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December 19, 2009 at 10:38 PM

Lions storm back to win third-straight National Championship

For the third-consecutive season, the Penn State women's volleyball team won the NCAA title. The win against No. 2 Texas extended their record-setting winning streak to 102 matches.

After trailing 2-0 entering the third set, the Nittany Lions won the last three sets to win an unprecedented third-consecutive national championship.Penn State, which won 22-25, 20-25, 25-23, 25-21,15-13, has not lost a match since the 2007 season.

Despite excellent play by Destinee Hooker for Texas, the Longhorns could not pull out the win and for the second year in a row ended their season after leading a match 2-0.

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