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"Katie has a deep connection with the Penn State program as both an All-American and National Champion student-athlete and assistant coach," Barbour said in a press release. . 0000003126 00000 n 1-ranked and undefeated Nebraska in Lincoln at the NCAA Mideast Regional final to advance to their second straight national semifinal. Courtney single-handedly out-blocked the number 1 and number 2 blockers in the NCAA (Whitney Young and Amy Boswell) in the finals. 0000046888 00000 n 0000028328 00000 n 0000002509 00000 n From 1998 to 2002, she served as a cornerstone of the Penn State womens volleyball team and brought home the Nittany Lions first national title back in 1999. In the championship match, Texas grabbed a 20 set lead. 0000017146 00000 n The Dallastown girls' volleyball team overcame a lopsided loss in the first set to win the YAIAA title with a 3-2 win over Central York Wednesday. 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. 0000023956 00000 n Penn State reached their third consecutive final after outlasting Pacific in five games. With 20 kills and eight blocks in the final against Stanford, Cacciamani-Tom earned the tournament Most Outstanding Player award. Pacific ended their season 32-3. The team finished 380 for the second straight year, going 1148 in set play, with a two-year record of 760 and 22810 in set play. The Boilermakers will face the Spartans in the Big Ten Tournament for the second consecutive year. Anchored by its First Team All American senior setter and AVCA National Player of the Year, Micha Hancock, First Team All American senior middle hitter Nia Grant and senior libero Dominique Gonzalez, the Nittany Lions ended the 2014 season winning twenty straight matches, seventeen of which, including the championship match against Brigham Young University (BYU), were by shutout. His national Coach-of-the-Year honor made him the first Division I coach to win the award three times. Schumacher-Cawley. Werner was a reserve on that team but started the next two years for teams that went a combined 52-14and made an Elite Eight. A Stanford hitting error that sailed wide sealed the national championship for Penn State, 15-7. After that, Penn State scored six straight points to take the 12-6 lead. Still, Rose helped Werner find her voice as a coach even if it was different from his. Piscotty is the winningest coach in SU history as well as its longest-tenured, having compiled a .628 winning percentage with the Raiders since her arrival at the start of the 2004 season. 9 doubles team on Thursday. Rankings|Scoreboard| Stats| Oldest rivalries WATCH: Kendall White reflects on 2019 volleyball season and career at Penn State. More Penn State: Outback Bowl prediction: Is Penn State's new Linebacker U. up for an Arkansas test? She said she wasn't surprised when Rose led the Nittany Lions to four straight national titles from 2007 to 2010. We'd love to hear from you. 0000024074 00000 n Stanford scored their last point on a Lion hitting error, as Penn State scored the final four points. 0000003035 00000 n "I won't say I completely knew what I was getting into. 0000002863 00000 n In her sophomore season, she helped the Nittany Lions to make it to the Championship match of the 1997 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament.Penn State was matched up against Stanford, who has only lost two matches all . The 2008 team successfully defended their 2007 National College Athletic Association title, while also setting impressive NCAA records. In recent years, Werner would watch Penn State volleyball matches on TV and point out to her daughter whenever Rose would put his clipboard near his mouth. 1 seed in the Palm Beach Gardens regional, to be held, May 8-10 at PGA National. I started covering the Penn State womens volleyball team as an undergrad in 2015 and grew up in the State College area, but had somehow never seen the full replay of the 1999 national championship until now. Penn State extended its win streak to 102 games with another perfect season, winning a record third consecutive championship. Eric Olson of The Associated Press wrote this story. Enter your information to receive emails about offers, promotions from NCAA.com and our partners. H|Wr8-IdkgjjWx~> T Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. On October 29, Penn State got its first Number 1 ranking since winning the NCAA title in 1999 and became the first Big Ten school since 2004 to hold the top ranking.[18]. Volleyball is the most popular womens sport in Nebraska. Just the other day, she visited the Bryce Jordan Center with her family to receive a warm welcome from Penn State fans (and hand out some free t-shirts). Now, hes off in the real world doing real things. 