Penn State's student blog, Natty Nittany But she knew going that far away from home wasn't a realisticoption. The Lions had 10 team blocks in game 1 alone, and hit .258 in game 1. There was no right or wrong answer to picking an all-time lineup for Penn State, because so many options were all-time lineup worthy. Throughout her coaching career at Dallastown, Werner would consistently take the Wildcats to camps and matches at Penn State. More recently, she served as interim head coach for a few weeks once Russ Rose retired to cap off a 43-year career. Wilson and Brown trained with the United States national team in the summer, seeking roster spots for Team USA. H|Wr8-IdkgjjWx~> T In 1998, Penn State started with a perfect 30-0 regular season record and . The Lions also received significant contributions from All American seniors Deja McClendon, Ariel Scott and Katie Slay, each of whom book-ended their Penn State careers with national titles and were named to the NCAA All-Tournament Team. We were awfully close the last couple years, so certainly the experience that we gained over those last couple years came into play. 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. Use of and/or registration on any portion of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement (updated 4/4/2023), Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement, and Your Privacy Choices and Rights (updated 1/26/2023). But she could tell the coach was building something special. Before and after his first national title, Rose still knew how to keep Werner on her toes. Prior to the match against Stanford, a number of players were asked to give pep talks, according to Werner. The team cruised through the regular season with a 300 mark, with 28 of those coming in three sets. Still, Rose helped Werner find her voice as a coach even if it was different from his. He was a great coach.". program's first-ever national championship in 1999, an unprecedented run of four straight from 2007 . Walters and freshman Christa Harmotto were both named to the AVCA Honorable Mention All-America team. 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. An athletic department spokesman said a maximum capacity for the event hasnt been determined. 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. Nebraska's loss was their first loss in the state of Nebraska in 96 matches. Of the 14 largest NCAA regular-season crowds, 13 have involved the Huskers. She recorded 37 assists, four kills, and six digs. The 87 home-match winning streak was only outranked by the basketball trio of Kentucky, 194355 (129); St. Bonaventure, 194861 (99) and UCLA, 197076 (98). The Nittany Lions are coming off of a 21-11 season that ended with a second-round NCAA Tournament loss to Pitt. 0000006007 00000 n They swept Long Island, Yale, Western Michigan and California to advance to the NCAA Final Four, held at the Qwest Center in Omaha, Nebraska. 0000030277 00000 n "I don't know how he found out my dad was having surgery," Werner said this week. 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. 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 0000046957 00000 n In the finals the Nittany Lions faced the California Golden Bears, marking the fourth consecutive year Penn State faced Cal in the NCAA Tournament. Over an eight-year coaching stint, Schumacher-Cawley led the Flames to 113 wins the third-most in program history. ); The use of software that blocks ads hinders our ability to serve you the content you came here to enjoy. In 1990, Penn State entered the NCAA tournament undefeated with a 420 record. The Nittany Lions rattled off an 8-0 run to begin the match and set the tone for the evening. 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. They swept past Bucknell, Clemson, Louisville and Brigham Young to earn a spot in the school's fourth national semifinal. [34] It was the first time in NCAA history that the same two teams played each other in the NCAA championship in consecutive years. 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. The Lions swept favorite Stanford 15-2, 15-11, 15-5 before a sellout crowd at Hawaii's Stan Sheriff She went on to be the primary setter for the 2016 U.S. women's Olympic team. Nebraska was the only team in 2008 that won a set or more against Penn State. 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. Cookie Settings/Do Not Sell My Personal Information. Stanford already had four national championships in the 90s, the latest of which came at the expense of the Nittany Lions in 1997 in Spokane, Washington. 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. Fawcett, Harmotto, Hodge and Glass then earned AVCA First Team All-America honors while Brown and Wilson earned second team honors. Nebraska fans never cease to amaze me, athletic director Trev Alberts said in a statement. [9] Russ Rose earned his 700th career victory on September 15, 2000, in a sweep of West Virginia.[10]. