BTN.com staff, December 19, 2014
Behind a career-high performance from junior Megan Courtney, fifth-seeded Penn State women's volleyball (35-3) knocked off top-ranked Stanford (33-2) in four sets (25-16, 23-25, 25-22, 25-21) Thursday evening in Chesapeake Arena to advance to the NCAA national finals.
Making their 10th appearance in the national title match, the Nittany Lions are set to take on unseeded BYU (30-4) Saturday, Dec. 20 at 7:30 p.m. ET. The matchup will broadcast live on ESPN2.
PSU enters Saturday's contest with a 6-3 record in national final matches, seeking back-to-back titles for the first time since 2009-10.
Read the full GoPSUsports.com recap.
Here are some of the top Twitter reactions from Penn State's NCAA national semifinal victory.
Megan Courtney was brilliant tonight. We saw why Russ Rose has said she is an all skills player for @PennStateVBALL.
— Mike Wolf (@MikeTWolf) December 19, 2014
https://twitter.com/BTNVolleyball/status/545804126462828544
.@PennStateVBALL is going to the national title game! #WeAre #PennState
— Penn State Men?s Hockey (@PennStateMHKY) December 19, 2014
.@PennStateVBALL advances to the championship! The Nittany Lions face BYU on Saturday for the national title. #B1GVolleyball
— Big Ten Volleyball (@B1GVolleyball) December 19, 2014
It'll be No. 5 @PennStateVBALL vs @BYUwvolleyball for the #NCAAVB National Championship on ESPN2 at 7:30 ET Saturday! pic.twitter.com/NRMxOvs79k
— NCAA Women's Volleyball (@NCAAVolleyball) December 19, 2014
