Penn State Volleyball Swept By Wisconsin

Posted on by Ethan Kasales

No. 12 Penn State women’s volleyball lost to No. 8 Wisconsin 3-0 (20-25, 16-25, 29-31) Friday night in Madison despite a match-high 17 kills from Kash Williams.

The Nittany Lions (12-2, 1-2 Big Ten) lost their second straight conference match after hitting .136 against the Badgers, including a particularly rough first two sets offensively.

Leisa Elisaia and Maddy Bilinovic paced Penn State’s defense with 10 digs apiece. Elisaia (33 assists, five blocks) and Wisconsin’s Sarah Franklin were the only players to record double-doubles.

Williams led a group of six Penn State players who came off the bench against Wisconsin, hitting .419 in the loss. Freshmen Alexa Markley (four kills) and Mandi Morioka (team-high two aces) also stood out among the substitutes.

Wisconsin setter Izzy Ashburn was outstanding from the service line Friday night, tallying all five of her team’s aces. Franklin and Devyn Robinson led the Badgers with 12 kills apiece. Wisconsin hit .370 in the second set and .238 overall.

Allie Holland and Zoe Weatherington had eight kills apiece for the Nittany Lions, who return home to Rec Hall Sunday at 1 p.m. when they face Michigan State (10-4, 1-2 Big Ten) in the program’s annual THON match. The Spartans beat Maryland 3-2 earlier Friday night in College Park.

Box Score

Match Details

Penn St. Wisconsin
Set K E TA % K E TA %
1 10 8 39 0.051 11 8 33 0.091
2 10 9 28 0.036 14 4 27 0.370
3 21 8 51 0.255 14 3 41 0.268
Total 41 25 118 0.136 39 15 101 0.238
Penn St. Wisconsin
Points 53 51
Kills 41 39
Aces 4 5
Blocks 8 7
Assists 40 37
Digs 38 42

Match Leaders

Penn St. – Leaders
Kills Kashauna Williams (17), Allie Holland (8), Zoe Weatherington (8)
Aces Mandi Morioka (2), Gillian Grimes (1), Maddy Bilinovic (1)
Blocks Seleisa Elisaia (5), Allie Holland (3), Taylor Trammell (3), Kashauna Williams (3)
Assists Seleisa Elisaia (33), Maddy Bilinovic (5), Mandi Morioka (1), Anjelina Starck (1)
Digs Maddy Bilinovic (10), Seleisa Elisaia (10), Cassie Kuerschen (4)
Wisconsin – Leaders
Kills Sarah Franklin (12), Devyn Robinson (12), Julia Orzol (6)
Aces Izzy Ashburn (5)
Blocks Devyn Robinson (6), Danielle Hart (6), Sarah Franklin (1), Caroline Crawford (1)
Assists Izzy Ashburn (23), MJ Hammill (12), Gulce Guctekin (2)
Digs Sarah Franklin (12), Gulce Guctekin (11), Julia Orzol (7)

Penn State Stats

# Player SP K E TA % A E SA SE BS BA BE DIG BHE RE Pts
23 Kashauna Williams 3 17 4 31 0.419 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 19
20 Allie Holland 3 8 2 21 0.286 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 0 9.5
17 Zoe Weatherington 3 8 3 18 0.278 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 1 0 8
5 Seleisa Elisaia 3 1 3 9 -0.222 33 0 0 0 1 4 2 10 3 0 4
19 Alexa Markley 1 4 2 8 0.250 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 4
18 Anastasiya Kudryashova 2 3 4 11 -0.091 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
6 Mandi Morioka 2 0 0 0 0.000 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2
1 Taylor Trammell 3 0 3 10 -0.300 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 1.5
2 Maddy Bilinovic 3 0 0 0 0.000 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 10 0 0 1
3 Gillian Grimes 3 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1
10 Anjelina Starck 2 0 4 10 -0.400 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
12 Cassie Kuerschen 3 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
24 Quinn Menger 1 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0
Total 41 25 118 0.136 40 0 4 8 2 12 5 38 4 5 53

Wisconsin Stats

# Player SP K E TA % A E SA SE BS BA BE DIG BHE RE Pts
10 Devyn Robinson 3 12 1 21 0.524 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 15
13 Sarah Franklin 3 12 3 28 0.321 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 12 0 1 12.5
18 Danielle Hart 3 3 1 11 0.182 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 1 2 0 6
22 Julia Orzol 3 6 8 22 -0.091 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1 6
11 Izzy Ashburn 3 0 0 0 0.000 23 0 5 1 0 0 0 5 1 0 5
9 Caroline Crawford 3 3 0 7 0.429 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3.5
15 Jade Demps 3 3 1 11 0.182 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3
4 Liz Gregorski 1 0 0 0 0.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 MJ Hammill 3 0 1 1 -1.000 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
21 Gulce Guctekin 3 0 0 0 0.000 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 1 0
Total 39 15 101 0.238 37 0 5 2 0 14 1 42 3 3 51

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