This game has got to be ONE of the best NCAA championship games. Watching this game made me wonder why the U.S. does NOT have an INDOOR professional league. I know there was one in the past and did not last. However, it is worth another shot. I think it can work now.
In 2014 when people were interviewing Destinee Hooker she said that this match still haunted her, even with all of her medals for her national team. So inspiring
This match showcased why Penn State won 4 straight titles. Sure they had the heavy hitters but they also had VERY STRONG liberos and defensive specialists that allowed those hitters to get their opportunities. Goes to show you that defense wins championships!
There is a professional league, but it is international. I say scrap the WNBA and create an American WNVA. This match had 2 current olympians (Hooker & Hodge) plus an alternate (Glass).
To be down 0-2 and win the game is awesome and goes to show what a tough and talented team PSU is and still are. This is by far the best match I seen on tv. This is how a #1 and #2 teams should play for all the marbles! What a game!!!
5:24 Kisner's dig was so insane, even the legend Karch Kiraly made an "OH!" sound. This is why she is my favorite libero of all time, and why I love that my jersey number is 19. Other great digs at 0:46 and 1:01. D'Errico is also fantastic, covering all of Hooker's tips, and she and Roberta Holehouse were the best liberos of Penn State. Great game all around, thanks to the liberos and defensive specialists.
I can't count how many times I've watched volleyball from 10-15 years ago and said, "you just don't see this any more because of all the rule changes." All of the girls that played this final definitely showed that volleyball is a lot more than being tall and powerful.
I thought i was hearing mandarin in a marketplace in Beijing! the main black spiker from Texas is very good but the defense of Penn state is very impressive.
Dear Alyssa, Thank you so much for inspiring me. Your one of the best cousins I coild ask for. Everything you have taught me has lead me up to this point. I love you so much Thanks, Your cousin
Let's not lose sight of what's most important here. With all due respect to Hooker, who is an excellent volley-baller, Penn State came back from a 0-2 deficit and ran the table for a 3rd straight national championship. That is an AWESOME achievement for ANY NCAA school to accomplish, especially given the collegiate volleyball talent on both the men's and women's teams in this country. Outstanding, Lady Lions. You've made the whole Nittany Nation super proud. WE ARE-PENN STATE!
@MOBROOKS But remember it's a team effort also, her team did well but didn't do as well as penn state, i love volleyball and i love watching my girls play it but you do have a good point!
this game broke my heart. DESTINY HOOKER IS A TRUE CHAMPION!! she had the best game of her career in the biggest game of her career! thats what a champ does!!
Thanks for the memory. Might be the greatest single match I've ever seen in 45 years of watching sports on TV. Both teams were superbly talented and played their hearts out -- a number of players probably played the match of their lives that night. I was a little sorry there could only be one winner at the end because both teams richly deserved it.
@hookemhorns1sTp Hahaha so i was trying to upload the first fifteen minutes to youtube then the laptop died! sorry! but if i come home tonight, i will for sure get the first 15 minutes uploaded. then i'll work on the next 15 minutes. hahaha oh my goodness, i know! deja mcclendon. she is so tiny in person. but i was scared of going against texas this last year in the semi's cos i didnt wanna lose lol
@hookemhorns1sTp Hahah yeah. Did you watch the championship this year? OH YEAH, I've downloaded the entire game onto my laptop and I'm trying to upload the first 15 minutes as I type. Right now, it's saving, has been forEVER ahahaha, but i'm trying to get at least the 1st set. Sorry if i'm not being fast enough. :( this is time consuming lol
@hookemhorns1sTp Oh sorry :( What sucks about this is that I saw this entire match AFTER i saw the highlight video. So I knew who won throughout the entiiiiire match. So it sucks that I didn't get to experience the suspense and intensity of this match like every other fan! lol
@hookemhorns1sTp Lol sorry. Penn state fan here :D And i'm trying to figure out how to upload the game onto youtube from my DVD. Cos i have it on DVD. I wouldnt want to record it from my laptop cam while its playing on my tv. Thats ghetto. Lol
its still amazing that penn state came back and took the title.. texas' libero was really impressive too. dug up balls that looked like it disapeared on the video..
Wished Texas won but exiting how Penn St. came back from 2-0 to win in five! Texas had an amazing team with a lot of talented seniors...they really gave Penn St. a run for it...every point was a battle...could u imagine if Texas won 3-0...that couldn't happen...too easy! Would be boring in fact but that would go to show why Penn St. is the champion. This game had everything that a title match should be...
