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

FinalSun, Oct 11, 2026BTN

0:3

RallyIQ pre-match: Washington 52.3% · upsetLocked before first serve (Oct 11, 10:56 AM CT). The Pre-match panel below is a season fit that includes this match.

Penn St. beat visiting Washington 3-0 (25-14, 25-19, 25-23) on Sun, Oct 11, 2026. Penn St.'s Kennedy Martin led with 14 kills, and Ava Falduto added 15 digs.

Data through Nov 3, 5:40 PM CT · final Oct 11

Set	1	2	3	Sets
WASH	14	19	23	0
PENNST	25	25	25	3

Match story · written from the play-by-play

14 kills in 3 sets for Kennedy Martin. Penn St. swept Washington.

The biggest single-rally swing was 5.1 points, and Washington's high was 52% in Set 1. The gap came from these numbers. RallyIQ had Washington at 52% before first serve.

WashingtonPenn St.

Break %+17.5 pts
29.847.3
35 of 74 on serve vs 17 of 57, so Washington's sideout was 52.7%.
Hitting+.122
.113.235
46 kills, 19 errors vs 29 kills, 16 errors.
Longest run+2
46
Up 14–8 in the first set, Penn St. scored 6 straight to make it 20–8. The set finished 25–14.

Penn St. above 50Washington belowMax swing 5.1%

WashingtonPenn St.

Aces: Washington 2·Penn St. 5
Serve err: Washington 8·Penn St. 6
Blocks: Washington 10·Penn St. 83 BS · 14 BA vs 2 BS · 12 BA
Digs: Washington 46·Penn St. 58

Win probability

RallyIQ model · strengths locked at first serve

Penn St. above 50 · Washington below

Biggest swing: 5.1% to Penn St. — set 3, WASH 23-25 PENNST. Simona Mateska stuffed by Kendall Northern & Alexis Stucky. PENNST win probability 95% → 100%.

Pre-match

Season fit · includes this match

WASH 30.1%69.9% PENNST

Washington wins

3-0

5.7%

3-1

10.6%

3-2

13.8%

Penn St. wins

3-0

23.2%

3-1

26.8%

3-2

19.9%

WASH break %: 39.3% vs this opp
PENNST break %: 43.3% 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
Kendall Northern&Alexis StuckyBlock+5.1%
Simona Mateska stuffed by Kendall Northern & Alexis Stucky
Set 3 · WASH 23-25 PENNST · PENNST 95% → 100%
02
Whitney LauensteinKill+3.2%
Kill by Whitney Lauenstein (set by Alexis Stucky)
Set 2 · WASH 10-13 PENNST · PENNST 73% → 76%
03
Kennedy MartinKill+3.2%
Kill by Kennedy Martin (set by Alexis Stucky)
Set 3 · WASH 20-23 PENNST · PENNST 95% → 98%
04
Haley BurgdorfKill+3.1%
Kill by Haley Burgdorf (set by Ava Falduto)
Set 2 · WASH 8-10 PENNST · PENNST 70% → 73%
05
Simona MateskaKill+3.0%
Kill by Simona Mateska (set by Kylie Kleckner)
Set 2 · WASH 8-8 PENNST · WASH 30% → 33%
06
Whitney LauensteinAttack error+2.9%
Attack error by Whitney Lauenstein
Set 3 · WASH 23-24 PENNST · WASH 2% → 5%
07
Kennedy MartinKill+2.9%
Kill by Kennedy Martin (set by Ava Falduto)
Set 3 · WASH 20-22 PENNST · PENNST 92% → 95%
08
Gabrielle NicholsKill+2.8%
Kill by Gabrielle Nichols (set by Ava Falduto)
Set 2 · WASH 10-14 PENNST · PENNST 76% → 79%

