In 2006, the Nittany Lions started out the season 210, before finishing with a 323 record and an appearance in the NCAA Regional Final. The Nittany Lions won the title for the first time in 1999, then four times in a row from 2007 to 2010 under the leadership of head coach Russ Rose. 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. I took my (Dallastown) team up there every year for team camp. 11 seed Nittany Lions defeated the Princeton Tigers 3-0. 1999 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament, Final Four Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI, National Championship: Penn State vs. Stanford, Last edited on 25 September 2022, at 04:46, 1999 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament, "Third time a charm as Lions claim title", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1999_NCAA_Division_I_women%27s_volleyball_tournament&oldid=1112203221, This page was last edited on 25 September 2022, at 04:46. She is fifth on the all-time Penn State career kills list as a blocker, and is fifth on the list for kills per set and hitting percentage. Aiyana Whitney, the junior outside hitter and AVCA Second Team All American, was also a pivotal piece of Penn State's championship team accumulating 372 kills on .353 hitting. Rankings|Scoreboard| Stats| Oldest rivalries 0000003414 00000 n 0000020636 00000 n The team won 111 straight sets up until the NCAA national semifinals. 0000036876 00000 n 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. Earlier this week, Penn State womens volleyball made history when it named Katie Schumacher-Cawley the third head coach in program history. Hord has established herself as one of the top middles in the country. The team swept Niagara, Virginia Tech and Oklahoma in the first three rounds and defeated Duke, 31, in the Regional Final, advancing to their eighth Final Four. In 2014 Penn State claimed its record seventh NCAA national championship and sixth in the last eight years, continuing one of the greatest dynasties in college sports. Penn State extended its win streak to 102 games with another perfect season, winning a record third consecutive championship. 0000061342 00000 n Penn State won the match, claiming its record fourth consecutive national championship and fifth overall, with a final record of 325. 145 0 obj << /Linearized 1 /O 148 /H [ 1819 712 ] /L 511430 /E 62202 /N 35 /T 508411 >> endobj xref 145 62 0000000016 00000 n If we would have played into their strengths, if we would have set right into Walsh or right into [Jennifer] Detmer, we would have lost. Courtney single-handedly out-blocked the number 1 and number 2 blockers in the NCAA (Whitney Young and Amy Boswell) in the finals. 0000002531 00000 n 0000019020 00000 n Arguably the greatest girls' volleyball player in York County history, Werner (then known by hermaiden name Shannon Bortner) was a member of Rose's first national title team in 1999. "I won't say I completely knew what I was getting into. #WeAre We knew how it felt to lose and we didnt know how it felt to win. "He goes, 'Next time I call on you make sure you have something to say.'". Scoreboard. Throughout her coaching career at Dallastown, Werner would consistently take the Wildcats to camps and matches at Penn State. Since live sports are off the table for the time being, why not take a look back at the national championship that started it all for Penn State womens volleyball? Anything that it took to win. She had 20 kills and eight blocks as the most outstanding player in the. Williams made the most of her one year in Happy . But she could tell the coach was building something special. Penn State finished sixth in the final 1990 Tachikara Coaches Poll, the program's highest final ranking ever at the time. The Boilermakers will face the Spartans in the Big Ten Tournament for the second consecutive year. After that, Penn State scored six straight points to take the 12-6 lead. 0000003035 00000 n Schumacher and Carrie Schonveld posted nine kills apiece, while Schonveld added a team-high 10 digs in the win. :]e)*9G5h(t?0y4B,C+@S+yWW{o#It3:SDPBQ|UM_SWpLmxU 3qAmlD@Xy) The 2008 team successfully defended their 2007 National College Athletic Association title, while also setting impressive NCAA records. [16] Hodge also was named Penn State's second ever and second consecutive AVCA National Freshman of the Year,[17] thus making Penn State the first school to win the award back-to-back. An athletic department spokesman said a maximum capacity for the event hasnt been determined. 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. 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 winner will advance to the third opening round match to play Penn State (26-3), with the winner advancing to the championship bracket to play Hawaii (28-2) at George Mason. Conference regular season and conference tournament champion that was the reality of their careers from 1996-1999. The match was played in front of 14,299 fans, the third-highest attendance in NCAA history. 0000030277 00000 n 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. 0000046911 00000 n Freshman Megan Hodge made history as the first freshman to be named Big Ten Player of the Year in the 23-year history of the award to that point. In addition to dropping only three individual games during the conference season, Penn State swept all four major honors, becoming the first school to sweep the honors in the 22 years of Big Ten women's volleyball to that point. 2015: 41-18 (2nd-most wins all-time) 2016: 30-26. Another year, another 80 Division I wrestlers earning one of the most important, distinguished honors in collegiate wrestling: an All-American finish. 0000003352 00000 n I chose this lineup by focusing onAVCA All-America selections, AVCA national players of the year, national championships and all-time records at Penn State. 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. 