Tweet BTN (previoiusly known as the Big Ten Network) put on its fourth annual BTN awards show Monday night — the “best of Big Ten sports in 2010-11, hosted by Mike Hall and Rick Pizzo.  We were pleased to see that the Penn State Women’s Volleyball team, which won its fourth consecutive NCAA Championship in 2010, was recognized as...
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Tweet This is Part III of a three-part series — Big Ten Tall Tales, in which we have compiled statistics on the height of the top hitters and blockers (statistically speaking) in the Big Ten from 2003 through 2010, along with their statistics for each year. We started with 2003 because that is the...
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Tweet Photo courtesy of Tom Hilton, Wikimedia Commons   This is Part II of a three-part series — Big Ten Tall Tales, in which we have compiled statistics on the height of the top hitters and blockers (statistically speaking) in the Big Ten from 2003 through 2010, along with their statistics for each year.  We started with...
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TweetPhoto courtesy of Acroterion, Wikimedia Commons. Although volleyball success requires much more than height — hard play, quality swings, and good blocking technique come in all sizes — after we read that someone had compiled statistics on the height of the top-ranked players (statistically speaking) in the Big Ten, Pac 10, and Big Twelve...
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Tweet    The 2010 season was a great one for setters in the Big Ten: Michigan’s Lexi Zimmerman, Purdue’s Jaclyn Hart, and Illinois’ Hillary Haen all made First-Team All-Big Ten. Though Penn State’s Kristin Carpenter did not make the All-Big Ten First Team or receive Honorable Mention (the only year during the period 2000 to 2010...
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