Box score

Official NCAA box

Washingtonaway

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
5Simona MateskaOH	3	9	6	34	.088	0	0	2	7	5	0	2	1	10
2Julia HuntMB	3	5	1	12	.333	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	6
7Kylie KlecknerOH	3	5	3	23	.087	2	0	0	11	0	0	1	0.5	5.5
6Andrea FabikovicovaS	3	0	1	2	-.500	19	0	2	10	0	0	0	0	0
1Addy AzavedoL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
12Katy WesselsMB	2	2	1	9	.111	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1.5	3.5
31Maija HowseOH	3	6	3	23	.130	0	1	1	2	0	1	4	3	10
23Kaitlyn NguyenL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	3	1	2	11	0	0	0	0	1
21Hayden ConnerMB	2	2	1	10	.100	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	3	5
10Addie KanouffOH	1	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
14Lily Mae BuerkleS	1	0	0	0	–	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		29	16	115	.113	27	2	8	46	5	3	14	10	56

Penn St.home

Player	S	K	E	TA	Hit%	AST	SA	SE	DIG	RE	BS	BA	BLK	PTS
18Kennedy MartinOH	3	14	3	33	.333	2	1	1	13	0	1	3	2.5	17.5
26Whitney LauensteinOH	3	9	4	24	.208	0	3	0	5	0	0	1	0.5	12.5
8Gabrielle NicholsMB	3	11	2	16	.563	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	1.5	12.5
23Haley BurgdorfOH	3	7	4	26	.115	3	0	1	10	1	1	0	1	8
1Kendall NorthernMB	3	3	5	10	-.200	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1.5	4.5
5Alexis StuckyS	3	2	1	6	.167	33	1	2	8	0	0	2	1	4
2Ava FaldutoL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	4	0	0	15	1	0	0	0	0
10Ava JureviciusDS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
11Jocelyn NathanL/DS	3	0	0	0	–	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
Team totals		46	19	115	.235	42	5	6	58	2	2	12	8	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 4 WASH · PENNST 6

Set 1

14-25

Longest run 4 WASHPENNST 6

Set 2

19-25

Longest run 3 WASHPENNST 5

Set 3

23-25

Longest run 3 WASHPENNST 3

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

Rotations

Sideout and break % by rotation slot

Washington

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	33%7/21	25%2/8
2	44%7/16	30%3/10
3	70%7/10	36%4/11
4	78%7/9	42%5/12
5	75%6/8	22%2/9
6	50%5/10	14%1/7
All	53%39/74	30%17/57

Penn St.

Slot	Sideout %	Break %
1	73%8/11	59%10/17
2	54%7/13	68%15/22
3	70%7/10	0%0/7
4	70%7/10	42%5/12
5	75%6/8	14%1/7
6	100%5/5	44%4/9
All	70%40/57	47%35/74

