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Penn State women’s volleyball prepares for NCAA first round

With three straight wins to conclude the regular season, Penn State is preparing to extend its win streak into the postseason. Securing a spot in the 2016 NCAA tournament, the No. 13 Nittany Lions (22-9, 13-6 Big Ten) have only two more days to prepare to host both the first and second rounds in Rec Hall.

“I’m responsible for the preseason schedule, the Big Ten is responsible for the conference schedule and the NCAA puts together the NCAA tournaments,” coach Russ Rose said. “I thought the preseason schedule gave us a glimpse of some of the good things and challenges that we had, and the Big Ten season was incredibly difficult this year with three teams that were taking turns at being No.