2 Texas Longhorns. More York County volleyball: 'Never think we're gonna lose:' How Spring Grove volleyball planted seeds for a state title. We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. Tom had 27 kills in Stanfords sweep of defending national champion Long Beach State in the semifinals, but struggled to get things going against Cacciamani and the rest of Penn States blockers, finishing with seven kills and 10 attack errors. More recently, she served as interim head coach for a few weeks once Russ Rose retired to cap off a 43-year career. The standout 6'1" freshman Deja McClendon was named the MVP of the game, and Cal's Carly Lloyd was named NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Player-of-the-Year. Throughout her coaching career at Dallastown, Werner would consistently take the Wildcats to camps and matches at Penn State. In game 1, Penn State jumped out to the 8-0 lead, before taking the first game 15-2. One thing that was immediately evident was that Roses candid, direct nature has hardly changed over the years. Of the 14 largest NCAA regular-season crowds, 13 have involved the Huskers. Community Rules apply to all content you upload or otherwise submit to this site. (); : She said she hasn't heard backsince texting him last week, but hopes to talk to him soon. The largest crowd to attend a womens sporting event in the United States was 90,185 fans watching soccer for the 1999 Womens World Cup final between the United States and China at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. The main starting line-up for the season consisted of two seniors, a junior, a sophomore and two freshmen. Earlier this week, Penn State womens volleyball made history when it named Katie Schumacher-Cawley the third head coach in program history. This was the last year to feature teams regionally seeded from 1-4. The Nittany Lions are coming off of a 21-11 season that ended with a second-round NCAA Tournament loss to Pitt. 0000025746 00000 n 0000008193 00000 n "Most of our conversations over the years were about how to handle players or parents. 0000011603 00000 n National champion The Lions had fallen short in five games the previous two years, falling to Stanford in 1997 and Long Beach State in 1998.[1]. After losing their first match of the season, the Nittany Lions reeled off 36 consecutive wins. Sideline reporter Heather Cox mentioned during the broadcast that Rose had said beforehand, If we both play our best matches, Stanford wins this one.. Holding the second most NCAA championship titles in the country at seven, year after year the Nittany Lions produce at a high level as Penn State continues to make sports history. In what was seen as a rebuilding year, given the departures of All Americans Deja McClendon, Katie Slay and Ariel Scott, Penn State's success and 363 overall record was largely attributed to the performance of its highly touted freshmen, Ali Frantti (AVCA National Freshman of the Year and AVCA Second Team All American), who led the team with 391 kills, Haleigh Washington (Big Ten Freshman of the Year), who paced the team with a .463 hitting percentage, and Simone Lee, who had 135 kills and contributed significantly in Penn State's wins over Wisconsin during the regular season and the NCAA tournament. "I was kinda taken aback," Werner said of that first meeting. Tell us [email protected]. 5 6 4 DIVISION I 1999 Championship How Sweet It Is:After failing to win a championship in three previous attempts, the Penn State Nittany Lions finally claimed their first-ever NCAA Division I women's volleyball title December 18. The other middle will be either TCU transfer Katie Clark or sophomore Allie Holland. Arguably the greatest girls' volleyball player in York County history, Werner (then known by her maiden . Here is another AVCA National Player of the Year for the lineup. : 0000022371 00000 n She also won the Honda Volleyball Award, Big Ten Player of the Year, Big Ten Athlete of the Year and co-National Player of the Year. Ironically on the same day he eventually announced his retirement. Daniel Labrador leads all Boilers in conference wins. I dont know whats next for me. 0000042591 00000 n This streak ended the following season on August 26, 2011, when the Nittany Lions dropped a 31 match to the Oregon Ducks. It feels great. As freshmen playing for Penn State women's volleyball, leading a team to its first national championship and having gone on four seasons never losing a home game may have seemed like high expectations to have. In 2010 Penn State won its first seven matches, before having its record win streak snapped at 109 in a match against Stanford