Abington Edged by Ursinus in Epic Five Setter

Box Score

Penn St.-Abington PSA 10-9,3-4 United East

Ursinus UC 5-13,0-5 Centennial

Penn St.-Abington PSA

10-9,3-4 United East

Final

Oct. 22, 2026

Ursinus UC

5-13,0-5 Centennial

Set Scores
Team	1	2	3	4	5	F
Penn St.-Abington PSA	21	34	25	25	13	(2)
Ursinus UC	25	36	18	23	15	(3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | 10/22/2026 12:00:00 AM

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Collegeville, Pa. – The Penn State Abington women's volleyball team nearly pulled off the reverse shutout but fell short in the fifth set, 15-13, as Ursinus College came away with a 3-2 victory in a non-conference contest on Thursday night at Helfferich Hall.

Senior Zayna Jamaladdin led the Nittany Lions with a career-high 25 kills, while fellow senior Ryenn Mamrosch recorded a season-high 48 assists. Junior Fabiola Medina registered a season-high 37 digs.

Score: Ursinus 3, Penn State Abington 2 (21-25, 34-36, 25-18, 25-23, 13-15)
Records: Penn State Abington (10-9, 3-4 UEC) | Ursinus (5-13, 0-5 CC)
Location: Collegeville, Pa. (Helfferich Hall)

How It Happened

* Abington dropped the first two sets by the scores of 25-21 and 36-34 and faced a 2-0 deficit in the match. In the second set, the Nittany Lions used a 5-0 run late to tie the set at 19-19. From there it was back-and-forth with neither team able to convert set-point. Both teams had multiple opportunities to close out the set but it wasn't until the Bears registered back-to-back kills from Madison Small and Alonna McCummings that earned the win at 36-34.

* In the third set, Abington used a 5-0 run to take a 14-10 lead and then went on a 5-1 run to expand its lead to 19-13. The Nittany Lions maintained the lead the rest of the way and took the set, 25-18, after a kill by sophomore Naomi Seymour capped the scoring.

* The Nittany Lions needed one more set to extend the match into a fifth and decisive set. The fourth set went back-and-forth the entire time with neither team holding a lead larger than two points throughout. Abington prevailed with junior Ellie Van Otten connecting on the set-winning kill to give the Nittany Lions a 25-23 victory.

* In the fifth set, Ursinus jumped out to a 4-1 lead, but Abington answered with four straight points to take a 5-4 advantage with three of the four points coming off kills by Jamaladdin. After two quick kills by Ursinus' Molly Stevenson, Abington went on a 6-0 run to take an 11-6 lead. The Bears rallied and came within one point of the Abington lead at 11-10. The Nittany Lions fired back with a kill from Van Otten followed by an ace to increase the lead to 13-10. Despite the three-point edge, Ursinus closed the set by scoring the next five points to take the set, 15-13.

Inside the Box Score

* Jamaladdin led the Nittany Lions with a career-high 25 kills as she registered an attack percentage of .288 after committing only four errors on 73 total attempts. She also had two aces and seven digs in the match.

* Mamrosch finished with a season-high 48 assists; two shy of her career-high. With her 48 assists, she's now 31 shy of 1,000 for her Abington career. Mamrosch also totaled 17 digs.

* Medina is also in striking distance of a career milestone after recording a season-high 37 digs. She'll enter her next match with 975 career digs; 25 shy of the 1,000 dig milestone.

* Freshman Jessie Weeks recorded a season-high 18 digs to go along with four kills.

* Freshman Kamilla Voinalovich finished the match with 12 kills, two aces and four digs.

* Van Otten added nine kills and five digs.

* For Ursinus, Small totaled 26 kills and 24 digs, while Stevenson finished with 24 digs and 17 digs. Alexa Mazzeo led the team with 39 digs, while Lauren McGinn was one assist shy of 60 as she finished with 59 and 11 digs.

All-Time Series
Tonight marked the fifth meeting between Abington and Ursinus since the start of the 2013 season and the first since 2018. The Nittany Lions are now 0-5 versus the Bears in the all-time series.

Next Up
Abington returns to action on Saturday, Oct. 24 as the Nittany Lions resume United East Conference play at Penn College. Match time is set for 1 p.m.

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