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

131 rallies

#	WASH-PENNST	Srv	Point	End	Player	Setter / blockers / passer	WP Δ
Set 1
1	0-1	PENNST	PENNST	Ace	Penn St.	aced Simona Mateska	+2.5
2	1-1	PENNST	WASH	Serve err	Penn St.		+1.8
3	1-2	WASH	PENNST×3	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Alexis Stucky	+1.9
4	1-3	PENNST	PENNST×3	Kill	Gabrielle Nichols	set Alexis Stucky	+2.6
5	1-4	PENNST	PENNST×3	Kill	Gabrielle Nichols	set Alexis Stucky	+2.5
6	2-4	PENNST	WASH	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.7
7	2-5	WASH	PENNST	Serve err	Washington		+1.9
8	3-5	PENNST	WASH	Blocked	Haley Burgdorf	blk Simona Mateska, Katy Wessels	+1.7
9	4-5	WASH	WASH	Blocked	Kendall Northern	blk Katy Wessels, Maija Howse	+2.6
10	4-6	WASH	PENNST	Serve err	Washington		+2.0
11	5-6	PENNST	WASH	Attack err	Kennedy Martin		+1.9
12	5-7	WASH	PENNST	Kill	Kendall Northern	set Alexis Stucky	+2.1
13	6-7	PENNST	WASH	Kill	Maija Howse	set Julia Hunt	+2.0
14	6-8	WASH	PENNST	Serve err	Washington		+2.1
15	6-9	PENNST	PENNST	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Alexis Stucky	+2.8
16	7-9	PENNST	WASH	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.9
17	7-10	WASH	PENNST×5	Kill	Whitney Lauenstein	set Alexis Stucky	+2.1
18	7-11	PENNST	PENNST×5	Kill	Gabrielle Nichols	set Alexis Stucky	+2.6
19	7-12	PENNST	PENNST×5	Kill	Whitney Lauenstein	set Haley Burgdorf	+2.3
20	7-13	PENNST	PENNST×5	Blocked	Simona Mateska	blk Gabrielle Nichols, Kennedy Martin	+1.9
21	7-14	PENNST	PENNST×5	Blocked	Simona Mateska	blk Kennedy Martin	+1.4
22	8-14	PENNST	WASH	Kill	Kylie Kleckner	set Lily Mae Buerkle	+0.7
23	8-15	WASH	PENNST×6	Kill	Gabrielle Nichols	set Alexis Stucky	+1.0
24	8-16	PENNST	PENNST×6	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Lily Mae Buerkle	+1.0
25	8-17	PENNST	PENNST×6	Blocked	Simona Mateska	blk Gabrielle Nichols, Kennedy Martin	+0.6
26	8-18	PENNST	PENNST×6	Ace	Penn St.	aced Simona Mateska	+0.4
27	8-19	PENNST	PENNST×6	Kill	Haley Burgdorf	set Alexis Stucky	+0.2
28	8-20	PENNST	PENNST×6	Kill	Haley Burgdorf	set Ava Falduto	+0.1
29	9-20	PENNST	WASH×4	Kill	Katy Wessels	set Andrea Fabikovicova	·
30	10-20	WASH	WASH×4	Kill	Katy Wessels		+0.1
31	11-20	WASH	WASH×4	Attack err	Haley Burgdorf		+0.1
32	12-20	WASH	WASH×4	Blocked	Haley Burgdorf	blk Katy Wessels, Maija Howse	+0.2
33	12-21	WASH	PENNST	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Ava Falduto	+0.2
34	13-21	PENNST	WASH	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Kaitlyn Nguyen	+0.1
35	13-22	WASH	PENNST	Serve err	Washington		+0.2
36	13-23	PENNST	PENNST	Ace	Penn St.	aced Simona Mateska	+0.1
37	14-23	PENNST	WASH	Kill	Maija Howse	set Andrea Fabikovicova	·
38	14-24	WASH	PENNST	Serve err	Washington		·
39	14-25	PENNST	PENNST	Kill	Whitney Lauenstein	set Alexis Stucky	·
Set 2
1	0-1	WASH	PENNST×5	Kill	Whitney Lauenstein	set Alexis Stucky	+1.9
2	0-2	PENNST	PENNST×5	Attack err	Katy Wessels		+2.6
3	0-3	PENNST	PENNST×5	Attack err	Maija Howse		+2.5
4	0-4	PENNST	PENNST×5	Kill	Alexis Stucky	set Haley Burgdorf	+2.4
5	0-5	PENNST	PENNST×5	Kill	Gabrielle Nichols	set Alexis Stucky	+2.2
6	1-5	PENNST	WASH×3	Kill	Maija Howse	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.4
