Penn State Volleyball Sweeps Minnesota In Maturi Pavilion

Posted on by Ethan Kasales

No. 14 Penn State women’s volleyball swept No. 12 Minnesota 3-0 (25-18, 27-25, 25-22) Friday night at Maturi Pavilion in Minneapolis.

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Jonni Parker and Kaitlyn Hord led a group of four Nittany Lions with double-digit kills, recording a match-high 16 and 15, respectively. Allie Holland and Adanna Rollins were also excellent in the convincing road win. Holland hit .550 with 12 kills and Rollins had a double-double with 11 kills and 13 digs against her alma mater and former teammates.

Jenna Hampton tied Stephanie Samedy for the match high with 16 digs, while senior setter Gabby Blossom turned in another impressive performance with 44 assists and 14 digs in one of Penn State’s best matches of the season so far. Blossom guided the Nittany Lions to a .356 hitting percentage. Freshman defensive specialist Quinn Menger had two of Penn State’s four aces.

In a crucial stretch of the season, Penn State delivered a timely all-around showing that could prove to be especially important down the road when deciding postseason seeding. Penn State even rallied from a 21-16 deficit to win the second set. The Nittany Lions (14-5, 7-2 Big Ten) will travel to Madison to face No. 3 Wisconsin Saturday at 7 p.m. ET in another huge test on Big Ten Network.

Box Score

Match Details

Penn St. Minnesota
Set K E TA % K E TA %
1 21 2 50 0.380 13 2 43 0.256
2 17 4 41 0.317 18 5 46 0.283
3 22 6 44 0.364 15 2 39 0.333
Total 60 12 135 0.356 46 9 128 0.289
Penn St. Minnesota
Points 68 53.5
Kills 60 46
Aces 4 2
Blocks 4 5.5
Assists 53 44
Digs 61 53

Game Leaders

Penn St. – Leaders
Kills Jonni Parker (16), Kaitlyn Hord (15), Allie Holland (12)
Aces Quinn Menger (2), Anjelina Starck (1), Jenna Hampton (1)
Blocks Allie Holland (4), Gabby Blossom (2), Katie Clark (1)
Assists Gabby Blossom (44), Jenna Hampton (7), Anjelina Starck (1), Jonni Parker (1)
Digs Jenna Hampton (16), Gabby Blossom (14), Adanna Rollins (13)
Minnesota – Leaders
Kills Jenna Wenaas (15), Airi Miyabe (14), Stephanie Samedy (12)
Aces Melani Shaffmaster (1), Katie Myers (1)
Blocks Katie Myers (5), Jenna Wenaas (3), Melani Shaffmaster (2)
Assists Melani Shaffmaster (36), CC McGraw (3), Stephanie Samedy (2)
Digs Stephanie Samedy (16), Melani Shaffmaster (11), Rachel Kilkelly (11)

Penn State Stats

# Player SP K E TA % A E SA SE BS BA BE DIG BHE RE Pts
9 Jonni Parker 3 16 2 41 0.341 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 16
23 Kaitlyn Hord 3 15 3 27 0.444 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
20 Allie Holland 3 12 1 20 0.550 0 0 0 0 1 3 2 0 0 0 14.5
1 Adanna Rollins 3 11 3 24 0.333 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 1 11
10 Anjelina Starck 3 4 2 18 0.111 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 10 0 1 5
13 Gabby Blossom 3 2 1 5 0.200 44 1 0 2 0 2 0 14 0 0 3
24 Quinn Menger 3 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
15 Jenna Hampton 3 0 0 0 0.000 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 1
11 Katie Clark 1 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.5
2 Maddy Bilinovic 2 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
3 Keatan Broughton 1 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 60 12 135 0.356 53 1 4 4 1 6 2 61 0 2 68

Minnesota Stats

# Player SP K E TA % A E SA SE BS BA BE DIG BHE RE Pts
2 Jenna Wenaas 3 15 4 37 0.297 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 4 0 1 16.5
8 Airi Miyabe 3 14 3 34 0.324 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 14
10 Stephanie Samedy 3 12 0 40 0.300 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 12
23 Katie Myers 3 4 2 11 0.182 1 0 1 1 1 4 1 2 0 0 8
5 Melani Shaffmaster 3 0 0 4 0.000 36 1 1 0 0 2 0 11 0 0 2
9 Shea Rubright 3 1 0 2 0.500 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
7 CC McGraw 3 0 0 0 0.000 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0
6 Rachel Kilkelly 3 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 3 0
Total 46 9 128 0.289 44 2 2 2 1 9 3 53 0 4 53.5

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