@spashley10210 finally someone KNOWS the game penn state was successful because of alisha glass. not to take away from megan or ari and blair but when you have a hitter as talented as megan, its much easier. alisha was a talented setter because she developed a crisp connection with her hitters and she could feel where the block was going and move the ball the opposite way. penn state is struggling to match the IQ and talent of alisha among moydell and carpenter.
Let's not lose sight of what's most important here. With all due respect to Hooker, who is an excellent volley-baller, Penn State came back from a 0-2 deficit and ran the table for a 3rd straight national championship. That is an AWESOME achievement for ANY NCAA school to accomplish, especially given the collegiate volleyball talent on both the men's and women's teams in this country. Outstanding, Lady Lions. You've mad the whole Nittany Nation super proud. WE ARE-PENN STATE!
@volleyballfanatic1 I beg your pardon! Megan Hodge and Alisha Glass were sophomores when Penn State started their back-to back-to back championship streak. Who's to say next year's team can't or won't do the same? Winner focus on what they WANT, not what they don't want. Living in Austin, I got SERIOUS braggin' rights on these Longhorns, and you better believe they're still talking about this loss. Fight On, State! For the Glory!
some people may think that penn state will lose its fire next year, but i beg to differ. the new freshmen that are coming in 2010 are amazing players. i believe that the BIGGEST loss of penn is not necessarily Megan, but Alisha. the new girls coming in can hit with the best of them, but its whether or not Marika Racibarskas (Soph) or Mikinzie Moydell (Fresh) will be able to keep up setting wise at this level.
I'm going out for volleyball at my high school, now that I can do sports and don't have to babysit after school. I haven't touched a volleyball in awhile, and want to do varsity since ill be a senior in the fall. I'm probably going to buy a volleyball over the summer, and do some basics, and hopefully find a net somewhere and practice my serves. I want to learn how to do a stronger overhand since the one I do now is so sloppy and inconsistent. Watching this, makes me feel amateurish. >.> Tips?
@mrvollyball1 TOTALLY agree. im especially excited to see ariel scott (incoming freshman from new jersey). ive seen her play before and she is UNREAL! and ive seen marika play before too and although she's got HUGE shoes to fill with alisha, she's very well rounded with setting and even hitting (she played as OH for sometime in high school i believe). SO PUMPED FOR THE NEW SEASON!!
@volleyballfanatic1 seeing their tentative 2010 roster, i have to disagree with you. im so excited for next year because the talent that is coming for this new season is unreal. i can totally see another title defense for penn state in 2010! :D but yeah i do agree though that holehouse, d'errico and quilico don't get enough credit for their hard work.
I never heard of "athletic sportsmanship" before. She actually just tries getting her team fired up, Dorton is the one flaying her body all over the court every point. None the less though Dorton is a good player and will be one of the ones to watch in up coming years, btw Hooker out hit everybody on that court that night.
cant wait for the final four... predictions are penn, fl, stanford, and nebraska, but i thin penn was ranked 4 simply because they want them in there again. Cal shoulda been the 4th seed. but we'll see how it all plays out =]. lets go west coast!
in all fairness both teams played great but you can kinda tell towards the end that UT was starting to tire out. both had some amazing passers and setters and the team in whole were very well coordinated with each other.
I swear I watch this video at least 3 times a week. This was one epic game. I'm so glad that State won. Texas had such a cockiness about them that I still can't stand. PSU since 1997 baby! I love Russ Rose and what he does with a group of young ladies in the volleyball world. This video gives me inspiration. Thanks for posting.
@hookemhorns1sTp haha i feel bad now. i'll upload the first set :) the fourth set was my fav because penn state won that set and because there's more action lol.
@kalookakoo5 practice makes perfect. i've been playing 10+ years and believe me, when i began, anytime my hand touched the ball, it went everywhere but where i wanted it to go. spend as much time as you can doing basics like you said because once you get that down, everything will slowly fall into place. don't rush yourself because that'll cause you to be sloppy and slow your progress. best of luck to you :)
Destinee Hooker and Megan Hodge has Volleyball numbers up like crazy back then!!!! Them two were game changers. This game alone had the whole world watching!!!
penn state are concentrated more on their defense. they should be more agressive on their spike attacks. tho texas lost, they had a really strong strikes going through :] all in all a good game
@livbgluvbg1234 always try to see where your opponents are and play into the holes in the defense. I had success varying my serves from short in the middle to long into the two back corners. that way they don't know what to expect :) takes a bit of practice of course. also try to always let others know when you're going for the ball, helps to avoid confusion and the ball dropping between two players. hope it helps don't know how experienced you are already but if you have questions just ask
This game has got to be ONE of the best NCAA championship games. Watching this game made me wonder why the U.S. does NOT have an INDOOR professional league. I know there was one in the past and did not last. However, it is worth another shot. I think it can work now.
