PITTSBURGH -- Point Park volleyball is set to host two matches over the weekend, taking on Charleston on Friday and West Virginia State on Saturday. The Pioneers will host their Senior Day festivities on Saturday.
vs. Charleston, Friday, Oct. 16, 7 p.m.
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vs. West Virginia State, Saturday, Oct. 17, 1 p.m.
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LAST TIME OUT
The Pioneers picked up their sixth win of the season on Saturday at Shawnee State in three sets. Point Park (6-12, 3-5 MEC) tied its best score in a set, picking up 25-14 wins in the first and third sets.
Patricia Calero-Irizarry led PPU with her eight kills on the day. Calero-Irizarry also finished second on the team in blocks (three) and solo blocks (two), trailing only Viktoria Zelubowski who tallied four solo blocks and an assisted block.
Marianna Oyola-Rivera and Lily Wright shared the team lead in assists with three, and Oyola-Rivera chipped in a team-best 16 assists. Broke Bednarski added 13 assists of her own. Mia Arndt led the team with 17 digs, and Nicole Reasbeck and Lily Wright both posted 11 digs in a tie for second place.
REASBECK REIGNS
Senior Nicole Reasbeck leads the team with 163 kills, which is ninth in the MEC in kills per set. Reasbeck also leads the team with her 187 points, and her 17.0 blocks are tied for fourth best on the squad. Her 3.07 points per set place her in a tie for ninth in the MEC in points per set, and she ranks eighth in the conference in total points.
Reasbeck has posted double-digit kills in five of her last six matches. She lit up the stat sheet in Point Park's matchup at Salem on Sept. 10, posting 14 kills and 14 digs, and her 17 digs against PSU Harrisburg on Oct. 3 ties a career high for a single game.
SCOUTING THE GOLDEN EAGLES
Charleston (12-10, 4-4 MEC) took down California (PA) on Tuesday in a non-conference game. The Golden Eagles had a run of three MEC games unbeaten before it fell to Fairmont State in three sets on Oct. 10. Jasmine Broberg's 192 kills is best on the squad, and Broberg leads the team in points with 236.5. Sahana Rajesh's 380 digs are good for the best on the squad.
SCOUTING THE YELLOW JACKETS
West Virginia State (8-10, 4-4 MEC) knocked off Frostburg State in four sets last Saturday to snap a streak of two winless games. Carmen Perez's 184 kills leads the team, as do her 215.0 points. Lilly Adkins has tallied 318 digs, good for the team lead.
BUILD THE FENCE
Point Park combined for nine blocks last Saturday, with Viktoria Zelubowski leading the charge with her five total blocks and four solo blocks. Point Park is third in the MEC in opponent blocks per set, only allowing 1.65 per frame. The Pioneers are averaging 1.68 blocks per set this season.
COMING IN HOT
Marianna Oyola-Rivera leads the team with 28 aces after tallying three against Shawnee State. Oyola-Rivera sits in the third spot in the MEC in aces per set at 0.46, and Te'Jah Montgomery is tied for eighth at 0.36 aces per set (20 total).
ALL-TOURNAMENT PIONEERS
Brooke Bednarski and Mia Arndt were both named to all-tournament teams in the 2026 season, with Bednarski earning a spot on the Storm Volleyball Classic All-Tournament Team, and Arndt making the team for the Wheeling Quad.
Oyola-Rivera and Bednarski are also Point Park's two leaders in assists, with 283 and 213 on the season. Mia Arndt leads the team with her 253 digs and ranks third among Pioneers in assists with 33. Arndt, a junior from Robinson Township, Pa., is eighth in the league in digs per set at 4.08.