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File)AP. The Nittany Lions posted a regular season record of 265 and earned the fourth overall seed in the NCAA tournament, keeping alive their streak of appearing in all 30 NCAA Tournaments. 0000015635 00000 n The Huskers have won five national titles and sold out an NCAA-record 303 consecutive regular-season matches. Penn State and Stanford have authored quite a few instant classics since then. The 2023 NCAA DI wrestling brackets, plus a preview for every weight class ahead of the championship in Tulsa, Oklahoma. A handful of players Jenna Hampton (South Carolina), Gabby Blossom (San Diego), and Annie Cate Fitzpatrick (Florida) have already transferred from the program, although the former two depart the program with degrees from Penn State. Onward Debates The 1999 team celebrated the 20th anniversary of its national title two years ago with a party in State College, and Werner will always be thankful for the continued relationships she has from Rose's tenure at Penn State. This time around, Penn State dispatched Robert Morris, Baylor, Minnesota, UCLA, and Pacific on its way to the title match. From 1998 to 2002, she served as a cornerstone of the Penn State women's volleyball team and brought home the Nittany Lions' first national title back in 1999. 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. 2023 Advance Local Media LLC. I think thats a source of pride for me and others who have been involved in the program for a long time.. . 1 seed. 0000010358 00000 n 2014: 30-23. :]e)*9G5h(t?0y4B,C+@S+yWW{o#It3:SDPBQ|UM_SWpLmxU 3qAmlD@Xy) Katie Schumacher-Cawley, who returned to coach at her alma mater in 2018, was a sophomore opposite hitter for the Nittany Lions in 1999. 0000046911 00000 n Stanford held a 90s night this past season against Arizona, where the players took photos with fans postgame while donning various throwbacks. When she retired last year after winning 171 matches and two YAIAA titles, Werner received a congratulatory text from Rose. The 1999 NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament began on December 2, 1999, with 64 teams and ended December 18 when Penn State defeated Stanford in Honolulu, Hawaii, for the program's first NCAA title. There is one NCAA tournament record that was set in the 1999 tournament that still stands. 0000025746 00000 n [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. Here is the all-time starting lineup for Penn State: Hodge was a no-brainer for the all-time team, and I anticipate few arguments on this one. She was a first-team all-American three times, and the one year she wasn't she was the AVCA National Freshman of the Year. P@Miw(. 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. Schumacher-Cawley. The Nittany Lions did not lose a set in the NCAA tournament until the national semifinals against Hawaii Rainbow Wahine but won that match, 31, to set up a showdown against the No. The Final Four was held in Hawaii for the first time since 1989, and has not been held outside the 48 contiguous states since. Purdue is 31-49 all-time against Michigan State. Russ Rose achieved several top honors, as he was named the AVCA Division I National Coach-of-the-Year, was inducted into the AVCA Hall of Fame,[24] and coached his team to the national championship, all within the same week. The no. 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. Here are the place-winners for 2023. She first learned that while being recruited by Penn State in the mid-1990s. 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 . 0000017169 00000 n Barberich was also the first All-American in Penn State history. 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. Squirrel Girl. In the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Penn State earned the overall No. Schumacher-Cawley was likely an easy choice for Penn State given her long-running familiarity with the program. The 6-4 senior from Lexington, Kentucky, hit .421 last spring with 147 kills (2.45/set) and led in blocks with 79, seven solo. The program's six consecutive year stretch was the longest since posting seven straight 30-win seasons from 1979-85. The official Women's Volleyball page for the Penn State Nittany Lions ,Tx$rir|b`U,"]CR;?OZ)K5&Yhs)K=OMa Rose has led the Nittany Lions to appearances in every NCAA Division I women's volleyball tournament, making Penn State the only program in the nation to appear in every NCAA volleyball tournament since its inception in 1981. re7DRwG m$*y]R8ctD?HnwYRhz-8n, Division regular season and conference tournament champion In its thirty-third consecutive appearance in the NCAA tournament, Penn State returned to the podium by winning its sixth national championship and fifth in the previous seven years. Williams made the most of her one year in Happy . Get the most important Volleyball stories delivered straight to your inbox. However, he believes his former assistant has all the makings to keep Penn States program in contention. The win gave Russ Rose his first NCAA title as the Penn State head coach after three previous runner-up finishes, while Stanford finished as NCAA runners-up for the fourth time in school history. Star middle blocker Kaitlyn Hord and setter Emily Oerther are also reportedly in the transfer portal. 