Penn State vs DePaul Volleyball: Penn State Wins 3-0 (Sep 7)

FinalMon, Sep 7, 2026

3:0

Penn St. won at DePaul 3-0 (25-23, 27-25, 25-21) on Mon, Sep 7, 2026. Penn St.'s Whitney Lauenstein led with 16 kills, and Ava Falduto added 13 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 1:45 PM CT · final Sep 7

Set	1	2	3	Sets
PENNST	25	27	25	3
DEPAUL	23	25	21	0

Win probability

DePaul above 50 · Penn St. below

Biggest swing: 5.3% to Penn St. — set 1, PENNST 24-23 DEPAUL. Kill by Kennedy Martin (set by Leonor Polezzi). DEPAUL win probability 15% → 10%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

PENNST 89.5%10.5% DEPAUL

Penn St. wins

3-0

43.6%

3-1

31.6%

3-2

14.3%

DePaul wins

3-0

1.4%

3-1

3.2%

3-2

5.9%

PENNST break %: 46.1% vs this opp
DEPAUL break %: 36.6% 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.

Top plays

Largest win-probability swings

01
Kennedy MartinKill+5.3%
Kill by Kennedy Martin (set by Leonor Polezzi)
Set 1 · PENNST 24-23 DEPAUL · PENNST 85% → 90%
02
Ryla Jones&Finley KrystkowiakBlock+4.7%
Isabela Tavares-Salomon stuffed by Ryla Jones & Finley Krystkowiak
Set 1 · PENNST 23-23 DEPAUL · PENNST 80% → 85%
03
Jade Epps&Kendall TimmeBlock+4.2%
Kennedy Martin stuffed by Jade Epps & Kendall Timme
Set 2 · PENNST 24-25 DEPAUL · DEPAUL 7% → 11%
04
Isabela Tavares-SalomonAttack error+4.2%
Attack error by Isabela Tavares-Salomon
Set 1 · PENNST 25-23 DEPAUL · PENNST 90% → 95%
05
Ryla Jones&Kennedy MartinBlock+3.6%
Martina Diana stuffed by Ryla Jones & Kennedy Martin
Set 2 · PENNST 24-23 DEPAUL · PENNST 92% → 95%
06
Kendall TimmeAttack error+3.6%
Attack error by Kendall Timme
Set 2 · PENNST 26-25 DEPAUL · PENNST 92% → 95%
07
Ryla Jones&Kennedy MartinBlock+3.2%
Jade Epps stuffed by Ryla Jones & Kennedy Martin
Set 1 · PENNST 22-23 DEPAUL · PENNST 77% → 80%
08
Finley KrystkowiakBlock+3.1%
Jade Epps stuffed by Finley Krystkowiak
Set 2 · PENNST 25-25 DEPAUL · PENNST 89% → 92%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Penn St.away

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
18Kennedy MartinOH	3	15	4	33	.333	1	0	2	6	0	0	3	1.5	16.5
26Whitney LauensteinOH	3	16	4	36	.333	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	16
7Ryla JonesMB	3	5	1	10	.400	0	1	2	3	0	0	6	3	9
23Haley BurgdorfOH	3	8	2	11	.545	1	0	2	5	1	0	1	0.5	8.5
5Alexis StuckyS	3	0	2	4	-.500	37	3	0	11	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
8Gabrielle NicholsMB	2	4	1	8	.375	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0.5	4.5
42Finley KrystkowiakOH	3	5	4	11	.091	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	7
2Ava FaldutoL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	10	0	0	13	1	0	0	0	0
11Jocelyn NathanL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0
9Lexi GinDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1Kendall NorthernMB	1	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		53	18	114	.307	50	4	7	50	4	1	14	8	77

DePaulhome

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
7Isabela Tavares-SalomonOH	3	12	4	28	.286	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	13
20Kendall TimmeOH	3	11	2	34	.265	1	0	0	5	2	1	0.5	11.5
13Martina DianaOH	3	7	3	23	.174	0	1	1	5	1	2	1	9
15Jade EppsMB	3	6	4	16	.125	0	0	0	0	0	5	2.5	8.5
4Jocelyn PaigeMB	3	2	2	9	.000	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	3
10Leonor PolezziS	3	1	0	1	1.000	26	1	2	9	0	2	1	3
5Eva HurrleL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1
12Nora MannionL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	6	1	0	16	0	0	0	1
2Abby CahillL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	2	0	2	3	0	0	0	0
Team totals		39	15	111	.216	36	4	5	39	4	14	7	69

