Nittany Lions Snap Hoosier’s Home Winning Streak with 3-1 Victory

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In a tightly-contested road match, Penn State defeated Indiana 3-1, improving to 16-1 overall and 6-0 in the B1G. Going into the match with Penn State, Indiana was undefeated this season at Wilkinson Hall, having won all 7 contests.

Gillian Grimes (19 digs), Maggie Mendelson (6 blocks), Ava Falduto (12 digs) and Izzy Starck (53 assists and 12 digs) led the way for the Nittany Lions.  Jess Mruzik (21 kills), Camryn Hannah (17 kills) and Maggie Mendelson (11 kills) were tops for the Penn State offensive, while Izzy Starck (3 blocks), Caroline Jurevicius (3 blocks), Taylor Trammell (3 blocks), and Jess Mruzik (3 blocks) came up big at the net.

Penn State struggled offensively in Set 1,  as Indian took the set 25-22.  Penn State flipped the script in Set 2, winning 25-22.  Although the Nittany Lions were up 22-17, Indiana hung tough and closed the gap to 24-22, before Mruzik stopped the Hoosiers cold with a kill for set point.

Set 3 was even closer, as Penn State stymied 5 Indiana chances for set point.  The Nittany Lions finally prevailed 32-30.  Cam Hannah posted 7 kills in the set.  Set 4 was equally tense, even though it didn’t go to extra points.  Penn State closed a 5-point deficit take the set 25-22, and the match 3 sets to 1.

Box Score

Match Details

Penn St. Indiana
Set K E TA % K E TA %
1 15 9 42 0.143 13 4 40 0.225
2 15 7 41 0.195 13 7 45 0.133
3 20 8 49 0.245 13 7 44 0.136
4 14 3 27 0.407 14 4 30 0.333
Total 64 27 159 0.233 53 22 159 0.195
Penn St. Indiana
Points 76 69
Kills 64 53
Aces 2 3
Blocks 10 13
Assists 60 49
Digs 70 60

Match Leaders

Penn St. – Leaders
Kills Jess Mruzik (21), Camryn Hannah (17), Maggie Mendelson (11)
Aces Ava Falduto (1), Maggie Mendelson (1)
Blocks Maggie Mendelson (6), Izzy Starck (3), Caroline Jurevicius (3), Taylor Trammell (3), Jess Mruzik (3)
Assists Izzy Starck (53), Gillian Grimes (5), Ava Falduto (1), Quinn Menger (1)
Digs Gillian Grimes (19), Izzy Starck (12), Ava Falduto (12)
Indiana – Leaders
Kills Candela Alonso-Corcelles (18), Camryn Haworth (9), Avry Tatum (8)
Aces Camryn Haworth (2), Avry Tatum (1)
Blocks Madi Sell (7), Ava Vickers (5), Camryn Haworth (5)
Assists Camryn Haworth (36), Ramsey Gary (5), Delaynie Maple (2), Carly Mills (2), Mady Saris (2)
Digs Ramsey Gary (17), Camryn Haworth (11), Candela Alonso-Corcelles (9)

Penn State Stats

# Player SP K E TA % A E SA SE BS BA BE DIG BHE RE Pts
9 Jess Mruzik 4 21 9 53 0.226 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 9 0 1 23
8 Camryn Hannah 4 17 8 40 0.225 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 7 0 0 17.5
44 Maggie Mendelson 4 11 3 25 0.320 0 0 1 0 0 6 0 3 0 0 15
1 Taylor Trammell 4 7 4 17 0.176 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 1 0 0 8.5
14 Caroline Jurevicius 4 5 2 16 0.188 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 6.5
21 Izzy Starck 4 2 1 7 0.143 53 0 0 1 0 3 0 12 1 0 3.5
3 Gillian Grimes 4 1 0 1 1.000 5 0 0 3 0 0 0 19 0 0 1
2 Ava Falduto 4 0 0 0 0.000 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 12 0 0 1
10 Anjelina Starck 4 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
24 Quinn Menger 4 0 0 0 0.000 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Total 64 27 159 0.233 60 0 2 15 1 18 1 70 1 1 76

Indiana Stats

# Player SP K E TA % A E SA SE BS BA BE DIG BHE RE Pts
3 Candela Alonso-Corcelles 4 18 5 52 0.250 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 9 0 1 18.5
10 Camryn Haworth 4 9 3 15 0.400 36 1 2 3 0 5 1 11 0 0 13.5
1 Madi Sell 4 7 1 17 0.353 0 0 0 0 2 5 0 1 0 0 11.5
13 Avry Tatum 4 8 4 26 0.154 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 9.5
11 Ava Vickers 4 6 1 12 0.417 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 1 0 0 9
4 Mady Saris 4 5 8 34 -0.088 2 0 0 1 1 2 0 3 0 1 7
6 Kenzie Daffinee 4 0 0 0 0.000 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
2 Carly Mills 4 0 0 0 0.000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0
32 Ramsey Gary 4 0 0 0 0.000 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 17 0 0 0
23 Delaynie Maple 4 0 0 3 0.000 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 8 0 0 0
Total 53 22 159 0.195 49 1 3 15 4 18 2 60 0 2 69

Box Score