Point Park University

PITTSBURGH -- Point Park volleyball picked up its second consecutive win on Friday, taking down MEC-rival Glenville State in a five-set thriller.

The Pioneers (2-7, 1-0 MEC) featured three players with double-digit points in Marianna Oyola-Rivera (15.5), Patricia Calero-Irizarry (14.5) and Nicole Reasbeck. Calero-Irizarry and Reasbeck tied for the team-leading 13 kills. 

HOW IT HAPPENED

Point Park picked up a 25-21 victory in the first set, marking back-to-back games in which the Pioneers won the opening frame. PPU posted a hitting percentage of .393 in the first set and tallied three service aces to only one for Glenville State (6-6, 0-1 MEC). Calero-Irizarry led the set with four kills, and Reasbeck, PPU's leader in kills, added three of her own.

The Pioneers continued to out-hit the GSU Pioneers in the second set, posting a .226 hit rate to only .175 from Glenville State. While the Pioneers only managed nine kills, they took advantage of Glenville State's eight attack errors and added four blocks in the frame which they won 25-23.

Glenville State picked up 25-16 and 25-23 wins in the third and fourth sets, setting up a winner-take-all fifth frame which PPU took 15-13. Point Park posted a hit rate of .250 to only .095 from Glenville State, and the Pioneers tallied three blocks in the set. Calero-Irizarry and Reasbeck both recorded three kills in the set, and Oyola-Rivera chipped in two of her own.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

The Pioneers out-hit Glenville State by a rate of .255 to .219. Point Park dominated the net on Friday night, posting 20 assisted blocks to only eight of GSU. Leilani Fongyen posted two solo blocks and Sara Faith added the third. Ece Cetin's five assisted blocks led the team, and Oyola-Rivera, Savannah Kitchen, Calero-Irizarry and Faith all added three of their own.

Oyola-Rivera's six aces led the match. She also finished with 17 assists, second only to Brooke Bednarski who added a team-best 21, including three solo blocks to zero from Glenville State. Mia Arndt posted 17 digs. She was joined by Reasbeck (11) as the only Pioneers to record double-digit digs.

HOME COOKIN'

Point Park is unbeaten in its two home matches of the 2026 season, and has won eight of the 10 sets played at the Student Center Gym. The Pioneers hope to keep the good times rolling on Tuesday as they close out this three-game homestand in a matchup against Frostburg State. Opening serve is scheduled for 7 p.m.