Where: University Park, (Rec Hall)

When: Friday — 11-22-13 (7:00 p.m. ET)

Media: Big Ten Network – Student U CBSsports.com’s GameTracker

The Buzz on Northwestern: The Northwestern Wildcats (16-7, 8-8 in the B1G), have won their last two matches vs. Indiana, 3-2 and vs. Purdue, 3-1, after losing their previous two matches (see “What Have You Done for Me Lately, Northwestern?” below).  Al four matches were in Evanston.

The Wildcats have outhit their opponents — barely — .221 to .216 (see “Differential Equations,” below), have had .98 service aces/set compared to their opponents .88, but have been out blocked by their opponents 2.32 blocks/set to 2.00 blocks/set for the Wildcats.

The Buzz on Penn State: Penn State is on a 15-match win streak, the last five of which have been sweeps.  So lately they’ve been doing a lot of things very well.  As shown in the four box scores in the “What Have You Done for Me Lately, Penn State?” section, below, in the last four matches, they have team attack percentages of .304 (vs. Minnesota), .220 (vs. Wisconsin), .427 (vs. Indiana), and .316 (vs. Purdue).  For individual Penn State player performances, check out the box scores for each of those matches.  The stats look good.  We’re hoping the Nittany Lions will live up to their stats.

Differential Equations — How the Teams Stack Up

 

Stat Joust - Penn State vs. Northwestern: Attack (11-18-13)

Team	SP	Kills	Kills/Set	Att Err	TA	Hit Pct.
Penn State	90	1248	13.87	345	2845	.317
Northwestern	111	1429	12.87	not listed by SID	not listed by SID	.221
Opponents Penn State	90	941	10.46	558	2914	.131
Opponents Northwestern	111	1446	13.03	not listed by SID	not listed by SID	.216
Differential Penn State	90	307	3.41	-213	-69	.186
Differential Northwestern	111	-17	-0.16	not listed by SID	not listed by SID	.005

Stat Joust - Penn State vs. Northwestern: Serving (11-18-13)

Team	SP	SA	SA/Set	SE	SE/Set	Differential SA/Set minus SE/Set
Penn State	90	126	1.40	189	2.10	-0.70
Northwestern	111	109	0.98	not listed by SID	not listed by SID	not listed by SID
Opponents Penn State	90	34	0.38	159	1.77	-1.39
Opponents Northwestern	111	98	0.88	not listed by SID	not listed by SID	not listed by SID

Stat Joust - Penn State vs.Northwestern: Blocking (11-18-13)

Team	SP	Block Solo	Block Asst.	Total Blk.	Blks/ Set	Blk Err
Penn State	90	77	410	282.0	3.13	51
Northwestern	111	40	365	222.5	2.00	not listed by SID
Opponents Penn State	90	29	222	140.0	1.56	44
Opponents Northwestern	111	40	435	257.5	2.32	not listed by SID
Differential Penn State	90	48	188	142.0	1.58	7
Differential Northwestern	111	0	70	35.0	-0.32	not listed by SID

 

What Have You Done for Me Lately, Penn State?

Penn State is on a 15-match win streak, the last five of which have been sweeps.  So lately they’ve been doing a lot of things very well.  As shown in the four box scores below, in the last four matches, they have team attack percentages of .304 (vs. Minnesota), .220 (vs. Wisconsin), .427 (vs. Indiana), and .316 (vs. Purdue).  For individual Penn State player performances, check out the box scores for each of those matches:

November 16, 2013 vs. Minnesota at Minneapolis: W 3-0

SET SCORES		1	2	3		TEAM RECORDS
Penn State	(3)	25	25	25		24-2, 15-1 Big Ten
Minnesota	(0)	20	17	23		23-6, 11-5 Big Ten

	Penn State		ATTACK				SET	SERVE		SRV	DEF	BLOCK			GEN
##	Player	SP	K	E	TA	PCT	A	SA	SE	RE	DIG	BS	BA	BE	BHE	Points
1	Scott, Ariel	3	14	3	29	.379	0	0	0	0	5	0	3	0	0	15.5
7	Grant, Nia	3	5	1	13	.308	0	1	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	7.0
12	Hancock, Micha	3	4	2	10	.200	41	1	3	0	4	0	4	1	0	7.0
16	Slay, Katie	3	7	2	16	.312	1	0	0	0	3	1	7	1	0	11.5
17	Courtney, Megan	3	9	5	25	.160	2	0	0	1	9	0	1	0	0	9.5
18	McClendon, Deja	3	11	2	22	.409	1	1	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	12.5
3	Pierce, Kendall	3	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
4	Gonzalez, Dominique	3	0	0	0	.000	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	0.0
6	Martin, Maddie	1	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0
9	Prieto Cerame, P.	2	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
33	Fuller, Lacey	3	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.0
	Totals	3	50	15	115	.304	45	3	5	1	43	1	18	2	0	63.0
							TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 10.0

