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Penn State vs. Illinois

(Penn State’s Senior Night: Thanks to all of you!!!! Really!!!!)

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Where: University Park, PA (Rec Hall)

When: Saturday — 11-23-13 (7:30 p.m. ET)

Beatrice_the_Honey_Bee_(7836716730) The Buzz on Illinois: Because of the crazy tough pre-conference schedule Illinois put together this season (using AVCA poll rankings from 11-18-13 they faced #19 Florida State (W 3-0), #16 Kentucky (W 3-2), #9 San Diego (L 1-3), #24 Iowa State (W 3-0), #3 Washington (L 1-3), #1 Texas (L 2-3), #14 North Carolina (L 0-3) and #13 Duke (L 1-3)), we’ve asked more than once if Illinois head coach Kevin Hambly is crazy.

Now that Illinois is 15-12, has won six straight matches, is in 4^th place in the B1G with an 11-6 conference record, and is sitting on the #20 AVCA ranking, it’s looking like he’s crazy like a fox. In Illinois’s last five matches (including last night’s 3-1 win over Ohio State), they have hit .224 (vs. Ohio State), .369 (vs. Purdue), .281 (vs. Indiana), .271 (vs. Michigan State), and .274 (vs. Michigan).

During the four matches prior to the Ohio State match, 6-3 RS Jr. MB Anna Dorn hit .433 (compared to .322 for the season overall prior to Ohio State), 6-2 RS So. OH Jocelynn Birks hit .237 (versus .178 for the season prior to Ohio State), 6-6 Jr. OH Liz McMahon hit .268 (she was at .207 for the season prior to Ohio State ), 6-1 Jr. OH Morganne Criswell hit .331 (her season attack % was .249 prior to Ohio State), and 6-4 RS Fr. MB Maddie Mayers has hit .323 (compared to her overall attack % of .257 prior to Ohio State).

Beatrice_the_Honey_Bee_(7836716730) The Buzz on Penn State: Penn State is on a 16-match win streak. After five consecutive sweeps, it took a great match by 6-2 So. OH Megan Courtney (21 kills on .356 hitting, 17 digs), and contributions from a host of other Nittany Lions, for Penn State to get the win against a gritty and determined Northwestern team that, after dropping the first two sets by scores of 25-17 and 25-18, refused to lose, grabbed the third set 33-31, and had a real chance of winning the fourth set with the score sitting at 21-20.

In the end, Courtney closed out the match with a kill that gave the Nittany Lions the fourth set, 25-20. Courtney may have had the most eye-catching stats, but it was a team effort by the Nittany Lions that won the day. Among the other key performers were 6-1 Sr. OH Deja McClendon (16 kills and 11 digs), 6-4 Sr. RS/Opp Ariel Scott (11 kills, .300 hitting), 6-2 Jr. MH Nia Grant (11 kills, .529 attack % — tops for the match), 5-6 Jr. libero Dominique Gonzalez (24 digs — her best this season), and 5-11 Jr. setter Micha Hancock (41 assists, 2 service aces, which gives her 237 service aces for her career, and breaks the Penn State career mark previously held by Ellen Hensler who played from 1983-1986).

So, lately Penn State has been doing a lot of things very well. In their last four matches, they have team attack percentages of .344 (vs. Northwestern), .304 (vs. Minnesota), .220 (vs. Wisconsin), and .427 (vs. Indiana). For individual Penn State player performances, check out the box scores for each of those matches (which appear after the three “Differential Equations” tables below, in our “What Have You Done for me Lately” section).

Q& A with Club Coach

DigNittany: We’re talking with Club Coach, who has coached numerous highly successful college and club women’s volleyball players. Two questions occurred to us as we looked at the individual statistics for Illinois. First, shouldn’t we just throw Illinois’s season statistics out the window, given that this sure looks like a much better team than the one that took Penn State to five sets on October 18th in Huff Hall? And second, what the heck happened to the Illini? Below is Club Coach’s take on the Illini.

Club Coach: You can throw out what happened five days ago in the B1G. In a two-week cycle MSU went from getting votes for #1 in the country to being on life support. Two weeks ago Illinois was counting on their fingers to find out how many matches they needed to be NCAA eligible, now their counting on their fingers to see what seed they will be.

