Women’s Volleyball in Title Game Again
December 17, 2010 at 9:50 am Lori Shontz Leave a comment
Freshman Katie Slay had six blocks against Texas.
Three consecutive NCAA women’s volleyball titles was unprecedented. And now Penn State is on the verge of its fourth in a row.
The Nittany Lions dominated Texas last night in a three-set sweep, and they’re playing Cal for the national title on Saturday night.
And this was supposed to be a rebuilding year. How did the Nittany Lions find themselves near the top again? There’s plenty of credit to go around:
Setter Kristin Carpenter, who explained her terrific serving performance by quipping that she “ate her Wheaties.” The Nittany Lions’ All-American seniors, Blair Brown and Arielle Wilson. A fantastic freshman class, led by National Freshman of the Year Deja McClendon. And of course coach Russ Rose, who has my Facebook friends debating whether he’s the best coach in Penn State history.
Women’s volleyball, regrettably, doesn’t get a lot of national coverage. You can learn all you need to know here and here from the Collegian’s beat reporters, who are still, unbelievably, cranking out copy during finals week. (They also provide in-match updates at Collegian_WVB.) For a national perspective, you can’t get better than Mechelle Voepel from ESPN.com, who checked in with this story.
Tune in to ESPN2 at 8:30 Saturday night to watch the final.
Lori Shontz, senior editor
Entry filed under: Penn State women's volleyball. Tags: Arielle Wilson, Blair Brown, Collegian, Deja McClendon, ESPN.com, Katie Slay, Russ Rose.
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