Lauren Blanco had 24 digs, and several other Penguins had impressive performances as the Youngstown State volleyball team swept Tennessee Tech on Friday evening at the Blue/Gold Invitational. The set scores were 25-15, 25-20, 25-17 as YSU finished day one of Toledo's tournament with a split.

In addition to Blanco's 24 digs, the Penguins used 11 blocks to hold the Golden Eagles to an .016 attack percentage for the match. Sarah Varcolla was in on nine of those blocks, finishing with three solos and six assists. Sam Brown was the top attacker with 10 kills, and Morgan Tippie finished with nine kills in just 15 attempts.

Blanco's 24 digs were the second-most by a Penguin in a three-set match since rally scoring began in 2001.

Shealene Little led Tennessee Tech with a match-high 11 kills.

Although the Penguins won by a comfortable final margin in all three sets, the match featured 23 ties and 10 lead changes.

The margin wasn't more than one for either team in the opening set until Youngstown State scored 10 straight points on Dana Borsz's serve to go up 22-11. TTU built a 10-7 lead in the second set before another big run, an 11-3 spurt, allowed the Penguins to go up 18-13. The Penguins led by at least three the rest of the set and finished the set with six blocks. Blanco had 12 of her digs in the third set as the Penguins held Tennessee Tech to five kills.

Youngstown State will conclude non-conference play on Saturday against Toledo at 3 p.m.