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Team prepares tourney mindset

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Alisha Glass (6) and Christa Harmotto (3) attempt to block earlier this season against Northwestern.
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Hodge shows late set ability

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Megan Hodge hits during practice. Hodge had three straight kills Friday.
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PSU ends season

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Megan Hodge (11) spikes the ball between two Wisconsin defenders during Penn State's win Saturday, Nov. 22.
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Volleyball sweeps Wisconsin in Senior Night

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Title on line against 'Cats

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Christa Harmotto spikes against Minnesota. This weekend will be the last time Harmotto plays at Rec Hall.
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Passing focus of practice

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Alyssa D'Errico (12) serves during Penn State's win over Yale earlier this season.
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D'Errico stays at home

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Alyssa D'Errico didn't travel with the team this past weekend due to a concussion.
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Volleyball on cusp of setting NCAA record

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Blair Brown and the women's volleyball team take on Michigan State tonigh
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Updated December 4, 2008 4:50 AM

Team prepares tourney mindset

When the NCAA tournament brackets were released Sunday night, Christa Harmotto couldn't help but relate seeing each team as similar to opening up another present.


Updated December 3, 2008 4:46 AM

Kabbes prepares to return

Katie Kabbes stood on a wooden platform Tuesday, taking swings in the downtime before practice started. After stretching, she sat on a stationary bicycle as the team began practicing.


Updated December 2, 2008 4:52 AM

Hodge shows late set ability

Looking back, Alisha Glass remembers the feeling in St. John Arena, when her team was facing set point against Ohio State and in danger of losing its first set of the season.


Updated December 1, 2008 4:52 AM

Volleyball earns top seed

Penn State's road to a second-straight national championship will start right at home in the friendly confines of Rec Hall.

Megan Hodge (11) spikes the ball between two Wisconsin defenders during Penn State's win Saturday, Nov. 22.

PSU ends season

As Michigan's Juliana Paz prepared to serve facing a match point, the Penn State bench players started jumping up and down, with their pointer fingers positioned in a No. 1 formation.


Updated November 30, 2008 12:49 AM

Volleyball ends regular season unbeaten in matches and sets

Megan Hodge flicked her wrist for another kill, then leaned over and clapped her hands as she screamed in excitement.


Updated November 28, 2008 9:21 PM

Women's volleyball faces two set points, but still sweeps

Megan Hodge and her teammates faced two set points against Ohio State, but they kept answering. Updated 9:21 PM


Updated November 25, 2008 7:10 PM

Busy week ahead for women's volleyball

Despite no classes for a full week, Arielle Wilson called everything "still hectic" in regards to practice, preparing for the last two Big Ten matches, and traveling. Updated 7:10 PM


Updated November 23, 2008 9:24 AM

Volleyball sweeps Wisconsin in Senior Night

Nicole Fawcett made her way along the sideline, getting hugs from teammates and assistant coaches, when head coach Russ Rose jokingly brushed away the senior with a flick of a hand. Updated 9:24 AM


Updated November 21, 2008 4:50 AM
Christa Harmotto spikes against Minnesota. This weekend will be the last time Harmotto plays at Rec Hall.

Title on line against 'Cats

As family members walk stride for stride with Nicole Fawcett, Christa Harmotto and Roberta Holehouse, they can glance up at the rafters in Rec Hall and see Big Ten championship banners for 2003 through 2007.


Updated November 20, 2008 4:48 AM
Alyssa D'Errico (12) serves during Penn State's win over Yale earlier this season.

Passing focus of practice

Alyssa D'Errico stood in the ready position in her lightweight blue jacket and quickly dove for the served ball to pass it to get it set.


Updated November 18, 2008 4:52 AM
Alyssa D'Errico didn't travel with the team this past weekend due to a concussion.

D'Errico stays at home

Instead of joining her team on the road for a weekend when the NCAA Division I women's volleyball record for consecutive victories was broken, Alyssa D'Errico had to sit at a computer and follow the matches on GameTracker.


Updated November 17, 2008 4:59 AM

Volleyball breaks record, clinches share of Big Ten

Even after breaking an NCAA record and clinching at least a share of a fourth Big Ten title in as many years, Christa Harmotto hesitated when asked where this past weekend ranked in her four years at Penn State.


