2026 Penn State Nittany Lions women's volleyball team

The 2026 Penn State Nittany Lions women's volleyball will represent Pennsylvania State University in the 2026 NCAA Division I women's volleyball season. The Penn State Nittany Lions women's volleyball team will be led by 5th-year head coach Katie Schumacher-Cawley.

They are members of the Big Ten Conference and play their home games at Rec Hall.

Offseason Outgoing departures Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for departure Jordan Hopp 5 MB 6'2" Graduate Alliance, NE Graduated Addie Lyon 7 S 5'9" Graduate O'Fallon, MO Graduated Maggie Mendelson 44 MB 6'5" Senior North Ogden, UT Graduated

Outgoing transfers

Name Pos. Height Year Hometown New Team Source Catherine Burke MB 6'3” RS Sophomore Glenview, IL Wake Forest Marin Collins OH 6'3” Freshman Lake View, NY Georgia Kate Lally DS 5'9” RS Sophomore State College, PA Izzy Starck S 6'1” Sophomore Viera, FL Pittsburgh Karis Willow OH 6'4” Junior Arlington, OH Rutgers

Incoming transfers Name Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous Team Source Ryla Jones MB 6'2” Junior Oxon Hill, MD Pittsburgh Whitney Lauenstein OH 6'2” RS Senior Waverly, NE Texas Alexis Stucky S 6'2” RS Senior Laramie, WY Florida

Incoming recruits 2026 Penn State RecruitsName Pos. Height Hometown High School Hayley Burgdorf OH 6'0" St. Charles, IL St. Charles North Finley Krystkowiak OH 6'4" San Diego, CA Torrey Pines Kendall Northern MB 6'1" Cincinnati, OH Summit Country Day School Danielle Whitmire S 6'2" Prosper, TX Walnut Grove

Roster  Libero/Defensive Specialists 2 Ava Falduto – Junior 9 Lexi Gin – Sophomore 10 Ava Jurevicius – Sophomore 11 Jocelyn Nathan – Senior

Setters 5 Alexis Stucky – Redshirt Senior 3 Danielle Whitmire – Freshman Middle Blockers 7 Ryla Jones – Junior 8 Gabrielle Nichols – Sophomore 1 Kendall Northern – Freshman Outside Hitters 23 Hayley Burgdorf – Freshman 42 Finley Krystkowiak – Freshman 26 Whitney Lauenstein – Redshirt Senior 13 Emmi Sellman – Junior 27 Alexis Ewing – Sophomore

Opposite Hitters 8 Caroline Jurevicius – Redshirt Junior 18 Kennedy Martin – Senior

Coaches

Katie Schumacher-Cawley – head coach – 5th year Brian Toron – assistant coach – 5th year Megan Hodge Easy – assistant coach – 4th year Abby Detering – assistant coach – 1st year

Support staff

Sarah Tischler – director of operations Sydnie Mabry – performance analyst Scott Campbell – athletic trainer Matt Dorn – athletic performance coach

Schedule

DateOpponentRankArenaCity(Tournament)TelevisionScoreAttendanceRecord(Big Ten Record) Regular Season August 29 vs. Connecticut #10 Rec Hall(Penn State Invitational)University Park, PA BTN W 3–0(25–14, 25–21, 25–18) 1–0 August 30 vs. High Point #10 Rec Hall (Penn State Invitational)University Park, PA BIG+ W 3–2(20–25, 25–13, 25–19, 24–26, 15–10) 2–0 August 30 vs. Hofstra #10 Rec Hall (Penn State Invitational)University Park, PA BIG+ W 3–0(25–20, 25–9, 25–23) 3,314 3–0 September 6 vs. #3 Kentucky #13 Wrigley Field(Big Ten/SEC Challenge)Chicago, IL Fox L 1–3(23–25, 21–25, 25–23, 15–25) 43,067 3–1 September 7 vs. DePaul #12 McGrath-Phillips ArenaChicago, IL ESPNU W 3–0(25–23, 27–25, 25–21) 1,075 4–1 September 11 vs. #4 Stanford #12 The Palestra Philadelphia, PA BTN W 3–0(27–25, 25–20, 25–21) 3,493 5–1 September 12 vs. Ohio #12 Rec HallUniversity Park, PA BIG+ W 3–0(25–21, 25–23, 25–9) 3,429 6–1 September 15 vs. Villanova #9 Rec HallUniversity Park, PA FS1 W 3–1(25–14, 19–25, 25–23, 25–18) 1,456 7–1 September 18 vs. South Florida #9 Rec HallUniversity Park, PA BTNW 3–0(25–18, 25–23, 26–24) 2,214 8–1 September 20 vs. #16 Tennessee #9 Rec HallUniversity Park, PA BTN L 1–3(19–25, 23–25, 25–20, 20–25) 4,063 8–2 September 25 vs. Michigan* #14 Crisler CenterAnn Arbor, MI BTNW 3–1(23–25, 25–17, 25–13, 25–13) 2,865 9–2 (1–0) * Indicates Conference Opponent*Total 2026 Attendance:

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