Penn State Volleyball Beats Michigan 3-1 Again

Posted on by Ethan Kasales

No. 15 Penn State women’s volleyball beat Michigan 3-1 (26-24, 23-25, 25-19, 25-22) for the second time in a week Friday night at Cliff Keen Arena in Ann Arbor.

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Erika Pritchard had a season-high 18 kills for the Nittany Lions and Jenna Hampton tied her career high with 27 digs in the win. Adanna Rollins had Penn State’s only double-double of the night with 14 kills and 12 digs.

Rollins currently sits at 999 kills and 999 digs during her career heading into Saturday’s road match against Michigan State. Gabby Blossom had a match-high 55 assists, seven digs, three kills, and was one of four Nittany Lions with two aces apiece.

Kaitlyn Hord put together another efficient performance with 12 kills and a .417 hitting percentage versus the Wolverines, who fell to 14-10 on the season and 7-8 in Big Ten play. Fellow middle blocker Allie Holland had eight kills and hit .571, while Jonni Parker added nine kills and nine attack errors.

The Nittany Lions (18-7, 11-4 Big Ten) head to East Lansing to face Michigan State (11-13, 4-11 Big Ten) Saturday at 8 p.m. at Jenison Field House. The Spartans, who lost to Penn State in five sets last Saturday at Rec Hall, swept Rutgers at home Friday night.

Box Score

Match Details

Penn St. Michigan
Set K E TA % K E TA %
1 17 7 45 0.222 11 7 43 0.093
2 15 3 34 0.353 17 0 37 0.459
3 15 4 32 0.344 11 7 37 0.108
4 18 7 40 0.275 11 5 36 0.167
Total 65 21 151 0.291 50 19 153 0.203
Penn St. Michigan
Points 82.5 66
Kills 65 50
Aces 8 8
Blocks 9.5 8
Assists 60 45
Digs 73 61

Match Leaders

Penn St. – Leaders
Kills Erika Pritchard (18), Adanna Rollins (14), Kaitlyn Hord (12)
Aces Allie Holland (2), Jonni Parker (2), Gabby Blossom (2), Erika Pritchard (2)
Blocks Allie Holland (7), Jonni Parker (4), Kaitlyn Hord (2), Adanna Rollins (2)
Assists Gabby Blossom (55), Adanna Rollins (2), Anjelina Starck (1), Allie Holland (1), Erika Pritchard (1)
Digs Jenna Hampton (27), Adanna Rollins (12), Anjelina Starck (9)
Michigan – Leaders
Kills Jess Mruzik (14), Paige Jones (13), May Pertofsky (7)
Aces Jess Mruzik (3), May Pertofsky (2), Hannah Grant (2)
Blocks Jacque Boney (5), May Pertofsky (4), Jess Robinson (3)
Assists Scottee Johnson (39), Hannah Grant (5), Kendall Murray (1)
Digs Hannah Grant (19), Scottee Johnson (13), Jess Mruzik (12), Paige Jones (12)

Penn State Stats

# Player SP K E TA % A E SA SE BS BA BE DIG BHE RE Pts
5 Erika Pritchard 4 18 4 38 0.368 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 7 0 2 20.5
1 Adanna Rollins 4 14 6 35 0.229 2 0 0 1 0 2 0 12 0 4 15
13 Gabby Blossom 4 3 0 4 0.750 55 1 2 0 0 1 0 7 1 0 5.5
9 Jonni Parker 4 9 9 34 0.000 0 0 2 1 0 4 0 7 0 0 13
23 Kaitlyn Hord 4 12 2 24 0.417 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 13
15 Jenna Hampton 4 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 27 0 1 0
0 Annie Cate Fitzpatrick 1 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Maddy Bilinovic 1 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Allie Holland 4 8 0 14 0.571 1 0 2 0 2 5 0 3 0 0 14.5
10 Anjelina Starck 4 1 0 2 0.500 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 1 1
12 Cassie Kuerschen 3 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
24 Quinn Menger 2 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 65 21 151 0.291 60 2 8 8 2 15 0 73 1 8 82.5

Michigan Stats

# Player SP K E TA % A E SA SE BS BA BE DIG BHE RE Pts
1 Paige Jones 4 13 8 55 0.091 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 12 0 2 13.5
9 Hannah Grant 4 0 1 1 -1.000 5 0 2 0 0 0 0 19 0 0 2
18 May Pertofsky 4 7 2 21 0.238 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 11
14 Jess Robinson 4 3 3 14 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 4.5
3 Brooke Humphrey 4 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Jess Mruzik 4 14 4 34 0.294 0 0 3 2 0 0 1 12 0 1 17
4 Scottee Johnson 4 2 1 6 0.167 39 0 1 2 0 2 1 13 2 0 4
27 Kendall Murray 4 6 0 9 0.667 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 5 6.5
17 Jacque Boney 4 5 0 13 0.385 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 3 0 0 7.5
Total 50 19 153 0.203 45 0 8 5 0 16 9 61 2 8 66

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