Minneapolis, Minnesota – No. 20 Penn State women’s volleyball wins first ranking Katie Schumacher-Cory Era when they defeated No. 11 Stanford 3-2 (25-16, 25-22, 17-25, 23-25, 15-10) at the Maturi Pavilion in Minnesota on Friday night. This match was part of the Big Ten/Pac-12 Challenge.
Entering the day as one of 28 undefeated teams in the country, the Nittany Lions improved 7-0 with the win. They will face another ranked opponent, He No. 18 Oregon, on Saturday at 5:30 p.m. ET. The match will be streamed on his B1G+.
Penn State lost five straight to Stanford, improving to an all-time 13-14 record between the two historic programs. The match featured her two programs combining 16 of the 41 national titles in NCAA Division I women’s volleyball history.
The Lions’ defensive effort helped the win. His 21 blocks of them set a program record for his 4 sets his match scoring 25 points in his rallying era (2008 to present). led by 6 players contributed to that record. Taylor Trammell 11 and Allie Holland with 9 people. Zoe Wetherington I was in eight blocks, Celesa Elisaia Contributed to Seven. Kashona Williams When Angelina Starck I put in two.
After going through the first two sets and posting an impressive .478 hit percentage in the second set, Penn State faced the adversity of losing back-to-back sets and sent the game to fifth place. . The teams went back and forth in the first half before the Lions took an 8-7 lead at halfway point. It remained close to a score of 11-10 before Penn State made a 4-0 run to secure the win.
Williams had a big run in the fifth set with three kills on six swings. Wetherington had her two attacks on set for her two attacks. Penn State successfully clutched her serve to her three players in the set. The Dutch ace put the Lions ahead to his 3-2. Quinn Menger led 10-8 with an ace, while Elisaia added an ace to build a 13-10 lead.
Elisaiah had three of Penn State’s eight aces in the game.Holland two right behind her, Menger Gillian GrimesWhen Cathy Curshen I had one each.The Lions allowed only three aces, just by a tough-serving Stanford team
Initially, Stanford appeared to be trying to stave off Penn State’s first attempt on match point with a kill.
Williams paced Penn State’s offensive offense, posting a team-high 16 kills for a . 361 batting average. Starck also got him into double figures with 12 kills.
But it was the defense that propelled the Lions to victory. Three of his players have reached his double digits, led by . Maddie Vilinovic and 11 Grimes each. Elisaiah flirted with a triple-double, seven blocks and he added three aces with 35 assists and 10 digs. Starck finished with his 9th dig and Kuerschen made his 5th.
Kendall Kipp recorded a double-double with 20 kills and 10 digs hitting . 395 at Stanford. Kami recorded 53 assists and 7 digs in his minors.
Stanford slipped to 3-2 overall, with other losses coming to No. 1 Texas. The cardinal triumphed over no at the time. 13 Florida. They will play No. 3 Minnesota on Saturday.
