#1 Penn State Volleyball came into the semi-final match against the #5 Nebraska Cornhuskers Women’s Volleyball team having lost only once all year, to Nebraska in University Park, Pennsylvania. Aside from that match, Penn State had looked nearly invincible all year. By the end of the night on Thursday, December 14, Penn State was 0-2 for the season against Nebraska, and 33-0 against everyone else. Nebraska won 3-2 (25-18, 23-25, 24-26, 28-26, 15-11).
This five-set thriller in Kansas City marked the five set marked the seventh straight win for the Huskers over the Nittany Lions, and moved the Huskers to 8-3 all-time in tournament matches over Penn State.