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 6 PENNST · DEPAUL 4

Set 1

25-23

Longest run 6 PENNSTDEPAUL 4

Set 2

27-25

Longest run 3 PENNSTDEPAUL 3

Set 3

25-21

Longest run 5 PENNSTDEPAUL 4

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Penn St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	53%9/17	53%8/15
2	60%9/15	55%11/20
3	62%8/13	27%3/11
4	67%6/9	60%9/15
5	55%6/11	14%1/7
6	100%6/6	14%1/7
All	62%44/71	44%33/75

DePaul

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	39%9/23	33%4/12
2	89%8/9	53%10/19
3	44%7/16	27%3/11
4	60%6/10	30%3/10
5	100%6/6	45%5/11
6	55%6/11	25%2/8
All	56%42/75	38%27/71

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

146 rallies

#	PENNST-DEPAUL	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	DEPAUL	DEPAUL	Ace	DePaul	aced Haley Burgdorf	+1.3
2	0-2	DEPAUL	DEPAUL	Kill	Isabela Tavares-Salomon	set Nora Mannion	+1.4
3	1-2	DEPAUL	PENNST	Kill	Whitney Lauenstein	set Alexis Stucky	+0.9
4	1-3	PENNST	DEPAUL×4	Kill	Isabela Tavares-Salomon	set Leonor Polezzi	+1.1
5	1-4	DEPAUL	DEPAUL×4	Attack err	Kennedy Martin		+1.6
6	1-5	DEPAUL	DEPAUL×4	Kill	Jocelyn Paige	set Leonor Polezzi	+1.7
7	1-6	DEPAUL	DEPAUL×4	Kill	Martina Diana	set Leonor Polezzi	+1.7
8	2-6	DEPAUL	PENNST	Kill	Whitney Lauenstein	set Alexis Stucky	+1.0
9	2-7	PENNST	DEPAUL	Serve err	Penn St.		+1.3
10	3-7	DEPAUL	PENNST	Kill	Gabrielle Nichols	set Alexis Stucky	+1.0
11	3-8	PENNST	DEPAUL	Attack err	Alexis Stucky		+1.3
12	3-9	DEPAUL	DEPAUL	Kill	Martina Diana	set Leonor Polezzi	+1.7
13	4-9	DEPAUL	PENNST	Serve err	DePaul		+0.9
14	5-9	PENNST	PENNST	Blocked	Jade Epps	blk Ryla Jones, Haley Burgdorf	+1.5
15	5-10	PENNST	DEPAUL×3	Kill	Martina Diana	set Kennedy Martin	+1.4
16	5-11	DEPAUL	DEPAUL×3	Attack err	Haley Burgdorf		+1.8
17	5-12	DEPAUL	DEPAUL×3	Ace	DePaul	aced Jocelyn Nathan	+1.6
18	6-12	DEPAUL	PENNST	Kill	Haley Burgdorf	set Ava Falduto	+0.8
19	6-13	PENNST	DEPAUL	Kill	Leonor Polezzi	set Abby Cahill	+1.1
20	7-13	DEPAUL	PENNST	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Alexis Stucky	+0.7
21	7-14	PENNST	DEPAUL	Kill	Kendall Timme	set Leonor Polezzi	+1.1
22	8-14	DEPAUL	PENNST	Kill	Whitney Lauenstein	set Kennedy Martin	+0.7
23	9-14	PENNST	PENNST	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Ava Falduto	+1.3
24	9-15	PENNST	DEPAUL	Kill	Isabela Tavares-Salomon	set Leonor Polezzi	+1.3
25	10-15	DEPAUL	PENNST	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Ava Falduto	+0.8
26	10-16	PENNST	DEPAUL	Blocked	Kennedy Martin	blk Jocelyn Paige, Martina Diana	+1.3
27	11-16	DEPAUL	PENNST	Kill	Finley Krystkowiak	set Alexis Stucky	+0.8
28	12-16	PENNST	PENNST	Blocked	Isabela Tavares-Salomon	blk Ryla Jones, Finley Krystkowiak	+1.5
29	12-17	PENNST	DEPAUL	Kill	Isabela Tavares-Salomon	set Leonor Polezzi	+1.5
