The NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Committee announced Sunday the 64-team field for the 2012 NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship. Thirty-one conferences were awarded automatic qualification, and the remaining 33 slots were filled with at-large selections to complete the bracket. The top-16 teams were seeded nationally and placed within four regions. The teams...
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Penn State Seniors Kristin Carpenter and Marika Racibarskas (Photos courtesy of GoPSUsports.com) Penn State (28-2, 18-1 Big Ten) closes out the Big Ten season tonight at Rec Hall against a tough Michigan State squad.  The match begins at 8:00 p.m. and will be carried on GoPSUsports.com (it’s unclear whether this is audio-only or streaming video) and GameTracker.  It’s...
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We are appreciative of all the fans that came out tonight.  I am real pleased about that. I think we played well and there really weren’t any areas that were worrisome tonight. (Penn State Head Coach Russ Rose, after win over Ohio State Wednesday night.) When Russ Rose spoke after Penn State’s 3-0 (25-18,...
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  The 2012 Big Ten Champion Penn State Women’s Volleyball team returns to Rec Hall tonight, fresh off of two wins last weekend, and sporting the #1  ranking in the most recent AVCA Poll (#2 in DigNittany’s North Poll Pole).    Forget that #1 ranking.  Forget the Big Ten Championship.  Penn State will have its hands full...
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The B1G Gets B1GGER (Do the Rich Get Richer?) Maryland to the Big Ten is a done deal, with Rutgers reportedly next in line. Volleyball fans are just along for the ride (note how many times the word “volleyball” is used in the excerpt from ESPN, below, and in the video report from Andy...
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