PITTSBURGH -- Point Park volleyball is set to open a three-game homestand on Monday when it hosts West Liberty in MEC action. Opening serve is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the Student Center Gym.

Monday's match will feature a Make It A Moe Monday promotion. Be sure to arrive early for a chance to receive a special promotion item from Moe's Southwest Grill (while supplies last).

LAST TIME OUT

Point Park fell to West Virginia Wesleyan on Friday night in three sets. Nicole Reasbeck led the Pioneers with six kills and four digs in the match. Savannah Kitchen added five kills and a pair of blocks. Patricia Calero-Irizarry tallied a team-high three blocks.

Marianna Oyola-Rivera and Brooke Bednarski led the Pioneers in assists with 13 and 6, respectively. Mia Arndt finished the evening with nine digs in the back row. 

REASBECK REIGNS

Senior Nicole Reasbeck leads the team with 203 kills, which is 10th in the MEC in kills per set. Reasbeck also leads the team with her 229.0 points, and her 19.0 blocks are fifth best on the squad.

Reasbeck has posted double-digit kills in seven of her last 10 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 HILLTOPPERS

West Liberty (9-17, 8-4) saw a run of four games unbeaten end on Friday when it lost to West Virginia State in four sets. The Hilltoppers beat Point Park back on Sept. 29 in straight sets.

Amira DuPree's 281 kills lead the team on the season, as do her 318.0 points. DuPree is second on the team in digs with 288, second only to Taylor Speake who has 346 on the campaign. 

BUILD THE FENCE

Point Park combined for nine blocks last Saturday at Frostburg State, with Patricia Calero-Irizarry's four blocks leading the squad. Calero-Irizarry posted three blocks on Friday against West Virginia Wesleyan as well. Her 48.0 blocks are the best on the team this season.

Point Park is fourth in the MEC in opponent blocks per set, only allowing 1.72 per frame. The Pioneers are averaging 1.71 blocks per set this season, good for eighth in the conference.

COMING IN HOT

Marianna Oyola-Rivera leads the team with 31 aces after tallying one against WV Wesleyan. 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 (26 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 357 and 234 on the season. Mia Arndt leads the team with her 301 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 4.07.