DigNittany: When you spoke with us before that October 18^th match in Huff Hall, you said that when you looked at Illinois’s offense, it was their lack of balance that hurt them – that they had two great offensive players in Jocelynn Birks and Liz McMahon, but that without other viable options, opponent defenses were able focus on them, to anticipate where the point of attack would be coming from, and generally put up a solid block. In that match, 6-1 Jr. OH Morganne Criswell pretty much went nuts, as she put down 21 kills on 40 attempts, with five attack errors for a .400 attack % for the match, and, as noted above, she’s hitting .331 in her last four matches. How big has her development been for Illinois?

Club Coach: Anytime you have a player emerge as someone who can score points, you instantly become a different team. It changes how teams prepare, other players get better because of the energy and attention other teams have to spend on that player. It is a deal changer. The RS player at Minnesota has done that for them for certain. It isn’t just that Criswell is better, McMahon and Birks are better because Criswell is better. Penn State is a great example; the toughest thing about the Nittany Lions is that you can’t put all your eggs in one basket in trying to defend them – there are too many players who can get it done. Although Illinois isn’t quite in the same boat, another arm makes them a different and better team.

DigNittany: On a related note, you commented before the October 18^th Penn State-Illinois match that you didn’t think Illinois had been a particularly strong passing team, and that if Penn State could serve them tough and manage their free passes, Illinois would struggle.

We don’t know whether, or how much, their passing has improved, but we can say that in the past four matches, Illinois has 10 serve receive errors (.67 per set) compared to 109 for the season overall (1.1 per set). Granted, four matches is a pretty small sample size, but the trend is in the right direction. Any thoughts on Illinois passing and serve receive?

Club Coach: The Illini are certainly passing better, although I wouldn’t consider them a strong passing team. I am really impressed, however, with how well their OH’s can score off the block when they are out of system. That certainly puts less stress on Illinois needing to pass well.

DigNittany: So, it will be senior night for Penn State, with a lot on the line in so many ways for both teams. What’s your call?

Club Coach: Illinois is red hot and very confident right now, and there is going to be a #1 seed shipped to Illinois who is gonna have their hands full. Having said that, I believe PSU is playing their best as well, and I like the ponies they have in their barn better. PSU in 3!

DigNittany: Thanks, as always. Much appreciated.

Differential Equations: Penn State and Illinois

Stat Joust - Penn State vs. Illinois: Attack (11-18-13)

Team	SP	Kills	Kills/Set	Att Err	TA	Hit Pct.
Penn State	90	1248	13.87	345	2845	.317
Illinois	100	1243	12.43	506	3475	.212
Opponents Penn State	90	941	10.46	558	2914	.131
Opponents Illinois	100	1339	13.39	571	3669	.209
Differential Penn State	90	307	3.41	-213	-69	.186
Differential Illinois	100	-96	-0.96	-65	-194	.003

Stat Joust - Penn State vs. Illinois: Serving (11-18-13)

Team	SP	SA	SA/Set	SE	SE/Set	Differential SA/Set minus SE/Set
Penn State	90	126	1.40	189	2.10	-0.70
Illinois	100	97	0.97	188	1.88	-0.91
Opponents Penn State	90	34	0.38	159	1.77	-1.39
Opponents Illinois	100	109	1.09	195	1.95	-0.86

Stat Joust - Penn State vs. Illinois: Blocking (11-18-13)

Team	SP	Block Solo	Block Asst.	Total Blk.	Blks/ Set	Blk Err
Penn State	90	77	410	282.0	3.13	51
Illinois	100	26	424	238.0	2.38	63
Opponents Penn State	90	29	222	140.0	1.56	44
Opponents Illinois	100	31	420	241.0	2.41	50
Differential Penn State	90	48	188	142.0	1.58	7
Differential Illinois	100	-5	4	-3	-0.03	13

What Have You Done for Me Lately, Penn State?

November 22, 2013 vs. Northwestern at Rec Hall: Won 3-1

	Penn State		ATTACK				SET	SERVE		SRV	DEF	BLOCK			GEN
##	Player	SP	K	E	TA	PCT	A	SA	SE	RE	DIG	BS	BA	BE	BHE	Points
1	Scott, Ariel	4	11	2	30	.300	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	11.0
7	Grant, Nia	4	11	2	17	.529	0	2	2	0	2	2	1	0	0	15.5
12	Hancock, Micha	4	4	0	9	.444	63	2	6	1	9	0	3	0	1	7.5
16	Slay, Katie	4	9	1	17	.471	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	11.5
17	Courtney, Megan	4	21	5	45	.356	1	0	0	0	17	0	0	3	0	21.0
18	McClendon, Deja	4	16	6	42	.238	1	0	0	4	11	0	4	0	0	18.0
2	Caraway, Lara	1	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0
3	Pierce, Kendall	3	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
4	Gonzalez, Dominique	4	0	0	0	.000	3	0	0	0	24	0	0	0	0	0.0
6	Martin, Maddie	3	0	0	0	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
9	Prieto Cerame, P.	3	0	0	3	.000	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0
15	Harding, Maggie	1	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
33	Fuller, Lacey	4	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0.0
	Totals	4	72	16	163	.344	70	4	10	5	72	2	13	3	1	84.5

							TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 8.5

TEAM ATTACK BY SET
Set	K	E	TA	Pct	Sideout	Pct
1	17	3	35	.400	13-17	76%
2	16	5	35	.314	13-19	68%
3	23	5	60	.300	20-32	62%
4	16	3	33	.394	14-21	66%
					60-89	67%

November 16, 2013 vs. Minnesota at Minneapolis: W 3-0

SET SCORES		1	2	3	TEAM RECORDS
Penn State	(3)	25	25	25	24-2, 15-1 Big Ten
Minnesota	(0)	20	17	23	23-6, 11-5 Big Ten

	Penn State		ATTACK				SET	SERVE		SRV	DEF	BLOCK			GEN
##	Player	SP	K	E	TA	PCT	A	SA	SE	RE	DIG	BS	BA	BE	BHE	Points
1	Scott, Ariel	3	14	3	29	.379	0	0	0	0	5	0	3	0	0	15.5
7	Grant, Nia	3	5	1	13	.308	0	1	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	7.0
12	Hancock, Micha	3	4	2	10	.200	41	1	3	0	4	0	4	1	0	7.0
16	Slay, Katie	3	7	2	16	.312	1	0	0	0	3	1	7	1	0	11.5
17	Courtney, Megan	3	9	5	25	.160	2	0	0	1	9	0	1	0	0	9.5
18	McClendon, Deja	3	11	2	22	.409	1	1	0	0	7	0	1	0	0	12.5
3	Pierce, Kendall	3	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
4	Gonzalez, Dominique	3	0	0	0	.000	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	0.0
6	Martin, Maddie	1	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0
9	Prieto Cerame, P.	2	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
33	Fuller, Lacey	3	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.0
	Totals	3	50	15	115	.304	45	3	5	1	43	1	18	2	0	63.0

							TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 10.0

TEAM ATTACK BY SET
Set	K	E	TA	Pct	Sideout	Pct
1	16	5	40	.275	14-20	69%
2	17	3	34	.412	16-18	88%
3	17	7	41	.244	15-23	65%
					45-61	73%

November 15, 2013 vs. Wisconsin at Madison: W 3-0

SET SCORES		1	2	3	TEAM RECORDS
Penn State	(3)	25	27	25	23-2, 14-1
Wisconsin	(0)	23	25	16	19-8, 8-7

	Penn State		ATTACK				SET	SERVE		SRV	DEF	BLOCK			GEN
##	Player	SP	K	E	TA	PCT	A	SA	SE	RE	DIG	BS	BA	BE	BHE	Points
1	Scott, Ariel	3	7	1	29	.207	0	0	0	1	4	0	4	2	0	9.0
7	Grant, Nia	3	7	2	16	.312	1	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	8.0
12	Hancock, Micha	3	4	1	8	.375	32	2	3	0	12	0	1	0	0	6.5
16	Slay, Katie	3	4	2	10	.200	1	0	0	0	2	0	8	0	0	8.0
17	Courtney, Megan	3	15	3	30	.400	1	0	0	1	11	1	1	0	0	16.5
18	McClendon, Deja	3	8	6	30	.067	1	0	1	0	15	1	4	0	0	11.0
3	Pierce, Kendall	3	0	0	0	.000	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.0
4	Gonzalez, Dominique	3	0	1	2	-.500	4	1	1	0	9	0	0	0	0	1.0
6	Martin, Maddie	1	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0
14	Whitney, Aiyana	1	0	1	2	-.500	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
33	Fuller, Lacey	3	0	0	0	.000	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0.0
	Totals	3	45	17	127	.220	41	4	8	2	62	2	20	2	0	61.0

							TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 12.0

TEAM ATTACK BY SET
Set	K	E	TA	Pct	Sideout	Pct
1	13	7	35	.171	15-23	65%
2	18	4	48	.292	16-26	61%
3	14	6	44	.182	10-16	62%
					41-65	63%

