Match Day: Penn State vs. Iowa

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Prior to their match on Friday, Iowa lost to #4 Nebraska in straight sets at Bob Devaney Sports Center. The Hawkeyes fell to 10-5 on the season.  Nebraska hit .667 attack in the first set, with 14 kills and no errors, with a 13-1 run to win the set, 25-10.

Head Coach Bond Shymansky had this to say following that match:

We just didn’t quite capture it tonight.  That’s on me as a coach. We are still learning and figuring it out. You come on the road in the Big Ten and you have to bring so much more intensity and teamwork as a whole unit. We are just going to have to be sharper.  They started blocking us a lot early.  When you get blocked as a hitter it makes you think a lot. You don’t want to be in thinking mode, you just want to be in doing mode.

Date
(Time)
Opp.Site
Media
10-03-15
(7:00 p.m. ET)		Rec Hall
Univ. Park,
PA		No TV

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All-Time Series:  Penn State vs. Iowa

• Penn State leads the all-time series, 48-0
• Penn State first played Iowa on Oct. 18, 1991.
• Iowa hasn’t taken a set from Penn State since Sept. 22, 2012, when the Hawkeyes fell in four sets (20-25, 21-25, 29-27, 14-25)

Stat Joust

B1G Team Stats: 9-28-15

Hitting % S K E TA Pct.
Penn State 41 553 148 1268 .319
Nebraska 42 623 190 1472 .294
Illinois 43 611 197 1468 .282
Purdue 44 631 222 1495 .274
Minnesota 44 608 206 1512 .266
Iowa 52 726 255 1777 .265
Michigan State 46 683 262 1646 .256
Wisconsin 43 610 228 1531 .250
Northwestern 43 600 223 1531 .246
Ohio State 53 744 291 1906 .238
Michigan 46 631 237 1710 .230
Indiana 56 735 340 1848 .214
Maryland 54 675 289 1832 .211
Rutgers 49 596 264 1703 .195
  • Penn State’s .114 Opponents’ Hitting % ranks 3rd in NCAA D1.  Illinois ranks 8th, Purdue 9th, and Ohio State 16th.
Opp. Hitting % S K E TA Pct.
Penn State 41 435 280 1360 .114
Illinois 43 471 273 1496 .132
Purdue 44 478 270 1512 .138
Ohio State 53 564 305 1821 .142
Michigan 46 570 291 1710 .163
Minnesota 44 505 258 1502 .164
Nebraska 42 482 228 1495 .170
Northwestern 43 494 238 1497 .171
Wisconsin 43 508 248 1510 .172
Michigan State 46 521 244 1535 .180
Indiana 56 578 264 1656 .190
Iowa 52 636 274 1763 .205
Maryland 57 694 299 1816 .218
Rutgers 49 685 215 1722 .273
  • Penn State’s 3.20 blocks/set ranks 3rd in NCAA D1.  Minnesota ranks 14th and Illinois 15th (based on total blocks).
Blocks S BS BA Total Avg./S
Penn State 41 36 190 131.0 3.20
Illinois 43 28 188 122.0 2.84
Minnesota 44 26 198 125.0 2.84
Wisconsin 43 13 193 109.5 2.55
Ohio State 53 39 190 134.0 2.53
Purdue 44 31 158 110.0 2.50
Michigan State 46 18 192 114.0 2.48
Nebraska 42 18 166 101.0 2.40
Maryland 54 37 168 121.0 2.24
Northwestern 43 29 131 94.5 2.20
Michigan 46 25 144 97.0 2.11
Iowa 52 27 148 101.0 1.94
Rutgers 49 13 150 88.0 1.80
Indiana 56 21 159 100.5 1.79
Blocks by Opp. S BS BA Total Avg./S
Penn State 41 8 98 57.0 1.39
Purdue 44 5 126 68.0 1.55
Nebraska 42 19 102 70.0 1.67
Rutgers 49 21 152 97.0 1.98
Illinois 43 22 128 86.0 2.00
Minnesota 44 33 110 88.0 2.00
Michigan 46 22 147 95.5 2.08
Northwestern 43 14 151 89.5 2.08
Maryland 57 26 186 119.0 2.09
Michigan State 46 27 139 96.5 2.10
Ohio State 53 23 180 113.0 2.13
Indiana 56 13 216 121.0 2.16
Iowa 52 20 201 120.5 2.32
Wisconsin 43 28 152 104.0 2.42
Service Aces S No. Avg./S
Purdue 44 68 1.55
Indiana 56 83 1.48
Maryland 54 74 1.37
Northwestern 43 58 1.35
Penn State 41 55 1.34
Iowa 52 64 1.23
Minnesota 44 54 1.23
Ohio State 53 59 1.11
Michigan State 46 51 1.11
Rutgers 49 51 1.04
Illinois 43 40 0.93
Nebraska 42 37 0.88
Michigan 46 38 0.83
Wisconsin 43 28 0.65
Service Aces by Opp. S No. Avg./S
Illinois 43 21 0.49
Indiana 56 41 0.73
Maryland 57 43 0.75
Penn State 41 31 0.76
Minnesota 44 35 0.80
Nebraska 42 36 0.86
Michigan 46 40 0.87
Wisconsin 43 38 0.88
Ohio State 53 47 0.89
Northwestern 43 39 0.91
Iowa 52 48 0.92
Michigan State 46 43 0.93
Purdue 44 47 1.07
Rutgers 49 69 1.41

