BTN.com staff, December 20, 2013
It's an all-Big Ten final in the NCAA Women's Volleyball Tournament as No. 12 seed Wisconsin and No. 2 seed Penn State both won Thursday night matches. The two Big Ten programs will play for the title on Saturday at 9:30 p.m. ET in Seattle. It's the first all-Big Ten national final in NCAA history.
Watch highlights from both matches in this post.
For the first time since 2000, the Badgers (28-9) advanced to the NCAA championship match with a 3-1 win over No. 1-ranked and top-seeded Texas at KeyArena on Thursday night. The 25-19, 25-18, 26-28, 25-23 victory over the Longhorns is the team's first win over a No. 1-ranked opponent since Oct. 31, 1997 and brings Wisconsin to 28-9 overall. Read the full Thursday match recap at UWBadgers.com.
Watch the highlights:
No. 2 Penn State (33-2) powered past No. 3 Washington (30-3) in straight sets (25-14, 25-13, 25-16) Thursday evening in KeyArena, earning a spot in the NCAA national finals.Read the full match recap at GoPSUsports.com.
Watch the highlights:
Look at the whole interactive bracket at NCAA.com.
The all #B1GVolleyball National Championship is happening! @PennStateVBALL vs @BadgerVball Sat night for the title. #nationsbestconference
— Mike Wolf (@MikeTWolf) December 20, 2013
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Micha Hancock live on #ESPN2 reacting to the win! #WeAre pic.twitter.com/x8N0G9n8ZA
— Penn State Women?s Volleyball (@PennStateVBALL) December 20, 2013
That was fun! #Badgers http://t.co/Aqd5fA4HHK pic.twitter.com/sN4V5hZvP1
— Wisconsin Volleyball (@BadgerVB) December 20, 2013