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[ Updated Monday, Nov. 5, 2001 ]

Volleyball responds to loss

Russ Rose's troops deal a 3-0 sweep to Big Ten bottom feeder Purdue.

[ From Friday, Nov. 2, 2001 ]

Unfamiliar attack

Unnamed disorder is one foe Guokas has yet to conquer

Bouncing back

Not that a week or so of practice is going to fix anything, but the Penn State women's volleyball team would probably like a little more time than they have to recover from Wednesday's pasting at the hands of No. 10 Ohio State.

[ From Thursday, Nov. 1, 2001 ]

Buckeyes' win busts Lady Lions bubble

The Penn State women's volleyball team's win over No. 7 Wisconsin last Saturday was supposed to be a turning point. Last night's 3-0 loss to No. 10 Ohio State at Rec Hall proved that it was nothing of the sort.

PSU win makes Big Ten a race again

Just when it seemed like No. 7 Wisconsin was going to run away and hide with the Big Ten women's volleyball championship, No. 11 Penn State's upset made sure there will be at least somewhat of a race for the 2001 Big Ten title.

[ From Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2001 ]

Buckeyes next up for Lions' revenge

Next up on the redemption slate: No. 10 Ohio State.

[ From Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2001 ]

True freshman Pederson shines in Lions' upset

And you thought Zack Mills was the only clutch freshman at Penn State. Saturday night, Ashley Pederson, hopped onto the court in game two of Penn State's 3-2 win over No. 7 Wisconsin.

Freshman jumpstarts volleyball

Twice in two weekends, freshmen have helped Penn State teams defeat Northwestern. Last Saturday it was Nittany Lion freshman quarterback Zack Mills. This weekend, it was Penn State women's volleyball outside hitter Syndie Nadeau.

[ From Friday, Oct. 26, 2001 ]

Women's volleyball team runs into familiar situation

Reeling from a tough loss, the team needs a win to get things back on track. Once again, the first team standing in their way will be Northwestern tonight.

[ From Thursday, Oct. 25, 2001 ]

Badgers emerge as Big Ten favorite at midway point

Midway through the Big Ten women's volleyball season, the improbable has happened: there is a clear-cut favorite.

[ From Monday, Oct. 22, 2001 ]

Uninspired play keys road loss

The phenomenal home court advantage of the Big Ten claimed another victim this week in the Penn State women's volleyball team.

[ From Friday, Oct. 19, 2001 ]

Lions focus on strengths to get ready for Michigan, MSU

It's the stuff coaches crave. The very part of the game they thrive on. For any team to be successful, they have to play to their strengths," said Penn State women's volleyball head coach Russ Rose.

[ From Thursday, Oct. 18, 2001 ]

Heavy burden to carry

After one of the most intense practices of the year, Mishka Levy walks over to the cooler, fills a cup with just a squirt of water, and gulps it in one quick motion. She crushes the cup and tosses it in the wastebasket.

Big Ten road wins tough to accomplish in first half of season

Women's volleyball teams in the Big Ten have brought new meaning to the saying "Home, sweet home."

[ From Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2001 ]

Lions trying to show a more diversified offense

Penn State survives an off night by Katie Schumacher thanks to balanced frontline play.

Former star Anderson back home in Rec Hall

As Lindsay Anderson walked into Rec Hall on Friday night, memories of her storied career at Penn State came flooding back.

Ex-Lions return to Rec Hall

Two former Penn State volleyball players were in town as Minnesota assistant coaches.

[ From Monday, Oct. 15, 2001 ]

Building blocks

Building a team is a series of steps. Step one for the No. 11 Penn State women's volleyball team was to improve passing. Step two was to increase communication on the floor.

[ From Friday, Oct. 12, 2001 ]

Lions eye Gophers rematch

Last season Minnesota came to town and put a stop to the Penn State women's volleyball team's streak of 87 straight match victories at Rec Hall. The No. 11 Lions will have a score to settle tonight at 7.

[ From Thursday, Oct. 11, 2001 ]

Badgers asserting themselves in Big Ten

After three weeks of Big Ten women's volleyball, there is a clear front-runner. Wisconsin is the lone undefeated team in conference play after sweeping Penn State and previously unbeaten Ohio State last weekend.

[ From Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2001 ]

Volleyball responds to setback with win

After a team gets pummeled, there's sometimes no better remedy than going out and pounding a few lesser teams.