7	2-5	WASH	WASH×3	Blocked	Whitney Lauenstein	blk Hayden Conner, Maija Howse	+2.2
8	3-5	WASH	WASH×3	Blocked	Kennedy Martin	blk Hayden Conner, Kylie Kleckner	+2.4
9	3-6	WASH	PENNST	Kill	Whitney Lauenstein	set Alexis Stucky	+1.9
10	4-6	PENNST	WASH	Kill	Maija Howse	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.8
11	4-7	WASH	PENNST	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Alexis Stucky	+2.0
12	5-7	PENNST	WASH	Kill	Kylie Kleckner	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.8
13	6-7	WASH	WASH	Attack err	Gabrielle Nichols		+2.8
14	6-8	WASH	PENNST	Blocked	Andrea Fabikovicova	blk Haley Burgdorf	+2.2
15	7-8	PENNST	WASH	Serve err	Penn St.		+2.1
16	8-8	WASH	WASH	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Kylie Kleckner	+3.0
17	8-9	WASH	PENNST	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Alexis Stucky	+2.3
18	8-10	PENNST	PENNST	Kill	Haley Burgdorf	set Ava Falduto	+3.1
19	9-10	PENNST	WASH	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+2.2
20	9-11	WASH	PENNST	Kill	Haley Burgdorf	set Kennedy Martin	+2.4
21	10-11	PENNST	WASH	Serve err	Penn St.		+2.2
22	10-12	WASH	PENNST×3	Kill	Kendall Northern	set Alexis Stucky	+2.4
23	10-13	PENNST	PENNST×3	Kill	Whitney Lauenstein	set Alexis Stucky	+3.2
24	10-14	PENNST	PENNST×3	Kill	Gabrielle Nichols	set Ava Falduto	+2.8
25	11-14	PENNST	WASH	Blocked	Whitney Lauenstein	blk Hayden Conner, Maija Howse	+1.7
26	11-15	WASH	PENNST	Kill	Gabrielle Nichols	set Alexis Stucky	+2.1
27	12-15	PENNST	WASH	Blocked	Gabrielle Nichols	blk Hayden Conner	+1.7
28	12-16	WASH	PENNST×4	Attack err	Maija Howse		+2.2
29	12-17	PENNST	PENNST×4	Attack err	Maija Howse		+2.4
30	12-18	PENNST	PENNST×4	Attack err	Julia Hunt		+1.8
31	12-19	PENNST	PENNST×4	Kill	Haley Burgdorf	set Alexis Stucky	+1.1
32	13-19	PENNST	WASH	Kill	Julia Hunt	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+0.5
33	14-19	WASH	WASH	Ace	Washington	aced Ava Falduto	+1.0
34	14-20	WASH	PENNST	Kill	Gabrielle Nichols	set Alexis Stucky	+1.1
35	15-20	PENNST	WASH	Kill	Julia Hunt	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+0.7
36	15-21	WASH	PENNST	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Alexis Stucky	+1.0
37	16-21	PENNST	WASH	Kill	Julia Hunt	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+0.5
38	16-22	WASH	PENNST×3	Serve err	Washington		+0.9
39	16-23	PENNST	PENNST×3	Kill	Kendall Northern		+0.6
40	16-24	PENNST	PENNST×3	Blocked	Simona Mateska	blk Kendall Northern, Alexis Stucky	+0.2
41	17-24	PENNST	WASH×3	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Andrea Fabikovicova	·
42	18-24	WASH	WASH×3	Attack err	Kendall Northern		+0.1
43	19-24	WASH	WASH×3	Blocked	Kendall Northern	blk Hayden Conner, Simona Mateska	+0.1
44	19-25	WASH	PENNST	Serve err	Washington		+0.2
Set 3
1	0-1	PENNST	PENNST×3	Attack err	Kylie Kleckner		+1.7
2	0-2	PENNST	PENNST×3	Kill	Whitney Lauenstein	set Alexis Stucky	+1.7
3	0-3	PENNST	PENNST×3	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Alexis Stucky	+1.7
4	1-3	PENNST	WASH	Kill	Hayden Conner	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.1
5	1-4	WASH	PENNST×3	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Alexis Stucky	+1.2
