Tori Gorrell

Saturday Roundup: 8 Sweeps, 3 Seeds Fall, Michigan Wins Marathon vs. Pitt

Saturday featured 12 matches with the winners earning a ticket to the Sweet 16 next weekend. Eight of the matches ended in sweeps, although two of those provided upsets as No. 9 Creighton and No. 11 USC fell to Washington and San Diego respectively.

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Penn State Sweeps Syracuse for NCAA Tourney Win #100, Trip to Sweet 16

The No. 8 seed Penn State women’s volleyball team advanced to the third round of the 2018 NCAA Volleyball Tournament with a 3-0 (25-13, 25-20, 25-16) sweep of the Orange of Syracuse on Saturday evening in Rec Hall.

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Penn State MB Kaitlyn Hord Returns to Action Against Rutgers

Kaitlyn Hord (pictured right) is back for a Penn State team that is on a roll of late.

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#11 Penn State Tops #4 Nebraska for First Time Since 2014

Penn State’s five-set comeback win snapped a seven-match losing skid against the Huskers with the last win PSU coming on Nov. 29, 2014 in University Park.

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Big Ten: Spartans, OSU Win in 5; Penn State, Michigan Win 3-0 at Home

It was famine or feast in the Big Ten on Friday night, with Michigan State and Ohio State surviving against Indiana and Rutgers, while #12 Penn State and #17 Michigan won via sweep.

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Seliger-Swenson Leads #8 Minnesota to Sweep of Freshmen-Heavy #7 Penn State

In a match filled with young talent, Minnesota senior setter Samantha Seliger-Swenson pushed the 8th-ranked Gophers to a sweep of #7 Penn State.

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Penn State to Play Stanford, 7 More Matches Against 2017’s Sweet 16

Tori Gorrell is one of seven returning Nittany Lions for the Nittany Lions, who play eight total matches against teams in last year’s Sweet 16.

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Scouting Report: Can #5 Nebraska Upend #1 Penn State Once More?

Scouting the National Semifinal between #1 Penn State and #5 Nebraska for a shot at the title.

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Penn State Rolls to Elite Eight Behind .432 Hitting Effort

No. 1 Penn State used an efficient offense to move past unseeded Missouri in a sweep on Friday afternoon to earn its eighth NCAA Elite Eight appearance since 2006.

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Scouting the NCAA University Park Regional: Sweet 16 & Beyond

Penn State is the lone team of the four in the University Park regional to make it to the Elite Eight or further in the last five years. Illinois last advanced past the Sweet 16 in 2011, while Missouri and Michigan State last made the regional finals in 2005 and 1996 respectively.

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