Match Day: Penn State at Northwestern (with Stat Joust)

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250px-Welsh-Ryan_Arena#3-ranked Penn State (15-1, 4-1 in the B1G) travels to Northwestern for a match tonight against the 10-6 (2-3 in the B1G) Wildcats.  The Nittany Lions defeated #13-ranked Illinois (11-5, 2-3 in the B1G) Friday night 3-1, while Northwestern fell to Ohio State in straight sets.

Date
(Time)
Opp.Site
Media
10-10-15
(8:00 p.m. ET)		Evanston,
IL		No TV

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For Penn State, 6-2 Sr. OH Megan Courtney once again was the heart and soul of the team, with 18 kills and a team-high 19 digs — her fourth consecutive and eighth double-double of the season.  She also contributed six total blocks, three of which were solo (one of her trademarks during an extraordinary career at Penn State).  Other key contributors on offense for Penn State were 6-4 RS Sr. MB Aiyana Whitney (16 kills, .319 attack %), 6-3 So. MB Haleigh Washington (11 kills, a team-high 7 blocks) and 6-2 So. OH Ali Frantti (10 kills, 5 digs).

5-6 Fr. libero Keeton Holcomb totaled 13 digs, followed closely by 5-5 Sr. Kendall Pierce, who registered a career-high 10 digs.  6-0 RS Fr. setter Bryanna Weiskircher directed the Nittany Lions to a .289 attack %, adding 14 digs and registering her fourth consecutive and fifth double-double of the season.

Against the Buckeyes, Jr. OH  Maddie Slater totaled 13 kills, and talented So. setter Taylor Tashima registered 33 assists, but it was not enough against a powerful Ohio State (15-2, 3-1) squad.

After the match, Northwestern head coach Keylor Chan said:

They’re a top-ten team. We need to work on the little things. Those little errors here and there cost us some close sets. That’s the difference between winning against elite teams and not.

Here’s a video recap from Northwestern:

Broken_lancesStat Joust: Penn State vs. Northwestern

(All matches)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hitting Percentage S K E TA Pct.
Penn State 53 721 206 1713 .301
Purdue 54 773 255 1793 .289
Nebraska 56 792 263 1991 .266
Minnesota 55 753 254 1880 .265
Wisconsin 53 743 264 1864 .257
Iowa 64 881 322 2187 .256
Illinois 56 789 290 1977 .252
Ohio State 65 915 349 2304 .246
Michigan State 58 831 325 2066 .245
Northwestern 52 713 281 1880 .230
Michigan 59 796 305 2152 .228
Maryland 68 843 366 2261 .211
Indiana 67 890 416 2258 .210
Rutgers 59 698 333 2045 .178

 

Opp. Hitting Pct. S K E TA Pct.
Penn State 53 589 349 1814 .132
Purdue 54 597 332 1847 .143
Ohio State 65 698 370 2224 .147
Minnesota 55 645 335 1911 .162
Wisconsin 53 630 323 1880 .163
Illinois 56 659 324 1961 .171
Nebraska 56 657 309 2011 .173
Michigan 59 746 358 2159 .180
Northwestern 52 621 284 1819 .185
Michigan State 58 678 306 1954 .190
Indiana 67 711 313 2031 .196
Iowa 64 797 332 2173 .214
Maryland 68 847 353 2149 .230
Rutgers 59 822 258 2044 .276

 

Blocks S BS BA Total Avg./S
Penn State 53 44 242 165.0 3.11
Minnesota 55 31 251 156.5 2.85
Wisconsin 53 16 257 144.5 2.73
Illinois 56 30 229 144.5 2.58
Ohio State 65 48 228 162.0 2.49
Nebraska 56 23 232 139.0 2.48
Michigan State 58 29 227 142.5 2.46
Purdue 54 37 188 131.0 2.43
Maryland 68 43 223 154.5 2.27
Northwestern 52 39 149 113.5 2.18
Michigan 59 32 190 127.0 2.15
Iowa 64 30 186 123.0 1.92
Indiana 67 26 201 126.5 1.89
Rutgers 59 16 186 109.0 1.85

 

Blocks by Opponents S BS BA Total Avg./S
Penn State 53 10 145 82.5 1.56
Purdue 54 7 157 85.5 1.58
Nebraska 56 26 145 98.5 1.76
Minnesota 55 41 130 106.0 1.93
Ohio State 65 30 216 138.0 2.12
Michigan State 58 33 181 123.5 2.13
Michigan 59 34 185 126.5 2.14
Rutgers 59 26 200 126.0 2.14
Maryland 68 34 227 147.5 2.17
Northwestern 52 18 193 114.5 2.20
Wisconsin 53 30 178 119.0 2.25
Illinois 56 27 200 127.0 2.27
Indiana 67 18 272 154.0 2.30
Iowa 64 30 257 158.5 2.48