on September 11. Behind freshman Logan Tom's 27 kills, Stanford downed defending national champion Long Beach State in three games. Penn State has found its replacement for legendary women's volleyball head coach Russ Rose. Results; "Girls were attracted to that level of competition. She hopesthe coach is at peace with his retirement after a 21-11 season and a loss in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Rose recently signed a four-year contract extension and will resume chasing an eighth national title this fall. "It was just a family. Over an eight-year coaching stint, Schumacher-Cawley led the Flames to 113 wins the third-most in program history. After losing in the fifth game of the NCAA finals the previous two years, Russ Rose's Nittany Lions finally rushed the court on December 18, 1999 after beating Stanford in front of a sold-out crowd of 10,252 at the Stan Sheriff Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. She leaves Penn State atop both the school's and the Big Ten's record books in career service aces and as the NCAA's all-time leader for aces in a single-season during the rally-scoring era (126). Penn State has received 14 Player of the Year honors, 12 Freshman of the Year honors, 4 Defensive Player of the Year honors, and 2 Setter of the Year honors. 0000039684 00000 n 0000022394 00000 n They averaged 8,190 fans per match at the Devaney Sports Center last season and have led the nation in attendance every year since 2013. Junior outside hitter Megan Courtney was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, hitting a match high 23 kills on .321 hitting and 16 digs in the Stanford match and 11 kills on .269 hitting, 14 digs and 5 blocks against BYU. Penn State lost in the NCAA Final to Long Beach State her freshman year but beat Stanford the following year for the program's first national title. She was a two-time Atlantic 10 Player of the Year. Penn State set a new rally era record (2001present) for hitting percentage, finishing the season with a mark of .390, breaking the old mark of .369 set by Florida A&M. After serving on match point and celebrating in a dog-pile with her teammates, Cacciamani shared her feelings of jubilation with Cox, saying, Oh, my gosh. There were many great blockers at Penn State, and I even considered Arielle Wilson, the Penn State hitting percentage leader, but valued Harmotto's 275 kill season while hitting .486 and leading one of the best volleyball teams during her senior year. In 1994, Rose coached the Nittany Lions to a second straight NCAA national semifinal appearance and picked up his 500th career win early in the season. She was the 2009 AVCA National Player of the Year, afour-time first team all-American, two-time Big Ten Player of the Year (once as a freshman), and Big Ten Female Athlete of the Year. Im thrilled that a number of our former players are electing to take positions in coachingI think its a great indication that they had good experiences and want to continue in the industry, Rose told DigNittanyVolleyball this week. To make 36 consecutive NCAA tournament appearances, win seven national championships, and 16 Big Ten titles and post an all-time record of 1,264-236-4, a program has to have a LOT of star power. Stanford jumped out to the 3-1 lead in game 2, but Penn State tied the game up at 6. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The Penn State baseball team benefited from its patience at the plate to earn an 8-4 win against Iowa in game two of Saturday's doubleheader at Medlar . trailer << /Size 207 /Info 135 0 R /Root 146 0 R /Prev 508400 /ID[<3d11b7dad73e4e100de3142f2ebfb90e><3d11b7dad73e4e100de3142f2ebfb90e>] >> startxref 0 %%EOF 146 0 obj << /Pages 142 0 R /Type /Catalog /DefaultGray 143 0 R /DefaultRGB 144 0 R /Outlines 149 0 R /PageMode /UseOutlines /OpenAction 147 0 R >> endobj 147 0 obj << /S /GoTo /D [ 148 0 R /FitH -32768 ] >> endobj 205 0 obj << /S 820 /O 963 /Filter /FlateDecode /Length 206 0 R >> stream Her senior year, she tallied 431 kills on .358 hittingand helped lead the Nittany Lions to her second national championship in a row. 0000036876 00000 n That was also the second-highest percentage of all-time for any era. It took Rose 21 seasons to win his first national championship, which is often forgotten when discussing the dynasty thats developed over the last two decades under his watchful eye. Shes been with the Nittany Lions as their top assistant coach and recruiting coordinator since 2018. , @}tXQb$2Ih0D>en@bdk&gYv0m4JUfY_,K'1/kT'+(U34{#Ir"Ni$;E+>qV0#EV:lzX- s^.3+8lwBAWi[l> wb85$gQF>m'[:F Oh, and she was Most Outstanding Player. The Nittany Lions were paced by senior All-American Lauren Cacciamani with 26 kills, six blocks and a .304 attack percentage. "He was aggressive. 