As freshmen playing for Penn State women's volleyball, leading a team to its first national championship and having gone on four seasons never losing a home game may have seemed like high expectations to have. 0000017146 00000 n The 1999 team celebrated the 20th anniversary of its national title two years ago with a party in State College, and Werner will always be thankful for the continued relationships she has from Rose's tenure at Penn State. In what was seen as a rebuilding year, given the departures of All Americans Deja McClendon, Katie Slay and Ariel Scott, Penn State's success and 363 overall record was largely attributed to the performance of its highly touted freshmen, Ali Frantti (AVCA National Freshman of the Year and AVCA Second Team All American), who led the team with 391 kills, Haleigh Washington (Big Ten Freshman of the Year), who paced the team with a .463 hitting percentage, and Simone Lee, who had 135 kills and contributed significantly in Penn State's wins over Wisconsin during the regular season and the NCAA tournament. 0000003414 00000 n Here's what he said", "Penn State Earns No. Before and after his first national title, Rose still knew how to keep Werner on her toes. Werner's father, Greg, underwent surgery to removehislarynx due to a tumor on Dec. 23, 2015. [29], A school record six players were placed on the AVCA All-Mideast Region team, with Fawcett, Harmotto, Wilson, Hodge, Glass and Blair Brown being recognized, more than any other program in the nation. Penn State dominated college volleyball with four straight national championships from 2007-2010, and then two again in 2013 and 2015. In 2005, the Nittany Lions claimed their third consecutive Big Ten title with an unblemished 200 league record, the sixth time since 1985 that the champion had been perfect,[11] but were upset in the NCAA tournament regional semi-final on their home court. Bonnie turned down numerous scholarship offers elsewhere in order to walk on at Penn State to begin her career. Lauren Cacciamani was named the championship MVP for the second consecutive year. Some other amazing setters to go through Penn State include Micha Hancock, who was an AVCA National Player of the Year as a setter, and Salima Rockwell, who had four national championships and served as an associate head coach at Penn State. The team swept Niagara, Virginia Tech and Oklahoma in the first three rounds and defeated Duke, 31, in the Regional Final, advancing to their eighth Final Four. The road to the championship included a 25-game win streak and tournament wins over Michigan State in the regional semi-final, perennial powerhouse Stanford in the regional final, Pac-12 champion Washington Huskies in the national semi-final, and University of Wisconsin in the finals. Penn State captured its seventh consecutive and 13th overall Big Ten title after completing the regular season 320 (200 in the Big Ten) and going 965 in sets played. #WeAre [14] Tortorello was also named a first-team All-American and a Honda Award nominee, while Fawcett and sophomore Melissa Walbridge were named second-team All-Americans. Penn States defense did an excellent job limiting All-American freshman Logan Toms impact on the match. "He goes, 'Next time I call on you make sure you have something to say.'". The team cruised through the regular season with a 300 mark, with 28 of those coming in three sets. In the national semifinals, they defeated Nebraska, 32, in front of an NCAA record 17,430 fans. 0000039707 00000 n Stanford would get no closer than three points, as Penn State took game 2 15-10. "He was aggressive. :]e)*9G5h(t?0y4B,C+@S+yWW{o#It3:SDPBQ|UM_SWpLmxU 3qAmlD@Xy) The Number 1 high school recruit also earned first team All-America honors, becoming only the third true freshman in seven years to be named to the first team. Ironically on the same day he eventually announced his retirement. [15] The 2006 squad captured Penn State's fourth consecutive outright Big Ten championship, tying the Big Ten record of four straight, set by Penn State from 1996 to 1999. Arguably the greatest girls' volleyball player in York County history, Werner (then known by hermaiden name Shannon Bortner) was a member of Rose's first national title team in 1999. The Boilermakers will face the Spartans in the Big Ten Tournament for the second consecutive year. Leilani Schlottfeldt, who had four digs against the Cardinal, was born in Hawaii before growing up in Brazil adding to the good vibes Penn State was feeling that night. With almost 83,000 tickets sold for the Aug. 30 doubleheader, Nebraska now hopes to set the overall one-day U.S. womens sports attendance record of more than 90,000. The other middle will be either TCU transfer Katie Clark or sophomore Allie Holland. The Penn State Nittany Lions women's volleyball program has had a long tradition, founded in 1976 by Tom Tait, long-time coach of the Penn State men's team, who coached the women's team from 1976 to 1979 and was named a USA Volleyball All-Time great coach in 2007. They just see him as a coach on TV. In the 2008 NCAA Tournament, Penn State earned the overall No. Stanford dominated game 3, scoring the first 13 points before taking it 15-3. 