What time is NCAA women's volleyball final today? TV schedule, channel for Penn State-Louisville
The NCAA women's volleyball tournament comes down to Louisville vs Penn State at Louisville's home KFC Yum! Center, as the Cardinals look for their first national championship and the Nittany Lions seek their first since 2014.
The Cardinals were runners-up in 2022, losing to Texas in straight sets. They are hoping to avoid that fate against a talented Penn State team, which enters the championship match after reverse-sweeping Nebraska after falling down 2-0 in Thursday's semifinal match.
Both teams defeated conference foes in the Final Four to get to this point. Louisville was able to overcome Pitt 3-1 to make it to the finals, whereas it took Penn State five sets to overcome Nebraska on Thursday.
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The big question for Louisville is whether star Anna DeBeer will be back on the floor after she left the Cardinals' semifinal matchup with an ankle injury.
"It's an ankle injury, so I think it's kind of day to day, and we'll see," Louisville coach Dani Busboom Kelly said Friday. "You know, we're going to do everything we can to get her on the court, but we do have a great team behind her. If she can't go, we have some options."
For Penn State's part, the Nittany Lions are led by Jess Mruzik, who led the team with 26 kills in the five-set win over Nebraska in the semifinals. Coach Katie Schumacher-Cawley is battling Stage 2 breast cancer as Penn State makes its way through this postseason, only elevating the emotion for Penn State.
"It's bigger than this team. It's about representing the legacy and representing all of the alums and people who have come in this program," Mruzik said, per The Courier-Journal. "We're obviously wanting to do this for her (Schumacher-Cawley), because she's been so amazing throughout this season. So I think just that gritty five-set win like helped put another brick into that piece that we're trying to build this season."
Regardless of who wins on Sunday, history will be made: Whether it is Busboom Kelly or Schumacher-Cawley, the victor will be the first woman to coach a team to a volleyball national championship.
What channel is the NCAA women's volleyball championship?
- TV channel: ABC
- Streaming options: ESPN app | Fubo (free trial)
ABC will broadcast the NCAA women's volleyball championship game on Sunday from KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky.
Streaming options for the game include the ESPN app (by logging in with your TV provider credentials) and Fubo, which carries the ESPN family of networks and offers a free trial to new subscribers.
NCAA women's volleyball championship final start time
- Date: Sunday, Dec. 22
- Times: 3 p.m. ET
The NCAA women's volleyball championship final will start at 3 p.m. ET with No. 1 Penn State taking on No. 1 Louisville.
Where is the NCAA women's volleyball championship game in 2024?
- Location: KFC Yum! Center (Louisville, Ky.)
- Capacity: 22,090
The 2024 NCAA women's volleyball championship is taking place this year at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky. It is the first time the NCAA women's volleyball championship is back in Louisville since 2012.
Who won the NCAA women's volleyball championship in 2023?
Texas won its second consecutive national championship in 2023 by clean-sweeping Nebraska 3-0. The Longhorns were the first back-to-back national champions since Stanford did it across the 2018 and 2019 seasons.
Here is a look back at who has won the NCAA national championship since 2010. Click here for the full list of national champions dating back to 1981.
- 2023: Texas
- 2022: Texas
- 2021: Wisconsin
- 2020: Kentucky
- 2019: Stanford
- 2018: Stanford
- 2017: Nebraska
- 2016: Stanford
- 2015: Nebraska
- 2014: Penn State
- 2013: Penn State
- 2012: Texas
- 2011: UCLA
- 2010: Penn State
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