13 Seed and First-Round Bye in NCAA Tournament", "Third time a charm as Lions claim title", "Penn State closes out Big Ten season undefeated", "Nicole Fawcett named AVCA Division I Freshman of the Year", "Penn State sweeps 2005 Big Ten postseason honors", "Penn State falls to Washington is Seattle Regional Final", "Megan Hodge named AVCA Division I Freshman of the Year", "Penn State dominates all Big Ten awards", "No. We've got a current Nittany Lion on the roster, but rightfully so. Penn State swept past top-ranked Stanford in the 1999 national final to earn the program's first NCAA championship. 0000032612 00000 n Watch: Dallastown volleyball overcomes slow start for first YAIAA title in 11 years. With almost 83,000 tickets sold for the Aug. 30 doubleheader, Nebraska now hopes to set the overall one-day U.S. womens sports attendance record of more than 90,000. [7] Penn State also became only the second school to close out the Big Ten schedule with a perfect 200 mark. Media coverage considered whether the 2008 Penn State women's volleyball team was perhaps the best team in NCAA history.[25][26]. An athletic department spokesman said a maximum capacity for the event hasnt been determined. The Lions swept favorite Stanford 15-2, 15-11, 15-5 before a sellout crowd at Hawaii's Stan Sheriff When Cox asked Rose if losing in the fifth game of the national championship match the previous two seasons played a factor in Penn States win over the Cardinal, Rose said, Well, they didnt really motivate us, but I thought the kids played great tonight. wA^Q I=^*b% Lauren Cacciamani was named the championship MVP for the second consecutive year. Conference regular season champion [14] Tortorello was also named a first-team All-American and a Honda Award nominee, while Fawcett and sophomore Melissa Walbridge were named second-team All-Americans. The road to the championship included a 25-game win streak and tournament wins over Michigan State in the regional semi-final, perennial powerhouse Stanford in the regional final, Pac-12 champion Washington Huskies in the national semi-final, and University of Wisconsin in the finals. Rose led Penn State to the program's first NCAA national championship (their third consecutive appearance in the NCAA title match) and their second-consecutive 200 record in Big Ten play (and fourth straight conference title), becoming the first team in conference history to pull off the feat. Bremner became Penn State's first ever four-time All-American. Werner's father, Greg, underwent surgery to removehislarynx due to a tumor on Dec. 23, 2015. You needed to have thick skin.". 1 in the coaches poll. 'Never think we're gonna lose:' How Spring Grove volleyball planted seeds for a state title, retiring last year as the YAIAA's longest-tenured girls' volleyball coach, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. AP college sports: https://apnews.com/hub/college-sports and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25. For the past 40 seasons, Russ Rose has built up a powerhouse of a women's volleyball program at Penn State. The Final Four was held in Hawaii for the first time since 1989, and has not been held outside the 48 contiguous states since. With Grant, Frantti, Whitney, Washington, Courtney and Lee, Penn State had one of the most balanced attacks in the nation and led the NCAA in hitting. 0000006319 00000 n Then she became an Olympian, and won a silver medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics with the U.S. team. I think thats a source of pride for me and others who have been involved in the program for a long time.. 1 seed. The 2023 NCAA DI wrestling brackets, plus a preview for every weight class ahead of the championship in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Penn State will train over the summer before officially beginning the Schumacher-Cawley era when the season begins in late August. It was Penn States 36th straight win of the season after dropping its opener against Florida in five games. When Shannon Werner thinks abouther college volleyball coach, her first thought isn't the national title they won or her recruitment or any particular match. In addition to beating BYU in the finals, Penn State's path to the championship included straight set victories over Siena, Dayton and number 12 seed UCLA, and 31 wins over Big Ten champion and number 4 seed Wisconsin and the tournament number 1 seed, Stanford. She is the 51st Penn State women's volleyball player to earn All-America recognition. 