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For Immediate Release
Contact: Jen Armson-Women's Volleyball Contact
Penn State Sports Information
Ph. 814/865-1757, Fax: 814/863-3165
E-mail: jma19@...

                    
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., May 13, 2004 - Matches against nine teams that competed in the 2003 NCAA Tournament, including four that finished the season ranked among the top 25 teams in the nation, highlight the 2004 Penn State women's volleyball schedule.

Stanford, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Illinois ended the 2003 season ranked in the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Top 25 poll while Brigham Young, San Francisco, Northwestern, Michigan and Michigan State also received bids to last season's NCAA Tournament.

Penn State holds a 312-67 record over opponents it will face in the 2004 season, including a 221-39 Big Ten record since joining the conference in 1991. The schedule also features a first-time meeting in women's volleyball, as the Nittany Lions will take on Eastern Washington for the first time in series history.

The Nittany Lions host two preseason tournaments and travel to one for their non-conference schedule. Rutgers, Quinnipiac and Brigham Young travel to Happy Valley on Sept. 3-4 for the Penn State Invitational before the Nittany Lions head west to the Stanford Invitational on Sept. 10-11 for matches with San Francisco, Eastern Washington and the host Cardinal. Penn State closes out its preseason slate with the Penn State Classic on Sept. 17-18 with contests against Maryland-Baltimore County, Yale and West Virginia.

The Big Ten schedule opens Sept. 24 at Northwestern before the Nittany Lions take on Wisconsin on Sunday, Sept. 26 at 1:00 p.m. CT. Iowa and Minnesota visit Penn State on Oct. 1-2 for the first conference home weekend and Michigan and Michigan State travel to Happy Valley on Oct. 15-16 with Ohio State coming to town on Wednesday, Oct. 20. Penn State closes out the home Big Ten schedule on Nov. 20 against Illinois and finishes out the regular-season at Michigan State and Michigan on Nov. 26-27.

September
3-4    Fri.-Sat.       hosts Penn State Invitational (Penn State football home vs. Akron on Sat., Sept. 4)
     3       Fri.    Brigham Young vs. Quinnipiac    University Park, Pa.    5:00 p.m.
       3       Fri.    vs. Rutgers     University Park, Pa.    7:30 p.m.
       4       Sat.    vs. Quinnipiac  University Park, Pa.    10:00 a.m.
      4       Sat.    Brigham Young vs. Rutgers       University Park, Pa.    1:00 p.m.
       4       Sat.    Rutgers vs. Quinnipiac  University Park, Pa.    4:00 p.m.
       4       Sat.    vs. Brigham Young       University Park, Pa.    7:30 p.m.

10-11  Fri.-Sat.       at Stanford Invitational
        10      Fri.    vs. San Francisco       Stanford, Calif.        5:00 p.m.
       11      Sat.    vs. Eastern Washington  Stanford, Calif.        1:00 p.m.
       11      Sat.    at Stanford     Stanford, Calif.        7:00 p.m.

17-18  Fri.-Sat.       hosts Penn State Classic (Penn State football home vs. Central Florida on Sat., Sept. 18)
       17      Fri.    Yale vs. West Virginia  University Park, Pa.    5:00 p.m.
       17      Fri.    vs. Maryland-Baltimore County   University Park, Pa.    7:30 p.m.
       18      Sat.    vs. Yale        University Park, Pa.    10:00 a.m.
      18      Sat.    West Virginia vs. UMBC  University Park, Pa.    1:00 p.m.
       18      Sat.    UMBC vs. Yale   University Park, Pa.    4:00 p.m.
       18      Sat.    vs. West Virginia       University Park, Pa.    7:30 p.m.

       24      Fri.    at Northwestern Evanston, Ill.  7:00 p.m.
       26      Sun.    at Wisconsin    Madison, Wis.   1:00 p.m.
(Penn State football at Wisconsin on Sat., Sept. 25)

october
    1       Fri.    vs. Iowa        University Park, Pa.    7:00 p.m.
       2       Sat.    vs. Minnesota   University Park, Pa.    7:00 p.m.
       8       Fri.    at Purdue       West Lafayette, Ind.    7:00 p.m.
       9       Sat.    at Indiana      Bloomington, Ind.       7:00 p.m.
       15      Fri.    vs. Michigan    University Park, Pa.    7:00 p.m.
       16      Sat.    vs. Michigan State      University Park, Pa.    7:00 p.m.

        20      Wed.    vs. Ohio State  University Park, Pa.    7:00 p.m.
       22      Fri.    at Illinois     Champaign, Ill. 7:00 p.m.
       29      Fri.    vs. Indiana     University Park, Pa.    7:00 p.m.
       30      Sat.    vs. Purdue      University Park, Pa.    7:00 p.m.

November
       5       Fri.    at Minnesota    Minneapolis, Minn.      7:00 p.m.
       6       Sat.    at Iowa Iowa City, Iowa 7:00 p.m.
       12      Fri.    vs. Wisconsin   University Park, Pa.    7:00 p.m.
       13      Sat.    vs. Northwestern        University Park, Pa.    7:00 p.m.
       17      Wed.    at Ohio State   Columbus, Ohio  7:00 p.m.
       20      Sat.    vs. Illinois    University Park, Pa.    7:00 p.m.
(Penn State football home vs. Michigan State on Sat., Nov. 20)
26      Fri.    at Michigan State       East Lansing, Mich.     7:00 p.m.
       27      Sat.    at Michigan     Ann Arbor, Mich.        7:00 p.m.

December
       2-5     Thur.-Sun.      NCAA First and Second Rounds    Campus Sites

    10-12   Fri.-Sun.       NCAA Regionals  Louisville, Ky., Minneapolis, Minn.,
                            Seattle, Wash., Green Bay, Wis.

16      Thurs.  NCAA National Semifinals        Long Beach, Calif.
      18      Sat.    NCAA National Championship      Long Beach, Calif.

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