Penn State now stands alone at the pinnacle of women’s volleyball.

The fifth-seeded Nittany Lions defeated the BYU Cougars in straight sets (25-21, 26-24, 25-14) to win back-to-back national championships and capture their record-breaking seventh title on Saturday night in Chesapeake Energy Arena in Oklahoma City.

Penn State was previously tied with Stanford for the most championships of all-time, but after defeating the Cardinal in the national semifinal, the Lions opened up an opportunity to seize control.

And Saturday, Penn State capitalized in a way that sums up their entire season — with a sweep.

Coach Russ Rose added to his Division I-leading career tally with his 1,161st win at the helm of the Nittany Lions as his team battled BYU, ending its Cinderella-like run through the tournament. The unseeded Cougars knocked off four seeded teams before Penn State denied them their fairytale ending.

BYU entered the match as the nation’s leading blocking team, but that meant little to Penn State, which outblocked the Cougars in the Lions’ 31st 3-0 victory on the year.

Senior setter and AVCA National Player of the Year Micha Hancock set the Lions to a .233 clip with 36 assists. She ends her historic Penn State career with 380 aces after getting one on Saturday, the most in NCAA history and just 20 minutes away from her home in Edmond, Oklahoma.

"It's just weird to be an alumni, but it's a great way to end my career," Hancock told reporters following the match.

Redshirt junior Aiyana Whitney and junior Megan Courtney continued their impressive NCAA tournament performances with 11 kills each. AVCA Freshman of the Year Ali Frantti had six kills in her freshman finale. Courtney also had five blocks and 14 digs on the night.

Additionally, on the defensive end, senior Nia Grant added four blocks to go with her nine kills and senior libero Dominique Gonzalez had 16 digs for the Lions. One of those digs actually turned into a kill as her diving effort glided over the net into to an unhittable position. Senior defensive specialist Lacey Fuller had another marquee acrobatic display as she slid across the floor frequently and turned out six digs in her final match.

The opening set started with a 3-0 run for the Cougars before Penn State could respond through Grant. The Lions utilized a three-point streak of their own to take the lead, 7-6. BYU would tie the match one point later, but from then on, the Lions controlled the set after a series of errors from the Cougars. BYU held off two set points before Courtney put down a kill to seal it for the Lions at 25-21.

The second set was back-and-forth until BYU took five-of-six points to take a 12-8 lead. The Cougars maintained their lead, but let the Lions linger. This was largely in part because of uncharacteristic errors from BYU. The Cougars actually registered more kills than the Lions in the frame (18-16).

Despite a rather unimpressive performance, Penn State found itself with a set-point opportunity, but BYU’s attack landed in play to tie the match at 24-24. However, that effort would be for naught as an error from the Cougars and a block from Hancock and Big Ten Freshman of the Year Haleigh Washington seized the set for Penn State.

Out of the break, Penn State asserted its dominance.

Courtney and Whitney were fairly quiet in the second, but came to life in the third. Penn State lead 10-6 early on and ran off six-of-seven points, solidifying the Lions lead. Courtney pounded three-consecutive Penn State points late in the third to encapsulate her dominant performance in Oklahoma City. The nation’s best serving team concluded its quest all too fittingly as Gonzalez’s serve hit the tape on the top of the net and fell untouched for an ace.

Penn State is now 7-3 in its 10 national championship tilts, winning its last seven in-a-row. With the victory Saturday, the Lions have claimed six of the past eight national titles.

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