Nebraska vs Penn State Volleyball: Nebraska Wins 3-0 (Oct 1)

FinalThu, Oct 1, 2026BTN

3:0

RallyIQ pre-match: Nebraska 94.4% · favorite wonLocked before first serve (Oct 1, 5:55 PM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Nebraska won at Penn St. 3-0 (25-20, 25-17, 25-18) on Thu, Oct 1, 2026. Harper Murray led Nebraska with 13 kills; Penn St.'s Kennedy Martin had a match-high 17.

Data through Nov 3, 9:10 PM CT · final Oct 1

Set	1	2	3	Sets
NEB	25	25	25	3
PENNST	20	17	18	0

Match story · written from the play-by-play

.400 and 13 kills for Harper Murray as Nebraska rolled past Penn St.

No single rally moved win probability more than 1.2 points. Penn St. peaked at 6% in Set 1. These are the stats that built the gap. Nebraska went in as RallyIQ's 94% pick.

NebraskaPenn St.

Break %+18.5 pts
46.628.1
On serve: 34/73 against 16/57 (Penn St. sideout 53.4%).
Hitting+.189
.419.230
46 K / 7 E against 41 K / 18 E.

Penn St. above 50Nebraska belowMax swing 1.2%

NebraskaPenn St.

Aces: Nebraska 5·Penn St. 2
Serve err: Nebraska 5·Penn St. 4
Blocks: Nebraska 10·Penn St. 31 BS · 18 BA vs 0 BS · 6 BA
Digs: Nebraska 40·Penn St. 35

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Penn St. above 50 · Nebraska below

Biggest swing: 1.2% to Penn St. — set 1, NEB 19-18 PENNST. Kill by Harper Murray (set by Alexis Stucky). PENNST win probability 5% → 6%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

NEB 93.7%6.3% PENNST

Nebraska wins

3-0

52.1%

3-1

30.5%

3-2

11.1%

Penn St. wins

3-0

0.7%

3-1

1.8%

3-2

3.7%

NEB break %: 46.1% vs this opp
PENNST break %: 34.6% 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
Harper MurrayKill+1.2%
Kill by Harper Murray (set by Alexis Stucky)
Set 1 · NEB 19-18 PENNST · PENNST 5% → 6%
02
Andi JacksonKill+1.1%
Kill by Andi Jackson (set by Bergen Reilly)
Set 1 · NEB 21-19 PENNST · NEB 94% → 95%
03
NebraskaAce+1.1%
Nebraska ace on Jocelyn Nathan
Set 1 · NEB 22-19 PENNST · NEB 95% → 96%
04
Manaia OgbechieKill+1.0%
Kill by Manaia Ogbechie (set by Bergen Reilly)
Set 1 · NEB 20-18 PENNST · NEB 94% → 95%
05
Alexis StuckyKill+1.0%
Kill by Alexis Stucky (set by Ava Falduto)
Set 1 · NEB 20-19 PENNST · PENNST 5% → 6%
06
Penn St.Service error+0.8%
Penn St. service error
Set 1 · NEB 23-20 PENNST · NEB 96% → 97%
07
Unlogged pointNCAA feed gap+0.8%
Point Penn St. (not logged in NCAA feed)
Set 1 · NEB 19-17 PENNST · PENNST 4% → 5%
08
Whitney LauensteinKill+0.7%
Kill by Whitney Lauenstein (set by Alexis Stucky)
Set 2 · NEB 0-3 PENNST · PENNST 4% → 4%

Box score

Official NCAA box

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Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
27Harper MurrayOH	3	13	1	30	.400	1	2	2	3	1	0	4	2	17
15Andi JacksonMB	3	11	1	16	.625	0	0	1	1	0	1	6	4	15
11Teraya SiglerOH	3	8	1	17	.412	1	0	1	5	1	0	1	0.5	8.5
14Manaia OgbechieMB	3	6	2	13	.308	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	7.5
3Virginia AdrianoOPP	3	6	2	13	.308	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	6.5
2Bergen ReillyS	3	1	0	3	.333	34	0	1	16	0	0	3	1.5	2.5
6Laney ChoboyL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	2	0	6	0	0	0	0	2
10Olivia MauchL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	1	0	8	0	0	0	0	1
18Ryan HunterOPP	1	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
4Campbell FlynnS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		46	7	93	.419	44	5	5	40	2	1	18	10	75

