According to a post on the Defensa Volleyball Club website, Tori Gorrell, a 6-2 MH from Abbey Park, Ontario, has verbally committed to play for Penn State starting in 2015.  Here’s the post: Following the Penn State tournament, Tori was shown the campus, all cool stuff and then asked her thoughts on committing to Penn...
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According to the Facebook page of the Benet Academy Redwings in Lisle Illinois, 5-9 Libero Natalie Canulli has verbally committed to play for Penn State starting in 2015. Natalie was named to the 2012 U.S. Girls’ Youth Continental Volleyball Team that competed at the USA Volleyball High Performance Championships (HPC) July 24-28, 2012 in...
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PrepVolleyball.com is reporting that Laura Broerman, a, a 5-4 senior DS from St. Mary’s High School in Colorado Springs, CO (and Colorado Juniors), has committed to Penn State for the 2013 season.  According to MaxPreps, in 2012 she averaged 6.3 assists/set. In addition to volleyball, Laura competes in track (100 meter hurdles, 300 meter hurdles and...
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Tournament Central   Wednesday Practice Video (Penn State video and player photos courtesy GoPSUsports.com) Q&A with Lionsfan About Oregon DigNittany: In the last DigNittany North Pole Poll before the NCAA Tournament, Stanford ranked #1, Penn State ranked #2, Texas ranked #3, and Oregon ranked #4 (if memory serves, you may have voted Oregon #7).  Did...
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Tournament Central National Semifinal Preview Interviews (Courtesy GoPSUsports.com) Where do the 2012 Final Four Fit In? Is there greater “parity” in NCAA Division 1 volleyball?  Comparing the won-lost records (matches and sets) of the 2012 NCAA Semifinalists to the records of NCAA Volleyball champions from 1998 to 2011,the asnswer would seem to be yes. During that period, five...
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