Match Thread: Michigan vs. Penn State 10-18-19 7:00 p.m. ET
Oct 18, 2019 14:58:42 GMT -5
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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – After opening the season with 11 of its first 15 matches at Rec Hall, No. 8 Penn State women's volleyball hits the road for five of its next six matches. The stretch starts with two matches this weekend as the Lions play at Michigan on Friday at 7 p.m., and at Michigan State on Sunday at 2 p.m. Sunday;s match will air on ESPN.
Penn State enters with a three-match winning streak, beating Iowa, Maryland, and Ohio State in Big Ten contests. The Lions are tied with Minnesota and Michigan for third place in the conference standings, sitting behind Wisconsin (6-0) and Nebraska (6-1).
Michigan was off to its best start in Big Ten play in program history, opening with five consecutive wins before losing to Nebraska on Saturday. The Wolverines are 12-4 overall, including a perfect 7-0 record in Ann Arbor. Penn State leads 51-5 in the all-time series and has a 22-4 mark in matches played at Michigan.
Penn State enters with a three-match winning streak, beating Iowa, Maryland, and Ohio State in Big Ten contests. The Lions are tied with Minnesota and Michigan for third place in the conference standings, sitting behind Wisconsin (6-0) and Nebraska (6-1).
Michigan was off to its best start in Big Ten play in program history, opening with five consecutive wins before losing to Nebraska on Saturday. The Wolverines are 12-4 overall, including a perfect 7-0 record in Ann Arbor. Penn State leads 51-5 in the all-time series and has a 22-4 mark in matches played at Michigan.
Big Ten Schedule
• At 5-1, the Wolverines are off to their best Big Ten start since 2010, when they went 7-1 to begin conference play.
• Michigan's five-match win streak to begin Big Ten play was snapped by No. 5 Nebraska on Sunday (Oct. 13). It was the best start to conference play in program history, topping its 4-0 league start in 1997.
Home Sweet Home
• U-M is undefeated when playing in Ann Arbor this season. The Wolverines are 7-0 overall, going 4-0 at Crisler Center and 3-0 at Cliff Keen Arena.
• With seven home matches under its belt, Michigan ranks seventh in the Big Ten in average attendance at 1,812, behind Nebraska (8,215), Wisconsin (7,052), Minnesota (5,700), Penn State (3,235), Michigan State (2,946) and Illinois (2,581).
Career-Best Cori
• In Michigan's 3-1 win over Iowa on Oct. 11, fifth-year senior Cori Crocker set a new career-high for hitting percentage, finishing the match with 11 kills on 18 attempts and just one error for a .556 mark.
Double-Double Trouble
• Seniors MacKenzi Welsh and Sydney Wetterstrom registered double-doubles in the Wolverines' win at Iowa. For Welsh (41 assists, 11 digs), it marked the third of 2019 and 39th for her career, while it was the fourth of the season for Wetterstrom (16 kills, 12 digs) and the fifth of her career.
How Sweep it Is
• The Wolverines started their Big Ten slate with four consecutive sweeps (at Rutgers, vs. Ohio State, at Maryland, at Ohio State) for the first time in program history. Michigan has nine sweeps this season.
Setting Up Success
• Senior MacKenzi Welsh is averaging 10.93 assists per set, good for second in the Big Ten. She is helping orchestrate the third-best attacking offense in the conference; the Wolverines hold a .269 attack percentage.
• Welsh passed the 4,000-assist mark for her career when she divvied out 111 assists on opening weekend to make her the sixth Wolverine to top the mark. Welsh now has 4,533 career assists which puts her sixth all-time at Michigan and she is 49 away from entering the top five.
• Not only is Welsh climbing her way up Michigan's record book, she also is near the top of the NCAA active career assists leaderboard. The Bolingbrook, Illinois, native is third in NCAA Division I behind Stanford's Jenna Gray (4,685) and Green Bay's Maddie Yoss (4,551).
• At 5-1, the Wolverines are off to their best Big Ten start since 2010, when they went 7-1 to begin conference play.
• Michigan's five-match win streak to begin Big Ten play was snapped by No. 5 Nebraska on Sunday (Oct. 13). It was the best start to conference play in program history, topping its 4-0 league start in 1997.
Home Sweet Home
• U-M is undefeated when playing in Ann Arbor this season. The Wolverines are 7-0 overall, going 4-0 at Crisler Center and 3-0 at Cliff Keen Arena.
• With seven home matches under its belt, Michigan ranks seventh in the Big Ten in average attendance at 1,812, behind Nebraska (8,215), Wisconsin (7,052), Minnesota (5,700), Penn State (3,235), Michigan State (2,946) and Illinois (2,581).
Career-Best Cori
• In Michigan's 3-1 win over Iowa on Oct. 11, fifth-year senior Cori Crocker set a new career-high for hitting percentage, finishing the match with 11 kills on 18 attempts and just one error for a .556 mark.
Double-Double Trouble
• Seniors MacKenzi Welsh and Sydney Wetterstrom registered double-doubles in the Wolverines' win at Iowa. For Welsh (41 assists, 11 digs), it marked the third of 2019 and 39th for her career, while it was the fourth of the season for Wetterstrom (16 kills, 12 digs) and the fifth of her career.
How Sweep it Is
• The Wolverines started their Big Ten slate with four consecutive sweeps (at Rutgers, vs. Ohio State, at Maryland, at Ohio State) for the first time in program history. Michigan has nine sweeps this season.
Setting Up Success
• Senior MacKenzi Welsh is averaging 10.93 assists per set, good for second in the Big Ten. She is helping orchestrate the third-best attacking offense in the conference; the Wolverines hold a .269 attack percentage.
• Welsh passed the 4,000-assist mark for her career when she divvied out 111 assists on opening weekend to make her the sixth Wolverine to top the mark. Welsh now has 4,533 career assists which puts her sixth all-time at Michigan and she is 49 away from entering the top five.
• Not only is Welsh climbing her way up Michigan's record book, she also is near the top of the NCAA active career assists leaderboard. The Bolingbrook, Illinois, native is third in NCAA Division I behind Stanford's Jenna Gray (4,685) and Green Bay's Maddie Yoss (4,551).
