UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - No. 11 Penn State is back on the road for the fifth-consecutive week as it travels to Illinois for a Big Ten women's volleyball match Wednesday at 7 p.m. ET. The contest will air live on B1G Network.
Wednesday, Oct. 26
7 p.m. ET | #11 Penn State (17-4, 6-4 B1G) at Illinois (9-11, 4-6 B1G) | B1G Network | Live Stats
SERIES HISTORY
• Penn State is 50-12 in the all-time series with Illinois. The teams first played in 1981.
• The Lions have won five of the last six meetings, including a 3-0 victory at Rec Hall two weeks ago.
• Penn State is 20-8 against Illinois in Champaign.
SCOUTING ILLINOIS
• Illinois is 9-11 overall and 4-6 in the Big Ten following three straight 3-0 losses to nationally-ranked Big Ten teams, Minnesota, Ohio State, and Nebraska.
• The Illini rank fourth in the Big Ten in aces/set (1.67). Raina Terry ranks third individually with 0.44 aces/set.
• Illinois is tied with Northwestern and Michigan for eighth in the Big Ten standings.
20-WIN SEASONS
• Penn State has won 20 or more matches in 44 of its 46 seasons as a varsity sport.
• The only seasons in which the Lions didn't total at least 20 wins were its inaugural season in which they only played a total of 20 matches, and the 2020-21 season when they only played 16 matches in a schedule that was abbreviated due to COVID-19.
PROGRAM WIN MILESTONE
• Penn State is just two wins away from reaching 1,400 victories in program history.
• The Lions would become just the second NCAA Division I team to reach the milestone.
PENN STATE VS. BIG TEN
• Penn State is 617-131-1 all-time against current members of the Big 10.
• The Lions have winning records against 12 of the 13 teams in the conference. They have a winning percentage of better than .730 against all 12 of those teams.
ELISAIA WINS SECOND B1G AWARD
• Seleisa Elisaia picked up her second Big Ten Setter of the Week honor of the season on Monday, earning the award after helping Penn State post wins over Maryland (3-1) and Rutgers (3-0).
• Elisaia tallied 12.57 assists, 2.14 digs, 0.57 blocks and 0.43 aces while guiding Penn State to a .286 hitting percentage in the two Big Ten wins.
• She excelled in a four-set road victory that snapped Maryland's three-match winning streak, totaling a career-high 55 assists and eight digs.
NATIONAL RANKINGS STREAK
• Penn State was ranked No. 11 in the most recent AVCA Coaches Poll.
• The Lions have now been ranked for 513 consecutive weeks dating back to the end of the 1988 season.
UP NEXT
• Penn State hosts No. 6 Ohio State on Saturday for the annual Dig Pink match. It will air live on B1G Network and is scheduled for an 8:30 p.m. start.