TEAM ATTACK BY SET  Set  K  E  TA  Pct  Sideout  Pct  1 16 5 40 .275 14-20 69% 2 17 3 34 .412 16-18 88% 3 17 7 41 .244 15-23 65%           45-61 73%

November 15, 2013 vs. Wisconsin at Madison: W 3-0

SET SCORES		1	2	3		TEAM RECORDS
Penn State	(3)	25	27	25		23-2, 14-1
Wisconsin	(0)	23	25	16		19-8, 8-7

	Penn State		ATTACK				SET	SERVE		SRV	DEF	BLOCK			GEN
##	Player	SP	K	E	TA	PCT	A	SA	SE	RE	DIG	BS	BA	BE	BHE	Points
1	Scott, Ariel	3	7	1	29	.207	0	0	0	1	4	0	4	2	0	9.0
7	Grant, Nia	3	7	2	16	.312	1	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	8.0
12	Hancock, Micha	3	4	1	8	.375	32	2	3	0	12	0	1	0	0	6.5
16	Slay, Katie	3	4	2	10	.200	1	0	0	0	2	0	8	0	0	8.0
17	Courtney, Megan	3	15	3	30	.400	1	0	0	1	11	1	1	0	0	16.5
18	McClendon, Deja	3	8	6	30	.067	1	0	1	0	15	1	4	0	0	11.0
3	Pierce, Kendall	3	0	0	0	.000	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.0
4	Gonzalez, Dominique	3	0	1	2	-.500	4	1	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	1.0
6	Martin, Maddie	1	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0
14	Whitney, Aiyana	1	0	1	2	-.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
33	Fuller, Lacey	3	0	0	0	.000	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0.0
	Totals	3	45	17	127	.220	41	4	8	2	62	2	20	2	0	61.0
							TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 12.0

TEAM ATTACK BY SET  Set  K  E  TA  Pct  Sideout  Pct  1 13 7 35 .171 15-23 65% 2 18 4 48 .292 16-26 61% 3 14 6 44 .182 10-16 62%           41-65 63%

November 9, 2013 vs. Indiana at Rec Hall: W 3-0

SET SCORES		1	2	3		TEAM RECORDS
Indiana	(0)	16	11	11		10-16, 1-13
Penn State	(3)	25	25	25		22-2, 13-1

	Penn State		ATTACK				SET	SERVE		SRV	DEF	BLOCK			GEN
##	Player	SP	K	E	TA	PCT	A	SA	SE	RE	DIG	BS	BA	BE	BHE	Points
1	Scott, Ariel	3	5	0	12	.417	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.5
7	Grant, Nia	3	3	1	7	.286	1	0	1	0	3	0	3	0	0	4.5
12	Hancock, Micha	3	4	1	5	.600	26	3	2	0	8	1	2	0	0	9.0
16	Slay, Katie	3	6	0	14	.429	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	9.0
17	Courtney, Megan	3	5	1	14	.286	1	0	0	0	4	2	2	0	0	8.0
18	McClendon, Deja	3	9	0	14	.643	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	10.5
2	Caraway, Lara	1	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
3	Pierce, Kendall	2	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0
4	Gonzalez, Dominique	3	0	0	0	.000	3	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0.0
6	Martin, Maddie	1	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
9	Prieto Cerame, P.	1	4	1	5	.600	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	7.0
10	Muller, Carley	1	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
13	Krause, Taylor	1	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
14	Whitney, Aiyana	1	1	0	3	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0
15	Harding, Maggie	1	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
23	Robertson, Kelly	1	0	1	1	-1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.0
24	Broerman, Laura	1	0	0	0	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0
33	Fuller, Lacey	3	0	0	0	.000	1	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	1.0
	Totals	3	37	5	75	.427	34	5	6	1	30	8	15	0	0	57.5
							TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 15.5

