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    Stanford completes worst-to-first journey in men’s volleyball

    May 10, 2010 8:56:38 AM


    The NCAA News

     

    Stanford puts away a shot during its championship-game win over Penn State.

    Stanford completed an unlikely three-year journey from a 3-25 season in 2007 to a national championship in 2010 with a dominating 3-0 victory over Penn State in the finals of the National Collegiate Men's Volleyball Championship on Saturday. [More]

    Semifinals – Penn St. def. Cal St. Northridge, 30-21, 30-23, 30-28; Stanford def. Ohio St., 30-25, 30-26, 30-17.

    Championship match

    Stanford def. Penn St., 30-25, 30-20, 30-18.

    Penn St. K E TA Pct. A SA D TB
    Edgardo Goas 2 0 4 .500 38 0 2 1
    Max Lipsitz 10 1 20 .450 0 0 1 2
    Nick Turko 2 0 4 .500 0 0 0 1
    Will Price 15 6 40 .225 0 2 4 2
    Ryan Wolf 0 5 8 -.625 1 1 0 0
    Joe Sunder 12 4 29 .276 0 0 5 2
    Thomas Pereira 0 1 1 -1.000 0 0 0 0
    Dennis Del Valle 0 0 0 .000 1 0 12 0
    Alan Mars 1 1 2 .000 0 0 0 1
    Totals 42 18 108 .222 40 3 24 9

     

    Stanford K E TA Pct. A SA D TB
    Gus Ellis 4 0 8 .500 1 0 1 2

    Evan Romero    		 11 5 26 .231 1 1 6 1
    Spencer McLachlin 12 3 23 .391 2 0 4 0
    Brad Lawson 24 1 28 .821 0 4 5 3
    Kawika Shoji 2 0 5 .400 47 0 10 4
    Garrett Werner 3 0 5 .600 0 0 2 6
    Erik Shoji 0 0 0 .000 3 0 10 0
    Jake Kneller 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
    Jason Palacios 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0
    Totals 56 9 95 .495 54 5 38 16