On Thursday night in the fourth set in the semifinal of the NCAA tournament, Penn State was one point away from ending a six-game losing streak against Nebraska and punching its ticket to another appearance in the national championship.
Tori Gorrell went to kill the ball to send Penn State to the championship game and she tripped over a teammate’s foot as the ball fell harmlessly to the floor and Nebraska received the point.
Nebraska went on to take the fourth set and capitalized on a multitude of Nittany Lion errors in the fifth set to end Penn State’s season and win its seventh straight game over Penn State.