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December 22, 1997

Championships summaries

Division I-AA football

Semifinals: Youngstown St. 25, Eastern Wash. 14; McNeese St. 23, Delaware 21.

Final (December 20 at Chattanooga, Tennessee): Youngstown St. (12-2) vs. McNeese St. (13-1).

Division I women's volleyball

Regionals: At Penn St. -- Penn St. def. Ohio St., 15-4, 15-4, 15-10; Brigham Young def. Texas A&M, 15-12, 7-15, 17-15, 13-15, 16-14; Penn St. def. Brigham Young, 15-0, 15-12, 15-10.

At Wisconsin -- Wisconsin def. Notre Dame, 9-15, 15-12, 18-16, 15-11; Florida def. Washington St., 15-10, 15-6, 15-8; Florida def. Wisconsin, 8-15, 14-16, 15-7, 15-11, 15-5.

At Long Beach St.-- Long Beach St. def. Washington, 15-4, 15-5, 15-13; Nebraska def. Southern Cal, 15-13, 12-15, 14-16, 15-7, 15-12; Long Beach St. def. Nebraska, 15-9, 15-9, 15-3.

At Stanford -- Stanford def. Colorado, 15-7, 15-3, 15-1; UC Santa Barb. def. Texas, 15-13, 16-14, 15-6; Stanford def. UC Santa Barb., 15-12, 15-12, 15-3.

Semifinals (December 18 at Spokane, Washington): Penn St. (33-1) vs. Florida (34-1); Long Beach St. (33-1) vs. Stanford (31-2). Final December 20 at Spokane, Washington.