0000046981 00000 n Penn State celebrates in the post-game huddle after defeating Princeton in the first round of the NCAA women's volleyball tournament at Rec Hall on Friday, Dec. 6, 2019. Glass was a three-time national champion at Penn State, and the setter for one of the most efficient Penn State rosters of all time (2008), one that lost only two sets all year. 0000046911 00000 n The second round of the tournament had an offensive turnaround for the Nittany Lions, 60 kills, and a sharp .360 hitting effectiveness was all it took to defeat the Golden Knights in a 4-1 roller coaster match. They went 164 in Big Ten play and claimed their eighth consecutive Big Ten Conference championship (14th overall), matching the streak of eight consecutive Atlantic 10 Championships set during all eight years in that conference. Schumacher-Cawley was likely an easy choice for Penn State given her long-running familiarity with the program. 0000003231 00000 n The team swept the Longhorns and advanced to their seventh championship match. She first learned that while being recruited by Penn State in the mid-1990s. By submitting my information, I agree to the, UCLA Volleyball Claims MPSF Championship In Dominant Fashion, Highlights: UCLA Vs. Stanford | 2023 MPSF Men's Volleyball Championship, Replay: UCLA Vs. Stanford | 2023 MPSF Men's Volleyball Championship, Highlights: BYU Vs. Stanford | 2023 MPSF Men's Volleyball Championship, Highlights: UCLA Vs. Grand Canyon | 2023 MPSF Men's Volleyball Championship, Stanford, UCLA Volleyball Power Through To MPSF Championship Game, Replay: BYU Vs. Stanford | 2023 MPSF Men's Volleyball Championship, Replay: UCLA Vs. Grand Canyon | 2023 MPSF Men's Volleyball Championship, 2023 All-MPSF Men's Volleyball Teams Announced, Cookie Preferences / Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, Watch FloVolleyball's original documentary "Penn State: The Program. Pacific was led by Elsa Stegemann who had a match high 31 kills. Penn State finished sixth in the final 1990 Tachikara Coaches Poll, the program's highest final ranking ever at the time. Of course, the Nittany Lions were fantastic that night in holding Stanford (40 attack errors) to a negative hitting percentage for the first time all season. The Cardinal lead the all-time series 13-12 after sweeping the Nittany Lions in the Elite Eight this past season and winning the last four meetings between these storied programs. The Nittany Lions achieved what no other NCAA Division I, II, or III volleyball program could do win every individual set of the regular season. The team finished with a 200 Big Ten record, the second time in the last three seasons the team accomplished the feat and finished the season off with a 342 overall record. Stanford held a 90s night this past season against Arizona, where the players took photos with fans postgame while donning various throwbacks. Stanford coach Don Shaw, a longtime friend of Rose, opted to switch setters from Lindsay Kagawa to Robyn Lewis in the third game, but it was too late to salvage a comeback. The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used, except with the prior written permission of Advance Local. ); : [9] Russ Rose earned his 700th career victory on September 15, 2000, in a sweep of West Virginia.[10]. 1999 NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship, In other news. (a Catch-all Thread - Spoilers), News About Other B1G Teams and Their Players, News & Thoughts about PSU Recruits and Incoming Transfers. Walsh was reportedly dealing with a shoulder issue during the title match that limited her production to 11 kills and 11 attack errors, while also forcing her to employ a float serve early in the match rather than her usual jump serve. @mbilinovic @MengerQuinn #WeAre . They have seven total national championships. "From reading all the comments on social media, the other players all have the same sentiment. The athletic department announced Thursday that 82,900 tickets have been sold since sales started Tuesday. In addition, the 1999 Nittany Lions extended their NCAA record home-match winning streak to 80 straight (extended to 87 in 2000), eclipsing the previous standard of 58 set by Florida from 1990 to 1994. Bremner had an absolutely ridiculous assist to Cacciamani while up 5-1 in the third game, dropping to her knees before setting middle with barely any room for error. In 1990, Penn State entered the NCAA tournament undefeated with a 420 record. In both the Stanford and Wisconsin matches, the Lions faced significant deficits (trailing 96 in the fifth set against Stanford and 2320 in the fourth set against Wisconsin), but were able to overcome both, largely propelled by the service game of their junior setter, Micha Hancock, who was named Most Outstanding Player of the tournament.

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