Quote of the Day

“We know they’re a great opponent — we played them twice during the year.  They’re playing very well and, as they did both times we played them, they play very hard and we respect that a great deal . . . .  I think I’ll point out two things: I’ll point out that they beat the #1 seed yesterday [Thursday], and two years ago at Wisconsin, they beat us.  So I don’t think there would be any possibility of us not taking them seriously.”  Penn State Head Coach Russ Rose on facing Wisconsin in the NCAA Women’s Volleyball Tournament Finals.

NCAA Finals: Pre-Match Press Conference

Penn State will face off against the Wisconsin Badgers tonight (Saturday) at 9:30 p.m. ET.  The match will be broadcast live on ESPN2.

 

NCAA Title Match Preview: Penn State Assistant Coach Steve Aird

Courtesy of GoPSUsports.com

 

Stat Joust (Throw the Stats out the Window Edition)

You can probably throw the stats out the window for an NCAA Final match, but here they are anyway

NCAA Finals Stat Joust - Attack (12-16-13)

Team	SP	Kills	Kills/Set	Att Err	TA	Hit Pct.
Penn State	120	1706	14.22	491	3977	.306
Wisconsin	138	1940	14.06	715	5131	.239
Opponents Penn State	120	1293	10.78	739	4055	.137
Opponents Wisconsin	138	1652	11.97	804	4954	.171
Differential Penn State	120	413	3.44	-248	-78	.169
Differential Wisconsin	138	288	2.09	-89	177	.068

NCAA Finals Stat Joust - Serving (12-16-13)

Team	SP	SA	SA/Set	SE	SE/Set	Differential: SA/Set minus SE/Set
Penn State	120	155	1.29	253	2.11	-0.82
Wisconsin	138	162	1.17	355	2.57	-1.40
Opponents Penn State	120	46	0.38	209	1.74	-1.36
Opponents Wisconsin	138	95	0.69	257	1.86	1.17

NCAA Finals Stat Joust - Blocking (12-16-13)

Team	SP	Block Solo	Block Assist	Total Blk	Blks/ Set	Blk Error
Penn State	120	102	537	370.5	3.09	68
Wisconsin	138	45	542	316.0	2.29	69
Opponents Penn State	120	37	337	205.5	1.71	65
Opponents Wisconsin	138	47	533	313.5	2.27	91
Differential Penn State	120	65	200	165.0	1.38	3
Differential Wisconsin	138	-2	9	2.5	0.02	-22