Post by nyline on Dec 17, 2017 15:26:26 GMT -5
We've posted an updated table, showing the W-L records (matches and sets) for the Final Four teams in the NCAA Tournament 1998 through 2017. Here's the link:
www.dignittanyvolleyball.com/updated-final-4-records-1998-2017-click-logos-for-more-team-info/
Depending on your point of view, Penn State fans might take some solace from the fact that this year’s team won more matches (33) and lost fewer sets (22) than any of the other Final Four teams. That doesn’t change the fact that they lost their last match, but it does highlight what a great season they had. And Penn State fans can take pride at the Nittany Lions’ very impressive records during the 2007 to 2010 period, coming close to perfection in 2008, with a 38-0 record and dropping only two sets all season (those two coming in the classic NCAA Semifinal match against Nebraska in Omaha), en route to winning a second consecutive NCAA Division 1 Women’s Volleyball National Championship. The 2009 Penn State team extended the Nittany Lions’ streak of consecutive sets without a loss to 141, before losing a set to Iowa at Rec Hall on October 2, 2009.
There’s also the fact that only four NCAA Champions in this sample dropped fewer than 10 sets in their Championship season — and two of those were Penn State teams during its four-year run. The Nittany Lions won 114 sets and dropped only 2 in 2008, and won 114 sets in 2009, while dropping only 8. In 1998, Long Beach State went 108-8, and in 2003, USC went 105-8. The most sets lost by a Final Four team through 2016? Wisconsin’s 2013 Finalist, with 53.
But you don’t need us to compare the statistics — you can do that for yourself by taking a look at the table, which lists the records of all the NCAA Women’s Volleyball Final Four teams from 1998 on — total wins, total losses, sets won, and sets lost. If you click on a team’s logo, it should take you straight to the team’s website. (Let us know if a link is broken)
www.dignittanyvolleyball.com/updated-final-4-records-1998-2017-click-logos-for-more-team-info/
Depending on your point of view, Penn State fans might take some solace from the fact that this year’s team won more matches (33) and lost fewer sets (22) than any of the other Final Four teams. That doesn’t change the fact that they lost their last match, but it does highlight what a great season they had. And Penn State fans can take pride at the Nittany Lions’ very impressive records during the 2007 to 2010 period, coming close to perfection in 2008, with a 38-0 record and dropping only two sets all season (those two coming in the classic NCAA Semifinal match against Nebraska in Omaha), en route to winning a second consecutive NCAA Division 1 Women’s Volleyball National Championship. The 2009 Penn State team extended the Nittany Lions’ streak of consecutive sets without a loss to 141, before losing a set to Iowa at Rec Hall on October 2, 2009.
There’s also the fact that only four NCAA Champions in this sample dropped fewer than 10 sets in their Championship season — and two of those were Penn State teams during its four-year run. The Nittany Lions won 114 sets and dropped only 2 in 2008, and won 114 sets in 2009, while dropping only 8. In 1998, Long Beach State went 108-8, and in 2003, USC went 105-8. The most sets lost by a Final Four team through 2016? Wisconsin’s 2013 Finalist, with 53.
But you don’t need us to compare the statistics — you can do that for yourself by taking a look at the table, which lists the records of all the NCAA Women’s Volleyball Final Four teams from 1998 on — total wins, total losses, sets won, and sets lost. If you click on a team’s logo, it should take you straight to the team’s website. (Let us know if a link is broken)
