Northwestern vs Penn State Volleyball: Penn State Wins 3-0

FinalFri, Oct 9, 2026B1G+

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Penn St. 93.9% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 9, 6:26 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Penn St. beat visiting Northwestern 3-0 (25-18, 25-17, 25-19) on Fri, Oct 9, 2026. Penn St.'s Kennedy Martin led with 15 kills.

Data through Nov 3, 8:00 PM CT · final Oct 9

Set	1	2	3	Sets
NW	18	17	19	0
PENNST	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

.560 and 15 kills for Kennedy Martin as Penn St. rolled past Northwestern.

No single rally moved win probability more than 0.7 points. Northwestern peaked at 7% in Set 1. These are the stats that built the gap. Penn St. went in as RallyIQ's 94% pick.

NorthwesternPenn St.

Break %+18.2 pts
34.552.7
39 of 74 on serve vs 19 of 55, so Northwestern's sideout was 47.3%.
Hitting+.252
.169.421
52 kills, 12 errors vs 31 kills, 16 errors.
Longest run+-3
85
Penn St. scored 5 straight in the third set to stretch an 18–17 lead to 23–17. The set finished 25–19.

Penn St. above 50Northwestern belowMax swing 0.7%

NorthwesternPenn St.

Aces: Northwestern 3·Penn St. 6
Serve err: Northwestern 0·Penn St. 8
Blocks: Northwestern 3·Penn St. 70 BS · 6 BA vs 1 BS · 12 BA
Digs: Northwestern 25·Penn St. 33

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Penn St. above 50 · Northwestern below

No single rally moved win probability by a full point: Penn St. stayed the heavy favorite throughout.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

NW 2.9%97.1% PENNST

Northwestern wins

3-0

0.3%

3-1

0.8%

3-2

1.9%

Penn St. wins

3-0

62.5%

3-1

27.2%

3-2

7.3%

NW break %: 33.8% vs this opp
PENNST break %: 48.1% vs this opp

Exact Markov model on each team's RallyIQ serve and receive strength, adjusted for schedule and applied to this matchup (D1 average break % 42.5%). Ratings use the whole season, including this match. Gold = actual result.

Box score

Official NCAA box

Northwesternaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
25Campbell ParisOH	3	8	4	20	.200	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	8.5
17Maya StillwellMB	3	7	2	9	.556	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	7.5
4Kayla KauffmanMB	3	5	1	10	.400	0	0	0	0	2	1	6
12Mara StiglicOH	3	3	4	19	-.053	0	0	1	2	0	0	3
11Ellie StiernagleS	3	1	1	5	.000	25	0	4	0	2	1	2
24Cate SchnellOH	3	0	1	4	-.250	0	0	3	3	0	0	0
22Isabella BullingtonOH	3	4	2	16	.125	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
23Gigi NavarreteL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	2	5	1	0	0	2
7Lauren DignanL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	1	8	0	0	0	1
2Drew WrightL/DS	3	0	0	1	.000	1	0	4	0	0	0	0
20Lily WagnerOH	1	3	1	5	.400	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Team totals		31	16	89	.169	28	3	25	6	6	3	54

Penn St.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
18Kennedy MartinOH	3	15	1	25	.560	1	1	2	4	0	0	3	1.5	17.5
1Kendall NorthernMB	3	12	0	13	.923	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	2	14
26Whitney LauensteinOH	3	9	2	14	.500	0	1	2	4	0	0	1	0.5	10.5
8Gabrielle NicholsMB	3	8	1	15	.467	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	2	10
23Haley BurgdorfOH	3	6	6	20	.000	1	0	1	6	1	0	2	1	7
5Alexis StuckyS	3	2	1	6	.167	45	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	4
2Ava FaldutoL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	2	0	5	1	0	0	0	2
10Ava JureviciusDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
11Jocelyn NathanL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
9Lexi GinDS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0
27Alexis EwingOH	1	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3Danielle WhitmireS	1	0	1	1	-1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		52	12	95	.421	50	6	8	33	3	1	12	7	75

Starters listed first. BLK is the NCAA total: a solo counts 1, a block assist ½. Recaps and press releases usually quote solos + assists instead, so the same night can be reported as a bigger, whole number. The box score is the source for every counting stat on this page.

