Penn State sweeps for repeat title

Megan Hodge had 16 kills, and Penn State ended its perfect season with a second straight NCAA volleyball championship, sweeping Stanford 25-20, 26-24, 25-23 on Saturday night in Omaha, Neb. Penn State (38-0) won its NCAA-record 64th straight match since a September 2007 loss to Stanford.

Stanford (31-4), playing in the championship match for a record 14th time, became the first team to lose in the final three years in a row.

Penn State spotted Stanford leads of 5-1, 13-8 and 16-12 before scoring 13 of the final 17 points of the first set.

The Nittany Lions never trailed in the second and third.

The second set was interrupted twice while officials straightened out a discrepancy between the official scorekeeper and referee.