Penn State Volleyball Loses To No. 3 Wisconsin 3-2

Posted on by Ethan Kasales

No. 14 Penn State women’s volleyball lost to No. 3 Wisconsin 3-2 (27-25, 30-32, 25-20, 23-25, 7-15) Saturday night in Madison after leading the match 2-1.

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Kaitlyn Hord and Jenna Hampton were both excellent against the Badgers, tallying 21 kills on a .475 hitting percentage and a career-high 27 digs, respectively. Hampton’s counterpart, Wisconsin libero Lauren Barnes, was also incredibly impressive with a match-high 29 digs.

Erika Pritchard returned to the court after missing the last seven matches with an apparent injury, coming off the bench to record nine kills. Pritchard struggled at times to keep the ball in play, however, tying Jonni Parker with 10 attack errors in the loss. Parker and Gabby Blossom had double-doubles for the Nittany Lions, who hit .185 against the Badgers.

The Nittany Lions (14-6, 7-3 Big Ten) return to Rec Hall Friday when they host Maryland at 7:30 p.m. Penn State beat the Terrapins in five sets earlier this season on September 29 in College Park.

Box Score

Match Details

Penn St. Wisconsin
Set K E TA % K E TA %
1 16 7 42 0.214 15 9 44 0.136
2 18 6 57 0.211 26 7 59 0.322
3 17 4 42 0.310 12 6 37 0.162
4 10 8 40 0.050 14 7 44 0.159
5 6 5 19 0.053 7 1 14 0.429
Total 67 30 200 0.185 74 30 198 0.222
Penn St. Wisconsin
Points 88 94.5
Kills 67 74
Aces 3 7
Blocks 18 13.5
Assists 59 71
Digs 77 90

Game Leaders

Penn St. – Leaders
Kills Kaitlyn Hord (21), Jonni Parker (20), Adanna Rollins (10)
Aces Jenna Hampton (1), Adanna Rollins (1), Erika Pritchard (1)
Blocks Allie Holland (8), Kaitlyn Hord (7), Jonni Parker (5)
Assists Gabby Blossom (53), Jenna Hampton (6)
Digs Jenna Hampton (27), Jonni Parker (14), Gabby Blossom (13)
Wisconsin – Leaders
Kills Dana Rettke (24), Julia Orzol (19), Devyn Robinson (11)
Aces Lauren Barnes (3), Joslyn Boyer (2), Izzy Ashburn (1), Sydney Hilley (1)
Blocks Devyn Robinson (10), Anna Smrek (5), Sydney Hilley (4)
Assists Sydney Hilley (65), Lauren Barnes (5), Julia Orzol (1)
Digs Lauren Barnes (29), Sydney Hilley (18), Giorgia Civita (10)

Penn State Stats

# Player SP K E TA % A E SA SE BS BA BE DIG BHE RE Pts
23 Kaitlyn Hord 5 21 2 40 0.475 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 0 0 24.5
9 Jonni Parker 5 20 10 60 0.167 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 14 0 0 22.5
1 Adanna Rollins 5 10 3 33 0.212 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 5 0 4 13.5
5 Erika Pritchard 5 9 10 34 -0.029 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 7 0 0 11.5
20 Allie Holland 5 5 3 20 0.100 0 0 0 1 0 8 0 3 0 0 9
13 Gabby Blossom 5 2 0 5 0.400 53 1 0 0 1 3 0 13 0 0 4.5
10 Anjelina Starck 5 0 2 7 -0.286 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 0 1 1.5
15 Jenna Hampton 5 0 0 0 0.000 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 27 0 1 1
2 Maddy Bilinovic 4 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
18 Anastasiya Kudryashova 1 0 0 1 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
24 Quinn Menger 4 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 67 30 200 0.185 59 1 3 5 3 30 0 77 0 7 88

Wisconsin Stats

# Player SP K E TA % A E SA SE BS BA BE DIG BHE RE Pts
16 Dana Rettke 5 24 2 43 0.512 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 25.5
22 Julia Orzol 5 19 5 58 0.241 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 9 1 1 20.5
10 Devyn Robinson 5 11 7 25 0.160 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 3 0 0 16
21 Grace Loberg 3 8 7 29 0.034 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 8.5
14 Anna Smrek 5 5 5 17 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 7.5
15 Jade Demps 3 5 1 17 0.235 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 5.5
2 Sydney Hilley 5 1 1 5 0.000 65 1 1 1 0 4 0 18 0 0 4
1 Lauren Barnes 5 0 0 0 0.000 5 1 3 2 0 0 0 29 0 0 3
5 Joslyn Boyer 5 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 9 0 1 2
11 Izzy Ashburn 5 0 0 1 0.000 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 1
17 Lauren Jardine 1 1 2 3 -0.333 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Giorgia Civita 5 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 0 1 0
Total 74 30 198 0.222 71 2 7 9 0 27 1 90 1 3 94.5

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