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. Her senior year, she tallied 431 kills on .358 hittingand helped lead the Nittany Lions to her second national championship in a row. He can be reached at 717-881-8221, mallibone@ydr.com or on Twitter at @bad2theallibone. He led Penn State to their first NCAA title in 1999 as the first team east of the Mississippi River to win a title and his teams from 2007 to 2010 set an NCAA record of four consecutive championships. 0000024074 00000 n Nebraska was the only team in 2008 that won a set or more against Penn State. The team swept the Longhorns and advanced to their seventh championship match. Duke biggest winner in latest D1Baseball rankings. "It's those kind of things that nobody sees. When she was unexpectedlycalled on, the sophomore substitute was taken by surprise and didn't have anything to say. The team cruised through the regular season with a 300 mark, with 28 of those coming in three sets. [21], Penn State set two NCAA tournament records and achieved other milestones during the 2007 NCAA tournament:[22]. Penn State will train over the summer before officially beginning the Schumacher-Cawley era when the season begins in late August. After losing in the fifth game of the NCAA finals the previous two years, Russ Roses 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. Duke biggest winner in latest D1Baseball rankings, Enter your information to receive emails about offers, promotions from NCAA.com and our partners. With the No. Rose led Penn State to seven national titles and an NCAA Division I record 1,330 victories. The Nittany Lions swept Purdue and Big Ten champion Wisconsin in the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament, before losing to Nebraska in the NCAA Regional Final. I'm not a yeller, but I figured out how to get the best out of people like he did.". 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. At least 4,000 field-level seats will go to students at Memorial Stadium, which has a capacity of about 85,000. 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. 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. Schumacher-Cawley was likely an easy choice for Penn State given her long-running familiarity with the program. Onward Debates 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). Cacciamani was named the AVCA National Player of the Year, Big Ten Player of the Year, Big Ten Female Athlete of the Year and the Honda Award winner for volleyball. After reaching a 6-6 tie midway through the second game, Penn State exploded for six straight points to wrestle back control of the match and eventually take a 2-0 lead into the break. Bremner, whose older sister, Julie, flew from LAX to Honolulu after working a 26-hour shift as a medical professional to watch her play, gave an excellent interview after the match. , Rose has since guided the Nittany Lions to six more national titles and currently sits . "Most of our conversations over the years were about how to handle players or parents. Matt Allibone is a sports reporter for GameTimePA. The Lions streak was finally put to a halt at 87 matches with a loss to Minnesota on Sept. 29, 2000. Six All-America honors on one team was an AVCA record. Photo Story Outback Bowl prediction: Is Penn State's new Linebacker U. up for an Arkansas test? Rose has since guided the Nittany Lions to six more national titles and currently sits on the cusp of 1,300 career wins, entering his 42nd season in University Park with a record of 1,299-212, but the importance of that 1999 team cannot be overstated. Purdue is 31-49 all-time against Michigan State. She met Rose after a Memorial Day tournament in State College her junior year and verbally committed to him while sitting at a picnic table. Stanford owns a 9-7 advantage in terms of national championships following its sweep of Wisconsin in Pittsburgh last December, but the Nittany Lions are in hot pursuit of that record. 0000027020 00000 n Penn State women's volleyball 2016 media guide. 0000017146 00000 n 0000028305 00000 n (); : 0000018997 00000 n The Nittany Lions were paced by senior All-American Lauren Cacciamani with 26 kills, six blocks and a .304 attack percentage. "As soon as he retired, I texted him that I was so grateful to have his coaching.". 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Sports fans around the world have been watching classic replays of their favorite teams in recent weeks due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)AP. Bonnie turned down numerous scholarship offers elsewhere in order to walk on at Penn State to begin her career. PBS-qBY0yv4,X#y [v/wG,n5;m\zl$m`Zk(5^4y@u0-_48870V?]9{^NB5( x2x+[-peMy.^\jBt;jG1(awx&o[W 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. [28] The 2008 team also broke the NCAA record for consecutive sets won, besting the previous recordholder, Florida, who had 105. [36] The team joined the 2003 USC team as the only repeat champions to go undefeated, finishing the season with a 380 record and a 1142 record in individual sets. 0000003291 00000 n Senior Kaleena Walters was named Penn State's first ever Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year, and senior Sam Tortorello was named the unanimous Big Ten Player of the Year. In the 2007 NCAA Tournament, the team swept Siena, Albany, Michigan, BYU and California leading into the final. How to Watch New York Yankees at Minnesota Twins Today: Game Date: April 25, 2023 Game Time: 7:40 p.m. Season highlights included beating eventual national runner-up and perennial powerhouse UCLA at the Volleyball Monthly Invitational and No. Who's your pick to be in the all-time starting lineup for Penn State? 5, at the time their highest regular-season finish ever. 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. Then she became an Olympian, and won a silver medal in the 2012 Summer Olympics with the U.S. team. Dec 16, 2022. Bonnie Bremner and Cacciamani were also named first team All-Americans.