Penn State Sweeps Spartans in East Lansing

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Jess Mruzik kept up her offensive heater against Michigan State in East Lansing, as she racked up 14 kills and 10 digs in Penn State’s 3-0 win over the Spartans (25-16, 25-22, 25-16.)

Penn State Women’s Volleyball remained unbeaten in the Big Ten with the road win over Michigan State.  In addition to Mruzik, Camryn Hannah had 12 kills, and Caroline Jurevicius posted 7 kills in the win.  The leading blockers for Penn State were Taylor Trammell (4), Caroline Jurevicius (2), Izzy Starck (1), Maggie Mendelson (1), Camryn Hannah (1).  Penn State held the Spartans to .135 hitting, with Gillian Grimes (14 digs), Jess Mruzik (10 digs), Ava Falduto (8 digs) leading the way.

Mruzik had 5 kills in Set 1, 7 kills in Set 2 (on .500 hitting), and 4 kills in Set 3.  Led by Ava Falduto’s 5 digs, Penn State held the Spartans to .129 hitting in Set 1.  The Nittany Lions went up 23-20 in Set 2 after a 3-0 run that featured an ace by Falduto and a kill by Mruzik. A Cam Hannah kill won the final p9int in Set 2. Falduto registered 2 more acess in Set 3, with Grimes and Hannah also posting aces in the set.  Match point came on a Michigan State attack error. 

Box Score

Match Details

Penn St. Michigan St.
Set K E TA % K E TA %
1 14 4 35 0.286 9 5 31 0.129
2 18 8 33 0.303 11 4 29 0.241
3 12 4 29 0.276 6 5 29 0.034
Total 44 16 97 0.289 26 14 89 0.135
Penn St. Michigan St.
Points 56 32
Kills 44 26
Aces 7 4
Blocks 5 2
Assists 42 25
Digs 44 32

Match Leaders

Penn St. – Leaders
Kills Jess Mruzik (14), Camryn Hannah (12), Caroline Jurevicius (7)
Aces Ava Falduto (3), Gillian Grimes (2), Jess Mruzik (1), Camryn Hannah (1)
Blocks Taylor Trammell (4), Caroline Jurevicius (2), Izzy Starck (1), Maggie Mendelson (1), Camryn Hannah (1)
Assists Izzy Starck (32), Gillian Grimes (6), Ava Falduto (2)
Digs Gillian Grimes (14), Jess Mruzik (10), Ava Falduto (8)
Michigan St. – Leaders
Kills Akasha Anderson (7), Zuzanna Kulig (5), Taylor Preston (4), Julia Bishop (4)
Aces Taylah Holdem (2), Akasha Anderson (1), Nalani Iosia (1)
Blocks Zuzanna Kulig (1), Akasha Anderson (1), Julia Bishop (1)
Assists Julia Bishop (18), Mya Bolton (2), Taylor Preston (2), Nalani Iosia (2)
Digs Mya Bolton (7), Nalani Iosia (6), Akasha Anderson (5), Julia Bishop (5)

Penn State Stats

# Player SP K E TA % A E SA SE BS BA BE DIG BHE RE Pts
9 Jess Mruzik 3 14 5 32 0.281 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 10 0 0 15
8 Camryn Hannah 3 12 6 23 0.261 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 13.5
1 Taylor Trammell 3 6 0 11 0.545 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 0 0 0 8.5
14 Caroline Jurevicius 3 7 2 15 0.333 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 8
44 Maggie Mendelson 3 3 3 11 0.000 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.5
2 Ava Falduto 3 0 0 0 0.000 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 8 0 0 3
21 Izzy Starck 3 2 0 3 0.667 32 0 0 0 0 1 0 7 0 0 2.5
3 Gillian Grimes 3 0 0 0 0.000 6 0 2 2 0 0 0 14 0 2 2
5 Jordan Hopp 1 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Anjelina Starck 3 0 0 1 0.000 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
24 Quinn Menger 3 0 0 1 0.000 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 44 16 97 0.289 42 0 7 8 1 8 2 44 0 3 56

Michigan State Stats

# Player SP K E TA % A E SA SE BS BA BE DIG BHE RE Pts
3 Akasha Anderson 3 7 6 22 0.045 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 5 0 5 9
9 Zuzanna Kulig 3 5 2 12 0.250 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 5.5
25 Julia Bishop 3 4 0 7 0.571 18 1 0 2 0 1 0 5 0 0 4.5
7 Taylor Preston 3 4 3 28 0.036 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 4
14 Taylah Holdem 3 2 1 9 0.111 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 4
13 Aliyah Moore 3 2 1 8 0.125 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
12 Evie Doezema 3 2 1 3 0.333 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
1 Nalani Iosia 3 0 0 0 0.000 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 6 0 1 1
16 Grace Kelly 1 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Rachel Muisenga 1 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
33 Mya Bolton 3 0 0 0 0.000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 0
Total 26 14 89 0.135 25 1 4 9 1 2 1 32 0 7 32

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