No. 3 Women’s Volleyball Set for Matches at Michigan State and Indiana – Penn State

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.- No. 3 Penn State Women’s Volleyball goes on the road for a pair of Big Ten matches this week. The Nittany Lions play Michigan State for the second time this season when they travel to East Lansing for a match on Friday at 6 p.m. They then make the trip to Bloomington to play Indiana on Sunday at 1 p.m. Both matches will stream on B1G+.

The Nittany Lions enter at 14-1 overall and join Nebraska as one of two unbeaten teams in the Big Ten at 4-0 thanks to wins over Michigan State, No. 10 Purdue, Maryland, and No. 11 Oregon.

HOW TO FOLLOW
Friday, Oct. 11 – 6 p.m. ET
#3 Penn State (14-1, 4-0 B1G) at Michigan State (7-8, 0-4 B1G) | Live Stats | B1G+

Sunday, Oct. 13 – 1 p.m. ET
#3 Penn State (14-1, 4-0 B1G) at Indiana (9-5, 2-2 B1G) | Live Stats | B1G+

SERIES HISTORY – MICHIGAN STATE
• Penn State is 55-8 in the all-time series with Michigan State. The teams first played in 1985.
• The Nittany Lions have won 18 of the past 19 matches in the series, with the lone loss during that stretch coming in East Lansing last season.
• The Nittany Lions are 25-5 against the Spartans in East Lansing.
• Penn State is 3-1 against Michigan State under head coach Katie Schumacher-Cawley.
• Jess Mruzik has averaged 4.07 kills/set and 2.07 digs/set in eight career matches against Michigan State. In three career matches against the Spartans as a Nittany Lion, she has hit .324 while averaging 5.15 kills/set and 1.62 digs/set.

SCOUTING MICHIGAN STATE
• Michigan State is 7-8 overall and 0-4 in the Big Ten following five straight losses to North Carolina, Michigan, Penn State, Indiana, and Purdue.
• Prior to those losses, the Spartans had a three-match winning streak, beating Eastern Michigan, Purdue Fort Wayne, and Duke.
• Michigan State was picked 12th in the Big Ten Preseason Poll.

SERIES HISTORY – INDIANA
• Penn State is 61-1 in the all-time series with Indiana. The teams first played in 1982.
• The Nittany Lions have won 21 straight matches in the series, with the last loss coming in Bloomington in 2010. They won the most recent matchup in five sets last season at Rec Hall.
• Penn State is 28-1 against Indiana in Bloomington.
• Jess Mruzik has averaged 3.69 kills/set and 2.13 digs/set in four career matches against the Hoosiers. Camryn Hannah hit .324 with 15 kills and five blocks in her first-ever match against them last season.

SCOUTING INDIANA
• Indiana is 9-5 overall and 2-2 in the Big Ten following wins over Michigan State and Ohio…