists and seven digs and sophomore Emily Hepner (Leesport, Pa./Schuylkill Valley) added 22 digs. Freshman Alyssa McDevitt (Warminster, Pa./Archbishop Wood) added five kills and five blocks.
 
The Warriors (12-11 overall) used a run of five points off the serve of freshman Darci Warriner (Wellsboro, Pa./Wellsboro Area) in the first set to take a 12-7 lead and they never let the Lions back within two points and closed the set with a 25-19 advantage.
  After the Lions won the second set, the Warriors took control of the third set after falling behind 13-12 thanks to an ace by Altland and a kill from Whitman, which ignited a 8-2 run, as Lycoming held on for a 25-20 win. In the fourth set, the Warriors broke a 5-5 tie with a 15-5 run en route to a 25-15 win.
 
Lycoming couldn't overcome a hot-hitting Susquehanna in the first match, falling 3-0 (27-25, 25-20, 25-15) to a River Hawks squad that has received votes in the AVCA Division III poll throughout the season.
 
The Warriors started hot, taking a 5-1 lead in the first set and keeping the River Hawks within a point before  Susquehanna used a 4-0 run to take a 21-17 lead. The Warriors rebounded off the serve of Fink, who served up five straight points to take a 24-22 lead after a kill by freshman Katie Hausknecht (Emmaus, Pa./Emmaus). However, the River Hawks had five kills in the next six points to take the set, 27-25.
 
In the second set, the Warriors took an 8-2 lead before the River Hawks fought back to tie it at 11. The River Hawks then took control late with a 7-3 run to close the set at 25-20. In the third set, the River Hawks used five straight points to take a 13-7 lead and break the set open en route to the 25-14 win.
 
Jahn led the Warriors with 11 kills and a .429 hitting percentage and Whitman added seven kills and seven digs. Burger added 17 assists and four digs and Altland added five kills, six digs, an ace and a block. Hepner added a match-high 13 digs.
 
Morgan Lowe led the River Hawks  with 13 kills and three digs and Leana Carvin added 10 kills and two blocks. Maggie O'Hearn led the team with 32 assists and 13 digs and Caroline Beohm added 12 digs and four aces.
 
The Warriors get back on the court on Saturday, Oct. 8, when they host Rochester at 10 a.m. and Alfred State at 12 p.m. in Lamade Gym to finish the Tip-Off Tournament.