0000003352 00000 n "Girls were attracted to that level of competition. 2015: 41-18 (2nd-most wins all-time) 2016: 30-26. @}tXQb$2Ih0D>en@bdk&gYv0m4JUfY_,K'1/kT'+(U34{#Ir"Ni$;E+>qV0#EV:lzX- s^.3+8lwBAWi[l> wb85$gQF>m'[:F She recorded 37 assists, four kills, and six digs. Cacciamani attended Penn State from 1996 to 1999 where she played volleyball for four years. Her senior year, she tallied 431 kills on .358 hittingand helped lead the Nittany Lions to her second national championship in a row. ", Talk Volley to Me Podcast: Episode 12 featuring Haleigh Washington, Most Thrilling Five-Set National Championship Matches, 20 Things You Didn't Know About Penn State Volleyball. [12] Penn State also picked up the program's first ever AVCA National Freshman of the Year honors, for outside hitter Nicole Fawcett. In 1993, the Nittany Lions surged into their third year of Big Ten play and won their second consecutive conference title. The official Women's Volleyball page for the Penn State Nittany Lions Penn State had last dropped a match at Rec Hall on Nov. 24, 1994, when they suffered a 32 setback to Illinois, a span of over five seasons. They swept past Bucknell, Clemson, Louisville and Brigham Young to earn a spot in the school's fourth national semifinal. Rose led Penn State to the program's first NCAA national championship (their third consecutive appearance in the NCAA title match) and their second-consecutive 200 record in Big Ten play (and fourth straight conference title), becoming the first team in conference history to pull off the feat. 2014: 30-23. Werner said she spoke with Rose after attending a match this fall and thought he seemed a little deflated. In addition to dropping only three individual games during the conference season, Penn State swept all four major honors, becoming the first school to sweep the honors in the 22 years of Big Ten women's volleyball to that point. This streak ended the following season on August 26, 2011, when the Nittany Lions dropped a 31 match to the Oregon Ducks. Schumacher earned AVCA All-American recognition that season alongside Bremner and star middle blocker Lauren Cacciamani, who had a match-high 20 kills and eight blocks against Stanford in the national title. Penn State has found its replacement for legendary women's volleyball head coach Russ Rose. 0000017169 00000 n [16] Hodge also was named Penn State's second ever and second consecutive AVCA National Freshman of the Year,[17] thus making Penn State the first school to win the award back-to-back. Now, hes off in the real world doing real things. As a team, Stanford hit negative .008 (39 kills, 40 errors) while Penn State hit .240 (48 kills, 19 errors).[2]. They swept Long Island, Yale, Western Michigan and California to advance to the NCAA Final Four, held at the Qwest Center in Omaha, Nebraska. She is the 51st Penn State women's volleyball player to earn All-America recognition. 0000024074 00000 n Watch: Dallastown volleyball overcomes slow start for first YAIAA title in 11 years. 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A legendary figure in both Penn State and national volleyball circles, Rose announced his retirement after 43 seasons with the Nittany Lions last week. Of the team's 44 wins, 40 were sweeps, a school and national record. Williams made the most of her one year in Happy . During her career at Penn State, Werner said she and her teammates learned when to joke around with Rose and when to be serious. Moving forward, Schumacher-Cawley is tasked with succeeding Rose, who ended his career with a seemingly insurmountable seven national titles, 17 Big Ten championships, and a 1,330-229 (.853) overall record. One thing that was immediately evident was that Roses candid, direct nature has hardly changed over the years. 28 Apr 2023 22:35:32 After posting a runner-up finish in 1997, the Lions made it back to the NCAA Championship match in 1998.
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