Momentum

Point differential by rally

Longest run 8 NW · PENNST 5

Set 1

18-25

Longest run 3 NWPENNST 4

Set 2

17-25

Longest run 4 NWPENNST 4

Set 3

19-25

Longest run 8 NWPENNST 5

Bars above the line = Penn St. leads, below = Northwestern leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Northwestern

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	54%7/13	25%2/8
2	38%6/16	36%4/11
3	32%6/19	54%7/13
4	55%6/11	14%1/7
5	83%5/6	40%4/10
6	56%5/9	17%1/6
All	47%35/74	35%19/55

Penn St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	73%8/11	56%9/16
2	43%6/14	57%8/14
3	100%6/6	67%12/18
4	75%6/8	60%9/15
5	56%5/9	17%1/6
6	71%5/7	0%0/5
All	65%36/55	53%39/74

Slot = rotations since the start of the set (slot 1 is the lineup a team opened the set in), not a fixed player alignment. Only clean sets count (3 of 3 here): sets where the NCAA play-by-play has gaps or score corrections are left out because the rotation can't be tracked through them.

Rally log

129 rallies

#	NW-PENNST	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer
Set 1
1	1-0	PENNST	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle
2	1-1	NW	PENNST×4	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Alexis Stucky
3	1-2	PENNST	PENNST×4	Attack err	Cate Schnell
4	1-3	PENNST	PENNST×4	Ace	Penn St.	aced Cate Schnell
5	1-4	PENNST	PENNST×4	Kill	Gabrielle Nichols	set Alexis Stucky
6	2-4	PENNST	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle
7	2-5	NW	PENNST×4	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Alexis Stucky
8	2-6	PENNST	PENNST×4	Kill	Kendall Northern	set Alexis Stucky
9	2-7	PENNST	PENNST×4	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Lexi Gin
10	2-8	PENNST	PENNST×4	Ace	Penn St.	aced Cate Schnell
11	3-8	PENNST	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle
12	3-9	NW	PENNST	Kill	Kendall Northern	set Alexis Stucky
13	3-10	PENNST	PENNST	Ace	Penn St.	aced Gigi Navarrete
14	4-10	PENNST	NW	Serve err	Penn St.
15	5-10	NW	NW	Attack err	Haley Burgdorf
16	5-11	NW	PENNST	Kill	Kendall Northern	set Alexis Stucky
17	6-11	PENNST	NW	Kill	Maya Stillwell	set Ellie Stiernagle
18	7-11	NW	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle
19	7-12	NW	PENNST	Kill	Whitney Lauenstein	set Alexis Stucky
20	8-12	PENNST	NW	Serve err	Penn St.
21	8-13	NW	PENNST×3	Kill	Whitney Lauenstein	set Alexis Stucky
22	8-14	PENNST	PENNST×3	Kill	Gabrielle Nichols	set Alexis Stucky
23	8-15	PENNST	PENNST×3	Ace	Penn St.	aced Mara Stiglic
24	9-15	PENNST	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle
25	9-16	NW	PENNST	Attack err	Mara Stiglic
26	9-17	PENNST	PENNST	Kill	Haley Burgdorf	set Alexis Stucky
27	10-17	PENNST	NW	Serve err	Penn St.
28	10-18	NW	PENNST	Kill	Gabrielle Nichols	set Alexis Stucky
29	11-18	PENNST	NW	Kill	Kayla Kauffman	set Ellie Stiernagle
30	11-19	NW	PENNST×3	Kill	Haley Burgdorf	set Alexis Stucky
31	11-20	PENNST	PENNST×3	Attack err	Isabella Bullington
32	11-21	PENNST	PENNST×3	Kill	Kendall Northern	set Alexis Stucky
33	12-21	PENNST	NW	Kill	Ellie Stiernagle	set Lauren Dignan
34	12-22	NW	PENNST	Kill	Alexis Stucky	set Haley Burgdorf
