from Nebraska and Stanford. #5 Southern California: USC made the program's 8th final four. USC had their hands full in the Gainesville regional, as they had back to back five game matches from Long Beach State and St. John's. They surprisingly swept #4 Texas in the regional finals. Senior Asia Kaczor was named an AVCA First Team All-American while sophomore Taylor Carico was named to second team. USC's four losses of the season came from Stanford, UCLA, Washington and Oregon. Kaczor was also named the Gainesville regional most outstanding player. #10 California: California made the program's first final four. Senior Angela Pressey, the daughter of Paul Pressey, was named an AVCA First Team All-American and also was selected for her fourth consecutive First Team All-Pac 10 honor, the first time in Cal's history that that happened. Sophomore Hana Cutura, who was also named the Madison regional most outstanding player was named an AVCA Second team All-American. Cal's losses of the season came from Colorado, Stanford twice, USC twice, UCLA and Washington. National Semifinal recap Stanford vs. Southern California USC started off the match taking the first game, 30–23. Stanford took the next two games, 30-20 & 30–25, before USC took the next game 30–20 to force a 5th game. The 5th game was back and forth, before Stanford saw a 2-point deficit at 11–9. Stanford rallied to tie the match at 12 all. The teams traded points before the score was tied at 13. USC took the next point to earn match point, but a service error on match point tied the game up at 14. Stanford took the next two points to win the match and 5th game, 16–14. Penn State vs. California Penn State defeated California in a sweep, 30–28, 30–25, 30–16. The first game was tied at 28 before a solo block from Blair Brown gave Penn State the game, 30–28. The second game was not as close as Penn State won 30–25, and the third game Penn State won easily 30–16. Penn State advanced to their 5th national championship match in school history. National Championship recap: Stanford vs. Penn State In front of the second highest crowd in NCAA history to watch a women's volleyball championship match, Penn State, coached by 2007 AVCA National Coach of the Year Russ Rose, was ranked #1 in the AVCA coaches poll since October, but Stanford was the #1 seed,