University of Minnesota Athletics

Friday, November 6
Minneapolis, MN
6:00 PM

University of Minnesota

14-7,8-5Big Ten

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Penn State

18-5,10-3Big Ten

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Penn State
Photo by: Kelly Hagenson

11/6/2026 8:27:00 PM | Volleyball

The No. 19 University of Minnesota volleyball fell to No. 11 Penn State in four sets (22-25, 20-25, 25-19, 21-25) on Friday night.

 Mckenna Wucherer led the Gopher offense with 22 kills, hitting a .353 clip. 
Kelly Kinney tallied seven kills in the first set alone at a .875 clip. Kinney finished the match with 14. 
Stella Swenson led the offense with 45 assists.
Zeynep Palabiyik held down the Gophers defense with 17 digs.
Minnesota tallied eight aces, Mckenna Garr tallied three.



MATCH NOTES
Zeynep Palabiyik tallied her ninth straight match with 10+ digs as she ended the match with 17 digs.
Mckenna Garr has recorded an ace in the last three matches and has tallied at least one ace in 16 matches this season.
Mckenna Wucherer tallied her fifth match with 20+ kills.

UP NEXT
•  The Gophers will head south to face Iowa on Sunday, November 8th. First serve is slated for 2 p.m. CT.
 

Next Event

Iowa

Nov 8 (Sun)

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Team Stats

PSU
MINN
Kills
68
56
Errors
12
14
Attempts
142
134
Hitting %
.394
.313
Points
78.0
67.0
Assists
64
54
Aces
4
7
Blocks
6
4

Game Leaders

Kills
22
Aces
1
Blocks
0
Kills
14
Aces
0
Blocks
2
Kills
6
Aces
0
Blocks
2
Kills
5
Aces
1
Blocks
0
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