No. 3 women's volleyball welcomes Iowa to Rec Hall on Friday – Penn State

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania – No. 3 Penn State Women's Volleyball looks to stay hot as it welcomes Iowa to Rec Hall for a Big Ten match on Friday at 6:30 p.m. The competition will be streamed on B1G+.

The Nittany Lions enter the Big Ten at 21-1 overall and 11-0 after extending their winning streak to 13 straight games with a victory over Michigan on Wednesday. The Hawkeyes are 9-14 overall and 3-8 in the conference.

PROMOS/TOPIC
• A $5 women's volleyball ticket with presentation of a ticket to Saturday's soccer game

HOW TO FOLLOW
Friday, November 1st – 6:30 p.m. ET
Iowa (9-14, 3-8 B1G) at No. 3 Penn State (21-1, 11-0 B1G) | Live Stats | Regard

OPENING NOTES
• The Nittany Lions enter the game with three separate winning streaks to keep an eye on:
– Penn State has a 17-game winning streak in the Big Ten regular season, which ranks as its longest active streak in the season
Conference. Purdue suffered its last regular season loss in conference play on November 5, 2023.
– Penn State has won 15 straight games at Rec Hall. The Nittany Lions' last home loss also occurred on November 5, 2023 at Purdue.
– Penn State has won 13 straight games this season, which is the sixth-longest active streak in the country behind South Dakota State (20), Southeastern Louisiana (19), Nebraska (17), Western Kentucky (15) and Dayton (15) .

HISTORY OF THE SERIES – IOWA
• Penn State is 58-0 in its all-time series with Iowa. The teams first played in 1991.
• The Nittany Lions are 30-0 against the Hawkeyes at Rec Hall, including a 3-0 win last season.
• Taylor Trammell has posted a .469 batting average and averages of 1.85 kills/set and 1.45 blocks/set in six career games against Iowa. Camryn Hannah posted a .405 batting average and averaged 3.33 kills and 1.33 blocks per set in two games against the Hawkeyes, while Gillian Grimes averaged 4.55 digs/set in three games.

SCOUTING IOWA
• Iowa is 9-14 overall and 3-8 in the Big Ten after losses to No. 10 Purdue (3-1), Northwestern (3-1), No. 11 Oregon (3-1), Michigan (3- 0). ), Illinois (3-1) and Ohio State (3-0).
• The Hawkeyes were ranked 18th in the Big Ten Preseason Coaches Poll but are currently tied for 12th.
• Iowa's biggest nonconference win came in five sets over South Dakota.

STREAKS TO WATCH
Gillian Grimes
· 10 straight matches with double-digit payouts

Camryn Hannah
· 4 games in a row with double digit kills

Jess Mruzik
· 13 straight games with double-digit kills

Izzy Starck
· 3 games in a row with double-doubles

team
· 13 wins in a row
· 15 straight wins at Rec Hall
· 17 consecutive Big Ten regular-season wins

REC HALL SUCCESSFUL
• Penn State is 720-55 (.929) all-time at Rec Hall.
• The Nittany Lions are 342-38 (.900) against current Big Ten opponents in Rec Hall and 378-17 (.957) against non-conference opponents.

21-1 START
• Penn State's 21-1 record is the program's best record in 22 games since also starting at 20-1 in 2017.
• The 2017 team finished 33-2 and reached the NCAA national semifinal game.

NEXT
• No. 3 Penn State will be on the road for two Big Ten games next week. The Nittany Lions play at Northwestern on Friday, November 8th at 7:00 pm ET and at No. 1 on Saturday at 3:30 pm ET. 7 Wisconsin on NBC.