No. 4 Women’s Volleyball Clinches Share of B1G Title with Win Over No. 2 Nebraska – Penn State

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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – No. 4 Penn State Women’s Volleyball clinched at least a share of the Big Ten title for the 18^th time in program history Friday night at Rec Hall. The Nittany Lions took down No. 2 Nebraska 3-1 (25-21, 14-25, 25-22, 25-23) behind a career-high 18 kills from redshirt freshman Caroline Jurevicius.

Penn State wrapped up the regular season at 29-2 overall and 19-1 in the Big Ten. Nebraska fell to 28-2 overall and 18-1 in the conference. The Huskers can clinch a share of the title with a win over Maryland on Saturday. If they were to lose, the outright conference championship would go to the Nittany Lions.

Jurevicius, who spent a year in Lincoln on a redshirt season with the Huskers in 2023, racked up her career-high kill total on .414 hitting to help Penn State beat Nebraska for the first time since 2018. The win secured the Nittany Lions’ first Big Ten title since 2017. They now have nine more conference championships than any other team in the conference.

Camryn Hannah and Jess Mruzik joined Jurevicius in double-digits with 12 and 10 kills, respectively. Maggie Mendelson tallied eight kills, while fellow middle blocker Taylor Trammell finished with six. Freshman setter Izzy Starck guided the attack with her 46 assists and finished off a double-double with her 11 digs.

Penn State held Nebraska to .154 hitting, which was its lowest percentage of the season. The Huskers were held below .200 just two other times this year. Meanwhile, it was the 24^th time the Nittany Lions held their opponent under .200 hitting, including 15 of 16 matches at Rec Hall. Opponents are hitting .148 at Rec Hall this season.

Mendelson and Starck were in on six blocks apiece as Penn State finished the match with 10. Trammell tallied four blocks. Gillian Grimes totaled 12 digs to lead a group of four Nittany Lions in double-digits. Starck had 11 to finish off her 14^th double-double of the season, Mruzik also had 10 to register her 12^th double-double. Ava Falduto also had 10 digs, while Jocelyn Nathan stepped up with a career-high nine as she made her fourth start of the season.

Andi Jackson led Nebraska with 10 kills on .667 hitting and was in on eight of the team’s 16 blocks. Harper Murray recorded a double-double with 13 kills and 13 digs.

Set 1
Penn State got the fans on their feet early with a 4-0 run to open the match and went on to take the opening set 25-21. Mendelson and Jurevicius went off against their former…