Updated November 15, 2008 1:08 PM

Women's volleyball sets consecutive matches won record

The Penn State women's volleyball set the NCAA Division I record for consecutive matches won with a sweep of No. 17 Illinois, 3-0 (25-23, 25-17, 25-13), Friday night in Illinois' Huff Hall. Updated 1:08 PM


Updated November 12, 2008 4:50 AM

Brown trying to return to old form, move past hitting struggles

When Alisha Glass hears a teammate call for the ball, she's going to listen, no matter what.


Updated November 11, 2008 4:00 AM

Wilson keeps improving

t a recent booster club luncheon, Penn State coach Russ Rose openly called Arielle Wilson his best player.


Updated November 10, 2008 4:00 AM

Record tied, but volleyball still improving

For Christa Harmotto, her team is still taking "baby steps."


Updated November 8, 2008 12:01 AM

Wilson leads volleyball to sweep

The Penn State women's volleyball team dominated Michigan State, 3-0 (25-20, 25-11, 25-18), Friday night in East Lansing, Mich., rebounding from a sub par showing in its last match against Indiana. Updated 12:01 AM


Updated November 7, 2008 4:46 AM
Blair Brown and the women's volleyball team take on Michigan State tonigh

Volleyball on cusp of setting NCAA record

For Nicole Fawcett, the vibe surrounding the team late in the third set Wednesday night against Indiana looked awfully familiar.


Updated November 6, 2008 4:52 AM
Arielle Wilson spikes the ball during Penn State's 3-0 win over Indiana Wednesday night at Rec Hall.

Despite sweep, Lions challenged

Penn State had just called a timeout and Nicole Fawcett slowly made her way to the sidelines with a look of disgust strewn across her face.

Lions quiet after win

Look no further than the student section draped in blue to get a feeling as to what the Penn State locker room looked like after Wednesday night's match with Indiana.


Updated November 5, 2008 4:52 AM

Second match more like a first

Since Penn State joined the Big Ten for the 1991 season, Russ Rose has seen plenty of Indiana teams, but this one stands out.


Updated November 4, 2008 4:49 AM

Kabbes makes most of weekend play

Katie Kabbes was standing on the sideline Friday night when she heard her name and proceeded to run over to sub into the match.


Updated November 3, 2008 4:52 AM
Christa Harmotto (3) and Megan Hodge (11) block a shot from Minnesota's Lauren Gibbemeyer (5) during the Lions' 3-0 win over the Golden Gophers Friday night. Penn State recorded another sweep this weekend.

PSU stays undefeated

A net violation, block and service ace against Penn State subdued the crowd at Rec Hall. The Nittany Lions actually struggled to side out, and a 13th-ranked Minnesota team they already swept rattled the unbeaten Lions, setter Alisha Glass said.

Penn State's Arielle Wilson puts up a block during the Lions' win over the Iowa Hawkeyes Saturday at Rec Hall.

Volleyball reaches 1,000 wins

Nicole Fawcett and her teammates always say they don't focus on records and statistics, and while this weekend was no different, it was for a different reason.


Updated November 1, 2008 12:22 PM

Lions increase gap in Big Ten standings

Nicole Fawcett led all hitters with 12 kills and swung at a .292 hitting percentage -- better than anybody on Minnesota -- yet still was supposed to be subbed out with the score close in the third set. Updated 12:22 PM


Updated October 31, 2008 4:50 AM
Alisha Glass (6) tries to block a spike from Ohio State's Katie Dull earlier this month. The Lions are one of two undefeated teams left in the country.

And then there were two

Wichita State's Chris Lamb recalls watching Charles Koch Arena slowly filling up with 7,000 fans, all of which quickly became stunned.


Updated October 29, 2008 4:00 AM

Volleyball prepares for second half of season

There are times during a match, Nicole Fawcett said, when she and her teammates don't even know the score, much less that they're trailing.


Updated October 28, 2008 4:00 AM
Wayne Staats is a junior majoring in journalism and history. He is a Collegian women's volleyball and women's basketball reporter. His email address is wms5012@psu.edu.

Volleyball unfazed by records

The correct question to ask isn't which records could be broken, but which ones won't.


Updated October 27, 2008 4:50 AM

Volleyball sweeps two more matches

Nothing opponents try to throw at them seems to slow down Nicole Fawcett and her teammates.


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