Penn St.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BA	BLK	PTS
18Kennedy MartinOH	3	17	6	40	.275	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	17
26Whitney LauensteinOH	3	12	5	30	.233	1	0	1	3	0	3	1.5	13.5
5Alexis StuckyS	3	3	0	5	.600	32	2	0	4	0	0	0	5
1Kendall NorthernMB	3	3	1	5	.400	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	3.5
8Gabrielle NicholsMB	3	1	1	4	.000	0	0	1	2	0	2	1	2
23Haley BurgdorfOH	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0
2Ava FaldutoL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	0	2	4	0	0	0	0
11Jocelyn NathanL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	0
9Lexi GinDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0
13Emmi SellmanOH	2	3	3	12	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
42Finley KrystkowiakOH	1	2	1	3	.333	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2
14Caroline JureviciusOH	1	0	1	1	-1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10Ava JureviciusDS	1	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
3Danielle WhitmireS	1	0	0	0	–	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		41	18	100	.230	40	2	4	35	5	6	3	55

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 4 NEB · PENNST 3

Set 1

25-20

Longest run 4 NEBPENNST 3

Set 2

25-17

Longest run 4 NEBPENNST 3

Set 3

25-18

Longest run 4 NEBPENNST 3

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Nebraska

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	71%5/7	50%4/8
2	71%5/7	55%6/11
3	57%4/7	60%6/10
4	100%4/4	43%3/7
5	67%4/6	50%4/8
6	80%4/5	20%1/5
All	72%26/36	49%24/49

Penn St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	45%5/11	0%0/5
2	40%4/10	44%4/9
3	40%4/10	33%2/6
4	100%4/4	20%1/5
5	44%4/9	0%0/4
6	80%4/5	43%3/7
All	51%25/49	28%10/36

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 (2 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

