Match Day: #5 Penn State vs. #1 Stanford

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From Akbar's post on VolleyTalk:

Bench favors PSU

Coaching favors PSU



My projected lineup



PSU .469 on the season

Weiskircher S

Detering S/OPP

Thelen MH

Washington MH

Lee OH

Frantti OH

Gorrell OPP

White Lib

Pierce DS



If 5-1 Weiskircher sets and Pierce DS's for Gorrell



Stanford .299 on season

Gray S

Plummer OPP

Hentz Lib

McClure OH

Alade MH


From lionsfan's fabulous post here on DigNittanyVolleyball Forum:

The Rivalry: Round 20

The storied rivalry between the sport’s two premier programs continues this Friday (barring any cancellation/rescheduling due to Hurricane Harvey), with fresh #1 Stanford looking to knot the series at 10 wins each. Here’s a look at the history between these two teams:



Dec. 10, 1992 (Champaign, Ill.; NCAA Regional Semis): #2 Stanford defeats #9 Penn State 15-13, 15-6, 15-13

Aug. 23, 1997 (Palo Alto): #2 Penn State defeats #1 Stanford 15-8, 15-13, 15-9

Sept. 6, 1997 (Storrs, Conn.): #1 Penn State defeats #3 Stanford 14-16, 15-6, 15-12, 15-7

Dec. 20, 1997 (Spokane, Wash.; NCAA Championship): #3 Stanford defeats #2 Penn State 15-10, 15-6, 2-15, 15-17, 15-9

Dec. 18, 1999 (Honolulu, NCAA Championship): #1 Penn State defeats #2 Stanford 15-2, 15-10, 15-7

Sept. 4, 2001 (State College): #9 Stanford defeats #4 Penn State 28-30, 30-26, 30-16, 30-23

Sept. 10, 2004 (Palo Alto): #7 Penn State defeats #12 Stanford 31-29, 23-30, 30-25, 26-30, 15-12

Aug. 26, 2005 (Omaha): #3 Stanford defeats #5 Penn State 30-24, 30-24, 28-30, 23-30, 15-10

Sept. 15, 2007 (New Haven, Conn.): #2 Stanford defeats #3 Penn State 30-23, 23-30, 27-30, 30-28, 15-9

Dec. 15, 2007 (Sacramento; NCAA Championship): #1 Penn State defeats #4 Stanford 30-25, 30-26, 23-30, 19-30, 15-8

Dec. 20, 2008 (Omaha; NCAA Championship): #1 Penn State defeats #2 Stanford 25-20, 26-24, 25-23

Sept. 11, 2010 (Gainesville, Fla.): #2 Stanford defeats #1 Penn State 28-26, 25-12, 25-18

Sept. 9, 2011 (Palo Alto): #3 Stanford defeats #2 Penn State 23-25, 25-19, 27-25, 25-18

Aug. 31, 2012 (State College): #4 Penn State defeats #9 Stanford 25-13, 25-27, 25-23, 23-25, 15-13

Dec. 14, 2013 (Lexington, Ky.; NCAA Regional Final): #2 Penn State defeats #3 Stanford 22-25, 25-22, 28-26, 18-25, 15-11

Sept. 5, 2014 (Palo Alto): #2 Stanford defeats #1 Penn State 18-25, 25-23, 25-22, 16-25, 15-10

Dec. 19, 2014 (Oklahoma City; NCAA Final Four): #4 Penn State defeats #1 Stanford 25-16, 23-25, 25-22, 25-21

Sept. 5, 2015 (State College): #1 Penn State defeats #2 Stanford 25-21, 25-22, 25-18

Sept. 4, 2016 (Boulder, Colo.): #9 Stanford defeats #13 Penn State 26-24, 25-18, 25-22

Sept. 1, 2017 (College Station, Texas): #1 Stanford vs. #5 Penn State



Penn State and Stanford: By the Numbers



     209 NCAA tournament match wins between the two programs*

     157 times one of these programs has been ranked #1**

      15 times the teams have both been ranked in the Top 5 when meeting (including this year)

      14 national titles between the two programs

      13 times the teams have met on neutral ground (including this year)

       7 times a team swept (4-3 Penn State)

       6 times the teams have met as No. 1 and No. 2

       4 meetings in Palo Alto

       3 meetings in State College

       2 streaks broken in the series***

       2 times in their entire series history that a team was not in the Top 10 when they played each other (2004, #12 Stanford; 2016, #13 Penn State)



Notes:

*Penn State has 94 tournament game wins, while Stanford has 115…including a consolation match win over Pacific in 1983 for 3rd place.

**Penn State has been ranked #1 a total of 88 times in the poll, Stanford 69 times. Only Nebraska (98 times) has more.

***In the season-opening match of 1997, Penn State broke Stanford’s 50-match home win streak at Maples; in their 2010 meeting, Stanford broke Penn State’s 109-match win streak (a streak that started the match after Penn State’s regular-season loss to Stanford in 2007).



Stanford’s Top Competition

Not many programs can claim they have a winning record over the Cardinal—in fact, there are only four. Here are the only five programs that Stanford does not hold a winning record over:



St. Louis (0-1) .000

Michigan (2-3) .400

Hawaii (13-19) .406

Penn State (9-10) .474

Nebraska (6-6) .500