Penn State vs. St. Johns (1:00 p.m. Saturday)

Penn State vs. St. Johns in USF Invitational

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The Nittany Lions are 9-0, and following their sweep of Auburn on Friday night, have still not dropped a set this season.

Prior to the Auburn match, Penn State, ranked high in several statistical categories:

Team 3.46 blocks/set — 1st in the NCAA (they are now at 3.33 blocks/set)
Team .310 attack % — 6th in the NCAA (they are now at .324)
Opponent’s .086 attack % — 2nd in the NCAA (including Auburn, they are now at .o94)
Haleigh Washington — 1.58 blocks/set — 8th in the NCAA (1st in the Big Ten) (Haleigh is now at 1.52 blocks/set)
Haleigh Washington — .477 attack % — 8th in the NCAA (Haleigh is now hitting a gaudy .516!)

See below for all Penn State’s statistical leaders prior to the St. Johns match.

Following a straight-set loss to #5 Florida on Thursday night, St. John’s is 9-4. The Red Storm have been led by 5-11 Sr. setter Deniz Mutlugil (9.95 assists/set; 1.81 digs/set), 6-3 Fr. OH Pelin Aroguz (2.89 kills/set; .279 attack %), and 6-2 Sr. OH Karin Palgutova (3.95 kills/set; .280 attack %; 2.51 digs/set).

(Courtesy of GoPSUsports.com)

#	Name	Cl.	SP	MP (MS)	K	K/S	E	TA	%
17	Courtney, Megan	4/Sr.	27	9 (9)	86	3.19	13	222	.329
5	Frantti, Ali	2/So.	27	9 (9)	81	3.00	27	202	.267
14	Whitney, Aiyana	4/RS Sr.	27	9 (9)	79	2.93	24	175	.314
15	Washington, Haleigh	2/So.	27	9 (9)	73	2.70	9	124	.516
19	Thelen, Heidi	2/So.	27	9 (9)	17	0.63	6	39	.282
21	Weiskircher, Bryanna	1/RS Fr.	27	9 (8)	15	0.56	6	42	.214
	Team	n/a	27	9	361	13.37	91	933	.324
	Opp.	n/a	27	9	283	10.48	198	900	.094

#	Name	Cl.	SP	MP (MS)	A	A/S
21	Weiskircher, Bryanna	1/RS Fr.	27	9 (8)	268	9.93
4	Rivera, Wilma	1/Fr.	10	5 (1)	18	1.80
12	Holcomb, Keeton	1/Fr.	26	9 (0)	11	0.42
	Team	n/a	27	9	331	12.26
	Opp.	n/a	27	9	267	9.89

#	Name	Cl.	SP	MP (MS)	SA	SA /S	SE	TA	%
21	Weiskircher, Bryanna	1/RS Fr.	27	9 (8)	9	0.33	11	119	.908
15	Washington, Haleigh	2/Fr.	27	9 (9)	8	0.30	17	67	.746
17	Courtney, Megan	4/Sr.	27	9 (9)	6	0.22	4	86	.953
13	Krause, Taylor	3/Jr.	18	9 (0)	6	0.33	2	59	.966
	Team	n/a	27	9	38	1.41	55	663	.917
	Opp.	n/a	27	9	22	0.81	60	467	.872

#	Name	Cl.	SP	MP (MS)	RE	TA	Pct.	Dig	Dig/ Set
12	Holcomb, Keeton	1/Fr.	26	9 (0)	6	170	.965	103	3.96
17	Courtney, Megan	4/Sr.	27	9 (9)	5	107	.953	83	3.07
5	Frantti, Ali	2/So.	27	9 (9)	6	94	.936	49	1.81
21	Weiskircher, Bryanna	1/RS Fr.	27	9 (8)	2	3	.333	45	1.67
13	Krause, Taylor	3/Jr.	18	9 (0)	0	0	n/a	19	1.06
3	Pierce, Kendall	4/Sr.	19	9 (0)	2	24	.917	15	0.79
	Team	n/a	27	9	22	407	.946	369	13.67
	Opp.	n/a	27	9	38	608	.938	338	12.52

#	Name	SP	MP (MS)	BS	BA	TB	B/S	BE	BHE
15	Washington, Haleigh	27	9 (9)	7	34	41	1.52	6	1
19	Thelen, Heidi	27	9 (9)	5	32	37	1.37	5	0
14	Whitney, Aiyana	27	9 (9)	3	26	29	1.07	2	0
17	Courtney, Megan	27	9 (9)	5	18	23	0.85	1	0
21	Weiskircher, Bryanna	27	9 (8)	2	14	16	0.59	4	1
5	Frantti, Ali	27	9 (9)	1	8	9	0.33	1	0
	Team	27	9	23	134	90.0	3.33	19	4
	Opp.	27	9	4	60	34.0	1.26	18	8

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