Abington Edged by Wilkes in Five-Sets

Box Score

Penn St.-Abington PSA 8-4,1-0 United East

Wilkes Wilkes 9-5,0-0 Landmark

Penn St.-Abington PSA

8-4,1-0 United East

Final

Sep. 26, 2026

Wilkes Wilkes

9-5,0-0 Landmark

Set Scores
Team	1	2	3	4	5	F
Penn St.-Abington PSA	24	27	25	13	8	(2)
Wilkes Wilkes	26	25	22	25	15	(3)

Game Recap: Women's Volleyball | 9/26/2026 12:00:00 AM

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at Penn State Brandywine

9/30/2026 | 7:00 p.m.

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Sep. 30 (Wed) / 7:00 p.m.

at Penn State Brandywine

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Wilkes-Barre, Pa. – The Penn State Abington women's volleyball team went the distance with Wilkes University in a non-conference match on Saturday afternoon at the Arnaud C. Marts Center. However, the Colonels came away with the 3-2 victory after taking the fifth set, 15-8.

Score: Wilkes 3, Penn State Abington 2 (24-26, 27-25, 25-22, 13-25, 8-15)
Record: Penn State Abington (8-4, 1-0 UEC) | Wilkes (9-5, 0-0 Landmark)
Location: Wilkes-Barre, Pa. (Marts Center)

How It Happened

* After dropping the first set by a slight margin (24-26), the Nittany Lions bounced back to take the second set that went back-and-forth throughout. Abington held a three-point lead on three separate occasions in the set which turned out to be the biggest lead of the set. The Nittany Lions face set-point at 25-24, however two straight attack errors by Wilkes gave Abington a new life in the set. Junior Fabiola Medina sealed the set victory with an ace as the Nittany Lions tied the match at 1-1.

* Set three turned out to be another back-and-forth battle. Abington pulled ahead late after trailing 20-19. The Nittany Lions ripped off five straight points to take a 24-20 advantage. Senior Zayna Jamaladdin featured three kills in the run. The Colonels cut into the deficit at 24-22, but Jamaladdin followed with her seventh kill of the set to give Abington a 25-22 victory.

* Abington trailed 12-7 midway through the fourth set but a 5-0 run by the Nittany Lions tied the set at 12-12. Despite the change in momentum, the Colonels responded by scoring 13 of the next 14 points to win the set, 25-13, and force a fifth and decisive set.

* In the fifth set, Wilkes jumped out to a 5-1 lead, but Abington eventually cut the deficit to 6-5 after a mini 4-1 run. The Colonels scored three of the next four points to lead 10-7 before scoring five of the final six points to take the set, 15-8, for the match win.

Inside the Box Score

* Jamaladdin led the Nittany Lions with 21 kills as she tied her season-high. She also had five digs in the match.

* Freshman Kamilla Voinalovich also totaled double-digit kills as she finished with 11 to go along with four digs.

* Junior Ellie Van Otten added 10 kills while totaling four blocks on defense. Van Otten had two block assists and two solo blocks.

* Medina recorded a team-high 20 digs and also totaled five aces. With her five aces, Medina moved into 10^th place on the program's all-time aces list surpassing Laine Kulpinski who totaled 118 aces from 2022 to 2023. Medina now has 119 career aces.

* Senior Ryenn Mamrosch recorded her ninth 30-plus assist performance of the year after totaling 38 assists. Mamrosch also had nine digs.

* For Wilkes, Mia Leon totaled a match-high 29 kills, while Abby Dornblaser finished with 16 kills and 19 digs.

All-Time Series
Today marked the third meeting between Abington and Wilkes since the start of the 2024 season. The Nittany Lions are now 2-1 versus the Colonels in the all-time series.

Next Up
Abington returns to action on Wednesday, Sept. 30 as the Nittany Lions travel to face Penn State Brandywine in a United East Conference contest. Match time is set for 7 p.m.

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