November 9, 2013 vs. Indiana at Rec Hall: W 3-0

SET SCORES		1	2	3	TEAM RECORDS
Indiana	(0)	16	11	11	10-16, 1-13
Penn State	(3)	25	25	25	22-2, 13-1

	Penn State		ATTACK				SET	SERVE		SRV	DEF	BLOCK			GEN
##	Player	SP	K	E	TA	PCT	A	SA	SE	RE	DIG	BS	BA	BE	BHE	Points
1	Scott, Ariel	3	5	0	12	.417	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	5.5
7	Grant, Nia	3	3	1	7	.286	1	0	1	0	3	0	3	0	0	4.5
12	Hancock, Micha	3	4	1	5	.600	26	3	2	0	8	1	2	0	0	9.0
16	Slay, Katie	3	6	0	14	.429	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	9.0
17	Courtney, Megan	3	5	1	14	.286	1	0	0	0	4	2	2	0	0	8.0
18	McClendon, Deja	3	9	0	14	.643	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	10.5
2	Caraway, Lara	1	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
3	Pierce, Kendall	2	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0
4	Gonzalez, Dominique	3	0	0	0	.000	3	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	0	0.0
6	Martin, Maddie	1	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
9	Prieto Cerame, P.	1	4	1	5	.600	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	7.0
10	Muller, Carley	1	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
13	Krause, Taylor	1	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
14	Whitney, Aiyana	1	1	0	3	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0
15	Harding, Maggie	1	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
23	Robertson, Kelly	1	0	1	1	-1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.0
24	Broerman, Laura	1	0	0	0	.000	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0
33	Fuller, Lacey	3	0	0	0	.000	1	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	1.0
	Totals	3	37	5	75	.427	34	5	6	1	30	8	15	0	0	57.5

							TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 15.5

TEAM ATTACK BY SET
Set	K	E	TA	Pct	Sideout	Pct
1	15	3	27	.444	11-16	68%
2	12	1	23	.478	10-12	83%
3	10	1	25	.360	8-11	72%
					29-39	74%

What Have You Done for me Lately, Illinois?

November 22, 2013 @ Ohio State: W 3-1

	Illinois		ATTACK				SET	SERVE		SRV	DEF	BLOCK			GEN
##	Player	SP	K	E	TA	PCT	A	SA	SE	RE	DIG	BS	BA	BE	BHE	Points
5	Dorn, Anna	4	3	1	7	.286	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	4.5
6	Mayers, Maddie	4	5	3	17	.118	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	2	0	9.5
7	Birks, Jocelynn	4	15	3	51	.235	2	1	1	0	9	0	5	0	0	18.5
8	Viliunas, Alexis	4	1	0	2	.500	38	0	2	0	16	0	2	0	1	2.0
10	Davis, Danielle	4	0	0	0	.000	1	1	2	1	12	0	0	0	0	1.0
14	McMahon, Liz	4	10	4	32	.188	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	1	0	10.5
1	Criswell, Morganne	4	15	5	42	.238	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	15.0
3	Beltran, Jennifer	4	1	0	1	1.000	6	1	0	3	13	0	0	0	0	2.0
12	Stadick, Katie	1	0	0	0	.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
13	Stark, Ali	4	0	0	0	.000	1	0	0	3	11	0	0	0	0	0.0
18	Abrahamovich, Court.	4	0	0	0	.000	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0
	Totals	4	50	16	152	.224	49	6	6	7	66	1	16	3	1	65.0

							TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 9.0

TEAM ATTACK BY SET
Set	K	E	TA	Pct	Sideout	Pct
1	15	6	39	.231	12-20	60%
2	8	4	37	.108	10-25	40%
3	15	5	46	.217	13-21	61%
4	12	1	30	.367	13-21	61%
					48-87	55%

Nov. 16, 2013 vs. Purdue at Huff Hall: W 3-0

SET SCORES		1	2	3	TEAM RECORDS
Purdue	(0)	18	18	21	16-11, 7-9 Big Ten
Illinois	(3)	25	25	25	14-12, 10-6 Big Ten

