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PENN STATE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL SEVEN-TIME NATIONAL CHAMPIONS 36 NCAA TOURNAMENT APPEARANCES | 16 BIG TEN TITLES 2016 SCHEDULE & RECORD Overall: 24-9 (Home: 16-2, Away: 6-6, Neutral: 2-1) 2016 NCAA REGIONAL SEMIFINALS/FINALS Big Ten: 14-6 (Home: 9-1, Away: 5-5) Friday, Dec. 9, 12 p.m. ET | Lincoln, Neb. - Bob Devaney Sports Center AUGUST Saturday, Dec. 10, 4 p.m. ET | Lincoln, Neb. - Bob Devaney Sports Center Penn State Classic 26 vs. WEST VIRGINIA W, 3-0 No. 16 PENN STATE VS. NCAA REGIONAL OPPONENTS 27 vs. GEORGIA SOUTHERN W, 3-0 27 vs. No. 19 NORTH CAROLINA L, 3-2 No. 16 PENN STATE No. 1 NEBRASKA No. 8 WASHINGTON ARIZONA NITTANY LIONS CORNHUSKERS HUSKIES WILDCATS SEPTEMBER Record: 24-9 Record: 29-2 Record: 28-4 Record: 20-14 Big Ten: Pac-12: 16-4 Pac-12: 10-10 Big Ten/Pac-12 Challenge (Boulder, Colo.) 14-6 Big Ten: 18-2 AVCA Poll: #13 AVCA Poll: #2 AVCA Poll: #8 AVCA Poll: RV 3 at Colorado# L, 3-2 Head Coach: Russ Rose Last Outing: 11/16/16 Last Outing: 12/19/13 Last Outing: 9/1/91 4 vs. No. 9 Stanford# L, 3-0 Overall Record/Yrs: 1,213-195/38 Head Coach: John Cook Head Coach: Keegan Cook Head Coach: Dave Rubio Syracuse Classic (Syracuse, N.Y.) 9 vs. Siena W, 3-0 FIRST SERVE 10 vs. Hofstra W, 3-1 » 16-seed Penn State (24-9) advanced to the Regional semifinal following victories over LIU Brook- 10 at Syracuse W, 3-0 lyn, 3-0 (25-8, 25-16, 25-6) and Pitt, 3-1 (20-25, 25-16, 25-13, 25-18), in the opening weekend of the Penn State Invitational NCAA tournament. The Nittany Lions are now slated to face the top-seeded Nebraska Cornhuskers (29-2) on Friday, Dec. 9 at 12 p.m. ET. The match is set for broadcast on ESPNU, with Paul Sunder- 16 vs. RHODE ISLAND W, 3-0 land and Karch Kirlay on the call. 17 vs. HOWARD W, 3-0 » With a win over the Cornhuskers, Penn State would advance to the Regional Final, facing the 17 vs. CLEMSON W, 3-0 winner of eight-seed Washington (28-4) and Arizona (20-14). 21 at Rutgers* W, 3-0 » With the selection as a host seed, Penn State has now served as a first and second round site in 25 at Northwestern* W, 3-0 each of the past 27 seasons. With the selection to the NCAA tournament Penn State, along with Stanford, is one of just two programs to make appearances in all 36 NCAA tournaments. 30 vs. No. 18 MICHIGAN STATE* W, 3-0 » The AVCA announced its All-Region award winners on Tuesday. Simone Lee and Haleigh Washing- OCTOBER ton earned spots on the All-Region Team, while Frantti was named an honorable mention. » Penn State saw four members of the team land postseason Big Ten honors, with juniors Simone 1 vs. No. 22MICHIGAN* W, 3-0 Lee and Haleigh Washington both earning unanimous All-Big Ten honors, while freshmen Tori Gorrell 5 vs. No. 1 MINNESOTA*# W, 3-2 and Kendall White made the All-Freshmen Team. 8 vs. RUTGERS* W, 3-0 » Junior outside hitter Ali Frantti eclipsed the 900 career kill benchmark with nine kills in the most 14 at No. 22 Purdue*# W, 3-0 recent outing against the Ohio State Buckeyes. She is now just 32 kills short of becoming the 26th 15 at Indiana* W, 3-0 member of Penn State’s 1,000 kill club. Frantti enters Friday’s match after posting 16 kills last 19 vs. No. 19 OHIO STATE*# W, 3-0 weekend. 22 at No. 16 Michigan* L, 3-2 » Following a 14 kills performance against Pitt, Simone Lee earned the third spot on the Penn State single season kills leaderboard during the 25-point rally scoring era. 28 at No. 4 Wisconsin*# L, 3-1 » Juniors Haleigh Washington and Simone Lee both rank among the nation’s best in statistical 29 at No. 3 Minnesota*# L, 3-0 categories at the end of the regular season. Washington ranked second in the country in hitting NOVEMBER percentage (.435), while Lee’s 4.17 kills per set ranked 37th in NCAA Division I. Both Washington 4 vs. No. 1 NEBRASKA*# L, 3-2 and Lee’s numbers lead the Big Ten conference. 5 vs. IOWA* W, 3-0 » Three Penn State players in Lee, Washington and redshirt freshman Tori Gorrell all have chances 11 at Maryland* W, 3-1 to place among the top-five during the 25-point rally scoring era in single-season statistical catego- ries. Lee (average kills/set) and Washington (hitting percentage) would rank third and tied for fifth, 12 at Ohio State* L, 3-2 respectively, in their categories if the season ended today. Gorrell (total block solos, 22) is poised to 16 at No. 1 Nebraska*# L, 3-0 crack the top five as well. 19 vs. PURDUE* W, 3-0 » PSU finds itself among the top 35 in the country in a pair statistical categories as a team at the 25 vs. NORTHWESTERN* W, 3-0 end of the regular season. The