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The 2008 Penn State volleyball team poses with the NCAA championship trophy after defeating Stanford University in the finals. In what was the final set, Penn State eased up to the 21-17 lead. Two consecutive kills from Megan Hodge put Penn State just two points away from their second straight national title at 23-18.
Nebraska had two match point opportunities at 24–22, but Penn State tied it at 24–24. Penn State eventually won the fourth set, 28–26, to force a fifth set. In the fifth set, Penn State was able to maintain at least a 1-point lead throughout most of the set, and eventually won on a final kill from senior outside hitter Camryn Hannah, 15–13.
The Penn State Nittany Lions women's volleyball program has had a long tradition, founded in 1976 by Tom Tait, long-time coach of the Penn State men's team, who coached the women's team from 1976 to 1979 and was named a USA Volleyball All-Time great coach in 2007.
The single elimination tournament was played at the Bren Events Center in Irvine, California during May 2008. [ 1 ] Penn State defeated Pepperdine in the final match, 3–1 (27–30, 33–31, 30–25, 30–23), to win their second national title.
The women's NCAA Tournament is down to 16 teams vying for the national championship.. With the first- and second-round games over, the final 16 teams of March Madness have a few days to rest ...
With a 25-23, 32-34, 25-20, 25-17 victory, Katie Schumacher-Cawley, diagnosed with breast cancer in September, became the first female coach to win it all in a tournament that started in 1981 ...
The 2024 NIT bracket and first round schedule will be set on Sunday.. Despite a rash of middling teams declining NIT invitations ahead of time, it should be a very strong field featuring some of ...
The NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament is an annual event organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the national champion of women's collegiate volleyball among its Division I members in the United States. It has been contested every winter since 1981, except 2020.