 

Service Aces S No. Avg./S
Maryland 68 105 1.54
Indiana 67 100 1.49
Purdue 54 75 1.39
Minnesota 55 70 1.27
Iowa 64 80 1.25
Penn State 53 64 1.21
Northwestern 52 61 1.17
Ohio State 65 71 1.09
Michigan State 58 62 1.07
Rutgers 59 60 1.02
Nebraska 56 52 0.93
Wisconsin 53 43 0.81
Illinois 56 42 0.75
Michigan 59 41 0.69

 

Service Aces by Opponents S No. Avg./S
Illinois 56 31 0.55
Nebraska 56 41 0.73
Minnesota 55 41 0.75
Wisconsin 53 41 0.77
Indiana 67 55 0.82
Penn State 53 44 0.83
Maryland 68 58 0.85
Michigan 59 51 0.86
Ohio State 65 57 0.88
Michigan State 58 53 0.91
Iowa 64 60 0.94
Northwestern 52 55 1.06
Purdue 54 64 1.19
Rutgers 59 84 1.42

 

Hitting Percentage S K E TA Pct.
Haleigh Washington, Penn State 53 146 26 261 0.460
Faye Adelaja, Purdue 43 100 20 180 0.444
Maddie Slater, Northwestern 52 117 26 223 0.408
Abby Cole, Michigan 56 166 32 342 0.392
Danielle Cuttino, Purdue 54 111 28 215 0.386
Paige Tapp, Minnesota 55 143 32 288 0.385
Taylor Sandbothe, Ohio State 65 197 41 409 0.381
Jazzmine McDonald, Indiana 38 73 18 145 0.379
Haleigh Nelson, Wisconsin 53 131 28 273 0.377
Mikaela Gunderson, Iowa 64 138 26 304 0.368
Katie Stadick, Illinois 54 159 40 330 0.361
Aiyana Whitney, Penn State 53 166 46 358 0.335
Tionna Williams, Wisconsin 49 102 30 230 0.313
Gabrielle Hazen, Northwestern 42 86 29 183 0.311
Allyssah Fitterer, Michigan State 54 139 45 310 0.303

 

Service Aces S No. Avg./S
Abbie Kraus, Northwestern 52 21 0.40
Brooke Peters, Purdue 53 20 0.38
Holly Toliver, Michigan State 38 14 0.37
Bryanna Weiskircher, Penn State 53 17 0.32
Taylor Lebo, Indiana 62 19 0.31
Megan Tallman, Indiana 55 17 0.31
Abby Bentz, Maryland 64 19 0.30
Haleigh Washington, Penn State 53 16 0.30
Amy Dion, Maryland 68 20 0.29
Annika Albrecht, Nebraska 56 16 0.29
Daly Santana, Minnesota 55 16 0.29
Makayla Lundin, Indiana 21 6 0.29
Amanda Neill, Purdue 54 15 0.28
Rachel Minarick, Michigan State 57 15 0.26
Haleigh Nelson, Wisconsin 53 14 0.26
Molly Lohman, Minnesota 50 13 0.26

 

Blocks S BS BA Total Avg./S
Haleigh Washington, Penn State 53 13 68 81 1.53
Amber Rolfzen, Nebraska 42 4 59 63 1.50
Paige Tapp, Minnesota 55 11 68 79 1.44
Tionna Williams, Wisconsin 49 4 60 64 1.31
Danielle Cuttino, Purdue 54 14 55 69 1.28
Abby Cole, Michigan 56 17 53 70 1.25
Haleigh Nelson, Wisconsin 53 6 59 65 1.23
Gabrielle Hazen, Northwestern 42 8 42 50 1.19
Heidi Thelen, Penn State 42 6 44 50 1.19
Katie Stadick, Illinois 54 5 58 63 1.17
Megan Tompkins, Michigan State 51 5 54 59 1.16
Taylor Sandbothe, Ohio State 65 17 58 75 1.15
Ali Bastianelli, Illinois 55 8 54 62 1.13
Molly Lohman, Minnesota 50 7 48 55 1.10
Alyssa Garvelink, Michigan State 58 11 51 62 1.07