Nov. 2, 2015
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.-- After helping Penn State women's volleyball to a home-and-home sweep against No. 11 Ohio State last week, redshirt freshman Bryanna Weiskircher has earned Big Ten Setter of the Week honors. The award marks the first time in her career she's received Big Ten weekly recognition.
Weiskircher paced the team to a .358 hitting percentage in a 2-0 week that featured a pair of wins against the Buckeyes. Averaging 11.00 assists per set, Weiskircher directed the Nittany Lion offense to team hitting clips of .349 or better in each outing.
In the midweek match at Ohio State, she posted her eighth double-double of the season with 35 assists and 10 digs in the straight set win. In the next outing, she put down a career-high five kills on six errorless swings against the Buckeyes, adding six digs and two aces.
On the year, Weiskircher's guided the team to a .291 hitting percentage, which leads the Big Ten conference. From the end line, she's also tallied 26 aces on the year. Weiskircher's 0.33 aces per frame is tops in the Big Ten standings.
Weiskircher and the rest of the third-ranked Penn State women's volleyball team (21-2, 10-2) hit the road this week for the first half of a four-match road trip. The Nittany Lions travel to Maryland to take on the Terrapins (12-14, 2-10) Thursday, Nov. 6, before heading to Rutgers to square off against the Scarlet Knights (4-20, 1-11) Friday, Nov. 7 at 7 p.m. Please note that first serve on Thursday at Maryland has been changed to 8 p.m.