NCAA MEN'S VOLLEYBALL: BRUINS RECORD 19TH TITLE UCLA BEATS PENN STATE IN 3 GAMES.Byline: Staff and Wire Services STATE COLLEGE, Pa. -- Steve v. t. 1. To pack or stow, as cargo in a ship's hold. See Steeve. Klosterman and Damien Scott helped UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX win its NCAA-record 19th volleyball volleyball, outdoor or indoor ball and net game played on a level court. An upright net, 3 ft (or 1 m) high, the top of which stands 8 ft (2.43 m) from the ground for men, 7 ft 4 1/8 in (2. title Saturday Saturday: see week; Sabbath. , leading the Bruins to a 30-27, 30-27, 30-27 victory over Penn State. ``I'm I'm Contraction of I am. Our Living Language Speakers of some scattered varieties of American English sometimes use I'm instead of I've or I have in present perfect constructions, as in very proud of this team,'' UCLA coach Al Scates Al Scates (born 9 June 1939) is an American former volleyball player and is the current volleyball coach of the UCLA Bruins of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation. Scates, in his 44th year as the coach of the Bruins, is the winningest volleyball coach in the history of the NCAA, said. ``Actually I have to count this as one of the best championships I've ever coached because our team was 5-9 in the league and these guys never doubted we could do this.'' ``They worked so hard for this all year and believed in each other and that really made a difference. They get down, and they just have a lot of fight in them. Klosterman had 14 kills and seven digs and Damien Scott added 12 kills for the Bruins (26-12) in their 14th straight victory. Matt Proper led the Nittany Lions The Nittany Lion is the mascot of the Pennsylvania State University in State College, Pennsylvania and its athletic teams. It refers to the mountain lions that once roamed nearby the school, and to Mount Nittany, a local landmark. (21-9) with 13 kills and Dan O'Dell had a game-high 39 assists for the Lions, who hit just 15.7 percent. In contrast, UCLA hit almost 30 percent and finished with 16 blocks to Penn State's nine. Trailing 19-12 in the second game, the Bruins used two 5-1 runs and took their first lead at 28-27 on Klosterman's ace. UCLA scored the final fourpoints to take the game. ``(Quick hitter) Jamie Diefenbach came in and got a few blocks and we started getting on a run,'' Scott said. ``It was new energy that came out onto the court and we got fired up. I think that helped a lot. We got a couple aces and a couple hitting errors on their team helped us to come back from the eight-point deficit.'' In the third game, the Bruins and Lions traded points early before Penn State grabbed a three-point lead at 23-20 on a UCLA net violation. From there, UCLA got kills from Klosterman, Scott and Nick Sheftic to pull ahead 29-25. UCLA made its 24th appearance in the title game, also a record, despite starting just 12-12 and having the second-most losses ever for a Bruins team. The 12 losses are the most ever for an NCAA NCAA abbr. National Collegiate Athletic Association champion since the start of the tournament in 1970. ``It's very satisfying,'' Scates said. ``This team did not get very much respect. We didn't even have a first or second team all-league player and of course no All-Americans so it was very satisfying to win this, perhaps the most satisfying win that we've had. I think we have a little dynasty An application development system for enterprise client/server environments from Dynasty Technologies, Inc., Houston, TX (www.dynasty.com). Introduced in 1993, it is a repository-driven system that supports Windows, Mac and Motif clients and NT, OS/2 and major Unix servers and databases. going at UCLA. We're looking to continue that for a few more years.'' UCLA won the NCAA championship on its opponent's home floor for the third time, defeating UC-Santa Barbara 3-2 in 1974 and Penn State 3-0 in 1982. Klosterman was selected the Most Outstanding Player of the championship. He was joined on the All-Tournament Team by teammates Scott and Dennis Gonzalez, Penn State's O'Dell, Proper and Nate Meerstein and UC Irvine's Jayson Jablonsky. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: From left, Dennis Gonzalez, Nick Scheftic and Damien Scott celebrate UCLA's title victory. Carolyn Kaster/Associated Press |
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