STANFORD, Calif. -- The No. 11 overall seed Penn State women's volleyball team will play Cincinnati in the NCAA Regional Final at 8 p.m. (ET) on Friday at Stanford's Maples Pavilion. The match will stream on ESPN3 and on the ESPN app.
The winner of Penn State-Cincinnati will play the winner of Friday's other Regional Semifinal between Stanford and Utah in the Regional Final on Saturday at 10 p.m. (ET). That match will air live on ESPNU. Tiffany Greene and Miss Whittmore will be on the call for both matches.
Fans can also listen to Penn State's match(es) this weekend at GoPSUSports.com. David Hadar and Dean Devore will be on the call.
Penn State advanced to the Regional Final with wins over Princeton and Towson on the opening weekend of the tournament. The Lions are 26-5 overall and ranked eighth in the country after finishing in a tie for second in the Big Ten and earning hosting rights for their First and Second Round matches.
Cincinnati is 27-6 on the season, including wins over VCU and No. 6 overall seed Pittsburgh in the first two rounds of the tournament. The Bearcats are led by Jordan Thompson, a redshirt senior who had 50 kills in a match against UConn earlier this season.
The Lions are 5-0 in the all-time series with the Bearcats, but the teams haven't played since 2003. They met once in the NCAA Tournament. It was the first NCAA Tournament match for both programs back in 1981.
Penn State is competing in the NCAA Tournament for a 39th consecutive season. The Lions are the only team to compete in every NCAA Tournament, while Russ Rose is the only head coach to lead a team in all 39 tournaments.
