The Penn State Women's Volleyball team will play in West Lafayette, Indiana, on Friday and Saturday (if necessary) in the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament. Penn State takes on Kentucky tomorrow at 5 p.m. If the Lions defeat Kentucky, they will play the winner of the late match between #10 Minnesota and #9 Purdue in the regional final.
Playing at the historic Palestra in Philadelphia, Penn State fought and clawed for 40 minutes. The gritty effort wasn't enough to overcome a barrage of hot three-point shooting from La Salle however, as the Nittany Lions fell 82-57 in a tale of two halves.
When Pat Chambers was hired as the head coach of Penn State's men's basketball in June 2011, his deep Philadelphia roots made him a logical choice. He had great success recruiting the City of Brotherly Love as an assistant at Villanova, and on Monday received a commitment from John Johnson, a Philly baller who recently left Pitt's program.
Between penalty kicks, heartbreaking goals allowed, shooting barrages from opponents and several other dramatic moments, the Nittany Lions had conquered it all to arrive at the finals of the College Cup. Yesterday afternoon, in sunny San Diego, the magic ran out as the powerhouse North Carolina Tar Heels defeated the Nittany Lions 4-1 to take home their twenty-first national championship.
Penn State advanced to the Sweet 16 for the 10th straight year by beating Binghamton and Bowling Green over the weekend.
In the Nittany Lion Open, Penn State had 5 of its wrestlers win in their weight class, while 18 wrestlers placed out of the 30 that wrestled. Andrew Alton, Matt Brown, Ed Ruth, David Taylor, and Quentin Wright all came in first.