B1G Individual Stats

(Must have competed in at least 50% of team’s sets)

(Must have at least 3.33 attacks per set)

Hitting % S K E TA Pct.
Haleigh Washington, Penn State 41 113 15 186 0.527
Meghan Haggerty, Nebraska 19 37 7 66 0.455
Faye Adelaja, Purdue 33 76 17 138 0.428
Katie Stadick, Illinois 41 125 24 245 0.412
Maddie Slater, Northwestern 43 94 21 177 0.412
Abby Cole, Michigan 43 132 22 271 0.406
Taylor Sandbothe, Ohio State 53 169 32 347 0.395
Haleigh Nelson, Wisconsin 43 108 23 220 0.386
Paige Tapp, Minnesota 44 121 29 239 0.385
Mikaela Gunderson, Iowa 52 112 19 248 0.375
Jazzmine McDonald, Indiana 27 50 12 104 0.365
Danielle Cuttino, Purdue 44 83 24 169 0.349
Mikaela Foecke, Nebraska 42 118 28 271 0.332
Cecilia Hall, Nebraska 39 80 29 155 0.329
Aiyana Whitney, Penn State 41 128 37 281 0.324

 

  • Haleigh Washington ranks 8th in NCAA D1 blocks/set, with Paige Tapp ranked 21st.  (For some reason, Amber Rolfzen isn’t ranked — although it looks as though she played in enough sets to qualify.  Then again, the NCAA on occasion seemingly marches to the beat of a different drummer.  Why not a different statistician?)
Blocks S BS BA Total Avg./S
Amber Rolfzen, Nebraska 28 3 42 45 1.61
Haleigh Washington, Penn State 41 12 50 62 1.51
Paige Tapp, Minnesota 44 10 52 62 1.41
Katie Stadick, Illinois 41 5 51 56 1.37
Danielle Cuttino, Purdue 44 11 47 58 1.32
Abby Cole, Michigan 43 14 39 53 1.23
Heidi Thelen, Penn State 41 6 44 50 1.22
Megan Tompkins, Michigan State 42 4 47 51 1.21
Haleigh Nelson, Wisconsin 43 6 45 51 1.19
Gabrielle Hazen, Northwestern 42 8 42 50 1.19
Taylor Sandbothe, Ohio State 53 16 46 62 1.17
Ali Bastianelli, Illinois 42 8 41 49 1.17
Molly Lohman, Minnesota 41 7 40 47 1.15
Tionna Williams, Wisconsin 39 3 42 45 1.15
Awele Nwaeze, Indiana 42 9 36 45 1.07
  • Brooke Smith hasn’t played in enough of Nebraska’s sets to qualify for NCAA D1 ranking.  Brooke Peters’ ranks 33rd.
Service Aces S No. Avg./S
Brooke Smith, Nebraska 12 6 0.50
Brooke Peters, Purdue 44 20 0.45
Abbie Kraus, Northwestern 43 19 0.44
Bryanna Weiskircher, Penn State 41 14 0.34
Annika Albrecht, Nebraska 42 14 0.33
Holly Toliver, Michigan State 27 9 0.33
Abby Bentz, Maryland 50 16 0.32
Megan Tallman, Indiana 44 14 0.32
Haleigh Washington, Penn State 41 13 0.32
Rachel Minarick, Michigan State 45 14 0.31
Amy Dion, Maryland 54 16 0.30
Daly Santana, Minnesota 44 13 0.30
Amanda Neill, Purdue 44 13 0.30
Molly Lohman, Minnesota 41 12 0.29
Makayla Lundin, Indiana 21 6 0.29
  • Caroline Niedospial’s 5.00 digs/set ranks 31st in NCAA D1.
Digs S No. Avg./S
Caroline Niedospial, Northwestern 43 215 5.00
Valeria Leon, Ohio State 53 254 4.79
Annika Olsen, Iowa 52 245 4.71
Taylor Morey, Wisconsin 43 198 4.60
Brandi Donnelly, Illinois 43 196 4.56
Dalianliz Rosado, Minnesota 44 186 4.23
Amy Dion, Maryland 54 228 4.22
Amanda Neill, Purdue 44 180 4.09
Justine Wong-Orantes, Nebraska 42 171 4.07
Tiffany Morales, Michigan 44 165 3.75
Keeton Holcomb, Penn State 40 140 3.50
Abby Monson, Michigan State 46 157 3.41
Ali Schroeter, Rutgers 49 164 3.35
Kristen Muir, Michigan State 46 149 3.24
Courtney Harnish, Indiana