Penn St. remains volleyball champs

OMAHA, Neb. - 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, last night.

Penn State (38-0) won its NCAA-record 64th straight match since a September 2007 loss to Stanford.

Stanford (31-4) was playing in the championship match for a record 14th time.

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 Lions never trailed in the second and third sets.