30	13-17	DEPAUL	PENNST	Kill	Finley Krystkowiak	set Alexis Stucky	+1.0
31	13-18	PENNST	DEPAUL	Serve err	Penn St.		+1.5
32	13-19	DEPAUL	DEPAUL	Blocked	Finley Krystkowiak	blk Leonor Polezzi, Jade Epps	+1.7
33	14-19	DEPAUL	PENNST	Kill	Finley Krystkowiak	set Alexis Stucky	+0.7
34	14-20	PENNST	DEPAUL	Kill	Kendall Timme	set Leonor Polezzi	+1.1
35	15-20	DEPAUL	PENNST	Kill	Haley Burgdorf	set Alexis Stucky	+0.6
36	15-21	PENNST	DEPAUL	Serve err	Penn St.		+1.1
37	16-21	DEPAUL	PENNST×3	Kill	Gabrielle Nichols	set Alexis Stucky	+0.5
38	17-21	PENNST	PENNST×3	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Ava Falduto	+1.1
39	18-21	PENNST	PENNST×3	Kill	Whitney Lauenstein	set Alexis Stucky	+1.6
40	18-22	PENNST	DEPAUL	Kill	Isabela Tavares-Salomon	set Leonor Polezzi	+1.9
41	19-22	DEPAUL	PENNST	Kill	Whitney Lauenstein	set Alexis Stucky	+1.0
42	19-23	PENNST	DEPAUL	Kill	Isabela Tavares-Salomon	set Leonor Polezzi	+1.9
43	20-23	DEPAUL	PENNST×6	Attack err	Isabela Tavares-Salomon		+0.8
44	21-23	PENNST	PENNST×6	Kill	Ryla Jones		+2.0
45	22-23	PENNST	PENNST×6	Blocked	Jade Epps	blk Ryla Jones, Kennedy Martin	+3.2
46	23-23	PENNST	PENNST×6	Blocked	Isabela Tavares-Salomon	blk Ryla Jones, Finley Krystkowiak	+4.7
47	24-23	PENNST	PENNST×6	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Leonor Polezzi	+5.3
48	25-23	PENNST	PENNST×6	Attack err	Isabela Tavares-Salomon		+4.2
Set 2
1	1-0	PENNST	PENNST×3	Ace	Penn St.		+0.7
2	2-0	PENNST	PENNST×3	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Ava Falduto	+0.7
3	3-0	PENNST	PENNST×3	Attack err	Jocelyn Paige		+0.6
4	3-1	PENNST	DEPAUL	Kill	Martina Diana	set Kendall Timme	+0.4
5	3-2	DEPAUL	DEPAUL	Attack err	Gabrielle Nichols		+0.7
6	4-2	DEPAUL	PENNST	Kill	Gabrielle Nichols	set Alexis Stucky	+0.5
7	5-2	PENNST	PENNST	Kill	Haley Burgdorf	set Alexis Stucky	+0.6
8	5-3	PENNST	DEPAUL	Kill	Jade Epps	set Leonor Polezzi	+0.4
9	6-3	DEPAUL	PENNST×3	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Alexis Stucky	+0.4
10	7-3	PENNST	PENNST×3	Kill	Haley Burgdorf	set Alexis Stucky	+0.5
11	8-3	PENNST	PENNST×3	Attack err	Jade Epps		+0.4
12	8-4	PENNST	DEPAUL	Kill	Martina Diana	set Abby Cahill	+0.3
13	8-5	DEPAUL	DEPAUL	Kill	Kendall Timme	set Nora Mannion	+0.5
14	9-5	DEPAUL	PENNST	Serve err	DePaul		+0.4
15	9-6	PENNST	DEPAUL	Blocked	Haley Burgdorf	blk Leonor Polezzi, Jade Epps	+0.4
16	10-6	DEPAUL	PENNST	Kill	Haley Burgdorf	set Jocelyn Nathan	+0.4
17	10-7	PENNST	DEPAUL	Serve err	Penn St.		+0.4
18	10-8	DEPAUL	DEPAUL	Kill	Kendall Timme	set Leonor Polezzi	+0.7
19	11-8	DEPAUL	PENNST	Serve err	DePaul		+0.5
20	11-9	PENNST	DEPAUL	Kill	Isabela Tavares-Salomon	set Nora Mannion	+0.5
21	12-9	DEPAUL	PENNST	Kill	Whitney Lauenstein	set Alexis Stucky	+0.5