0000046934 00000 n We knew that we just didnt want to lose. [28] The 2008 team also broke the NCAA record for consecutive sets won, besting the previous recordholder, Florida, who had 105. In addition to being named the AVCA National Player of the Year in 2014, Micha Hancock ended her storied Penn State career with 3 AVCA First Team All American honors, two Big Ten Setter of the Year awards (2012, 2013), the Big Ten Freshman of the Year award (2011), and as the NCAA tournament's Most Outstanding Player (2013). Nowadays, Rose is the textbook definition of a coaching legend. 0000003352 00000 n 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. Penn State had last dropped a match at Rec Hall on Nov. 24, 1994, when they suffered a 32 setback to Illinois, a span of over five seasons. "From reading all the comments on social media, the other players all have the same sentiment. 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. Rose led Penn State to seven national titles and an NCAA Division I record1,330 victories. 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. The Lions streak was finally put to a halt at 87 matches with a loss to Minnesota on Sept. 29, 2000. 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. Rose earned his eighth Big Ten Coach of the Year award. 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. This team has lost twice in the finals, she said. [27] Penn State also broke the NCAA record for consecutive matches won (52) with a sweep of Illinois, a mark that was previously held by USC. "Players want to go where they will be successful, and he always made the tournament and got tothe Elite Eight or the Final Four," she said. Duke biggest winner in latest D1Baseball rankings, Enter your information to receive emails about offers, promotions from NCAA.com and our partners. That is on pace to set the Penn State record for all-time career digs. 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. That group has combined for 113 honors. She is second at Penn State in career hitting percentage and third in career block assists with 581. 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. In game 2, Stanford trailed 6-3 but took six of the next seven points to take the 9-7 lead. With 20 kills and eight blocks in the final against Stanford, Cacciamani-Tom earned the tournament Most Outstanding Player award. Rose has picked up a total of 15 Coach of the Year honors. 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. 0000003231 00000 n How fun was tonight? Penn State will train over the summer before officially beginning the Schumacher-Cawley era when the season begins in late August. 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). 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. 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. 0000002509 00000 n Moving forward, Schumacher-Cawley is tasked with succeeding Rose, who ended his career with a seemingly insurmountable seven national titles, 17 Big Ten championships, and a 1,330-229 (.853) overall record. 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. I took my (Dallastown) team up there every year for team camp. Had a great time recently participating in the United As One Reading Week! Dec 16, 2022. AP college sports: https://apnews.com/hub/college-sports and https://twitter.com/AP_Top25. "It was really cool that my players would go home and could tell their parents that coach Rose noticed them and gave them a tip," Werner said. that was the reality of their careers from 1996-1999. [31] In addition, Fawcett was named the AVCA Division I National Player of the Year, which was Penn State's second ever, as Lauren Cacciamani earned the top award in 1999.[32]. Anything that it took to win. Scoreboard. Photo Story . The event starts with a Division II exhibition between Wayne State and Nebraska-Kearney and will be followed by a regular-season match between the Cornhuskers and Omaha. Long Beach State opened the match scoring the first two points of game 1, but Stanford would control it from there, scoring eight straight points. They swept Kerri Walsh and the Cardinal 15-2, 15-10, 15-7 to become the first eastern school to win the NCAA womens volleyball title. 0000023956 00000 n She went on to coach her alma mater, Dallastown, for 18 seasonsbefore retiring last year as the YAIAA's longest-tenured girls' volleyball coach. That was also the second-highest percentage of all-time for any era. #WeAre Lauren Cacciamani was named the championship MVP for the second consecutive year. , The top five teams from each of six regionals will advance to what will be the largest NCAA . Stanford dominated game 3, scoring the first 13 points before taking it 15-3. [4] He led the program to seven NCAA national championships, first in 1999, then in each year from 2007 through 2010, and in both 2013 and 2014. The match against Hawaii was Coach Rose's 1,000 career win, making him the fifth person to reach that mark, reaching the win by beating another member of the 1,000 Win Club, Hawaii's coach Dave Shoji, who achieved the milestone earlier that season on October 17. On November 1, 2008, with a sweep of Iowa, the program reached 1,000 wins, becoming just the sixth NCAA Division I women's volleyball program to reach the milestone.