#4 Penn State Defeats #2 Nebraska 3-1 (Now That Has a Nice Ring to It)

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Penn State downs Nebraska 3-1 (25-21, 14-25, 25-22, 25-23) to grab a share of the Big Ten title.

Co-Big Ten Champions!  What made it possible was Penn State’s 3-1 win over Nebraska (25-21, 14-25, 25-22, 25-23) at Rec Hall, led by a career night from Caroline Jurevicius (18 kills, .414 hitting), and a crowd of 6597 (OK, a few were from Nebraska, but MOST were rooting for Penn State).

In addition to Jurevicius’s big night, Camryn Hannah totaled 12 kills, Jess Mruzik put down 10 kills, Izzy Starck  and Maggie Mendelson both posted 6 blocks, Taylor Trammell finished with 4 blocks, Izzy Starck dished out 46 assists, and four players registered double-digit digs: Gillian Grimes (12 digs), Izzy Starck (11 digs), Ava Falduto (10 digs), and Jess Mruzik (10 digs).

Nice work, Penn State Volleyball, nice work.

Complete match stats are below the match videos.

Box Score

Match Details

Nebraska Penn St.
Set K E TA % K E TA %
1 13 5 39 0.205 17 7 48 0.208
2 9 4 25 0.200 9 12 38 -0.079
3 11 9 39 0.051 13 8 41 0.122
4 13 6 40 0.175 18 5 37 0.351
Total 46 24 143 0.154 57 32 164 0.152
Nebraska Penn St.
Points 63 70
Kills 46 57
Aces 1 3
Blocks 16 10
Assists 44 56
Digs 60 62

Match Leaders

Nebraska – Leaders
Kills Harper Murray (13), Andi Jackson (10), Rebekah Allick (8)
Aces Harper Murray (1)
Blocks Andi Jackson (8), Rebekah Allick (7), Merritt Beason (5)
Assists Bergen Reilly (38), Lexi Rodriguez (3), Harper Murray (1), Andi Jackson (1), Rebekah Allick (1)
Digs Lexi Rodriguez (16), Harper Murray (13), Laney Choboy (9)
Penn St. – Leaders
Kills Caroline Jurevicius (18), Camryn Hannah (12), Jess Mruzik (10)
Aces Ava Falduto (1), Gillian Grimes (1), Jess Mruzik (1)
Blocks Izzy Starck (6), Maggie Mendelson (6), Taylor Trammell (4)
Assists Izzy Starck (46), Jess Mruzik (5), Gillian Grimes (4)
Digs Gillian Grimes (12), Izzy Starck (11), Ava Falduto (10), Jess Mruzik (10)

Penn State Stats

# Player SP K E TA % A E SA SE BS BA BE DIG BHE RE Pts
14 Caroline Jurevicius 4 18 6 29 0.414 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 19
8 Camryn Hannah 4 12 7 37 0.135 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 12
9 Jess Mruzik 4 10 10 52 0.000 5 0 1 4 0 2 0 10 0 0 12
44 Maggie Mendelson 4 8 3 19 0.263 0 0 0 1 0 6 0 2 0 0 11
1 Taylor Trammell 4 6 2 14 0.286 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 8
21 Izzy Starck 4 3 4 12 -0.083 46 0 0 3 0 6 1 11 0 0 6
3 Gillian Grimes 4 0 0 0 0.000 4 0 1 2 0 0 0 12 0 0 1
2 Ava Falduto 4 0 0 1 0.000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 0 1 1
24 Quinn Menger 4 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
11 Jocelyn Nathan 4 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0
Total 57 32 164 0.152 56 0 3 12 0 20 1 62 0 1 70

Nebraska Stats

# Player SP K E TA % A E SA SE BS BA BE DIG BHE RE Pts
27 Harper Murray 4 13 5 37 0.216 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 13 0 2 16
15 Andi Jackson 4 10 0 15 0.667 1 0 0 0 0 8 1 2 0 0 14
5 Rebekah Allick 4 8 3 19 0.263 1 0 0 0 2 5 0 1 0 0 12.5
12 Taylor Landfair 3 6 4 26 0.077 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 7
13 Merritt Beason 4 4 6 22 -0.091 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 4 0 0 6.5
2 Bergen Reilly 4 2 1 7 0.143 38 1 0 0 0 4 0 8 0 0 4
22 Lindsay Krause 1 3 5 17 -0.118 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
8 Lexi Rodriguez 4 0 0 0 0.000 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 0 0 0
9 Kennedi Orr 4 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
6 Laney Choboy 4 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0
10 Olivia Mauch 4 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 0
Total 46 24 143 0.154 44 1 1 4 3 26 1 60 0 3 63

Box Score