2015 Penn State Nittany Lions women's volleyball team

2015 Penn State Nittany Lions women's volleyball
NCAA Regional Semifinal, L vs. Hawaii
0-3 (22-25, 25-27, 16-25)
Conference Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches #8
2015 record 28-6 (15-5 (4th) Big Ten)
Head coach Russ Rose (36th year)
Associate head coach Salima Rockwell (5th year)
Home arena Rec Hall (Capacity: 6,502)

In 2015, Penn State finished 4th in the Big Ten and advanced only to the NCAA Region Semifinal where they were swept by Hawaii.[1] Penn State began the year ranked #1[2] after having won the national championship the previous two seasons.

Roster

Penn State lost 4 important players from the previous year's championship team. Setter Micha Hancock, middle blocker Nia Grant, libero Dominique Gonzalez and defensive specialist Lacey Fuller all graduated. The four returning starters were Megan Courtney, Ali Frantti, Haleigh Washington and Aiyana Whitney. While Whitney was a returning starter, she played much of the season at middle blocker which was a new position for her in 2015.[3]

Prior to the 2015 season, Whitney was selected to represent Penn State on the Big Ten Volleyball Foreign Tour, where a team composed of players from each conference school competed in Slovenia, Croatia and Italy over the summer.[4]

Number Player Position Year Height
2 United States Lara Caraway DS SR 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
3 United States Kendall Pierce Libero SR 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
4 Puerto Rico Wilma Rivera Setter/DS FR 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
5 United States Ali Franti OH SO 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
6 United States Nia Reed OH RS FR 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
8 United States Lainy Pierce DS SO 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
10 United States Carley Muller DS JR 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
11 Canada Tori Gorrell MB FR 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
12 United States Keeton Holcomb Libero FR 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)
13 United States Taylor Krause DS JR 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
14 United States Aiyana Whitney OH/MB RS SR 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
15 United States Haleigh Washington MB SO 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
16 Serbia Jelena Novakovic OPP FR 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
17 United States Megan Courtney OH SR 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
19 United States Heidi Thelen MB SO 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
21 United States Bryanna Weiskircher Setter RS FR 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
22 United States Simone Lee OH SO 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
24 United States Laura Broerman DS JR 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)

Coaches

References

  1. ↑ "Penn State Comes Up Short in NCAA Regional Semifinals,11 December 2015". Retrieved 2015-12-30.
  2. ↑ "Women's Volleyball Tops AVCA Preseason Poll". Retrieved 2015-12-30.
  3. ↑ "No. 1 Women's Volleyball Set for Season-Opener".
  4. ↑ "Whitney Selected to B1G Foreign Tour Roster".
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