Freshmen get chance to shine

Against an overmatched Youngstown State, young Lions showed their mettle in Rec Hall.

[ From Friday, Oct. 5, 2001 ]

Women's volleyball looks for redemption

For the No. 10 Penn State women's volleyball team, this weekend's trip to Wisconsin and Northwestern takes on extra meaning.

[ From Monday, Oct. 1, 2001 ]

Women's volleyball tops Purdue

The Penn State side of the scoreboard ticked up and up Saturday night in Rec Hall, and for once it wasn't all Katie Schumacher's doing.

Edwards posts career-high in kills vs. Boilers

The fifth-year senior helps to take the offensive burden off Katie Shumacher.

[ From Friday, Sept. 28, 2001 ]

Women's volleyball team focuses on Boilermakers

Though the Boilermakers haven't defeated the Lions since 1987, Penn State woman's volleyball coach Russ Rose is fully aware that his team can not afford to be stuck thinking about their last game when playing a Big Ten team.

[ From Thursday, Sept. 27, 2001 ]

Buckeyes too much for Lions to handle

It seemed as though both teams in last night's Penn State-Ohio State women's volleyball match were suffering schizophrenia.

[ From Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2001 ]

Nittany Lions take on undefeated Buckeyes

The balance of power in Big Ten women's volleyball will get an early tilt to it tonight when No. 6 Penn State takes on No. 15 Ohio State at St. John Arena at 7.

[ From Monday, Sept. 24, 2001 ]

Illini, Hoosiers come up short

Prior to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, singing the "Star-Spangled Banner" was a mere formality. You thought nothing of it. Friday night at Rec Hall, the 2,141 fans in attendance stood and sang the national anthem as one. And then there was volleyball.

Smith steps up offensively and defensively for Nittany Lions

Though their outside hitters have been adequate at terminating the ball this season, the Penn State women's volleyball team has gotten a huge offensive boost from another source in middle blocker Cara Smith.

[ From Friday, Sept. 21, 2001 ]

Lady spikers set for start of conference campaign

Ready or not, the time for the Penn State women's volleyball team to pick up its level of play so that it can compete in the Big Ten has come.

Ohio State, Minnesota 'sleepers' of conference

Coaches tire of constant chatter about why their team is good or why it's not and what they'll have to do to improve. They'd rather play and find out than sit and speculate.

[ From Thursday, Sept. 20, 2001 ]

Sexton plays volleyball with reckless abandon

For athletes with true love for their sport, there is nothing more frustrating than having to watch the game from the sidelines while an injury prevents them from getting in the action.

[ From Thursday, Sept. 13, 2001 ]

Eerily Empty

Considering the enormity of the tragedy that has engulfed the nation, Penn State women's volleyball coach Russ Rose found it difficult to consider it significant that neither his team nor any other team at Penn State would be in action this weekend.

[ From Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001 ]

Battered Lions not winning pretty, but still winning

It's been more of a struggle than the Penn State women's volleyball team thought it would be.

[ Updated Monday, Sept. 10, 2001 ]

Volleyball victorious in Classic

Dominant it was not, but the Penn State women's volleyball team managed to escape the Penn State Classic at Rec Hall this weekend unscathed despite playing with a shuffled lineup.

Volleyball fills voids left by injuries

The Lions upped their record to 6-1 by improvising their way to three victories over the weekend playing without outside hitters Hilary Sexton (elbow) and Mishka Levy (foot).

[ From Friday, Sept. 7, 2001 ]

Visitors to face tough task

Here's the challenge facing the George Mason, UNC-Asheville and Rutgers women's volleyball teams this weekend at the Penn State Classic at Rec Hall.

[ From Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2001 ]

Stanford cruises to victory

After the first two games of the Penn State women's volleyball team's showdown last night with Stanford, a titanic clash between superpowers of the east and west seemed to be in the making.

Play by Cardinal's Tom perfectly fits reputation

The Penn State women's volleyball team knew exactly what they were dealing with when Stanford's All-American outside hitter Logan Tom stepped onto the floor: the best player in collegiate volleyball.

[ From Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2001 ]

Lions complete weekend sweep

On a campus reeling from a dismal performance by its football heroes, there was a bright spot this weekend. The No. 3 Lions swept their three opponents and seemed to make a successful adjustment to the newly implemented rally scoring.

Lions rely on experienced players for Penn State Invitational victory

The Penn State women's volleyball team got some impressive performances from their role players at the Penn State Invitational this weekend.