TEAM ATTACK BY SET  Set  K  E  TA  Pct  Sideout  Pct  1 15 3 27 .444 11-16 68% 2 12 1 23 .478 10-12 83% 3 10 1 25 .360 8-11 72%           29-39 74%

November 8, 2013 vs. Purdue at Rec Hall: W 3-0

SET SCORES		1	2	3		TEAM RECORDS
Purdue	(0)	18	22	21		16-8, 7-6
Penn State	(3)	25	25	25		21-2, 12-1

	Penn State		ATTACK				SET	SERVE		SRV	DEF	BLOCK			GEN
##	Player	SP	K	E	TA	PCT	A	SA	SE	RE	DIG	BS	BA	BE	BHE	Points
1	Scott, Ariel	3	5	3	22	.091	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	7.5
7	Grant, Nia	3	9	1	11	.727	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	11.0
12	Hancock, Micha	3	0	1	5	-.200	35	1	4	0	9	0	2	0	0	2.0
16	Slay, Katie	3	9	1	16	.500	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	1	0	11.5
17	Courtney, Megan	3	4	2	17	.118	1	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	0	6.5
18	McClendon, Deja	3	13	3	22	.455	1	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	0	13.5
2	Caraway, Lara	1	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
3	Pierce, Kendall	2	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
4	Gonzalez, Dominique	3	0	0	0	.000	0	0	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	0.0
6	Martin, Maddie	1	0	0	0	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
9	Prieto Cerame, P.	1	3	1	5	.400	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0
15	Harding, Maggie	1	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
33	Fuller, Lacey	3	0	0	0	.000	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	1.0
	Totals	3	43	12	98	.316	37	3	9	1	27	3	14	1	0	56.0
							TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 10.0

TEAM ATTACK BY SET  Set  K  E  TA  Pct  Sideout  Pct  1 16 2 34 .412 14-18 77% 2 16 5 35 .314 16-23 69% 3 11 5 29 .207 12-21 57%           42-62 67%

What Have You Done for Me Lately, Northwestern?

Northwestern has gone 2-2 in its last four matches — all at home.  In those matches they hit .275 (vs. Indiana), .194 (vs. Purdue), .209 (vs. Michigan) and .176 (vs. Michigan State).  For individual stats, check out the box scores below:

Nov 17, 2013 vs. Indiana at Evanston, Ill.: W 3-2

SET SCORES		1	2	3	4	5		TEAM RECORDS
Indiana	(2)	16	27	23	25	10		9-18, 1-15 B1G
Northwestern	(3)	25	25	25	17	15		16-12, 8-8 B1G

	Northwestern		ATTACK				SET	SERVE		SRV	DEF	BLOCK			GEN
##	Player	SP	K	E	TA	PCT	A	SA	SE	RE	DIG	BS	BA	BE	BHE
1	Holthus, Stephanie	5	15	3	53	.226	1	1	1	3	15	0	2	1	0
6	Ryan, Caleigh	5	0	1	1	-1.000	59	0	0	0	9	0	5	0	2
12	McGreal, Monica	5	21	7	44	.318	1	1	5	2	8	0	1	0	0
14	Dutchman, Katie	5	6	2	18	.222	0	0	0	0	1	2	8	1	0
15	Morin, Kayla	5	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	12	0	0	0	0
16	Paffen, Savannah	5	5	0	10	.500	0	1	3	0	0	0	2	1	0
5	Niedospial, Caroline	5	0	0	0	.000	0	0	2	2	20	0	0	0	0
13	Kraus, Abbie	1	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
79	Akanbi, Yewande	5	17	4	44	.295	0	0	0	0	3	0	2	1	0
	Totals	5	64	17	171	.275	61	3	11	7	68	2	20	4	2
							TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 12.0

TEAM ATTACK BY SET  Set  K  E  TA  Pct  1 13 4 35 .257 2 18 1 42 .405 3 17 7 42 .238 4 8 3 36 .139 5 8 2 16 .375

 Nov. 15, 2013 vs. Purdue at Evanston, Ill.: W 3-1

SET SCORES		1	2	3	4		TEAM RECORDS
Purdue	(1)	25	25	22	18		16-10,7-8 B1G
Northwestern	(3)	27	14	25	25		15-12, 7-8 B1G

