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Energy in Rec Hall Sparks Nittany Lions for Weekend Wins

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The Penn State women's volleyball team took on ranked opponents for the first time this season in the Big Ten/Pac-12 Challenge over the weekend, where the Nittany Lions defeated both No. 21 Colorado and No. 2 Stanford in three straight sets, respectively.The strongest player from the two matches? The fans that were in attendance at Rec Hall. Most notably, the sold-out crowd of 6,055 supporters on Saturday evening as Penn State battled against Stanford."I think the key to the match was just the energy in the building," said head coach Russ Rose. "It was an electric evening.