NCAA Womens Volleyball

No. 7 Women’s Volleyball Hosts No. 4 Louisville Tuesday Night – Penn State

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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.- No. 7 Penn State Women’s Volleyball is ready for a top-10 matchup at Rec Hall as the Nittany Lions host No. 4 Louisville in the team’s 2024 home opener Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. The match will air live on B1G Network.

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HOW TO FOLLOW
Tuesday, Sept. 3 – 7:30 p.m. ET
#4 Louisville (2-0, 0-0 ACC) at #7 Penn State (2-0, 0-0 B1G) | Live Stats | B1G Network

OPENING NOTES
• The Nittany Lions are 45-3 all-time in home openers. They are 2-0 under head coach Katie Schumacher-Cawley with a 3-0 win over UConn in 2022 and a 3-1 win over No. 22 Western Kentucky last season.
• Penn State will play a nationally-ranked opponent in its home opener for the second-straight season, but just the fifth time in program history. The Nittany Lions lost to No. 12 UC Santa Barbara in 1986 and posted wins over No. 4 Texas in 2007, No. 9, Stanford in 2012, and No. 22 Western Kentucky in 2023.
The Nittany Lions have won 12 straight home openers, with the last loss coming to Oregon in 2011.
  
SERIES HISTORY
• Penn State is 7-2 in the all-time series with Louisville. The teams first played in 1982.
• The Nittany Lions have won six of the past seven matches against the Cardinals, but lost the most recent in a road match last season.
• Penn State is 3-0 against Louisville at Rec Hall, winning in 1986, 1998 and 2013.

SCOUTING LOUISVILLE
• Louisville is ranked fourth in the nation after a 2-0 start with wins over then-No.3 Wisconsin and then-No. 15 Tennessee.
• The Cardinals were picked third in the ACC Preseason Poll but did pick up two first-place votes. Redshirt junior middle blocker Cara Cresse, graduate student outside hitter Anna DeBeer, senior outside hitter Charitie Luper, and senior libero Elena Scott were named to the Preseason All-ACC Team.
• DeBeer, Scott and Cress were all second-team All-Americans last season.

STREAKS TO WATCH
Gillian Grimes
· 2 straight matches with multiple aces
Team
· 6 straight wins against non-conference opponents (including postseason) dating back to last season

MILESTONES
Jess Mruzik recorded her 1,000th career kill during the first set of a 3-0 home win over Colgate on Sept. 2, 2023. She enters the match with 1,489 career kills and 887 digs.
Camryn Hannah recorded her 1,000th career kill during the first set of a 3-0 home win over UMBC on Sept. 15, 2023. She enters the match with 1,308 career kills.
Taylor Trammell enters the…

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