35	13-22	PENNST	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle
36	13-23	NW	PENNST	Kill	Kendall Northern	set Alexis Stucky
37	14-23	PENNST	NW×3	Kill	Maya Stillwell	set Ellie Stiernagle
38	15-23	NW	NW×3	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle
39	16-23	NW	NW×3	Attack err	Kennedy Martin
40	16-24	NW	PENNST	Kill	Whitney Lauenstein	set Alexis Stucky
41	17-24	PENNST	NW	Kill	Maya Stillwell	set Ellie Stiernagle
42	18-24	NW	NW	Attack err	Gabrielle Nichols
43	18-25	NW	PENNST	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Alexis Stucky
Set 2
1	0-1	NW	PENNST	Kill	Whitney Lauenstein	set Alexis Stucky
2	1-1	PENNST	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle
3	1-2	NW	PENNST	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Alexis Stucky
4	1-3	PENNST	PENNST	Kill	Whitney Lauenstein	set Alexis Stucky
5	2-3	PENNST	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Lauren Dignan
6	2-4	NW	PENNST×3	Kill	Haley Burgdorf	set Alexis Stucky
7	2-5	PENNST	PENNST×3	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Alexis Stucky
8	2-6	PENNST	PENNST×3	Blocked	Mara Stiglic	blk Kendall Northern, Kennedy Martin
9	3-6	PENNST	NW	Attack err	Haley Burgdorf
10	3-7	NW	PENNST	Attack err	Isabella Bullington
11	4-7	PENNST	NW×4	Attack err	Alexis Stucky
12	5-7	NW	NW×4	Kill	Maya Stillwell	set Haley Burgdorf
13	6-7	NW	NW×4	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle
14	7-7	NW	NW×4	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle
15	7-8	NW	PENNST	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Alexis Stucky
16	8-8	PENNST	NW	Kill	Maya Stillwell	set Ellie Stiernagle
17	8-9	NW	PENNST×4	Kill	Kendall Northern	set Alexis Stucky
18	8-10	PENNST	PENNST×4	Kill	Gabrielle Nichols	set Alexis Stucky
19	8-11	PENNST	PENNST×4	Kill	Haley Burgdorf	set Alexis Stucky
20	8-12	PENNST	PENNST×4	Kill	Whitney Lauenstein	set Alexis Stucky
21	9-12	PENNST	NW	Serve err	Penn St.
22	9-13	NW	PENNST	Kill	Gabrielle Nichols	set Alexis Stucky
23	9-14	PENNST	PENNST	Ace	Penn St.	aced Mara Stiglic
24	10-14	PENNST	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Drew Wright
25	11-14	NW	NW	Kill	Kayla Kauffman	set Ellie Stiernagle
26	11-15	NW	PENNST×3	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Alexis Stucky
27	11-16	PENNST	PENNST×3	Blocked	Campbell Paris	blk Gabrielle Nichols, Haley Burgdorf
28	11-17	PENNST	PENNST×3	Blocked	Campbell Paris	blk Gabrielle Nichols, Haley Burgdorf
29	12-17	PENNST	NW	Serve err	Penn St.
30	12-18	NW	PENNST×3	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Alexis Stucky
31	12-19	PENNST	PENNST×3	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Alexis Stucky
32	12-20	PENNST	PENNST×3	Blocked	Ellie Stiernagle	blk Kendall Northern
33	13-20	PENNST	NW	Kill	Kayla Kauffman	set Ellie Stiernagle
34	14-20	NW	NW	Attack err	Haley Burgdorf
35	14-21	NW	PENNST	Kill	Kendall Northern	set Alexis Stucky
36	15-21	PENNST	NW	Serve err	Penn St.
37	15-22	NW	PENNST	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Ava Falduto
38	16-22	PENNST	NW	Serve err	Penn St.
39	16-23	NW	PENNST	Kill	Kendall Northern	set Alexis Stucky
