CAREER
Played in 337 sets over 103 matches during her four-year Penn State career...Finished with 790 digs (2.34/set) and 58 aces...Earned three Academic All-Big Ten awards...Transferred to Creighton for a graduate season after earning a bachelor's degree in management at Penn State.
2023 • SENIOR SEASON
Awards: Earned a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten Team.
Season: Played in 94 sets over 26 matches...Finished with 213 digs (2.27/set) and 19 aces...Totaled double-digit digs nine times, including a season-high 16 in addition to three aces, including one for match point, in a five-set win at No. 15 Kansas in the NCAA Second Round...Served for a season-high four aces in a five-set match at Michigan State (10/28).
Western Kentucky (9/1): Finished with 14 digs and six assists. James Madison (9/3): Tallied 13 digs. Ohio State (10/7): Contributed 12 digs. at Iowa (10/13): Racked up 13 digs in a sweep. at Michigan State (10/28): Served for a season-high four aces in addition to eight digs. Michigan (11/10): Reached double-digits with 10 digs. Wisconsin (11/11): Finished with 10 digs and two aces in a four-set win over the second-ranked Badgers at Rec Hall. Michigan State (11/17): Tallied 12 digs and one ace. Yale (11/30): Chipped in with eight digs and one ace in the NCAA First Round win. at Kansas (12/1): Totaled a season-high 16 digs and added three aces, including one for match point, in a five-set win over the 15th-ranked Jayhawks in the NCAA Second Round.
2022 • JUNIOR SEASON
Awards: Earned a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten Team.
Season: Played all 129 sets while starting all 34 matches at libero…Finished with 437 digs (3.39/set), 28 aces, and 117 assists…Had 27 matches with double-digit digs, including a season-high 22 in a five-set win over Oregon (9/10)…Her 21 digs in a win at LSU (9/3) tied for the program record in a three-set match during the 25-point rally scoring era.
UConn (8/26): Totaled 12 digs. West Virginia (8/27): Finished with 19 digs and three aces. at LSU (9/3): Tied a program record for a three-set match in the 25-point rally scoring era with 21 digs. vs. Stanford (9/9): Contributed 11 digs and eight assists. vs. Oregon (9/10): Racked up a season-high 22 digs. Howard (9/16): Tallied 16 digs in a three-set win. Indiana (9/23): Contributed nine digs and three aces. Illinois (11/9): Totaled 12 digs, seven assists, and one ace in a three-set win. Ohio State (10/29): Had 20 digs. at Rutgers (11/6): Racked up 16 digs in a three-set win. at Purdue (11/12): Finished with 19 digs. Minnesota (11/18): Chipped in with 15 digs and three aces. UCF (12/3): Tallied 13 digs and three aces in a four-set win in the NCAA Second Round. at Wisconsin (12/8): Finished with 17 digs in the NCAA Regional Semifinal.
2021 • SOPHOMORE SEASON
Awards: Earned a spot on the Academic All-Big Ten Team.
Season: Played 57 sets across 27 matches...Finished with 36 digs and four assists.
at Oregon (9/10): Totaled six digs and one assist. Nebraska (10/8): Posted a season-high seven digs and added one assist. at Nebraska (11/19): Contributed three digs.
2020-21 • FRESHMAN SEASON
Season: Played all 16 matches, including two at libero...Finished with 104 digs (1.82/set) and 11 aces...Recorded double-digit digs four times, including a season-high 16 in each of her first two career matches, both against Illinois (2/5, 2/6).
Illinois (2/5): Made collegiate debut at libero and came through with 16 digs, six assists and one ace in a four-set win. Illinois (2/6): Matched a season high with 16 digs and had two aces in a five-set win. at Minnesota (2/13): Totaled double-digit digs (10) for the third-straight match. Indiana (2/19): Tallied eight digs. Purdue (3/5): Finished with seven digs and one ace. Rutgers (3/12): Contributed seven digs and one ace. Rutgers (3/13): Totaled five digs and two aces. vs. North Carolina A&T (4/15): Had eight digs in the NCAA Second Round. vs. Texas (4/18): Finished with 10 digs and two aces in the NCAA Regional Semifinal.
PRIOR TO PENN STATE
Was the No. 77 ranked 2020 PrepVolleyball.com Senior Ace...Led Independence High School to two Ohio state runner-up finishes, a state semifinal appearance and a 95-15 record...Was a one-time Ohio Division 3 Player of the Year and a two-time Chagrin Valley Conference Player of the Year...Named All-Ohio twice...Served as team captain as a senior...Named to Fab 50 list, a Senior Ace and an All-American by PrepVolleyball...Finished with a school-record 1,383 digs and 232 aces...Played club volleyball for Academy Volleyball Cleveland for six years and Maverick for two years...Finished third at nationals and was named to the All-American Team in 2016.
PERSONAL
Parents are Kelly Bilinovic and Wayne Bilinovic...Wayne played basketball at Baldwin-Wallace and is a member of the school's Athletics Hall of Fame...Has two older sisters, Kalee and Olivia...Hobbies include working out, reading and yoga.
