Marika Racibarskas – DigNittanyVolleyball.com

Marika Racibarskas #10 Setter 6’0″

Russ Rose Then (2012): “I thought Marika had a great spring in all areas. She was clearly our best blocking setter and played well as a hitter. Marika is always in terrific physical condition and will offer us some needcd substitution patterns at different positions because she can do so many things well.”

Russ Rose Now (2025): “Marika was a player that we saw in camp. I was drawn to her by a number of factors. One was her physicality — she was incredibly strong. Another factor was she was always smiling, always trying to find ways to help the team and program. She has gone on to have great success and none of it is surprising. Anytime I needed anyone to do something, I would say, ‘Hey, listen, we have something. You know, we won this, and we need a player to meet somebody from the governor’s office.’ Marika, without any hesitation, would step up to fill whatever opening was needed to aid the program and be the face of the program. Marika was a very accomplished player who always competed hard. She didn’t have as many opportunities to play as she probably would have liked, but that didn’t alter how she approached coming to practice every day and being a loyal individual who was always upbeat and always positive in all interactions while she was in the program and after the program. She’s married now to a former PSU rugby athlete and has two children.”

2012 Stats Leaders

2012 Cumulative Team Stats

2012 Season (Senior): Academic All-Big Ten … played in 26 of 36 matches and 43 of 125 sets … totaled 15 digs for the season (0.35 digs/set).

2011 Season (Junior)

2010 Season (Sophomore)

2009 Season (Freshman)

2012 Season Highs		Date	Opponent
Kills	2	11/30/2012	Binghamton
Assists	1	11/21/2012	Ohio St.
Points	2.5	11/30/2012	Binghamton
Aces	1	11/17/2012	Purdue
Digs	2	11/21/2012	Ohio St.
Total Blocks	1	11/30/2012	Binghamton

Career Offensive Statistics

Season	Team	Sp	Mp	K	K/s	Ta	Pct.	A	A/s	Sa	Sa/s	Se
2009-10	Penn St.	14	14	0	0.000	0	0.000	0	0	5	0.357	0
2010-11	Penn St.	18	15	1	0.056	3	0.333	10	0.556	0	0.000	3
2011-12	Penn St.	12	10	3	0.250	5	0.600	0	0	0	0.000	2
2012-13	Penn St.	43	26	2	0.047	4	0.500	2	0.047	2	0.047	9
Totals:		87	65	6	0.069	12	0.500	12	0.138	7	0.080	14

Career Defensive Statistics

Season	Team	Dig	D/s	Bs	Ba	Tb	Pts	Pts/s
2009-10	Penn St.	5	0.357	0	0	0	0	0.000
2010-11	Penn St.	8	0.444	0	2	2	2	0.111
2011-12	Penn St.	6	0.500	1	2	3	5	0.417
2012-13	Penn St.	15	0.349	0	1	1	4.5	0.105
Totals:		34	0.391	1	5	6	11.5	0.132

2012 Match Stats			Attack				Set		Serve		Defense		Block
Date	Opponent	Score	K	E	TA	%	AST	E	SA	SE	RE	Dig	BS	BA	BE	TB	BHE	PTS
08/24/2012	at Morehead St.	W 3 – 0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
08/25/2012	at Louisville	W 3 – 0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
08/25/2012	vs Western Ky.	W 3 – 0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
08/31/2012	vs Stanford	W 3 – 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
09/01/2012	vs Texas	W 3 – 0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
09/07/2012	at DePaul	W 3 – 0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
09/09/2012	at UIC	W 3 – 0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
09/14/2012	vs Portland	W 3 – 0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
09/15/2012	vs Duquesne	W 3 – 0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
09/15/2012	vs Eastern Ill.	W 3 – 0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
09/19/2012	vs Nebraska	W 3 – 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
09/22/2012	vs Iowa	W 3 – 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
09/28/2012	at Wisconsin	W 3 – 0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10/06/2012	at Illinois	W 3 – 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10/12/2012	vs Purdue	W 3 – 0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11/02/2012	vs Minnesota	W 3 – 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11/04/2012	vs Wisconsin	W 3 – 0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
11/08/2012	vs Illinois	W 3 – 0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
11/10/2012	vs Northwestern	W 3 – 0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
11/16/2012	at Indiana	W 3 – 0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
11/17/2012	at Purdue	W 3 – 1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
11/21/2012	vs Ohio St.	W 3 – 0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
11/24/2012	vs Michigan St.	W 3 – 0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
11/30/2012	vs Binghamton	W 3 – 0	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2.5
12/01/2012	vs Bowling Green	W 3 – 0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12/13/2012	vs Oregon	L 1 – 3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Totals:			2	0	4	0.5	2	0	2	9	0	15	0	1	0	1	0	4.5

Before Penn State: Four-year starter and letterwinner at Chatham High School in Chatham, N.J. … finished with a scholastic record of 99-12 … Chatham Cougars were 2005 and 2006 Morris County Tournament Finalists, 2006 New Jersey State Finalists and Iron Hills Conference (Hills Division) Champions, 2007 New Jersey State Champions, Morris County Tournament Champions and Iron Hlls Conference (Hills Division) Champions and 2008 Morris County Tournament Semifinalists and New Jersey State Semifinalists (Group II) … earned Second-Team All-Area as a freshman … 3-time First Team All-Area … 3-time First Team All-County … Second Team All-State 2006 … 3-time First Team All-State Group II … 2-time First Team All-State … 2-time First Team All-Conference … 2006 PrepVolleyball.com Soph 79 … 2-time PrepVolleyball.com High School All-American … 2007 New Jersey Gatorade Player of the Year runner-up and 2008 New Jersey Gatorade Player of the Year Finalist … 2-time New Jersey Star-Ledger Player of the Year (Morris County) … 2007 Daily Record Player of the Year … 2007 Morris County Tournament MVP … Volleyball Magazine – Fab 50 … 2008 Volleyball Preview Players to Watch – Featured Athlete … Finalist for the 2008 Andi Collins Award for Best Senior Setter … Top 250 Senior Ace … 2008 Chatham volleyball co-captain and MVP … earned the 2009 Tony ‘Anthony’ R. Mack Sportsmanship Award.

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