40	16-24	PENNST	PENNST	Blocked	Maya Stillwell	blk Gabrielle Nichols, Whitney Lauenstein
41	17-24	PENNST	NW	Kill	Campbell Paris	set Ellie Stiernagle
42	17-25	NW	PENNST	Kill	Whitney Lauenstein	set Alexis Stucky
Set 3
1	0-1	PENNST	PENNST	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Alexis Stucky
2	0-2	PENNST	PENNST	Attack err	Campbell Paris
3	1-2	PENNST	NW	Blocked	Whitney Lauenstein	blk Maya Stillwell, Campbell Paris
4	1-3	NW	PENNST×3	Kill	Gabrielle Nichols	set Alexis Stucky
5	1-4	PENNST	PENNST×3	Bad set	Ellie Stiernagle
6	1-5	PENNST	PENNST×3	Kill	Haley Burgdorf	set Alexis Stucky
7	2-5	PENNST	NW	Kill	Mara Stiglic	set Ellie Stiernagle
8	2-6	NW	PENNST×3	Blocked	Mara Stiglic	blk Gabrielle Nichols, Kennedy Martin
9	2-7	PENNST	PENNST×3	Ace	Penn St.	aced Cate Schnell
10	2-8	PENNST	PENNST×3	Blocked	Mara Stiglic	blk Kendall Northern, Kennedy Martin
11	3-8	PENNST	NW	Kill	Lily Wagner	set Ellie Stiernagle
12	3-9	NW	PENNST×3	Kill	Kendall Northern	set Alexis Stucky
13	3-10	PENNST	PENNST×3	Kill	Haley Burgdorf	set Alexis Stucky
14	3-11	PENNST	PENNST×3	Kill	Alexis Stucky	set Kennedy Martin
15	4-11	PENNST	NW	Kill	Kayla Kauffman	set Ellie Stiernagle
16	4-12	NW	PENNST	Kill	Kendall Northern	set Alexis Stucky
17	4-13	PENNST	PENNST	Attack err	Maya Stillwell
18	5-13	PENNST	NW	Kill	Maya Stillwell	set Ellie Stiernagle
19	5-14	NW	PENNST	Kill	Whitney Lauenstein	set Alexis Stucky
20	6-14	PENNST	NW	Serve err	Penn St.
21	6-15	NW	PENNST	Attack err	Campbell Paris
22	6-16	PENNST	PENNST	Kill	Whitney Lauenstein	set Ellie Stiernagle
23	7-16	PENNST	NW×3	Kill	Maya Stillwell	set Ellie Stiernagle
24	8-16	NW	NW×3	Ace	Northwestern	aced Haley Burgdorf
25	9-16	NW	NW×3	Attack err	Whitney Lauenstein
26	9-17	NW	PENNST	Kill	Gabrielle Nichols	set Danielle Whitmire
27	9-18	PENNST	PENNST	Kill	Gabrielle Nichols
28	10-18	PENNST	NW×8	Kill	Lily Wagner	set Ellie Stiernagle
29	11-18	NW	NW×8	Blocked	Haley Burgdorf	blk Ellie Stiernagle, Kayla Kauffman
30	12-18	NW	NW×8	Ace	Northwestern	aced Lexi Gin
31	13-18	NW	NW×8	Attack err	Danielle Whitmire
32	14-18	NW	NW×8	Ace	Northwestern	aced Ava Falduto
33	15-18	NW	NW×8	Kill	Lily Wagner	set Ellie Stiernagle
34	16-18	NW	NW×8	Attack err	Haley Burgdorf
35	17-18	NW	NW×8	Kill	Kayla Kauffman	set Ellie Stiernagle
36	17-19	NW	PENNST×5	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Alexis Stucky
37	17-20	PENNST	PENNST×5	Attack err	Kayla Kauffman
38	17-21	PENNST	PENNST×5	Attack err	Lily Wagner
39	17-22	PENNST	PENNST×5	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Alexis Stucky
40	17-23	PENNST	PENNST×5	Kill	Kendall Northern	set Alexis Stucky
41	18-23	PENNST	NW	Blocked	Haley Burgdorf	blk Kayla Kauffman, Ellie Stiernagle
42	18-24	NW	PENNST	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Alexis Stucky
43	19-24	PENNST	NW	Kill	Isabella Bullington	set Ellie Stiernagle
44	19-25	NW	PENNST	Kill	Kendall Northern	set Alexis Stucky

Score shown after each rally, Northwestern first.“NCAA feed gap” rows mark points the NCAA play-by-play never logged (tap Why? for details).

Penn St. def. Northwestern 3–0

.560 and 15 kills for Kennedy Martin as Penn St. rolled past Northwestern.