Good news. A USA women’s volleyball league is starting February 2020
In 2014 when people were interviewing Destinee Hooker she said that this match still haunted her, even with all of her medals for her national team. So inspiring
This match showcased why Penn State won 4 straight titles. Sure they had the heavy hitters but they also had VERY STRONG liberos and defensive specialists that allowed those hitters to get their opportunities. Goes to show you that defense wins championships!
There is a professional league, but it is international. I say scrap the WNBA and create an American WNVA. This match had 2 current olympians (Hooker & Hodge) plus an alternate (Glass).
i love watching this video over and over
thats how the Olympics should be , these women play better then any Olympic game i seen wow
To be down 0-2 and win the game is awesome and goes to show what a tough and talented team PSU is and still are. This is by far the best match I seen on tv. This is how a #1 and #2 teams should play for all the marbles! What a game!!!
5:24 Kisner's dig was so insane, even the legend Karch Kiraly made an "OH!" sound. This is why she is my favorite libero of all time, and why I love that my jersey number is 19. Other great digs at 0:46 and 1:01.
D'Errico is also fantastic, covering all of Hooker's tips, and she and Roberta Holehouse were the best liberos of Penn State. Great game all around, thanks to the liberos and defensive specialists.
I can't count how many times I've watched volleyball from 10-15 years ago and said, "you just don't see this any more because of all the rule changes." All of the girls that played this final definitely showed that volleyball is a lot more than being tall and powerful.
I've watched this SOOO MANY TIMES over the years! Here we are in 2021 and I still think Kisner is my absolute favorite Libero of all time! EVER.
I'm a guy, and I think they should create a professional womens volleybell leagu. Exciting stuff!
I thought i was hearing mandarin in a marketplace in Beijing!
the main black spiker from Texas is very good but the defense of Penn state is very impressive.
Dear Alyssa,
Thank you so much for inspiring me. Your one of the best cousins I coild ask for. Everything you have taught me has lead me up to this point. I love you so much
Thanks,
Your cousin
Let's not lose sight of what's most important here. With all due respect to Hooker, who is an excellent volley-baller, Penn State came back from a 0-2 deficit and ran the table for a 3rd straight national championship. That is an AWESOME achievement for ANY NCAA school to accomplish, especially given the collegiate volleyball talent on both the men's and women's teams in this country. Outstanding, Lady Lions. You've made the whole Nittany Nation super proud. WE ARE-PENN STATE!
those might be the #1 and #2 best teams in the last decade, if not ever
@MOBROOKS But remember it's a team effort also, her team did well but didn't do as well as penn state, i love volleyball and i love watching my girls play it but you do have a good point!
Incredible defensive play on both sides. Kissner and D'errico are amazing.
@AirinBZK32 I think PSU has done a great job behind Carpenter. She may not be very tall, but she is equal w/ her energy and hardwork
...are you kidding me?
So many amazing plays!! The energy in that stadium must have been crazy with both Longhorn and Lions fans!!
4-PEAT!!!
The speed that these setters brought to this match is what put these two teams in the finals that year.
2009 championship was so much better than 2010! =/
these girls are freaking beastsssss!!!!!!!!!
damn i wanna hit just like them
Destinee Hooker, soon to be the best volleyball player on the planet!
this game broke my heart.
DESTINY HOOKER IS A TRUE CHAMPION!!
she had the best game of her career in the biggest game of her career! thats what a champ does!!
this probably one of the most intense volleyball games I've ever seen, and that includes men's matches too
Thanks for the memory. Might be the greatest single match I've ever seen in 45 years of watching sports on TV. Both teams were superbly talented and played their hearts out -- a number of players probably played the match of their lives that night. I was a little sorry there could only be one winner at the end because both teams richly deserved it.
@hookemhorns1sTp Hahaha so i was trying to upload the first fifteen minutes to youtube then the laptop died! sorry! but if i come home tonight, i will for sure get the first 15 minutes uploaded. then i'll work on the next 15 minutes. hahaha oh my goodness, i know! deja mcclendon. she is so tiny in person. but i was scared of going against texas this last year in the semi's cos i didnt wanna lose lol
What a match, absolutely incredible.