[37]. The Boilermakers will face the Spartans in the Big Ten Tournament for the second consecutive year. 1 Penn State women's volleyball pounds Albany in NCAA second round", "Undefeated Penn State champ could be best volleyball team ever", "Second straight title strengthens PSU claim", "Penn State volleyball sweeps Michigan, makes NCAA history", "Penn State volleyball sweeps Illinois, sets NCAA record", "Record six Penn State volleyball players earn All-America honors", "Division I National Coach of the Year Russ Rose", "Division I National Player of the Year Nicole Fawcett", "Penn State volleyball outlasts Nebraska, faces Stanford for NCAA title", "Penn State-Stanford set for volleyball final rematch", "2008 NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship notes", "Women's volleyball captures 1,000th program win", "Division I Women's Volleyball Championship Record Book", "AVCA Division I All-America record book (PDF)", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Penn_State_Nittany_Lions_women%27s_volleyball&oldid=1135216072, Lindsay Anderson; Bonnie Bremner**; Lauren Cacciamani**, Cara Smith**; Erin Iceman; Sam Tortorello, Nicole Fawcett**; Christa Harmotto**; Megan Hodge**; Alisha Glass, Nicole Fawcett**; Christa Harmotto**; Megan Hodge**; Alisha Glass**; Blair Brown; Arielle Wilson, Megan Hodge**; Alisha Glass**; Blair Brown**; Arielle Wilson**, Noelle Zientara; JoAnn Elwell; Michelle Jaworski**, Blair Brown**; Arielle Wilson**; Deja McClendon, Deja McClendon**; Katie Slay; Ariel Scott, Micha Hancock**; Ariel Scott**; Katie Slay; Deja McClendon, Micha Hancock**; Ariel Scott**; Deja McClendon; Katie Slay, Salima Davidson**; Laura Cook; Saundi Lamoureux, Micha Hancock**; Nia Grant**; Ali Frantti; Aiyana Whitney, Haleigh Washington**; Megan Courtney; Aiyana Whitney, Terri Zemaitis**; Bonnie Bremner; Angie Kammer, Terri Zemaitis**; Bonnie Bremner**; Lauren Cacciamani, Kaitlyn Hord**; Kendall White; Gabby Blossom, Arielle Wilson (20072010) - 2007 Big 10 Freshman of the Year, 3 time AVCA All American, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 NCAA champion, Deja McClendon (20102013) - 2010 AVCA National Freshman of the Year, 4-time AVCA All American, 2010 & 2013 NCAA champion, Ariel Scott (20102013) - 2012 Big Ten Player of the Year, 2010 & 2013 NCAA champion, Hitting Percentage (single NCAA Tournament match), Consecutive NCAA Non-losing Seasons tied, This page was last edited on 23 January 2023, at 09:53. 0000003530 00000 n Penn State extended its win streak to 102 games with another perfect season, winning a record third consecutive championship. 0000011923 00000 n The collared, short-sleeve jerseys both teams wore are beyond awesome, by the way. Barberich remainsthe all-time Penn State career kills leader. 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. 1999 Women's Volleyball Schedule - Penn State Athletics Main Content Section 1999 Women's Volleyball Schedule Grid Text Choose A Location: Season Season Record Overall 36-2 PCT .947 Conf. 0000046888 00000 n 0000039707 00000 n Rose led Penn State to seven national titles and an NCAA Division I record 1,330 victories. 0000028305 00000 n At the NCAA tournament, the team strung together four victories and earned the right to play for the National Championship against Long Beach State. 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. Once they reached the NCAA Final Four in Madison, Wisconsin, the season ended much like 1997. Gregcan no longer speak after having his voice box taken out, but is otherwise healthy. In Big Ten awards, Penn State placed Nicole Fawcett, Christa Harmotto, Arielle Wilson, Megan Hodge and Alisha Glass on the First Team All-Big Ten, while senior libero Roberta Holehouse earned her place on the Honorable Mention. Volleyball is the most popular womens sport in Nebraska. 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. She always had an incredibly strong arm and loved to attack, went hard every day, and was an individual who cared about the team, Russ Rose said in a phone interview with DigNittanyVolleyball. Penn State news by The other middle will be either TCU transfer Katie Clark or sophomore Allie Holland. 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. [29] Fawcett ended her Big Ten play being named unanimous First Team all four years, Big Ten Player-of-the-Week eight times (tying for second most all-time in the conference), the Big Ten Freshman of the Year in 2005 and the Big Ten Player of the Year in 2008.

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