	Illinois		ATTACK				SET	SERVE		SRV	DEF	BLOCK			GEN
##	Player	SP	K	E	TA	PCT	A	SA	SE	RE	DIG	BS	BA	BE	BHE	Points
5	Dorn, Anna	3	3	1	5	.400	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	5.0
6	Mayers, Maddie	3	7	0	10	.700	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	9.5
7	Birks, Jocelynn	3	10	5	26	.192	0	2	2	1	6	0	2	0	0	13.0
8	Viliunas, Alexis	3	0	1	2	-.500	33	1	1	0	8	0	2	0	0	2.0
10	Davis, Danielle	3	0	0	0	.000	1	1	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	1.0
14	McMahon, Liz	3	10	1	18	.500	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	12.5
1	Criswell, Morganne	3	12	3	23	.391	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	13.0
3	Beltran, Jennifer	3	0	0	0	.000	6	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	0	0.0
13	Stark, Ali	3	0	0	0	.000	0	1	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	1.0
18	Abrahamovich, Court.	3	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0
	Totals	3	42	11	84	.369	40	5	4	5	36	1	18	1	0	57.0

							TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 10.0

TEAM ATTACK BY SET
Set	K	E	TA	Pct	Sideout	Pct
1	15	3	27	.444	15-19	78%
2	13	3	28	.357	13-18	72%
3	14	5	29	.310	13-22	59%
					41-59	69%

Nov. 15, 2013 vs. Indiana at Huff Hall: W 3-0

SET SCORES		1	2	3	TEAM RECORDS
Indiana	(0)	26	18	22	9-17, 1-14 Big Ten
Illinois	(3)	28	25	25	13-12, 9-6 Big Ten

	Illinois		ATTACK				SET	SERVE		SRV	DEF	BLOCK			GEN
##	Player	SP	K	E	TA	PCT	A	SA	SE	RE	DIG	BS	BA	BE	BHE	Points
5	Dorn, Anna	3	2	0	7	.286	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	4.5
7	Birks, Jocelynn	3	12	4	38	.211	1	3	3	0	6	0	1	1	0	15.5
8	Viliunas, Alexis	3	1	1	2	.000	33	0	1	0	14	0	3	0	1	2.5
10	Davis, Danielle	3	0	0	0	.000	2	0	2	0	7	0	0	0	0	0.0
12	Stadick, Katie	3	4	1	9	.333	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	5.5
14	McMahon, Liz	3	13	4	32	.281	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	14.0
1	Criswell, Morganne	3	13	3	26	.385	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	14.0
3	Beltran, Jennifer	3	0	0	0	.000	6	0	2	1	13	0	0	0	0	0.0
6	Mayers, Maddie	1	0	0	0	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
13	Stark, Ali	3	0	0	0	.000	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0.0
18	Abrahamovich, Court.	3	0	0	0	.000	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
	Totals	3	45	13	114	.281	43	3	11	1	44	0	16	2	2	56.0

							TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 8.0

TEAM ATTACK BY SET
Set	K	E	TA	Pct	Sideout	Pct
1	18	5	41	.317	16-26	61%
2	14	3	36	.306	16-19	84%
3	13	5	37	.216	14-22	63%
					46-67	68%

Nov. 9, 2013 vs. Michigan State at Huff Hall: W 3-1

SET SCORES		1	2	3	4	TEAM RECORDS
Michigan State	(1)	19	25	17	19	19-7, 8-6 Big Ten
Illinois	(3)	25	21	25	25	12-12, 8-6 Big Ten

	Illinois		ATTACK				SET	SERVE		SRV	DEF	BLOCK			GEN
##	Player	SP	K	E	TA	PCT	A	SA	SE	RE	DIG	BS	BA	BE	BHE	Points
5	Dorn, Anna	4	6	0	7	.857	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0	9.5
6	Mayers, Maddie	4	1	1	8	.000	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	2.0
7	Birks, Jocelynn	4	21	7	53	.264	0	0	2	0	10	0	1	0	0	21.5
8	Viliunas, Alexis	4	1	1	5	.000	39	1	0	0	9	0	1	0	2	2.5
10	Davis, Danielle	4	0	0	0	.000	0	2	1	0	15	0	0	0	0	2.0
14	McMahon, Liz	4	15	4	30	.367	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	18.0
1	Criswell, Morganne	4	9	4	33	.152	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	9.5
3	Beltran, Jennifer	4	1	0	1	1.000	4	0	0	1	21	0	0	0	0	1.0
12	Stadick, Katie	1	1	0	3	.333	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.5
13	Stark, Ali	4	0	0	0	.000	5	3	0	1	11	0	0	0	0	3.0
18	Abrahamovich, Court.	4	0	0	0	.000	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.0
	Totals	4	55	17	140	.271	49	7	4	2	74	1	17	1	2	71.5

							TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 9.5

TEAM ATTACK BY SET
Set	K	E	TA	Pct	Sideout	Pct
1	17	5	38	.316	13-19	68%
2	9	5	34	.118	13-25	51%
3	13	2	28	.393	10-17	58%
4	16	5	40	.275	15-20	75%
					51-81	62%

Rosters

Illinois Roster

Coaches

No.	Name	Ht.	Position	Class	Hometown (Last School)
1	Morganne Criswell	6-1	OH	JR	Decatur, Ill. (Lutheran School Association)
2	Julia Conard	5-10	DS	SO	West Chicago, Ill. (West Chicago)
3	Jennifer Beltran	5-9	L	SR	Reseda, Calif. (Marymount)
4	Michelle Strizak	6-1	OH	FR	Cincinnati, Ohio (Mount Notre Dame)
5	Anna Dorn	6-3	MB	RS JR	Munster, Ind. (Munster)
6	Maddie Mayers	6-4	MB	RS FR	Fort Wayne, Ind. (Bishop Dwenger)
7	Jocelynn Birks	6-2	OH	RS SO	Willow Springs, Ill. (Lyons Township)
8	Alexis Viliunas	6-1	S	SO	La Grange, Ill. (Lyons Township)
10	Danielle Davis	5-9	DS	FR	Bloomington, Ill. (Central Catholic)
11	Katie Roustio	6-2	OH	FR	O’Fallon, Ill. (O’Fallon Township)
12	Katie Stadick	6-3	MB	FR	Watertown, Wis. (Watertown Unified)
13	Ali Stark	6-1	OH	RS SO	Mount Vernon, Iowa (Mount Vernon)
14	Liz McMahon	6-6	OH	JR	Liberty Township, Ohio (Lakota West)
16	McKenna Kelsay	5-7	S/DS	FR	Wheaton, Ill. (St. Francis)
17	Kathryn Polkoff	6-4	MB	SO	Wilmette, Ill. (New Trier)
18	Courtney Abrahamovich	5-8	DS	SR	Naperville, Ill. (Naperville Central)

Penn State Roster

Updated as of 8-21-2013

Number	Name	Position	Year/Class	Height	HS (Club)	State
1	Scott, Ariel	RS	4/Sr.	6-4	Immaculate Heart Academy (Team Complete Athlete)	NJ
2	Caraway, Lara	DS	2/So.	5-4	Evans City (Renaissance)	PA
3	Pierce, Kendall	DS	2/So.	5-6	Eden (Niagara Frontier Volleyball)	NY
4	Gonzalez, Dominique	DS	3/Jr.	5-6	Sandra Day O'Connor/ (Alamo Volleyball)	TX
6	Martin, Maddie	OH	4/Sr.	6-2	H.B. Plant (Tampa Bay Juniors)	FL
7	Grant, Nia	MB	3/Jr.	6-2	Howland (Cleveland Renaissance Volleyball Club)	OH
8	Denny, Erica	MH	3/Jr. (RS)	6-5	Grandview (Front Range Volleyball Club)	CO
9	Prieto-Cerame, Paulina	OH	1/Fr. (RS)	6-2	Palmer Trinity (Boomers Volleyball)	FL
10	Muller, Carley	DS	1/Fr.	5-7	Mira Costa (Tstreet Volleyball)	CA
12	Hancock, Micha	S	3/Jr.	5-11	Edmond Memorial (Oklahoma Peak Performance)	OK
13	Krause, Taylor	DS/S	1/Fr.	5-6	Parkland High (Synergy Volleyball)	PA
14	Whitney, Aiyana	OH	2/So. (RS)	6-4	Northern Valley Regional (Downstate Juniors)	NJ
15	Harding, Maggie	DS	4/Sr.	5-6	State College Area	PA
16	Slay, Katie	MH	4/Sr.	6-6	Wakefield (Triangle Volleyball Club)	NC
17	Courtney, Megan	S/OH	2/So.	6-2	Archbishop Alter (Team Z)	OH
18	McClendon, Deja	OH	4/Sr.	6-1	Dupont Manual Magnet (KIVA)	KY
23	Robertson, Kelly	MB	1/Fr.	6-0	Parkland High (Synergy Volleyball)	PA
24	Broerman, Laura	DS	1/Fr.	5-4	St. Mary's (Colorado Juniors)	CO
33	Fuller, Lacey	DS	3/Jr.	5-6	Torrey Pines (Coast Volleyball)	CA