 Fien |  Haggerty |  Player name |
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1 2 3
Penn State (4) 25 25 25
NEBRASKA (10) 21 15 16
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The Huskers finished the regular season 20-9 overall and 14-6 in the Big Ten. Penn State finished 30-3 overall and 18-2 in the Big Ten.
Kelsey Fien had a team-high 10 kills. Meghan Haggerty added seven kills, her most in her last 17 matches. Alicia Ostrander also added seven kills. Mary Pollmiller had 25 assists, and Justine Wong-Orantes had 13 digs.
Nebraska hit .133 for the match, while Penn State hit .257. The Nittany Lions served up eight aces, a season high by a Husker foe. All-American setter Micha Hancock had four in the first eight points of the match. She added 33 set assists. Ali Frantti had a match-high 17 kills.
Hancock, the NCAA leader in service aces with 105 entering the match, began her Senior Night with two straight aces and added two more in her run to spark Penn State to an 8-0 lead in set one. But the Huskers got out of the serve with an Amber Rolfzen kill and ripped off a 10-3 run to cut the deficit to 11-10. Haggerty had two kills and a block with Fien to boost the Huskers back into the set. But Penn State came back with four straight points to go up 15-10 at the media timeout, the last point coming on its fifth service ace of the set. Fien recorded two kills out of the timeout to get Nebraska back within 15-13. After Penn State built the lead to 21-17, the Huskers came back to within 21-19 on a kill by Haggerty and a big swing by Pollmiller after a set from Sydney Townsend. After a Penn State timeout, the Nittany Lions went in the net to trim their lead to 21-20. Haleigh Washington killed for a 22-20 lead, and Lacey Fuller served up an ace to make it 23-20. The Nittany Lions held on for the 25-21 win.
The Huskers took a 3-1 lead in the second set but Penn State rallied to go up 6-3. Later, three kills by Frantti and a Dominique Gonzalez ace gave the Nittany Lions a 14-7 lead, and they pushed it to 18-9 before the Huskers' second timeout of the set. Penn State finished off the 25-15 win to take the second set, hitting .419 after hitting just .105 in the first set. Meanwhile, after hitting .290 in set one, NU cooled off to a .061 hitting percentage in set two.
Penn State got off to another quick start in set three, taking a 6-2 lead after a 5-0 run. Kills by Haggerty and Fien pulled the Huskers back within 9-6, and another Haggerty kill followed by a PSU hitting error cut it to 14-12. But Penn State closed the set on an 11-4 run to win 25-16.
The 2014 NCAA Tournament Selection Show will air on ESPNU on Sunday at 7:30 p.m. The first and second round begins next weekend. Should the Huskers be selected to host the first and second round at the Bob Devaney Sports Center, tickets would go on sale online at Huskers.com on Sunday at 9 p.m.