BUCKHANNON, W.Va. -- Point Park volleyball will visit West Virginia Wesleyan on Friday in the team's penultimate road match of the 2026 regular season. Opening serve is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Rockefeller Center.
LAST TIME OUT
Point Park was downed by Frostburg State in four sets on Tuesday. The Pioneers (6-15, 3-8 MEC) have dropped three matches in succession dating back to Oct. 10. Nicole Reasbeck's double-double led the team on Tuesday, tallying 14 kills and 14 digs, both of which were team highs.
Marianna Oyola-Rivera's 22 assists led the match, and she tied for second on the team with Lily Wright for the most aces with two. Patricia Calero-Irizarry's four blocks were good for the team high.
REASBECK REIGNS
Senior Nicole Reasbeck leads the team with 197 kills, which is ninth in the MEC in kills per set. Reasbeck also leads the team with her 223 points, and her 19.0 blocks are fifth best on the squad. Her 3.14 points per set place her in 10th place in the MEC in points per set, and she is eighth in the conference in total points.
Reasbeck has posted double-digit kills in seven of her last nine matches. She lit up the stat sheet in Point Park's matchup at Frostburg State on Oct. 20, 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 BOBCATS
West Virginia Wesleyan (8-15, 4-7 MEC) looks to snap a four-game MEC losing streak which dates back to Oct. 10. The Bobcats are led by Bhrooke Axe's 280 kills. Axe is one of three Bobcats with over 200 kills, with MacKenna Halfin (247) and Emily Denison (229) joining her. Denison also leads the squad with her 226 digs.
BUILD THE FENCE
Point Park combined for nine blocks last Saturday, with Patricia Calero-Irizarry's four blocks leading the squad. Point Park is fourth in the MEC in opponent blocks per set, only allowing 1.72 per frame. The Pioneers are averaging 1.72 blocks per set this season, good for seventh in the conference.
Patricia Calero-Irizarry's 45.0 blocks are the best on the team this season.
COMING IN HOT
Marianna Oyola-Rivera leads the team with 30 aces after tallying two against Frostburg State. Oyola-Rivera sits in the fifth spot in the MEC in aces per set at 0.42, and Te'Jah Montgomery is in sixth at 0.38 aces per set (25 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 344 and 228 on the season. Mia Arndt leads the team with her 292 digs and ranks third among Pioneers in assists with 37. Arndt, a junior from Robinson Township, Pa., is seventh in the league in digs per set at 4.06.
