Box Score

Rutgers-Newark RUN 3-2,0-0 NJAC

Penn St.-Abington PSA 1-2,0-0 United East

Rutgers-Newark RUN

3-2,0-0 NJAC

Final

Sep. 02, 2025

Penn St.-Abington PSA

1-2,0-0 United East

Set Scores
Team	1	2	3	4	5	F
Rutgers-Newark RUN	28	21	25	17	15	(3)
Penn St.-Abington PSA	26	25	22	25	13	(2)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | 9/2/2025 12:00:00 AM

Abington Falls Short in Five-Set Thriller

Next Match:

at Gwynedd Mercy University

9/4/2025 | 6:00 p.m.

Next Match

Full Schedule

Sep. 04 (Thu) / 6:00 p.m.

at Gwynedd Mercy University

History

Recap
Roster

Abington, Pa. – The Penn State Abington women's volleyball nearly pulled off a five-set come-back victory but fell short in the final set, 15-13, as Rutgers University – Newark came away with a 3-2 win in a non-conference contest on Tuesday night at the Abington Athletic Building.

Score: Rutgers-Newark 3, Penn State Abington 2 (26-28, 25-21, 22-25, 25-17, 13-15)
Records: Penn State Abington (1-2, 0-0 UEC) | Rutgers-Newark (3-2, 0-0 NJAC)
Location: Abington, Pa. (Athletic Building)

How It Happened

* Abington trailed the match 2-1 and needed a victory in the fourth set to extend the match. With the fourth set tied at 5-5, the Nittany Lions scored seven unanswered points to grab a 12-5 lead. Abington maintained the lead despite Rutgers-Newark coming within three points at 18-15. The Nittany Lions followed by scoring five of the next six points to hold a 23-16 advantage. After a point by the Scarlet Raiders, the Nittany Lions received back-to-back kills from freshman Maya Giles and junior Zayna Jamaladdin to clinch the set, 25-17, and force a fifth and decisive set.

* In the fifth set, both teams battled back and forth early on but the Scarlet Raiders pulled ahead breaking a 5-5 tie with five straight points with three kills coming from Mia Espinoza. However, the Nittany Lions answered with five unanswered points of their own to tie the set at 10-10. Sophomore Fabiola Medina highlighted the run with a pair of kills.

* Both teams exchanged points and Abington then grabbed a 13-12 lead after back-to-back kills by junior Bryn Atkins. The score became tied after an Abington attack error and then Rutgers-Newark regained the lead on an ace by Tracey Ilderis. On the ensuing rally, the Scarlet Raiders clinched the set and ultimately the match with a borderline kill by Jaedyn Simba-Malasarte that just stayed inside the end line.

Inside the Box Score

* Jamaladdin led the match with a career-high 20 kills to go along with four digs.

* Junior Kayla Mason also recorded double-digit kills as she finished with 14 to set a season-high. Mason also totaled four block assists and nine digs.

* Junior Ryenn Mamrosch became just the third player in program history to record 50 assists in a match. She joins Cortney Schwar who amassed 50 assists twice in her career, including a program record 53 against Penn State Harrisburg in 2019. Mamrosch also had a season-high 18 digs and four aces.

* Defensively, sophomore Angel Morales recorded a career-high 30 digs to lead the match.

* Junior Brynn Atkins finished the match with eight kills and totaled six blocks, including three solo blocks and three block assists.

* Giles added a season-high nine kills.

* For Rutgers-Newark, Simba-Malasarte led the team with 13 kills to go along with 16 digs. Angelyse Orellana finished with 31 assists and 22 digs, while Cyan Long also totaled 22 digs on defense.

All-Time Series
Today marked the first-ever meeting between Abington and Rutgers-Newark.

Next Up
Abington returns to action on Thursday, Sept. 4 as the Nittany Lions hit the road for the first time this season to take on Gwynedd Mercy University in a non-conference contest. Match time is set for 6 p.m.

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