In quick and dominant fashion, No. 10 Penn State won its fifth straight game on Tuesday.
After a back-and-forth opening set the Nittany Lions took a lead over St. Francis and controlled the rest of the match on their way to a straight sets victory over the Red Flash (25-17, 25-13, 25-16).
Here are three takeaways from the match.
A challenge in set one
In the first 28 points of the opening set there was little separating the two sides.
Penn State and St. Francis traded points for the first half of the set, but with the score tied at 14, one point changed the entire set.