Nittany Lions have hit the ball at a .290 clip entering the tournament, 26 vs. ILLINOIS* W, 3-1 coming in first in the Big Ten and third nationally. Penn State averages 2.53 blocks per set, coming in fourth in the Big Ten and 35th among Division I programs. DECEMBER » Penn State enters the weekend with a 10-18 record all-time against the Cornhuskers. Nebraska 2 vs. LIU BROOKLYN W, 3-0 has been the winner of the past three, with Penn TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 vs. PITTSBURGH W, 3-1 State pushing the team to five sets in Rec Hall ear- FIRST SERVE .............1 RUSS ROSE ......................9 lier this season before being swept by Nebraska in SCHEDULE/RESULTS ...1 THE LAST TIME .................9 9 at No. 1 Nebraska 12 p.m. QUICK FACTS ...................2 DOUBLE-DOUBLES ........10 the Bob Devaney Sports Center last time the two ROSTER ............................2 MISC. STATS ...................10 10 NCAA Regional Championship 4 p.m. sides faced one another. NOTES ......................... 3-10 2016 SUPERLATIVES ......11 15-17 NCAA Championship Columbus, Ohio BIG TEN STANDINGS .......3 SPECIALTY STATS ..........12 » If Penn State wins Friday afternoon, the team will RECORD VS. 2016 OPP. ...3 SEASON STATS ......... 13-15 Home matches played at Rec Hall in CAPS • All times Eastern and face the winner of No. 8 Washington and Arizona. AVCA POLL .......................4 NAT'L STAT RANKS ... 16-17 subject to change • * Indicates Big Ten match • # Indicates TV match Penn State is 2-2 all-time against the Huskies and NCAA TOP 30 RPI .............5 TOURNEY HISTORY .......18 PSU'S RECORD WHEN ....5 2016 BRACKET ...............19 hold a 2-1 edge in matches against the Wildcats. OPPONENT SCOUTING ...6 PLAYER BIOS ............ 20-33 » A win would also give Penn State a 16-5 record NCAA TOURNEY FACTS...7 2016 IN REVIEW ........ 34-50 in Regional semifinal matches all-time. 2016 HONORS/AWARDS ..8 CLIPPINGS ................ 50-59 STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS MILESTONE TRACKER .....8 TV/RADIO CHART ...........60 Women's Volleyball Contact: Steve Sommer Email: [email protected] 101-R Bryce Jordan Center University Park, Pa. 16801 1 2016 PENN STATE WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL PENN STATE AT A GLANCE 2016 ROSTER & QUICK STATS THE UNIVERSITY NO. NAME YR. POS. HT. SP K/S % A/S SA/S D/S B/S 2 Emily Sciorra Fr. DS 5-5 11 0.00 -.500 0.00 0.18 0.45 0.00 Location: .................................................................University Park, Pa. 3 Kendall White Fr. DS 5-7 116 0.03 .000 0.66 0.10 4.09 0.00 Founded: .................................................................................................. 1855 4 Wilma Rivera So. S 5-8 19 0.00 .000 0.11 0.21 0.84 0.00 Enrollment: ..................................................................................... 46,848 5 Ali Frantti Jr. OH 6-2 116 2.36 .222 0.34 0.14 1.76 0.48 Colors: .....................................................................................Blue & White 6 Nia Reed RS-So. OH 6-2 16 0.31 .100 0.00 0.00 0.06 0.12 Nickname: ............................................................................Nittany Lions 7 Abby Detering Jr. S 6-0 104 0.91 .333 10.02 0.38 1.77 0.41 Conference: .......................................................................................Big Ten 8 Lainy Pierce Jr. DS 5-6 67 0.01 1.00 0.10 0.04 0.66 0.00 President:......................................................................Dr. Eric J. Barron 9 Emily DeMure Fr. OH 6-2 1 0.00 .000 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Director of Athletics: ..................................................Sandy Barbour 10 Carley Muller Sr. DS 5-8 12 0.00 .000 0.00 0.08 0.50 0.00 Senior Woman Administrator ..........................Charmelle Green 11 Tori Gorrell RS-Fr. MB 6-2 116 1.71 .370 0.09 0.00 0.15 1.02 Facility (capacity): ................................................... Rec Hall (5,812) 12 Keeton Holcomb So. DS 5-5 109 0.00 .000 0.32 0.06 1.68 0.00 13 Taylor Krause Sr. DS 5-5 20 0.00 .000 0.00 0.00 0.55 0.00 COACHES & STAFF 14 Caroline Graham RS-Fr. S 5-7 0 0.00 .000 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 Head Coach: ...........................................Russ Rose (38th season) 15 Haleigh Washington Jr. MB 6-3 116 2.42 .435 0.06 0.21 0.61 1.15 Alma Mater: ...................................................George Williams, 1975 16 Jelena Novaković RS-Fr. OPP 6-2 5 0.60 .111 0.00 0.00 0.20 0.00 Overall Record (Yrs/Pct): ........................1,189-186 (37/.865) 17 Kristin Krause Fr.