Maddy Bilinovic Season 2024
#2PositionL/DS
Height5-7
ClassSenior
HometownIndependence, Ohio
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No. 14 Women's Volleyball Outlasts No. 15 Kansas in NCAA Second Round
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No. 14 Women's Volleyball Beats Yale 3-1 in NCAA First Round
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No. 14 Women's Volleyball Closes Regular Season with Sweep at Ohio State
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No. 14 Women's Volleyball Sweeps Maryland
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No. 14 Women's Volleyball Sweeps Northwestern on Senior Day
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No. 19 Women's Volleyball Knocks Off No. 2 Wisconsin at Rec Hall
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No. 19 Women's Volleyball Uses 10 Aces to Sweep Michigan
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No. 16 Women's Volleyball Drops Road Match at No. 19 Purdue
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No. 13 Women's Volleyball Upset by Michigan State
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No. 13 Women's Volleyball Handed First B1G Loss at No. 2 Nebraska
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No. 13 Women's Volleyball Sweeps Iowa
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No. 14 Women's Volleyball Holds Off Indiana for 3-2 Win
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No. 15 Women's Volleyball Set for Matches at Illinois and Minnesota
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No. 15 Women's Volleyball Set for Matches at Illinois and Minnesota
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Mruzik's 26 Kills Lift No. 14 Women's Volleyball Past James Madison
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Mruzik Records 1,000th Kill in No. 14 Penn State's Sweep of Colgate
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No. 14 Women's Volleyball Beats No. 22 Western Kentucky in Home Opener
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No. 20 Georgia Tech Upends No. 8 Women's Volleyball
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A Day to Remember for Penn State Women's Volleyball
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Penn State Advances to NCAA Regional Semifinal with 3-1 Win Over UCF
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Women's Volleyball Opens NCAA Tournament with Sweep of UMBC
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No. 11 Women's Volleyball Tops No. 19 Purdue in Five Sets
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No. 11 Women's Volleyball Wins 3-1 at Northwestern
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No. 14 Women's Volleyball Drops Five-Set Thriller to No. 3 Wisconsin
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Williams Powers No. 14 Women's Volleyball Past No. 9 Minnesota
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No. 16 Women's Volleyball Gets B1G Win at No. 15 Purdue
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No. 16 Women's Volleyball Picks up 20th Win with Sweep at Indiana
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No. 15 Penn State Sweeps Rutgers for 1,400th Win in Program History
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No. 15 Penn State Holds Off Maryland, 3-1
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No. 11 Penn State Falls in Wild Five-Set Match with No. 6 Ohio State
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No. 11 Penn State Falls in Four Sets at Illinois
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No. 13 Women's Volleyball Sweeps Rutgers
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No. 14 Penn State Hangs on for Five-Set win at Iowa
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No 14 Penn State Drops Road Match at No. 3 Nebraska
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No. 13 Women's Volleyball Sweeps Illinois
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No. 13 Penn State Sees Comeback Fall Short at No. 6 Ohio State
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No. 12 Women's Volleyball Beats Michigan State 3-1
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No. 12 Women's Volleyball Drops Road Match to No. 8 Wisconsin
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Michigan Deals No. 9 Penn State First Loss of the Season
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No. 9 Women's Volleyball Sweeps Indiana
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Women's Volleyball Stays Unbeaten with Sweep of Coastal Carolina
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No. 11 Women's Volleyball Improves to 10-0 with Sweep of UAlbany
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No. 11 Women's Volleyball Goes to 9-0 with Sweep of Howard
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No. 20 Women's Volleyball Goes Five Sets Again in Win Over No. 18 Oregon
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No. 20 Women's Volleyball Takes Down No. 11 Stanford
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No. 20 Women's Volleyball Set for B1G/Pac-12 Challenge in Minneapolis
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No. 21 Women's Volleyball Goes to 6-0 with Sweep of LSU
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No. 21 Women's Volleyball Sweeps Troy
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No. 21 Women's Volleyball Beats Iowa State in Four Sets
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Women's Volleyball Heads to Baton Rouge for Tiger Challenge
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Women's Volleyball Completes 3-0 Weekend with Win Over WVU
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Women's Volleyball Holds Off Loyola (MD) in Four Sets
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Women's Volleyball Opens Schumacher-Cawley Era with Sweep of UConn
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No. 13 Penn State Falls 3-1 to No. 10 Nebraska at Rec Hall
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Women's Volleyball Sweeps North Carolina A&T in NCAA Second Round
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No. 12 Women's Volleyball Finishes Weekend Sweep of Michigan State
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No. 12 Women's Volleyball Sweeps Michigan State
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No. 12 Women's Volleyball Adds Another Sweep Over Rutgers
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Parker Reaches Three Career Milestones in Win Over Rutgers
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Parker, Gray Lead Women's Volleyball to 3-1 Win Over Indiana
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No. 9 Penn State Strong at the Net in 3-2 Win Over Illinois
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Rose's 1,300th Win Comes Over Illinois in Season Opener
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No. 9 Women's Volleyball Hosts Illinois Friday and Saturday
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No. 9 Penn State Opens Season at No. 24 Michigan on Friday-Saturday
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