The reign, the streak, and other things. For the Penn State Women’s Volleyball team, the 2009 season might be called “The Year of the Streaks” — as in winning an unprecedented third consecutive NCAA Championship, extending the NCAA record for consecutive match victories to 102, winning an NCAA record 18th consecutive NCAA Tournament match,...
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We’ve edited this post, because we concluded it’s original lede (a scene from a crowded train in Tokyo) led discussion in the wrong direction — whether there will be too many players on the 2010 squad.  That discussion reminded us of a great scene from the movie “Amadeus,” featuring this exchange between Mozart and the Emperor Joseph...
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Russ Rose on whether winning championships gets “a little harder as the streak goes on and the pressure mounts”: The competition gets harder and harder. I don’t think it’s the pressure. What pressure will we have next year? We’ll have nine new freshmen coming into the program. Their pressure is to try and keep...
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Gainesville, Fla. – Monday October 19, 2009 According to the Gatorzone.com, the official site of Florida athletics, Florida head volleyball coach Mary Wise announced Monday evening on her radio show that Florida and “three national volleyball powerhouses” — Penn State, Stanford and Texas — have agreed “in principle” to play each other in an...
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