No. 16 Men's Volleyball Opens West Coast Trip Saturday at No. 2 Long Beach State
The Nittany Lions have won seven straight matches
Series Breakdown
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SERIES HISTORY
• Penn State and Long Beach State will meet for the 30th time. The teams first played in 1985.
• The Beach holds a 21-8 record in the series, including a 3-1 win in the most recent matchup in 2024.
• Twenty of the 29 matches in the series have been played at Long Beach State. Penn State is 7-13 in those matches, including a 3-2 win in 2022.
SERIES HISTORY VS. LONG BEACH STATE (LAST 10)
| Year | Winner | Score | Location |
| 2010 | Penn State | 3-0 | Long Beach, Calif. |
| 2011 | Long Beach State | 3-1 | Long Beach, Calif. |
| 2014 | Long Beach State | 3-0 | Long Beach, Calif. |
| 2015 | Penn State | 3-0 | Long Beach, Calif. |
| 2016 | Long Beach State | 3-1 | Rec Hall |
| 2019 | Long Beach State | 3-0 | Long Beach, Calif. |
| 2020 | Long Beach State | 3-1 | Columbus, Ohio |
| 2022 | Penn State | 3-2 | Long Beach, Calif. |
| 2023 | Long Beach State | 3-1 | Rec Hall |
| 2024 | Long Beach State | 3-1 | Long Beach, Calif. |
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PENN STATE VS. MPSF
• Penn State is 46-99-1 all-time against current members of the MPSF.
• The Nittany Lions have played six of the 10 teams in the conference. They haven’t played the four newest members -- Jessup, Menlo, UC Merced, and Vanguard.
| Team | Record | Last Played | Score |
| BYU | 12-15 | 2022 | W, 3-0 |
| CUI | 2-0 | 2023 | W, 3-0 |
| Menlo | 0-0 | -- | -- |
| Jessup | 0-0 | -- | -- |
| Pepperdine | 5-17 | 2023 | W, 3-1 |
| Stanford | 7-7 | 2025 | L, 1-3 |
| UCLA | 8-37-1 | 2025 | L, 0-3 |
| UC Merced | 0-0 | -- | -- |
| USC | 12-23 | 2025 | L, 0-3 |
| Vanguard | 0-0 | -- | -- |
| Total | 46-99-1 |