@hookemhorns1sTp Hahah yeah. Did you watch the championship this year? OH YEAH, I've downloaded the entire game onto my laptop and I'm trying to upload the first 15 minutes as I type. Right now, it's saving, has been forEVER ahahaha, but i'm trying to get at least the 1st set. Sorry if i'm not being fast enough. :( this is time consuming lol
@hookemhorns1sTp Oh sorry :( What sucks about this is that I saw this entire match AFTER i saw the highlight video. So I knew who won throughout the entiiiiire match. So it sucks that I didn't get to experience the suspense and intensity of this match like every other fan! lol
@hookemhorns1sTp Lol sorry. Penn state fan here :D And i'm trying to figure out how to upload the game onto youtube from my DVD. Cos i have it on DVD. I wouldnt want to record it from my laptop cam while its playing on my tv. Thats ghetto. Lol
its still amazing that penn state came back and took the title.. texas' libero was really impressive too. dug up balls that looked like it disapeared on the video..
someone sent this link to me, WOW ...really exciting ... all girls playing very hard ... good game!
If I get at least 100 thumbs up on this, I'll upload this entire match. (I said 100 because this match is so long and it'll take a lot of my time.)
Wilson's slide out @ 7:07 is well hectic!
Wished Texas won but exiting how Penn St. came back from 2-0 to win in five! Texas had an amazing team with a lot of talented seniors...they really gave Penn St. a run for it...every point was a battle...could u imagine if Texas won 3-0...that couldn't happen...too easy! Would be boring in fact but that would go to show why Penn St. is the champion. This game had everything that a title match should be...
@spashley10210 finally someone KNOWS the game
penn state was successful because of alisha glass. not to take away from megan or ari and blair but when you have a hitter as talented as megan, its much easier. alisha was a talented setter because she developed a crisp connection with her hitters and she could feel where the block was going and move the ball the opposite way. penn state is struggling to match the IQ and talent of alisha among moydell and carpenter.
Let's not lose sight of what's most important here. With all due respect to Hooker, who is an excellent volley-baller, Penn State came back from a 0-2 deficit and ran the table for a 3rd straight national championship. That is an AWESOME achievement for ANY NCAA school to accomplish, especially given the collegiate volleyball talent on both the men's and women's teams in this country. Outstanding, Lady Lions. You've mad the whole Nittany Nation super proud. WE ARE-PENN STATE!
@volleyballfanatic1 I beg your pardon! Megan Hodge and Alisha Glass were sophomores when Penn State started their back-to back-to back championship streak. Who's to say next year's team can't or won't do the same? Winner focus on what they WANT, not what they don't want. Living in Austin, I got SERIOUS braggin' rights on these Longhorns, and you better believe they're still talking about this loss. Fight On, State! For the Glory!
some people may think that penn state will lose its fire next year, but i beg to differ. the new freshmen that are coming in 2010 are amazing players. i believe that the BIGGEST loss of penn is not necessarily Megan, but Alisha. the new girls coming in can hit with the best of them, but its whether or not Marika Racibarskas (Soph) or Mikinzie Moydell (Fresh) will be able to keep up setting wise at this level.
I'm going out for volleyball at my high school, now that I can do sports and don't have to babysit after school. I haven't touched a volleyball in awhile, and want to do varsity since ill be a senior in the fall. I'm probably going to buy a volleyball over the summer, and do some basics, and hopefully find a net somewhere and practice my serves. I want to learn how to do a stronger overhand since the one I do now is so sloppy and inconsistent.
Watching this, makes me feel amateurish. >.> Tips?
@mrvollyball1 TOTALLY agree. im especially excited to see ariel scott (incoming freshman from new jersey). ive seen her play before and she is UNREAL! and ive seen marika play before too and although she's got HUGE shoes to fill with alisha, she's very well rounded with setting and even hitting (she played as OH for sometime in high school i believe). SO PUMPED FOR THE NEW SEASON!!
@volleyballfanatic1 seeing their tentative 2010 roster, i have to disagree with you. im so excited for next year because the talent that is coming for this new season is unreal. i can totally see another title defense for penn state in 2010! :D but yeah i do agree though that holehouse, d'errico and quilico don't get enough credit for their hard work.
I never heard of "athletic sportsmanship" before. She actually just tries getting her team fired up, Dorton is the one flaying her body all over the court every point. None the less though Dorton is a good player and will be one of the ones to watch in up coming years, btw Hooker out hit everybody on that court that night.
