Penn State Volleyball Beats Oregon 3-2

Posted on by Ethan Kasales

No. 20 Penn State women’s volleyball beat No. 18 Oregon 3-2 (25-21, 15-25, 25-19, 23-25, 15-9) Saturday night at Maturi Pavilion in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to pick up its second straight five-set win and remain undefeated on the season.

Maddy Bilinovic set a career high with 22 digs in the win, besting her previous mark of 21 digs in Penn State’s sweep of LSU last weekend. Kash Williams led the Nittany Lions (8-0) with 16 kills for the second night in a row, while Zoe Weatherington added 13 kills of her own.

Williams, Cassie Kuerschen (nine digs), and Anastasiya Kudryashova (one dig) were Penn State’s lone substitutes in the finale of the Big Ten/Pac-12 Challenge. Leisa Elisaia had her fourth double-double of the season with 41 assists, 11 digs, six blocks, and four kills.

Although the Ducks finished with an 8-4 advantage in aces, they surrendered 12 service errors and were outblocked 17-9 by the Nittany Lions. Allie Holland led a contingent of five Penn State players with at least five blocks, tallying a match-high nine and adding nine kills with a team-high .381 hitting percentage.

Brooke Nuneviller led Oregon with 16 kills and 16 digs, but struggled to keep the ball in play with 11 attack errors. Oregon setter Hannah Pukis had a strong night with a match-high 47 assists and 13 digs, but the Ducks lost again after falling to No. 3 Minnesota in four sets Friday night.

Anjelina Starck tied Holland with nine kills and six digs and had one of Penn State’s four aces, joining Bilinovic, Kuerschen, and freshman defensive specialist Gillian Grimes, who also had 11 digs and an assist. Taylor Trammell had six kills, six blocks, and two assists. The Nittany Lions finished the match on a 4-0 scoring run, culminated by a Holland and Williams block. Penn State hit .226 to Oregon’s .184. Both teams had exactly 71 digs.

The Nittany Lions will return to Rec Hall next weekend for the Penn State Classic to wrap up their non-conference schedule. Penn State will play Howard Friday at 7 p.m. before a doubleheader Saturday against UAlbany (11 a.m.) and Coastal Carolina (7 p.m.).

Box Score

Match Details

Penn St. Oregon
Set K E TA % K E TA %
1 15 3 31 0.387 14 5 30 0.300
2 9 8 38 0.026 13 4 32 0.281
3 11 1 22 0.455 16 8 40 0.200
4 13 9 43 0.093 12 7 50 0.100
5 9 1 21 0.381 5 4 22 0.045
Total 57 22 155 0.226 60 28 174 0.184
Penn St. Oregon
Points 78 77
Kills 57 60
Aces 4 8
Blocks 17 9
Assists 54 58
Digs 71 71

Match Leaders

Penn St. – Leaders
Kills Kashauna Williams (16), Zoe Weatherington (13), Anjelina Starck (9), Allie Holland (9)
Aces Gillian Grimes (1), Cassie Kuerschen (1), Anjelina Starck (1), Maddy Bilinovic (1)
Blocks Allie Holland (9), Taylor Trammell (6), Seleisa Elisaia (6)
Assists Seleisa Elisaia (41), Maddy Bilinovic (5), Cassie Kuerschen (2), Taylor Trammell (2)
Digs Maddy Bilinovic (22), Gillian Grimes (11), Seleisa Elisaia (11)
Oregon – Leaders
Kills Brooke Nuneviller (16), Mimi Colyer (13), Gloria Mutiri (12)
Aces Elise Agi (2), Georgia Murphy (2), Mimi Colyer (1), Reagan Hope (1), Becca Morse (1), Hannah Pukis (1)
Blocks Colby Neal (7), Mimi Colyer (3), Gloria Mutiri (3)
Assists Hannah Pukis (47), Georgia Murphy (5), Elise Ferreira (5)
Digs Georgia Murphy (19), Brooke Nuneviller (16), Hannah Pukis (13)

Penn State Stats

# Player SP K E TA % A E SA SE BS BA BE DIG BHE RE Pts
23 Kashauna Williams 5 16 8 38 0.211 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 2 0 2 19.5
17 Zoe Weatherington 5 13 5 28 0.286 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 3 0 0 15.5
20 Allie Holland 5 9 1 21 0.381 1 0 0 1 1 8 0 6 0 0 14
10 Anjelina Starck 5 9 5 32 0.125 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 6 0 3 10
1 Taylor Trammell 5 6 1 18 0.278 2 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 9
5 Seleisa Elisaia 5 4 2 13 0.154 41 1 0 1 0 6 0 11 0 0 7
2 Maddy Bilinovic 5 0 0 0 0.000 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 22 0 2 1
12 Cassie Kuerschen 5 0 0 1 0.000 2 0 1 2 0 0 0 9 0 0 1
3 Gillian Grimes 5 0 0 0 0.000 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 11 0 1 1
18 Anastasiya Kudryashova 2 0 0 4 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Total 57 22 155 0.226 54 1 4 8 3 28 1 71 0 8 78

Oregon Stats

# Player SP K E TA % A E SA SE BS BA BE DIG BHE RE Pts
5 Brooke Nuneviller 5 16 11 55 0.091 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 16 0 0 16.5
15 Mimi Colyer 5 13 7 40 0.150 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 5 0 3 15.5
16 Gloria Mutiri 5 12 0 27 0.444 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 13.5
7 Colby Neal 5 9 3 17 0.353 0 0 0 0 1 6 1 2 0 0 13
12 Reagan Hope 4 5 3 12 0.167 0 0 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 7
19 Elise Agi 5 2 2 8 0.000 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 4
9 Hannah Pukis 5 1 1 9 0.000 47 2 1 2 0 1 0 13 0 0 2.5
10 Georgia Murphy 5 0 0 0 0.000 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 19 0 0 2
11 Morgan Lewis 1 1 1 3 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2 Becca Morse 5 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 7 0 1 1
25 Kiari Robey 1 1 0 3 0.333 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1 Elise Ferreira 1 0 0 0 0.000 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Total 60 28 174 0.184 58 2 8 12 1 16 2 71 0 4 77

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