University Park, Pennsylvania – of Katie Schumacher-Cory The Nittany Lions’ 3-0 (25-13, 25-15, 28-26) victory over Connecticut kicked off the Penn State women’s volleyball era. The game was the first of three for the Lions at the Penn State Invitational.
National champion and two-time All-American during his Penn State career from 1998 to 2001, Schumacher Cauley made his Lions head coaching debut. She is her third head coach in her 47-year history with the program.
Penn State fed the energy of a large student section and over 3,000 fans overall as they took an early 11-4 lead in the first set. 424 in sets for a 12-point victory. It was a team effort from the beginning, as six players scored kills in sets. Allie Holland four and Taylor Trammell, Angelina Starck When Anastasia Kudryashova 3 people.
The Lions continued their dominant effort with a 10-point victory in the second set, but were challenged in the third set by the UConn team, who had just finished a 24-win season in 2021. 20-17 lead.Penn State eventually took a 23-22 lead following kills by Holland and Setter Celesa Elisaia and a Dutch ace.
Penn State had match point chances with 24-23 and 26-25 leads, but UConn staves off losses both times. The Huskies’ only chance at set point was thwarted by a kill by Kudryashova that tied the match 25-25. The Lions eventually took the lead in kills for Starck to secure the season opener win. Zoe Wetherington.
Wetherington was the closer for the Lions all night, with set clinch kills in all three sets. She finished with eight kills.
Holland led Penn State with 10 kills and added a pair of blocks. Trammell was .471 and he scored nine kills, his four blocks most on the team. Kudryashova posted a .444 with eight kills. The Lions hit . 313 with Elisaia doing the job in the setter. She recorded her 36 assists in her debut at Penn State.
Maddie Vilinovic Wearing the Penn State Libero jersey, he led the team with 12 digs.While Starck and Elisaia each made his seven minings, the freshman Gillian Grimes Starting from the back row, he successfully completed 6 digs.
The Lions are Grimes, Elisaia, Wetherington, Holland, Cathy Curshen Serves one person.
Penn State held UConn to a .105 hit. The Huskies paced Ally Garland and he had 7 kills on . 333 hits.
The Lions will return to Wreck Hall for two games on Saturday. They play Loyola, MD at 11am and West Virginia at 7pm. Both teams scored victories over Duquesne on Friday. The teams also played each other. The Mountaineers won the game in five sets.