6	1-5	PENNST	PENNST×3	Ace	Penn St.	aced Simona Mateska	+1.6
7	1-6	PENNST	PENNST×3	Ace	Penn St.	aced Simona Mateska	+1.5
8	2-6	PENNST	WASH	Kill	Hayden Conner	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+0.9
9	3-6	WASH	WASH	Ace	Washington	aced Haley Burgdorf	+1.5
10	3-7	WASH	PENNST	Serve err	Washington		+1.2
11	4-7	PENNST	WASH	Kill	Maija Howse	set Kaitlyn Nguyen	+1.1
12	4-8	WASH	PENNST	Blocked	Kylie Kleckner	blk Kendall Northern, Kennedy Martin	+1.2
13	5-8	PENNST	WASH	Attack err	Kendall Northern		+1.1
14	6-8	WASH	WASH	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.7
15	6-9	WASH	PENNST	Attack err	Simona Mateska		+1.4
16	7-9	PENNST	WASH	Kill	Julia Hunt	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.3
17	7-10	WASH	PENNST×3	Kill	Whitney Lauenstein	set Alexis Stucky	+1.4
18	7-11	PENNST	PENNST×3	Blocked	Kylie Kleckner	blk Gabrielle Nichols, Whitney Lauenstein	+1.8
19	7-12	PENNST	PENNST×3	Kill	Whitney Lauenstein	set Kennedy Martin	+1.6
20	8-12	PENNST	WASH	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Kylie Kleckner	+0.9
21	8-13	WASH	PENNST	Kill	Gabrielle Nichols	set Alexis Stucky	+1.1
22	9-13	PENNST	WASH	Serve err	Penn St.		+0.9
23	10-13	WASH	WASH	Kill	Kylie Kleckner	set Kaitlyn Nguyen	+1.6
24	10-14	WASH	PENNST	Kill	Gabrielle Nichols	set Alexis Stucky	+1.4
25	11-14	PENNST	WASH	Attack err	Haley Burgdorf		+1.1
26	11-15	WASH	PENNST	Kill	Gabrielle Nichols	set Alexis Stucky	+1.4
27	12-15	PENNST	WASH×3	Kill	Simona Mateska	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.2
28	13-15	WASH	WASH×3	Blocked	Kendall Northern	blk Julia Hunt	+2.0
29	14-15	WASH	WASH×3	Kill	Kylie Kleckner	set Julia Hunt	+2.3
30	14-16	WASH	PENNST	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Alexis Stucky	+1.9
31	15-16	PENNST	WASH	Serve err	Penn St.		+1.8
32	15-17	WASH	PENNST	Kill	Haley Burgdorf	set Alexis Stucky	+2.0
33	16-17	PENNST	WASH	Attack err	Alexis Stucky		+1.8
34	16-18	WASH	PENNST	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Alexis Stucky	+2.1
35	17-18	PENNST	WASH	Serve err	Penn St.		+1.9
36	17-19	WASH	PENNST	Kill	Alexis Stucky	set Haley Burgdorf	+2.3
37	18-19	PENNST	WASH	Blocked	Kennedy Martin	blk Maija Howse	+2.0
38	18-20	WASH	PENNST	Attack err	Hayden Conner		+2.4
39	19-20	PENNST	WASH	Kill	Kylie Kleckner	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+2.1
40	19-21	WASH	PENNST	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Alexis Stucky	+2.6
41	20-21	PENNST	WASH	Kill	Maija Howse	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+2.2
42	20-22	WASH	PENNST	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Ava Falduto	+2.9
43	20-23	PENNST	PENNST	Kill	Kennedy Martin	set Alexis Stucky	+3.2
44	21-23	PENNST	WASH	Kill	Julia Hunt	set Andrea Fabikovicova	+1.3
45	21-24	WASH	PENNST	Kill	Haley Burgdorf	set Alexis Stucky	+2.3
46	22-24	PENNST	WASH	Attack err	Whitney Lauenstein		+0.9
47	23-24	WASH	WASH	Attack err	Whitney Lauenstein		+2.9
48	23-25	WASH	PENNST	Blocked	Simona Mateska	blk Kendall Northern, Alexis Stucky	+5.1

Score shown after each rally, Washington 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. Washington 3–0

14 kills in 3 sets for Kennedy Martin. Penn St. swept Washington.