National Championship recap: Stanford vs. Penn State 2007 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Tournament

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the pennsylvania state university nittany lions, including tournament valuable player megan hodge, honored @ white house president of united states george w. bush in june 2008 winning national championship.


in front of second highest crowd in ncaa history watch women s volleyball championship match, penn state, coached 2007 avca national coach of year russ rose, ranked #1 in avca coaches poll since october, stanford #1 seed, while ranked #4 in poll. third time in decade 2 teams have met in ncaa title match, tying ncaa record. teams met in 1997, when stanford won in five-game match, , 2 years later, when penn state won in sweep. additionally, penn state , stanford division universities have made every ncaa tournament appearance since ncaa starting sponsoring in 1981.


coming match, penn state had highest hitting percentage in nation team, while stanford ranked number 4. first game started out @ forth stanford holding slight edge @ media timeout @ 15–13. difference proved 6–0 run after timeout separated penn state stanford cardinal never got closer 3 points, penn state winning 30–25. second game first featured many lead changes , ties. penn state remained in control, never allowing stanford closer 3 points, winning 30–26 , sending stanford in locker room first 0–2 deficit of season.


in third game, stanford responded , took control of third, winning 30–23, , handing penn state first single game loss of tournament, penn state swept through each opponent until point, ending bid become 3rd school in ncaa history sweep through each opponent en route winning ncaa title. fourth game stanford penn state saw them take second game, 30-19 stanford did not record hitting error, , force 5th game. first five-game match in championship since rally scoring began in 2001.


in decisive 5th game, penn state saw stanford take 4–3 lead out of penn state errors, after that, nittany lions did not allow stanford single kill in 7–0 scoring run take biggest lead of night @ 10-4. stanford not able closer 4 points. stanford took last point on kill of game, penn state took next points earn match point on block , mvp megan hodge s 26th kill of match sealed championship, 15–8. team, stanford hit negatively, 1 kill, 4 errors on 19 attempts hit -.158%, compared penn state s 11 kills, 5 errors on 21 attempts hit .286% in fifth game. penn state outhit stanford match, .317 .291, second time season stanford outhit. win snapped 12-match winning streak stanford, while 26th consecutive match won penn state, last loss of season stanford 3 months before on september 15, 2007, in 5 game thriller.








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