NCAA Interactive Tournament Bracket
Penn State Downs Delaware
Penn State took care of business against Delaware Saturday night, sweeping the Blue Hens 25-12, 25-9, 25-18. 6-4 So. Opp/RS Ariel Scott led the Nittany Lions with 12 kills (.458 attack %) and 5 blocks, while 6-1 So. OH Deja McClendon bounced back from a sub-par outing on Friday to post 11 kills (.524 attack %). 6-5 Fr. OH Aiyana Whitney (8 kills, .500 attack %) and 6-2 Fr. MH Nia Grant (7 kills, .667 attack %) were third and fourth on the team, respectively. 5-6 So. L Ali Longo’s 19 digs topped the Nittany Lions. 5-11 Fr. S Micha Hancock directed the team to a .426 attack %.
Match Stats – Delaware vs. Penn State
On to the Sweet Sixteen
Here are the Brackets for the Sweet Sixteen. We’ll have more on them later today, but a quick note on the B1G’s success: even with the stunning loss by Nebraska to Kansas State in the 2nd round, six of the eight B1G teams in the Tournament made it to the Sweet Sixteen. That’s the same as last year, and quite an accomplishment for the conference as a whole. Congrats!
The Sweet Sixteen
Here are the matchups for the next round.
The Field of 64 – by Seed, RPI, Pablo, AVCA, and Conference
The chart below shows the entire field of 64 in the 2011 NCAA Tournament, and results of their matches in the first two rounds. It’s sortable by Tournament Seed, RPI, Pablo ranking (where available), AVCA Poll ranking (the AVCA only ranks the top 20, but we reflected the 36 tournament teams that received votes in the poll).