130 rallies

#	NEB-PENNST	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	1-0	PENNST	NEB×3	Serve err	Penn St.		+0.4
2	2-0	NEB	NEB×3	Blocked	Whitney Lauenstein	blk Virginia Adriano, Andi Jackson	+0.5
3	3-0	NEB	NEB×3	Kill	Virginia Adriano	set Bergen Reilly	+0.5
4	3-1	NEB	PENNST	Kill	Whitney Lauenstein	set Alexis Stucky	+0.4
5	4-1	PENNST	NEB×4	Kill	Andi Jackson	set Bergen Reilly	+0.3
6	5-1	NEB	NEB×4	Blocked	Whitney Lauenstein	blk Andi Jackson, Harper Murray	+0.4
7	6-1	NEB	NEB×4	Attack err	Kennedy Martin		+0.3
8	7-1	NEB	NEB×4	Attack err	Kennedy Martin		+0.2
9	7-2	NEB	PENNST	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Alexis Stucky	+0.2
10	7-3	PENNST	PENNST	Kill	Emmi Sellman	set Alexis Stucky	+0.3
11	8-3	PENNST	NEB	Kill	Teraya Sigler	set Bergen Reilly	+0.2
12	8-4	NEB	PENNST	Kill	Emmi Sellman	set Alexis Stucky	+0.2
13	9-4	PENNST	NEB	Kill	Andi Jackson	set Bergen Reilly	+0.2
14	9-5	NEB	PENNST	Attack err	Teraya Sigler		+0.2
15	10-5	PENNST	NEB	Blocked	Emmi Sellman	blk Bergen Reilly, Manaia Ogbechie	+0.2
16	10-6	NEB	PENNST	Kill	Kendall Northern	set Alexis Stucky	+0.2
17	10-7	PENNST	PENNST	Kill	Alexis Stucky	set Jocelyn Nathan	+0.4
18	11-7	PENNST	NEB	Kill	Virginia Adriano	set Bergen Reilly	+0.3
19	12-7	NEB	NEB	Kill	Harper Murray	set Olivia Mauch	+0.4
20	12-8	NEB	PENNST	Kill	Whitney Lauenstein	set Alexis Stucky	+0.2
21	12-9	PENNST	PENNST	Kill	Whitney Lauenstein	set Alexis Stucky	+0.4
22	13-9	PENNST	NEB	Kill	Harper Murray	set Bergen Reilly	+0.4
23	13-10	NEB	PENNST	Kill	Whitney Lauenstein	set Alexis Stucky	+0.3
24	14-10	PENNST	NEB	Kill	Andi Jackson	set Bergen Reilly	+0.4
25	14-11	NEB	PENNST	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Alexis Stucky	+0.4
26	15-11	PENNST	NEB	Kill	Harper Murray	set Bergen Reilly	+0.4
27	16-11	NEB	NEB	Kill	Teraya Sigler		+0.4
28	16-12	NEB	PENNST	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Alexis Stucky	+0.2
29	17-12	PENNST	NEB	Attack err	Kendall Northern		+0.3
30	17-13	NEB	PENNST	Serve err	Nebraska		+0.2
31	17-14	PENNST	PENNST	Attack err	Harper Murray		+0.5
32	18-14	PENNST	NEB	Kill	Harper Murray	set Bergen Reilly	+0.4
33	18-15	NEB	PENNST	Kill	Kendall Northern	set Alexis Stucky	+0.4
34	19-15	PENNST	NEB	Attack err	Teraya Sigler		+0.4
35	19-16	NEB	PENNST×3	Serve err	Nebraska		+0.4
36	19-17		PENNST	NCAA feed gap1 point not loggedWhy? The NCAA play-by-play skipped these points: the score changed but no play was logged, so we know who won each point, not how. They count in the score, momentum and win probability, but no player is credited. Box-score stats come from the official box score and are unaffected.			+0.8
37	19-18	PENNST	PENNST×3	Kill	Harper Murray	set Alexis Stucky	+1.2
38	20-18	PENNST	NEB	Kill	Manaia Ogbechie	set Bergen Reilly	+1.0
39	20-19	NEB	PENNST	Kill	Alexis Stucky	set Ava Falduto	+1.0
40	21-19	PENNST	NEB	Kill	Andi Jackson	set Bergen Reilly	+1.1
41	22-19	NEB	NEB	Ace	Nebraska	aced Jocelyn Nathan	+1.1
42	22-20	NEB	PENNST	Kill	Whitney Lauenstein	set Ava Falduto	+0.6
43	23-20	PENNST	NEB×3	Serve err	Penn St.		+0.8
