No.11 Penn State traveled to California this weekend to take on Pac-12 champion and national powerhouse No. 3 Stanford in the quarterfinals of this year’s NCAA tournament.
While slow starts have been a bit of an issue for the Nittany Lions in the past, they started this match on fire, building a lead early in the first set. A 4-0 run by Stanford brought it a bit closer, but Russ Rose responded promptly with a quick timeout call to give Penn State a minute to catch its breath.
However, Rose’s efforts were to no avail, as a 6-2 Stanford run directly following the timeout gave the Cardinal a win on the set.