22	12-10	PENNST	DEPAUL×3	Kill	Kendall Timme	set Jocelyn Paige	+0.5
23	12-11	DEPAUL	DEPAUL×3	Kill	Isabela Tavares-Salomon	set Leonor Polezzi	+0.9
24	12-12	DEPAUL	DEPAUL×3	Ace	DePaul	aced Ava Falduto	+1.1
25	13-12	DEPAUL	PENNST	Kill	Gabrielle Nichols	set Alexis Stucky	+0.8
26	13-13	PENNST	DEPAUL	Kill	Jade Epps	set Leonor Polezzi	+0.9
27	14-13	DEPAUL	PENNST	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Alexis Stucky	+0.8
28	14-14	PENNST	DEPAUL	Kill	Martina Diana	set Leonor Polezzi	+0.9
29	15-14	DEPAUL	PENNST	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Alexis Stucky	+0.9
30	16-14	PENNST	PENNST	Kill	Finley Krystkowiak	set Ava Falduto	+1.1
31	16-15	PENNST	DEPAUL×3	Kill	Jade Epps	set Nora Mannion	+0.8
32	16-16	DEPAUL	DEPAUL×3	Ace	DePaul	aced Lexi Gin	+1.4
33	16-17	DEPAUL	DEPAUL×3	Attack err	Finley Krystkowiak		+1.7
34	17-17	DEPAUL	PENNST	Kill	Ryla Jones	set Alexis Stucky	+1.1
35	17-18	PENNST	DEPAUL	Kill	Kendall Timme	set Leonor Polezzi	+1.3
36	17-19	DEPAUL	DEPAUL	Attack err	Alexis Stucky		+2.1
37	18-19	DEPAUL	PENNST	Kill	Whitney Lauenstein	set Alexis Stucky	+1.2
38	19-19	PENNST	PENNST	Ace	Penn St.	aced Kendall Timme	+1.9
39	19-20	PENNST	DEPAUL	Kill	Jocelyn Paige	set Lexi Gin	+1.6
40	20-20	DEPAUL	PENNST	Kill	Whitney Lauenstein	set Alexis Stucky	+1.4
41	21-20	PENNST	PENNST	Blocked	Martina Diana	blk Kennedy Martin, Gabrielle Nichols	+2.1
42	21-21	PENNST	DEPAUL	Kill	Martina Diana	set Leonor Polezzi	+1.5
43	21-22	DEPAUL	DEPAUL	Attack err	Whitney Lauenstein		+2.8
44	22-22	DEPAUL	PENNST	Attack err	Martina Diana		+1.8
45	22-23	PENNST	DEPAUL	Kill	Jade Epps	set Leonor Polezzi	+2.4
46	23-23	DEPAUL	PENNST	Serve err	DePaul		+2.2
47	24-23	PENNST	PENNST	Blocked	Martina Diana	blk Ryla Jones, Kennedy Martin	+3.6
48	24-24	PENNST	DEPAUL	Kill	Kendall Timme	set Nora Mannion	+2.4
49	24-25	DEPAUL	DEPAUL	Blocked	Kennedy Martin	blk Jade Epps, Kendall Timme	+4.2
50	25-25	DEPAUL	PENNST×3	Blocked	Jade Epps	blk Finley Krystkowiak	+3.1
51	26-25	PENNST	PENNST×3	Attack err	Kendall Timme		+3.6
52	27-25	PENNST	PENNST×3	Blocked	Kendall Timme	blk Ryla Jones, Alexis Stucky	+2.8
Set 3
1	0-1	DEPAUL	DEPAUL	Attack err	Whitney Lauenstein		+0.4
2	1-1	DEPAUL	PENNST	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Alexis Stucky	+0.3
3	1-2	PENNST	DEPAUL	Kill	Isabela Tavares-Salomon	set Leonor Polezzi	+0.3
4	1-3	DEPAUL	DEPAUL	Attack err	Ryla Jones		+0.5
5	2-3	DEPAUL	PENNST	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Alexis Stucky	+0.3
6	2-4	PENNST	DEPAUL	Bad set	Alexis Stucky		+0.4
7	3-4	DEPAUL	PENNST	Kill	Haley Burgdorf	set Alexis Stucky	+0.3
8	3-5	PENNST	DEPAUL	Kill	Jade Epps	set Leonor Polezzi	+0.4
9	4-5	DEPAUL	PENNST	Kill	Haley Burgdorf	set Alexis Stucky	+0.3
10	4-6	PENNST	DEPAUL	Serve err	Penn St.		+0.4
