Nittany Lions Down Iowa Hawkeyes for 14th Straight Win

Penn State won its 14th straight match, defeating the Iowa Hawkeyes 3-1 (25-19, 20-25, 25-17, 25-16).

With Cam Hannah and Jess Mruzik leading the way, again (this time with a combined 30 kills), Penn State won its 14th straight match, defeating the Iowa Hawkeyes 3-1 (25-19, 20-25, 25-17, 25-16).  Mruzik and Hannah put down 15 kills apiece, while Maggie Mendelson recorded 10. 

Taylor Trammell led Penn State with 6 blocks, with Izzy Starck (4 blocks), Maggie Mendelson (3 blocks), and Camryn Hannah (3 blocks) also standing tall at the net.  Gillian Grimes led all players with 4 aces, while  Izzy Starck dished out a match high 49 assists, as she directed the Nittany Lions to .321 hitting for the match. Gillian Grimes (16 digs), Ava Falduto (11 digs), and Izzy Starck (7 digs) helped Penn State hold Iowa to .181 hitting.

Complete match stats are below the match videos.

Box Score

Match Details

Iowa Penn St.
Set K E TA % K E TA %
1 12 3 34 0.265 19 3 36 0.444
2 16 4 33 0.364 13 6 34 0.206
3 10 6 33 0.121 15 3 36 0.333
4 7 9 27 -0.074 13 5 28 0.286
Total 45 22 127 0.181 60 17 134 0.321
Iowa Penn St.
Points 60 76
Kills 45 60
Aces 5 7
Blocks 10 9
Assists 45 57
Digs 51 53

Match Leaders

Iowa – Leaders
Kills Alyssa Worden (10), Malu Garcia (9), Michelle Urquhart (8)
Aces Hannah Whittingstall (3), Jenna Meitzler (1), Alyssa Worden (1)
Blocks Gracie Gibson (8), Malu Garcia (5), Hannah Whittingstall (2), Michelle Urquhart (2)
Assists Claire Ammeraal (16), Jenna Meitzler (15), Joy Galles (7)
Digs Joy Galles (15), Alyssa Worden (14), Michelle Urquhart (10)
Penn St. – Leaders
Kills Jess Mruzik (15), Camryn Hannah (15), Maggie Mendelson (10)
Aces Gillian Grimes (4), Ava Falduto (1), Maggie Mendelson (1), Jess Mruzik (1)
Blocks Taylor Trammell (6), Izzy Starck (4), Maggie Mendelson (3), Camryn Hannah (3)
Assists Izzy Starck (49), Gillian Grimes (4), Jess Mruzik (2)
Digs Gillian Grimes (16), Ava Falduto (11), Izzy Starck (7)

Penn State Stats

# Player SP K E TA % A E SA SE BS BA BE DIG BHE RE Pts
8 Camryn Hannah 4 15 3 30 0.400 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 4 0 0 16.5
9 Jess Mruzik 4 15 7 44 0.182 2 0 1 3 0 0 1 5 0 2 16
44 Maggie Mendelson 4 10 2 19 0.421 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 12.5
1 Taylor Trammell 3 9 0 12 0.750 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 0 0 1 12
14 Caroline Jurevicius 4 7 3 15 0.267 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 8
21 Izzy Starck 4 3 1 9 0.222 49 0 0 2 0 4 0 7 0 0 5
3 Gillian Grimes 4 0 0 1 0.000 4 0 4 2 0 0 0 16 0 2 4
10 Anjelina Starck 4 1 1 4 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1
2 Ava Falduto 4 0 0 0 0.000 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 1
5 Jordan Hopp 1 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Quinn Menger 3 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
11 Jocelyn Nathan 1 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 60 17 134 0.321 57 0 7 10 0 18 2 53 0 5 76

Iowa Stats

# Player SP K E TA % A E SA SE BS BA BE DIG BHE RE Pts
12 Hannah Whittingstall 4 7 0 19 0.368 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 11.5
39 Alyssa Worden 4 10 4 25 0.240 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 14 0 3 11.5
18 Malu Garcia 4 9 5 30 0.133 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 5 0 0 11.5
14 Gracie Gibson 4 5 4 16 0.063 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 9
15 Michelle Urquhart 4 8 7 26 0.038 5 0 0 2 0 2 0 10 0 2 9
4 Claire Ammeraal 4 5 2 8 0.375 16 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 5.5
11 Jenna Meitzler 4 1 0 2 0.500 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2
0 Joy Galles 4 0 0 1 0.000 7 0 0 2 0 0 0 15 0 2 0
13 Jaimie Marquardt 1 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 45 22 127 0.181 45 1 5 5 1 18 2 51 0 7 60

Box Score