MATCH NOTES
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – No. 16 Penn State Women's Volleyball hosts No. 1 Nebraska in what is expected to be a sellout crowd at Rec Hall on Friday at 8:30 p.m. The match will air live on B1G Network. The Nittany Lions then make the trip to West Lafayette, Indiana to take on No. 19 Purdue on Sunday at 1 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 3
8:30 p.m. | #1 Nebraska (21-0, 12-0 B1G) at #16 Penn State (15-6, 12-3 B1G) | Live Stats| B1G Network
Sunday, Nov. 5
1 p.m. | #16 Penn State (15-6, 12-3 B1G) at #19 Purdue (14-8, 8-5 B1G) | Live Stats | B1G+
PARKING
Discounted prepaid parking for both women's volleyball and men's soccer is available at https://psu.parkmobile.io through midnight Thursday night. Penn State University Park parking permits are valid for volleyball parking at the Nittany and West decks, and at Stadium West for soccer. For fans without a valid permit or prepayment, day-of-event parking will be $10 for each event. Shuttle service is complimentary to/from both locations.
For more information on event parking or shuttle service, email Penn State Transportation Services at parking@psu.edu or call 814-865-1436.
COMPLIMENTARY SHUTTLE
Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics and Penn State Transportation Services have partnered to provide complimentary shuttle service to and from the West Parking Deck. In addition to the West Deck to Rec Hall shuttle, a separate shuttle will stop near Jeffrey Field (at the west side bleacher entrance) to provide transportation to Rec Hall for fans who wish to attend the women's volleyball match following the conclusion of the men's soccer Big Ten Quarterfinal match vs. Rutgers that begins at 6 p.m. at Jeffrey Field. Using the shuttle will allow fans attending both events to pay just one event parking fee. Fans will return via shuttle to this corner of the Stadium West parking lot at the conclusion of the women's volleyball match.
CLEAR BAG POLICY
B1G NOTES
• Penn State is 633-138-1 all-time against current members of the Big Ten. The team's record in actual Big Ten regular season play is 548-98.
• The Nittany Lions are 329-36 all-time at Rec Hall against current members of the Big Ten.
• Penn State has won 17 Big Ten titles. Wisconsin has the second most Big Ten championships with nine.
• The Nittany Lions' 94 All-Big Ten selections are the most of any team in the conference. Minnesota is second with 74.
SERIES HISTORY - NEBRASKA
• Penn State is 11-26 in the all-time series with Nebraska. The teams first played in 1981.
• The Cornhuskers have won six straight matches in the series, with the Nittany Lions' last win coming in 2018.
• Penn State is 4-4 against Nebraska at Rec Hall. Friday's match is just the third against the Cornhuskers at Rec Hall since 2018.
• Jess Mruzik has averaged 3.75 kills/set and 2.44 digs/set in five career matches against Nebraska. Gillian Grimes has averaged 4.17 digs/set in two matches.
SERIES HISTORY - PURDUE
• Penn State is 60-10 in the all-time series with Purdue. The teams first played in 1981.
• The Nittany Lions won both matches against the Boilermakers last season, but Purdue responded with a win at Rec Hall earlier this season.
• Penn State is 28-4 in road matches at Purdue.
• Jess Mruzik has averaged 4.42 kills/set and 2.00 digs/set in six career matches against Purdue. She went off for 27 kills and eight digs in four sets in her first match against the Boilermakers as a Nittany Lions this season.
AGAINST THE #1 TEAM
• Penn State is 7-11 all-time against opponents that are ranked No. 1 in the nation at the time of the match. Seven of those matches were against Nebraska.
AGAINST THE #19 TEAM
• Penn State is 16-4 all-time against opponents that are ranked No. 19 in the nation at the time of the match. Five of those matches were against Purdue.
ON B1G NETWORK
• Penn State is 11-8 on B1G Network during Katie Schumacher Cawley's two seasons as head coach.
• The Nittany Lions are 4-2 at home, 6-6 on the road, and 1-0 at neutral sites in B1G Network matches during that time.
• Penn State is 6-2 in B1G Network matches this season and has won nine of the past 12 dating back to last season.
LAST TIME OUT
• Penn State split a pair of Big Ten road matches last weekend, beating Michigan 3-1 at the Crisler Center before falling 3-2 to Michigan State at the Breslin Center.
• Camryn Hannah hit .395 with 20 kills in the win over the Wolverines. Jess Mruzik had a double-double with 18 kills and 11 digs.
• The Nittany Lions had 10 aces and 19 blocks in a losing effort against the Spartans. Mruzik paced the team's attack with 19 kills.
REC HALL SUCCESS
• Penn State is 705-54 (.929) all-time at Rec Hall.
• The Lions are 329-36 (.901) against Big Ten opponents at Rec Hall and 376-18 (.954) against non-conference opponents.
UP NEXT
• No. 16 Penn State hosts Michigan on Friday, Nov. 10, and No. 2 Wisconsin on Saturday, Nov. 11.