44	24-20	NEB	NEB×3	Ace	Nebraska	aced Lexi Gin	+0.5
45	25-20	NEB	NEB×3	Kill	Teraya Sigler	set Laney Choboy	+0.1
Set 2
1	0-1	NEB	PENNST×3	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Alexis Stucky	+0.4
2	0-2	PENNST	PENNST×3	Blocked	Virginia Adriano	blk Gabrielle Nichols, Whitney Lauenstein	+0.6
3	0-3	PENNST	PENNST×3	Kill	Whitney Lauenstein	set Alexis Stucky	+0.7
4	1-3	PENNST	NEB	Kill	Virginia Adriano	set Bergen Reilly	+0.4
5	2-3	NEB	NEB	Kill	Harper Murray	set Olivia Mauch	+0.5
6	2-4	NEB	PENNST	Kill	Gabrielle Nichols	set Ava Falduto	+0.5
7	3-4	PENNST	NEB×4	Kill	Andi Jackson	set Bergen Reilly	+0.4
8	4-4	NEB	NEB×4	Blocked	Emmi Sellman	blk Bergen Reilly, Andi Jackson	+0.5
9	5-4	NEB	NEB×4	Blocked	Kennedy Martin	blk Andi Jackson, Harper Murray	+0.5
10	6-4	NEB	NEB×4	Kill	Andi Jackson	set Bergen Reilly	+0.4
11	6-5	NEB	PENNST	Kill	Emmi Sellman	set Alexis Stucky	+0.3
12	6-6	PENNST	PENNST	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Alexis Stucky	+0.5
13	7-6	PENNST	NEB	Serve err	Penn St.		+0.4
14	7-7	NEB	PENNST	Serve err	Nebraska		+0.4
15	8-7	PENNST	NEB	Kill	Andi Jackson	set Bergen Reilly	+0.4
16	9-7	NEB	NEB	Kill	Teraya Sigler	set Laney Choboy	+0.5
17	9-8	NEB	PENNST	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Alexis Stucky	+0.4
18	9-9	PENNST	PENNST	Blocked	Manaia Ogbechie	blk Kendall Northern, Whitney Lauenstein	+0.6
19	10-9	PENNST	NEB	Kill	Manaia Ogbechie	set Teraya Sigler	+0.4
20	10-10	NEB	PENNST	Kill	Kendall Northern	set Alexis Stucky	+0.5
21	11-10	PENNST	NEB×3	Kill	Manaia Ogbechie	set Bergen Reilly	+0.4
22	12-10	NEB	NEB×3	Kill	Virginia Adriano	set Bergen Reilly	+0.5
23	13-10	NEB	NEB×3	Attack err	Whitney Lauenstein		+0.4
24	13-11	NEB	PENNST	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Alexis Stucky	+0.3
25	14-11	PENNST	NEB×3	Kill	Harper Murray	set Bergen Reilly	+0.3
26	15-11	NEB	NEB×3	Ace	Nebraska	aced Haley Burgdorf	+0.3
27	16-11	NEB	NEB×3	Attack err	Kennedy Martin		+0.2
28	16-12	NEB	PENNST	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Alexis Stucky	+0.2
29	17-12	PENNST	NEB	Kill	Virginia Adriano	set Bergen Reilly	+0.2
30	17-13	NEB	PENNST	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Alexis Stucky	+0.1
31	18-13	PENNST	NEB	Kill	Harper Murray	set Bergen Reilly	+0.2
32	18-14	NEB	PENNST	Serve err	Nebraska		+0.1
33	19-14	PENNST	NEB×4	Kill	Teraya Sigler	set Bergen Reilly	+0.2
34	20-14	NEB	NEB×4	Attack err	Emmi Sellman		+0.1
35	21-14	NEB	NEB×4	Kill	Teraya Sigler	set Laney Choboy	+0.1
36	22-14	NEB	NEB×4	Kill	Harper Murray	set Bergen Reilly	·
37	22-15	NEB	PENNST	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Alexis Stucky	·
38	22-16	PENNST	PENNST	Kill	Whitney Lauenstein	set Danielle Whitmire	·
39	23-16	PENNST	NEB	Kill	Teraya Sigler	set Bergen Reilly	·
40	23-17	NEB	PENNST	Kill	Whitney Lauenstein	set Danielle Whitmire	·
41	24-17	PENNST	NEB	Kill	Manaia Ogbechie	set Bergen Reilly	·
42	25-17	NEB	NEB	Blocked	Caroline Jurevicius	blk Manaia Ogbechie, Harper Murray	·
Set 3
