Penn State Sports Magazine
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Penn State middle blocker Kaitlyn Hord has been selected to train in Anaheim, Calif., from June 13-18 as part of the 2021 USA Volleyball Women's Collegiate National Team. Players on the Collegiate National Team, selected by the U.S. Women's National Team sta8 and National Team Development Program, will work with top volleyball coaches at USAV's Anaheim training center. Athletes will receive evaluation, feedback and individual develop- ment plans. Hord earned All-America honors in each of her 6rst three seasons at Penn State. A9er picking up honor- able mention recognition as a fresh- man, she was a 6rst-team selection as a sophomore and a third-team pick as a junior this past season. ■ WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL Hord set to train with U.S. Collegiate Team MEN'S VOLLEYBALL 22-4, 16-2 JANUARY 22 W at Ohio State..................................................3-0 23 L at Ohio State..................................................3-0 29 W OHIO STATE....................................................3-0 30 W OHIO STATE....................................................3-0 FEBRUARY 4 W SAINT FRANCIS...............................................3-0 5 W SAINT FRANCIS.............................................. 3-2 13 W NJIT............................................................... 3-1 14 L NJIT............................................................... 3-0 20 W at Sacred Heart..............................................3-0 21 W at Sacred Heart..............................................3-1 26 W GEORGE MASON............................................ 3-1 27 W GEORGE MASON............................................ 3-0 MARCH 5 W UNIVERSITY OF CHARLESTON..........................3-0 6 W UNIVERSITY OF CHARLESTON..........................3-0 12 at Saint Francis............................................. Canceled 13 at Saint Francis............................................. Canceled 19 W at NJIT........................................................... 3-0 20 W at NJIT........................................................... 3-0 26 W SACRED HEART.............................................. 3-0 27 W SACRED HEART.............................................. 3-0 APRIL 2 W at George Mason............................................3-0 3 L at George Mason........................................... 3-2 9 W at University of Charleston.............................. 3-0 10 W at University of Charleston.............................. 3-0 17-25 EIVA tournament 22 Semifinal round at Penn State W SAINT FRANCIS....................................... 3-0 25 Championship match at Penn State W GEORGE MASON..................................... 3-1 MAY 3-8 NCAA tournament at Ohio State 3 Opening round W Belmont Abbey........................................3-0 4 Opening round L Lewis..................................................... 3-0 MEN'S SOCCER 9-2-2, 6-1-1 FEBRUARY 19 W MARYLAND.................................................... 3-2 23 W at Rutgers......................................................2-1 27 L MICHIGAN STATE............................................ 1-0 SCORECARD T H E M A I N E V E N T MEN'S/WOMEN'S TRACK & FIELD NCAA OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS A L L D A Y | J U N E 9 - 1 2 | E U G E N E , O R E . | B T N The NCAA outdoor championships are noteworthy for a number of reasons. The 6rst and most obvious reason is that it's the NCAA championships. Penn State hasn't had a national champion in outdoor track since Isaiah Harris won the 800-meter title in 2018, but heptathlete Maddie Holmberg and middle distance runner Danae Rivers are among the nation's best and will be looking to 6nsh strong. Second, this year's championships are set to take place at the new incarnation of Oregon's historic Hay- ward Field. The old Hayward was full of nostalgic charm, the same kind of throwback appeal that keeps baseball fans 7ocking to Fenway Park. But Phil Knight isn't into nostalgia, so the 6eld was demolished a few years ago and replaced with a gleaming postmodern track palace that reportedly cost nearly $300 million and might cause the coaches of rival programs to weep when they get o8 the buses and take it all in for the 6rst time. The third reason why the NCAA outdoor championships are signi6cant to Penn State is that they will bring an end to one of the most strange and challenging athletic years in the university's history. From the cancelation and eventual revival of the football season, to the shi9ing of all other fall sports to the spring, to the various postponements, cancellations and shutdowns that marred nearly every team's sea- son, the 2020-21 athletic year has been unsettling in ways that go well beyond the on-6eld and on-court outcomes. With any luck, it will be remembered as an abbera- tion, and the next time the NCAA brings its main event to Eugene, Hayward Field's 12,650 seats will be full. –M.H. reached the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2013. Individually, Bloyou and Reedy both won third-team All-America honors, the first time since 2010 that PSU had two All-Americans in one season. Those superlatives would seem to bode well for the program's future. Facing a quick turnaround into the 2021 fall sea- son, the Lions will return a number of key players, including Bloyou, an Old Domin- ion transfer who scored a team-best eight goals. But PSU's future successes rest in part on an awareness that players and coaches can't afford to assume anything. "Just because you win a couple of games in the NCAA tournament – this year we lost in the Sweet 16 – doesn't mean it's going to be easy to get back here," Cook said. "So these experiences will pay big dividends in future seasons. The group has grown tremendously, and the more games you get under your belt and you're able to play at this level, I think you just increase your chances, season-on-season, of tak- ing that next step as a program." ■