[ From Thursday, Aug. 30, 2001 ]

Hayden solidifies PSU setter position

When the Penn State women's volleyball team had one of the best setters in the country two years ago, they swept Stanford for the national championship.

[ From Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2001 ]

Women's volleyball team rebuilds back row

Although almost all of last year's Penn State women's volleyball team returns for the 2001 campaign, there was one position that did take a hit in the off-season � the back row.

[ From Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2001 ]

Blockers need to step it up

The women's volleyball world knows all about Katie Schumacher and Mishka Levy, Penn State's All-American outside hitters who just might be the best such pair in all of women's volleyball.

[ From Monday, Aug. 27, 2001 ]

Hitters pair kills Lions competition

Though the Penn State women's volleyball team is fairly solid at all positions this year, it is clear that there are two major reasons why they are ranked No. 3 in the country going into the season.

[ From Friday, Aug. 24, 2001 ]

Former player joins Lions' volleyball staff

When Penn State women's volleyball coach Russ Rose found out in June that his assistant coach Erin Appleman would be resigning to take care of her newborn son, he knew he wouldn't have much convincing to do to fill the position.

[ From Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2000 ]

Women's volleyball tries to avert 2000 start

After winning a national title in 1999 and losing in the national title game the previous two seasons, the young players on the Penn State women's volleyball team last season got a small taste of what turmoil was like.

[ From Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2000 ]

Sept. 1 volleyball game rescheduled for 3 p.m.

The Penn State women's volleyball team recently announced that its match on Sept. 1 vs. North Carolina at Rec Hall has been rescheduled for a 3 p.m. start. The match, which is part of the four-team Penn State Invitational, was originally slated to begin at 7 p.m.

[ From Tuesday, July 3, 2001 ]

Former PSU volleyball player hired as coach

Former Nittany Lion volleyball player Julie Miller has been named an assistant coach for the Penn State women�s volleyball team. Head coach Russ Rose made the announcement yesterday.

[ From Monday, Jan. 8, 2001 ]

Nittany Lions fall short at the hands of Southern California

This season, the Nittany Lions fell short of making it back to the Final Four for the first time in four years.

[ From Friday, Dec. 8, 2000 ]

Lions victorious over Colorado State

The Penn State women's volleyball team faced one of its toughest tests this season against Colorado State last night in NCAA Sweet Sixteen.

[ From Thursday, Dec. 7, 2000 ]

Lions to face off with CSU in do-or-die game in Los Angeles

Just five days after advancing to the Sweet Sixteen in the NCAA tournament, the Penn State women's volleyball team will once again head into a do-or-die situation.

2000 schedule of games
State Farm Classic
Aug. 25	UCLA	5 p.m.
Aug. 26	Florida	TBA
Sept. 1	Arkansas	6 p.m.
Sept. 2	at Texas	8 p.m.
Sept. 6	Bucknell	7:30 p.m.
Penn State Invitational
Sept. 8	Rutgers	7:30 p.m.
Sept. 9	Navy	10 a.m.
Sept. 9	James Madison	8 p.m.
Sept. 12	at Villanova	7 p.m.
Penn State Classic
Sept. 15	West Virginia	7:30 p.m.
Sept. 16	Eastern Kentucky	10 a.m.
Sept. 16	Fairfield	8 p.m.
Sept. 22	at Wisconsin	8 p.m.
Sept. 23	at Northwestern	8 p.m.
Sept. 29	Minnesota	7:30 p.m.
Sept. 30	Iowa	7:30 p.m.
Oct. 6	at Michigan State	7 p.m.
Oct. 7	at Michigan	7 p.m.
Oct. 13	Purdue	7:30 p.m.
Oct. 14	Illinois	7:30 p.m.
Oct. 18	Indiana	7:30 p.m.
Oct. 20	at Ohio State	7 p.m.
Oct. 27	Michigan	7:30 p.m.
Oct. 28	Michigan State	7:30 p.m.
Nov. 3	at Iowa	8 p.m.
Nov. 4	at Minnesota	8 p.m.
Nov. 10	Northwestern	7:30 p.m.
Nov. 11	Wisconsin	7:30 p.m.
Nov. 15	at Indiana	7 p.m.
Nov. 18	Ohio State	7:30 p.m.
Nov. 24	at Illinois	8 p.m.
Nov. 25	at Purdue	7 p.m.

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