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Why Penn State women’s volleyball’s Jonni Parker and Kaitlyn Hord are set up for sophomore success

When watching Jonni Parker and Kaitlyn Hord play a game of volleyball as freshmen last season, ‘rookie’, is the last word that comes to mind.

The Third Team All-American Parker and honorable mention Hord will put their summer preparation for the 2019 season into action this Friday against Hofstra and Saturday against Holy Cross and Wichita State.

At a minimum, these two Nittany Lions grew stronger, contributed more and stepped into leadership positions immediately after the 2018 season even though the pair are only sophomores.

“These two individuals [Hord and Parker] that are here,” coach Russ Rose said.