Box Score UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – The George Mason men's volleyball team (3-4) fell in three sets (16-25, 16-25, 23-25) against No. 5 Penn State (7-3) on Saturday night inside Rec Hall.
Mason led at the beginning of all three sets but were unable to prevail as the Nittany Lions were able to string along strong offensive efforts. The Green & Gold put up a hard offensive battle, but it was not enough to take the set.
"Although we lost to a very good Penn State team, I was happier with our performance tonight," said Head Coach
Jay Hosack. "We still made some mistakes at critical times in each game, but our team made a conscious effort to clean up some stuff from last night."
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
- Sophomore Omar Hoyos led the team in kills (6) and was one of three Patriots to tally four digs.
- Redshirt sophomore Jack Bolz helped lead the Patriots on Saturday, recording five kills and four digs.
- The opposite Bolz also recorded one service ace, four digs, and a team high 0.438 hitting percentage.
- Redshirt sophomore Chey Cooper recorded three digs and one kill in the loss.
- Redshirt junior Zach Talamoa set a team high of 16 assists.
- Sophomore Colin Heath led the team in hitting, tallying a 0.667 hitting percentage.
- No. 5 Penn State outhit Mason, 37.9 percent to the Patriots' 11.9 percent.
- Mason tallied 55 kills to Penn State's 75.
- No. 5 Penn State recorded eight service aces to Mason's one.
UP NEXT
Mason will travel to NJIT on Friday Feb. 11 with first serve slated for 4 p.m. ET. The Patriots will then travel to St. Francis Brooklyn on Saturday Feb. 12 with first serve slated for 6 p.m. ET.
