PITTSBURGH -- Point Park volleyball will host its penultimate home game of the 2026 campaign on Friday when it welcomes Wheeling to the Student Center Gym. Opening serve is scheduled for 7 p.m.

LAST TIME OUT

Point Park fell to West Liberty on Monday night in three sets. Nicole Reasbeck led the Pioneers in kills and digs, posting 11 and nine respectively. Marianna Oyola-Rivera led the team with 24 assists and two aces. She posted two blocks, tying with Reasbeck for second on the team. Ece Cetin's three blocks paced the Pioneers.  

REASBECK REIGNS

Senior Nicole Reasbeck leads the team with 214 kills, which is ninth in the MEC in kills per set. Reasbeck also leads the team with her 242.0 points, and her 21.0 blocks are fifth best on the squad.

Reasbeck has posted double-digit kills in eight of her last 11 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 CARDINALS

Wheeling (15-9, 9-4 MEC) enters on the back of a win over Frostburg State on Monday night. The Cardinals bested Point Park in three sets when the two teams met on Sept. 25. 

Camryn Matus leads the team in kills and points with 238 and 273.5, respectively. Mara McDougal's 408 digs on the season are good for the best on the team. McDougal is one of three Cardinals with over 200 kills on the season, with Faith Keifer (210) and Kendall Kupper (208) joining her. 

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's 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 1.69 blocks per set this season, good for eighth in the conference.

COMING IN HOT

Marianna Oyola-Rivera leads the team with 33 aces after tallying two against West Liberty. Oyola-Rivera sits in the third spot in the MEC in aces per set at 0.43, and Te'Jah Montgomery is in sixth at 0.38 aces per set (27 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 381 and 234 on the season. Mia Arndt leads the team with her 308 digs and ranks third among Pioneers in assists with 38. Arndt, a junior from Robinson Township, Pa., is seventh in the league in digs per set at 4.00.