#2 Penn State Opens NCAA Tournament with 3-0 Win Over Delaware State

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Penn State dominated a plucky, but overmatched, Delaware State squad, hitting .456 for the match in a 3-0 win ((25-4, 25-20, 25-18).

Lots of kudos to go around, with Cam Hannah (11 kills) hitting .550, Jess Mruzik (10 kills) hitting .474, Caroline Jurevicius (8 kills) hitting .500, and B1G Freshman of the Year Izzy Starck dishing out 32 assists.

Jess Mruzik (4 aces), Ava Falduto (3 aces), and Anjelina Starck (3 aces) all had big nights from the service line.  Gillian Grimes (14 digs) and Ava Falduto (12 digs) were solid in the backrow. 

Penn State’s defense held Delaware State to .080 hitting for the match.  The win puts Penn State at 30-2 on the season, as the Nittany Lions move on to the NCAA Second Round vs. North Carolina.  Delaware State closes out its season at 17-14.

The complete match stats are below the match videos.

Box Score

Match Details

Delaware St. Penn St.
Set K E TA % K E TA %
1 3 7 19 -0.211 12 0 16 0.750
2 10 5 36 0.139 17 3 32 0.438
3 10 4 32 0.188 13 3 31 0.323
Total 23 16 87 0.080 42 6 79 0.456
Delaware St. Penn St.
Points 32 59
Kills 23 42
Aces 8 12
Blocks 1 5
Assists 21 41
Digs 25 43

Match Leaders

Delaware St. – Leaders
Kills Gerren Tomlin (6), Valeria Otero (6), Aaliyah Mitchell (5)
Aces Paige Ahakuelo (3), Gerren Tomlin (3), Aaliyah Mitchell (1), Morgan Allen (1)
Blocks Hannah Sanders (1), Alondra Maldonado (1)
Assists Naz Tuncay (11), Paige Ahakuelo (6), Emma Crakow (3)
Digs Gerren Tomlin (6), Emma Crakow (4), Valeria Otero (4)
Penn St. – Leaders
Kills Camryn Hannah (11), Jess Mruzik (10), Caroline Jurevicius (8)
Aces Jess Mruzik (4), Ava Falduto (3), Anjelina Starck (3)
Blocks Caroline Jurevicius (3), Maggie Mendelson (2), Taylor Trammell (2)
Assists Izzy Starck (32), Gillian Grimes (6), Ava Falduto (2)
Digs Gillian Grimes (14), Ava Falduto (12), Izzy Starck (5), Jess Mruzik (5)

Penn State Stats

# Player SP K E TA % A E SA SE BS BA BE DIG BHE RE Pts
9 Jess Mruzik 3 10 1 19 0.474 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 14
8 Camryn Hannah 3 11 0 20 0.550 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 11.5
14 Caroline Jurevicius 3 8 2 12 0.500 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 9.5
44 Maggie Mendelson 3 4 0 8 0.500 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 5
1 Taylor Trammell 2 3 1 7 0.286 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4
10 Anjelina Starck 1 1 1 4 0.000 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
21 Izzy Starck 3 2 0 3 0.667 32 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 3.5
2 Ava Falduto 3 0 0 0 0.000 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 12 0 2 3
19 Alexa Markley 1 2 0 2 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
5 Jordan Hopp 2 1 1 4 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.5
24 Quinn Menger 3 0 0 0 0.000 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
3 Gillian Grimes 3 0 0 0 0.000 6 0 0 2 0 0 0 14 0 2 0
11 Jocelyn Nathan 3 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
23 Catherine Burke 1 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 42 6 79 0.456 41 0 12 5 0 10 0 43 0 8 59

Delaware State Stats

# Player SP K E TA % A E SA SE BS BA BE DIG BHE RE Pts
1 Gerren Tomlin 3 6 5 21 0.048 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 6 0 5 9
15 Valeria Otero 3 6 4 23 0.087 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 6
12 Aaliyah Mitchell 3 5 3 13 0.154 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 6
19 Alondra Maldonado 3 3 2 16 0.063 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 3.5
9 Paige Ahakuelo 3 0 0 1 0.000 6 0 3 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3
30 Hannah Sanders 3 2 0 4 0.500 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2.5
20 Martyna Kmuk 3 1 2 8 -0.125 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
4 Morgan Allen 3 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1
17 Naz Tuncay 3 0 0 1 0.000 11 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
5 Emma Crakow 3 0 0 0 0.000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 4 0
Total 23 16 87 0.08 21 0 8 5 0 2 3 25 0 12 32

Box Score