	Northwestern		ATTACK				SET	SERVE		SRV	DEF	BLOCK			GEN
##	Player	SP	K	E	TA	PCT	A	SA	SE	RE	DIG	BS	BA	BE	BHE
1	Holthus, Stephanie	4	21	4	53	.321	0	1	0	1	15	0	1	0	0
6	Ryan, Caleigh	4	0	0	0	.000	41	0	0	0	9	0	3	0	0
12	McGreal, Monica	4	11	4	27	.259	1	1	3	1	6	0	4	0	0
14	Dutchman, Katie	4	7	1	22	.273	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
15	Morin, Kayla	4	0	1	5	-.200	3	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0
16	Paffen, Savannah	4	1	6	10	-.500	0	0	1	0	4	1	8	0	0
4	Burnham, Maggie	1	1	1	3	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
5	Niedospial, Caroline	4	0	0	0	.000	3	0	0	1	19	0	0	0	0
13	Kraus, Abbie	1	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
79	Akanbi, Yewande	4	11	5	35	.171	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0
	Totals	4	52	22	155	.194	49	3	5	3	59	2	20	1	0
							TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 12.0

TEAM ATTACK BY SET  Set  K  E  TA  Pct  1 19 6 45 .289 2 6 7 38 -.026 3 15 4 40 .275 4 12 5 32 .219

Nov. 10, 2013 vs. Michigan at Evanston, Ill.: L 3-1

SET SCORES		1	2	3	4		TEAM RECORDS
Michigan	(3)	25	19	25	25		16-9, 6-8 B1G
Northwestern	(1)	19	25	20	21		14-12, 6-8 B1G

	Northwestern		ATTACK				SET	SERVE		SRV	DEF	BLOCK			GEN
##	Player	SP	K	E	TA	PCT	A	SA	SE	RE	DIG	BS	BA	BE	BHE
1	Holthus, Stephanie	4	23	7	49	.327	0	0	1	0	8	0	2	1	0
4	Burnham, Maggie	4	2	0	8	.250	0	0	0	0	1	1	7	1	0
6	Ryan, Caleigh	4	0	0	2	.000	47	0	1	0	12	0	0	0	0
14	Dutchman, Katie	4	12	3	27	.333	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	1	0
15	Morin, Kayla	4	10	7	47	.064	0	2	0	0	6	0	2	0	0
16	Paffen, Savannah	4	5	3	20	.100	0	0	1	0	1	1	5	1	0
5	Niedospial, Caroline	4	0	0	0	.000	2	0	0	1	22	0	0	0	0
12	McGreal, Monica	4	0	0	0	.000	0	2	3	0	9	0	0	0	0
13	Kraus, Abbie	2	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	52	20	153	.209	49	4	6	1	60	2	24	4	0
							TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 14.0

TEAM ATTACK BY SET  Set  K  E  TA  Pct  1 15 7 41 .195 2 12 0 33 .364 3 12 7 36 .139 4 13 6 43 .163

Nov. 2013 vs. Michigan State at Evanston, Ill.: L 3-1

SET SCORES		1	2	3	4		TEAM RECORDS
Michigan State	(3)	24	25	25	25		19-6, 8-5 B1G
Northwestern	(1)	26	21	13	14		14-11, 6-7 B1G

	Northwestern		ATTACK				SET	SERVE		SRV	DEF	BLOCK			GEN
##	Player	SP	K	E	TA	PCT	A	SA	SE	RE	DIG	BS	BA	BE	BHE
1	Holthus, Stephanie	4	17	6	45	.244	3	0	1	1	11	0	1	0	0
4	Burnham, Maggie	4	4	0	7	.571	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
6	Ryan, Caleigh	4	1	0	2	.500	44	1	0	0	11	0	1	0	0
14	Dutchman, Katie	4	10	5	23	.217	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
15	Morin, Kayla	4	13	7	43	.140	0	0	0	1	11	0	0	0	0
16	Paffen, Savannah	4	6	7	21	-.048	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0
5	Niedospial, Caroline	4	0	0	0	.000	1	0	0	1	17	0	0	0	0
12	McGreal, Monica	4	0	1	1	-1.000	0	0	1	1	8	0	0	0	0
13	Kraus, Abbie	2	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
	Totals	4	51	26	142	.176	50	2	3	4	61	1	4	0	0
							TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 3.0

TEAM ATTACK BY SET  Set  K  E  TA  Pct  1 18 4 36 .389 2 12 6 34 .176 3 8 6 31 .065 4 13 10 41 .073