Penn State defeated North Carolina 3-1 (25-21, 25-18, 20-25, 25-15) in Round 2 of the NCAA Tournament, earning the right to host an NCAA Regional for the first time since 2017!
Jess Mruzik had another monster match, hitting .280 with 21 kills, 9 digs and 4 blocks, while Cam Hannah chipped in with 13 kills (.435) and Taylor Trammell added 8 kills on eye-catching .889 hitting. Izzy Starck directed the team to an overall .368 hitting percentage. Penn State’s defense held North Carolina to .200 hitting for the match.
Complete match stats are below the match videos.
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Box Score
North Carolina Penn St.
Set K E TA % K E TA %
1 12 5 31 0.226 17 3 35 0.400
2 14 7 32 0.219 15 2 30 0.433
3 17 3 37 0.378 13 3 32 0.313
4 5 8 25 -0.120 14 5 28 0.321
North Carolina Penn St.
Points 58 75
Kills 48 59
Aces 7 3
Blocks 3 13
Assists 45 53
Digs 45 48
North Carolina – Leaders
Kills Mabrey Shaffmaster (12), Alexis Engelbrecht (10), Safi Hampton (9)
Aces Safi Hampton (2), Maddy May (2), Mabrey Shaffmaster (2)
Blocks Jackie Taylor (2), Chelsea Thorpe (1), Mabrey Shaffmaster (1), Alexis Engelbrecht (1), Emani’ Foster (1)
Assists Taylor Eisert (24), Zoe Behrendt (18), Maddy May (2)
Digs Maddy May (11), Safi Hampton (10), Mabrey Shaffmaster (8)
Penn St. – Leaders
Kills Jess Mruzik (21), Camryn Hannah (13), Caroline Jurevicius (8), Taylor Trammell (8)
Aces Ava Falduto (2), Camryn Hannah (1)
Blocks Maggie Mendelson (6), Taylor Trammell (6), Izzy Starck (5)
Assists Izzy Starck (41), Ava Falduto (3), Jocelyn Nathan (3)
Digs Gillian Grimes (16), Ava Falduto (9), Jess Mruzik (9)
Penn State Stats
# Player SP K E TA % A E SA SE BS BA BE DIG BHE RE Pts
9 Jess Mruzik 4 21 7 50 0.280 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 9 0 1 23.5
8 Camryn Hannah 4 13 3 23 0.435 0 0 1 5 0 1 0 2 0 1 14.5
1 Taylor Trammell 4 8 0 9 0.889 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 1 0 0 12
14 Caroline Jurevicius 4 8 1 19 0.368 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 8.5
21 Izzy Starck 4 5 0 8 0.625 41 0 0 0 0 5 0 7 0 1 7.5
44 Maggie Mendelson 4 4 2 16 0.125 2 0 0 0 0 6 1 1 0 0 7
2 Ava Falduto 4 0 0 0 0.000 3 0 2 3 0 0 0 9 0 2 2
24 Quinn Menger 4 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Gillian Grimes 4 0 0 0 0.000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 1 0
11 Jocelyn Nathan 4 0 0 0 0.000 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0
North Carolina Stats
# Player SP K E TA % A E SA SE BS BA BE DIG BHE RE Pts
9 Mabrey Shaffmaster 4 12 4 36 0.222 0 0 2 5 0 1 0 8 0 1 14.5
22 Safi Hampton 4 9 6 26 0.115 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 10 0 0 11
12 Alexis Engelbrecht 4 10 2 13 0.615 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 10.5
8 Emani’ Foster 4 6 4 22 0.091 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 6.5
77 Chelsea Thorpe 4 6 4 18 0.111 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 6.5
21 Jackie Taylor 4 4 3 9 0.111 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 5
23 Taylor Eisert 4 1 0 1 1.000 24 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2
25 Maddy May 4 0 0 0 0.000 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 11 0 2 2
20 Carson Overbeck 4 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Marissa Meyerhoefer 4 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Zoe Behrendt 4 0 0 0 0.000 18 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 0
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