How about 100 in a row ?

by Joseph Birmingham

Saturday December 12, 2009 

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The Penn State women’s volleyball team just keeps on winning.    In the NCAA Gainesville Regional Finals, they beat California to extend their record to 36-0.  The victory also marked the 100th consecutive victory for the team dating back to 2007 and was coach Ruse Rose’s 999th career victory.

Senior Megan Hodge was named the Most Outstanding Player for the region and the  team moves on to the semi finals and play next on Thursday where Coach Rose will get the chance to record his 1,000 coaching victory.  On September 15, 2007 they recorded their last loss.  Then it was September 21, 2007 when he recorded his 900th victory, becoming the third NCAA division I coach to ever accomplish that, and he now has the highest winning percentage ever in NCAA history at 999-159 or an .863 winning percentage.

He has coached there since 1979, another coach with a history of longevity at the Big Ten school, and has won three national championships, in 1999, 2007 and 2008.  This year he is poised to take his team to a threepeat, even though many say the 2008 team was better than this years squad, in fact at 38-0 some say it was the best team in NCAA history.  But for the 2009 team to go unbeaten indicates they are still pretty good !!

All of us here at www.phillysportsblogs.com congratulate the Penn State Nittany Lions women’s volleyball team on this historic achievement and will be rooting for them to cruise through the semi final round and win their third straight national title.   On Thirsday they meet their next opponent, either Hawaii or Michigan.  I have a feeling the result will be more of the same, another win en route to another trophy to go in the Happy Valley display case.

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