1	1-0	PENNST	NEB	Kill	Manaia Ogbechie	set Bergen Reilly	+0.1
2	1-1	NEB	PENNST×3	Kill	Alexis Stucky	set Whitney Lauenstein	+0.2
3	1-2	PENNST	PENNST×3	Ace	Alexis Stucky	aced Harper Murray	+0.2
4	1-3	PENNST	PENNST×3	Ace	Alexis Stucky	aced Teraya Sigler	+0.3
5	2-3	PENNST	NEB×4	Kill	Andi Jackson	set Bergen Reilly	+0.2
6	3-3	NEB	NEB×4	Kill	Harper Murray	set Bergen Reilly	+0.2
7	4-3	NEB	NEB×4	Ace	Nebraska	aced Haley Burgdorf	+0.2
8	5-3	NEB	NEB×4	Blocked	Whitney Lauenstein	blk Bergen Reilly, Andi Jackson	+0.2
9	5-4	NEB	PENNST	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Alexis Stucky	+0.1
10	6-4	PENNST	NEB	Kill	Teraya Sigler	set Bergen Reilly	+0.1
11	6-5	NEB	PENNST	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Alexis Stucky	+0.1
12	7-5	PENNST	NEB	Kill	Andi Jackson	set Bergen Reilly	+0.1
13	7-6	NEB	PENNST	Kill	Finley Krystkowiak	set Ava Falduto	+0.2
14	8-6	PENNST	NEB	Kill	Bergen Reilly	set Laney Choboy	+0.1
15	9-6	NEB	NEB	Blocked	Kennedy Martin	blk Teraya Sigler, Manaia Ogbechie	+0.2
16	9-7	NEB	PENNST	Kill	Finley Krystkowiak	set Alexis Stucky	+0.1
17	10-7	PENNST	NEB	Kill	Manaia Ogbechie	set Bergen Reilly	+0.1
18	10-8	NEB	PENNST	Kill	Whitney Lauenstein	set Alexis Stucky	+0.1
19	11-8	PENNST	NEB	Serve err	Penn St.		+0.1
20	11-9	NEB	PENNST	Kill	Whitney Lauenstein	set Alexis Stucky	+0.1
21	12-9	PENNST	NEB	Kill	Harper Murray	set Olivia Mauch	+0.1
22	12-10	NEB	PENNST×3	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Alexis Stucky	+0.1
23	12-11	PENNST	PENNST×3	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Alexis Stucky	+0.2
24	12-12	PENNST	PENNST×3	Attack err	Andi Jackson		+0.3
25	13-12	PENNST	NEB×4	Bad set	Kennedy Martin		+0.2
26	14-12	NEB	NEB×4	Ace	Nebraska	aced Lexi Gin	+0.3
27	15-12	NEB	NEB×4	Blocked	Gabrielle Nichols	blk Andi Jackson	+0.2
28	16-12	NEB	NEB×4	Attack err	Finley Krystkowiak		+0.2
29	16-13	NEB	PENNST	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Alexis Stucky	+0.1
30	17-13	PENNST	NEB	Kill	Andi Jackson	set Bergen Reilly	+0.1
31	17-14	NEB	PENNST	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Alexis Stucky	+0.1
32	18-14	PENNST	NEB	Bad set	Jocelyn Nathan		+0.1
33	18-15	NEB	PENNST	Serve err	Nebraska		+0.1
34	18-16	PENNST	PENNST	Attack err	Manaia Ogbechie		+0.2
35	19-16	PENNST	NEB	Kill	Harper Murray	set Bergen Reilly	+0.2
36	20-16	NEB	NEB	Kill	Harper Murray	set Manaia Ogbechie	+0.2
37	20-17	NEB	PENNST	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Alexis Stucky	+0.1
38	21-17	PENNST	NEB×4	Kill	Harper Murray	set Bergen Reilly	+0.1
39	22-17	NEB	NEB×4	Kill	Andi Jackson	set Bergen Reilly	+0.1
40	23-17	NEB	NEB×4	Blocked	Kennedy Martin	blk Andi Jackson, Harper Murray	·
41	24-17	NEB	NEB×4	Kill	Virginia Adriano	set Harper Murray	·
42	24-18	NEB	PENNST	Kill	Whitney Lauenstein	set Alexis Stucky	·
43	25-18	PENNST	NEB	Kill	Ryan Hunter	set Bergen Reilly	·

Score shown after each rally, Nebraska 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).

Nebraska def. Penn St. 3–0

.400 and 13 kills for Harper Murray as Nebraska rolled past Penn St.