This was the greatest, craziest match I've ever seen
It's scary how perfect their form is.
Don't forget to check my channel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm uploading this entire match. First 3 sets up already.
Nice comeback by Penn.
@hookemhorns1sTp Haha then give it thumbs up and get more people to thumbs up it. It's just a looong game. Lol.
OMG...Penn State's libero...OMG OMG OMG
cant wait for the final four... predictions are penn, fl, stanford, and nebraska, but i thin penn was ranked 4 simply because they want them in there again. Cal shoulda been the 4th seed. but we'll see how it all plays out =]. lets go west coast!
this is way I love the sport :)
in all fairness both teams played great but you can kinda tell towards the end that UT was starting to tire out. both had some amazing passers and setters and the team in whole were very well coordinated with each other.
i lovee megan hodge she can play so well i love hooker too but hodge wears a excellent number she is the bomb her skill level is soo high
Libero is allowed to serve. And omg I wanna make it this far!!!
@andrew19126 haha... ouch. Being a middle blocker, I've definitely had that happen to me. It doesn't feel too good :)
Wow They really good, they can beat all the guy, if guy play with..
@volleyballfanatic1 absolutely right
D'Errico deserves nothing less than a 2nd Team All American honor
That one Texas girl got so happy jumping up and down. And for what a loss. hahahaha! #17, SIT DOWN.
6:48 WTF...Libero serving???
its all about kanani danielson :) but dang Hookers a BEAST
@kolleybalz96
next fall. maybe august. *mid august is when season usually starts*
Hooker
OMGSH who is the back row player...she hits like a beast!!! (0.o)..
great game
@AbsurdRandomness3
mn is getting a good hitter? ^_^ I'm glad to hear that!
GOOO TEXAS!!! WOOO!!!
I wanna play now!
I swear I watch this video at least 3 times a week. This was one epic game. I'm so glad that State won. Texas had such a cockiness about them that I still can't stand. PSU since 1997 baby! I love Russ Rose and what he does with a group of young ladies in the volleyball world. This video gives me inspiration. Thanks for posting.
Stop hating
I lovee watching destinee hooker play. she's soooooo gooooood.
Watching in 2020 bc this game was one of the last times it was a true national championship lol
These girls make my team look wayyyy beyond pathetic -.-
Alyssa D’errico is a great libero. Who is the libero of Texas?
I come back to this video every once in a while and I still get excited every time!
Texas looks like amazons...WOW this was a great game
that was a very good game and yeah it was intense..
MEGANHODGEMARRYME.
That is all.
I don’t think there was one play in this match that wasn’t exiting
I don't like this one, because Texas lost>:()
This is what made me love Penn State Volleyballl
no sah the penn state libero bad yuh c man
Destinee Hooker was a beast in this game!!
has this years finals already happened?
Who would name their kid Dystany Hooker?
@hookemhorns1sTp haha i feel bad now. i'll upload the first set :) the fourth set was my fav because penn state won that set and because there's more action lol.
:S They're terrible
@kolleybalz96 no, not until december
@AirinBZK32 uhhh wilson is a junior
ok when will this start for 2010??
@kalookakoo5 practice makes perfect. i've been playing 10+ years and believe me, when i began, anytime my hand touched the ball, it went everywhere but where i wanted it to go. spend as much time as you can doing basics like you said because once you get that down, everything will slowly fall into place. don't rush yourself because that'll cause you to be sloppy and slow your progress. best of luck to you :)
alyssa derrico is a great libero
Destinee Hooker and Megan Hodge has Volleyball numbers up like crazy back then!!!! Them two were game changers. This game alone had the whole world watching!!!
I'm speechless. I can only dream of playing this well. Congrats to both teams... they both played SO well. ...wow...
kissner is an incredible libero
The digs at 2:39 and 4:14 and 5:24 are amazing!
tacky
penn state are concentrated more on their defense. they should be more agressive on their spike attacks. tho texas lost, they had a really strong strikes going through :] all in all a good game
this is such great quality.
@livbgluvbg1234 always try to see where your opponents are and play into the holes in the defense. I had success varying my serves from short in the middle to long into the two back corners. that way they don't know what to expect :) takes a bit of practice of course. also try to always let others know when you're going for the ball, helps to avoid confusion and the ball dropping between two players. hope it helps don't know how experienced you are already but if you have questions just ask