Penn State made a miraculous comeback and will face Louisville in the NCAA Championship in women’s college volleyball.
The 2024 NCAA Championship match in women’s college volleyball is set between two number one seeds in Louisville (30-5) and Penn State (34-2). In the final rankings the Cardinals were fourth and the Nittany Lions second in the country. The Cardinals are chasing their first National Championship after making the final four in 2021 and finishing as runner-ups in 2022. For the Nittany Lions, this is an opportunity for banner eight, putting them just one behind Stanford for the most of all-time. If the championship match is anything like the semifinals for the Nittany Lions this is set to be an all-time classic NCAA Championship in women’s college volleyball.
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Game Date: Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024
Game Time: 8:00 p.m. ET
TV: ABC
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In the semifinals the Nittany Lions lost the first two sets and were on the bring of losing in straight sets multiple times to Nebraska. They faces match point several times, but battled back to win the third set 25-23 and the fourth set 28-26 in wild, exciting, back-and-fourth exchanges between these two elite teams.
It was a lot simpler for the Cardinals in the semifinals taking number one overall seed Pittsburgh in four sets. They denied the Panthers a shot at thier first championship, but opened the door for the first in Cardinals program history. After losing the first set (25-21), the Cardinals rose up winning the final three sets 25-23, 29-27 and 25-17 to get to the most important match of the season.
Very early in the season the Nittany Lions routed the Cardinals in straight sets. That match was over 100 days ago with both teams evolving to this stage making it to what will be an historic National Championship match in women’s college volleyball.
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