11	5-6	DEPAUL	PENNST	Kill	Haley Burgdorf	set Alexis Stucky	+0.3
12	5-7	PENNST	DEPAUL	Serve err	Penn St.		+0.4
13	6-7	DEPAUL	PENNST×4	Kill	Whitney Lauenstein	set Alexis Stucky	+0.3
14	7-7	PENNST	PENNST×4	Kill	Whitney Lauenstein	set Alexis Stucky	+0.5
15	8-7	PENNST	PENNST×4	Kill	Whitney Lauenstein	set Alexis Stucky	+0.5
16	9-7	PENNST	PENNST×4	Kill	Ryla Jones	set Alexis Stucky	+0.4
17	9-8	PENNST	DEPAUL	Kill	Kendall Timme	set Leonor Polezzi	+0.3
18	10-8	DEPAUL	PENNST×4	Serve err	DePaul		+0.3
19	11-8	PENNST	PENNST×4	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Ava Falduto	+0.4
20	12-8	PENNST	PENNST×4	Attack err	Jocelyn Paige		+0.3
21	13-8	PENNST	PENNST×4	Kill	Whitney Lauenstein	set Ava Falduto	+0.2
22	13-9	PENNST	DEPAUL	Kill	Kendall Timme	set Leonor Polezzi	+0.1
23	13-10	DEPAUL	DEPAUL	Attack err	Whitney Lauenstein		+0.3
24	14-10	DEPAUL	PENNST	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Alexis Stucky	+0.2
25	14-11	PENNST	DEPAUL×4	Kill	Isabela Tavares-Salomon	set Leonor Polezzi	+0.2
26	14-12	DEPAUL	DEPAUL×4	Blocked	Finley Krystkowiak	blk Isabela Tavares-Salomon, Jade Epps	+0.4
27	14-13	DEPAUL	DEPAUL×4	Blocked	Kennedy Martin	blk Jade Epps, Martina Diana	+0.5
28	14-14	DEPAUL	DEPAUL×4	Attack err	Finley Krystkowiak		+0.6
29	15-14	DEPAUL	PENNST	Kill	Ryla Jones	set Alexis Stucky	+0.4
30	15-15	PENNST	DEPAUL	Serve err	Penn St.		+0.5
31	16-15	DEPAUL	PENNST	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Alexis Stucky	+0.5
32	16-16	PENNST	DEPAUL	Kill	Jade Epps	set Leonor Polezzi	+0.5
33	17-16	DEPAUL	PENNST	Kill	Finley Krystkowiak	set Ava Falduto	+0.5
34	17-17	PENNST	DEPAUL	Kill	Kendall Timme	set Leonor Polezzi	+0.5
35	18-17	DEPAUL	PENNST	Kill	Whitney Lauenstein	set Alexis Stucky	+0.5
36	19-17	PENNST	PENNST	Kill	Whitney Lauenstein	set Haley Burgdorf	+0.7
37	19-18	PENNST	DEPAUL	Kill	Kendall Timme	set Leonor Polezzi	+0.4
38	19-19	DEPAUL	DEPAUL	Kill	Isabela Tavares-Salomon	set Nora Mannion	+0.8
39	20-19	DEPAUL	PENNST×5	Kill	Whitney Lauenstein	set Alexis Stucky	+0.6
40	21-19	PENNST	PENNST×5	Ace	Penn St.	aced Kendall Timme	+0.8
41	22-19	PENNST	PENNST×5	Kill	Whitney Lauenstein	set Alexis Stucky	+0.6
42	23-19	PENNST	PENNST×5	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Ava Falduto	+0.3
43	24-19	PENNST	PENNST×5	Ace	Penn St.	aced Martina Diana	+0.1
44	24-20	PENNST	DEPAUL	Kill	Isabela Tavares-Salomon	set Leonor Polezzi	·
45	24-21	DEPAUL	DEPAUL	Attack err	Whitney Lauenstein		+0.1
46	25-21	DEPAUL	PENNST	Kill	Ryla Jones	set Alexis Stucky	+0.1

Score shown after each rally, Penn St. first. WP Δ = match win-probability points gained, colored by the team that gained them.“NCAA feed gap” rows mark points the NCAA play-by-play never logged (tap Why? for details).

Penn St. def. DePaul 3–0