2015 Penn State Nittany Lions women's volleyball team

American college volleyball season March 2026 August 2023 women's volleyball 2015 Penn State Nittany Lions Penn State Athletics wordmark.svg 250 Big Ten Conference Big Ten 8 28-6 15-5 (4th) Russ Rose 36th Salima Rockwell 5th Rec Hall (Capacity: 6,502) NCAA regional semifinal L vs. Hawaii0-3 (22-25, 25-27, 16-25) none none In 2015, Penn State finished 4th in the Big Ten and advanced only to the NCAA Region Semifinal where they were swept by Hawaii.Penn State Comes Up Short in NCAA regional semifinals,11 December 2015 http://www.gopsusports.com/sports/w-volley/recaps/121115aaa.html 2015-12-30 Penn State began the year ranked #1Women's Volleyball Tops AVCA Preseason Poll http://www.gopsusports.com/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/081215aaa.html 2015-12-30 after having won the national championship the previous two seasons. Roster Penn State lost 4 important players from the previous year's championship team. Setter Micha Hancock, middle blocker Nia Grant, libero Dominique Gonzalez and defensive specialist Lacey Fuller all graduated. The four returning starters were Megan Courtney, Ali Frantti, Haleigh Washington and Aiyana Whitney. While Whitney was a returning starter, she played much of the season at middle blocker which was a new position for her in 2015.http://www.gopsusports.com/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/082715aab.html No. 1 Women's Volleyball Set for Season-Opener Prior to the 2015 season, Whitney was selected to represent Penn State on the Big Ten Volleyball Foreign Tour, where a team composed of players from each conference school competed in Slovenia, Croatia and Italy over the summer.http://www.gopsusports.com/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/050715aab.html Whitney Selected to B1G Foreign Tour Roster 2015-12-30 2016-03-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051240/http://www.gopsusports.com/sports/w-volley/spec-rel/050715aab.html dead NumberPlayerPositionYearHeight2USA Lara CarawayDSSR5 ft 4 in m 2 on3 USA Kendall PierceLiberoSR5 ft 5 in m 2 on4 PRI Wilma RiveraSetter/DSFR5 ft 8 in m 2 on5USA Ali FranttiOHSO6 ft 2 in m 2 on6USA Nia ReedOHRS FR6 ft 2 in m 2 on8USA Lainy PierceDSSO5 ft 6 in m 2 on10USA Carley MullerDSJR5 ft 8 in m 2 on11CAN Tori GorrellMBFR6 ft 2 in m 2 on12USA Keeton HolcombLiberoFR5 ft 5 in m 2 on13USA Taylor KrauseDSJR5 ft 6 in m 2 on14USA Aiyana WhitneyOH/MBRS SR6 ft 3 in m 2 on15USA Haleigh WashingtonMBSO6 ft 3 in m 2 on16SRB Jelena NovakovicOPPFR6 ft 2 in m 2 on17USA Megan CourtneyOHSR6 ft 1 in m 2 on19USA Heidi ThelenMBSO6 ft 2 in m 2 on21USA Bryanna WeiskircherSetterRS FR6 ft 0 in m 2 on22USA Simone LeeOHSO6 ft 1 in m 2 on24USA Laura BroermanDSJR5 ft 3 in m 2 on Coaches Russ Rose - Head Coach Salima Rockwell - Associate Head Coach Stevie Mussie - Assistant coach Jesse Tupac - Director of Volleyball Operations Shawn Sangrey - Volunteer Assistant References Category:Penn State Nittany Lions women's volleyball seasons Category:2015 NCAA Division I women's volleyball season Category:2015 in sports in Pennsylvania