NCAA Women's Volleyball Regional Championship Ticket Brochure (.PDF)

University Park, Pa., May 26, 2005 - Tickets are now on sale for the NCAA Women's Volleyball Regional Championship to be hosted by Penn State on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 9-10 at Rec Hall. Friday will feature two Regional semifinal matches and Saturday will be the Regional Championship match, with all match times yet to be determined.

All-session tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for students (ages 13-18) and senior citizens and $4 for youth (under age 12). Admission for groups of 10 or more under the age of 21 is also $4. All-session tickets will be available up until Friday, Dec. 9 and single-session tickets will only be available at the Rec Hall ticket office doors on nights of Friday, Dec. 9 and Saturday, Dec. 10. Prices for single-session tickets are $10 for adults, $8 for students (ages 13-18) and senior citizens and $3 for youth (under age 12). Ticket sales for Penn State students will begin in the fall.

Tickets can be purchased by calling 1-800-863-3336 or 814-865-5555. A downloadable ticket application can be found at www.GoPSUsports.com and tickets will be mailed after Sept. 1, 2005. Fans can also purchase all-session tickets at the Bryce Jordan Center Ticket Office, Eisenhower Auditorium Ticket Office and Penn State Tickets Downtown.

The Nittany Lions have hosted at least one round of the NCAA Tournament in 18 of the possible 24 years, including the last 15 consecutive seasons. The Nittany Lions have played 31 NCAA Tournament matches at Rec Hall since 1981, boasting a 29-2 record in those contests. The last time Penn State and Rec Hall hosted an NCAA Regional Championship was 1999, the same year the Nittany Lions claimed the NCAA title.

Penn State is one of only four teams to participate in all 24 NCAA Tournaments since its inception in 1981, joining Pacific, Stanford and UC Santa Barbara. The Nittany Lions hold a 43-23 all-time NCAA Tournament record.

"We're very appreciative that Penn State has the opportunity to host an NCAA Regional," said head coach Russ Rose when the Regional sites were announced in February. "We realize that hosting an event of this caliber entails a great commitment by the University and we're pleased that Penn State and our administration supports volleyball in the great way that it does to give us this chance."

Penn State joins the Qwest Center in Omaha, Neb., and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Maples Pavilion and Stanford University and the G. Rollie White Coliseum and Texas A&M University as the four pre-determined sites for the 2005 NCAA Women's Volleyball Regional Championships.

The 2005 NCAA Championship will be held in San Antonio, Texas, at the Alamodome on Dec. 15 and 17. The 2006 Championship will be held in Omaha, Neb., at the Qwest Center and Arena on Dec. 14 and 16. The 2007 Championship will be held in Sacramento, Calif., at ARCO Arena on Dec. 13 and 15.

Penn State will also be the host of the 2006 NCAA Men's Volleyball National Collegiate Championship, to be held May 4 and 6 at Rec Hall. The Nittany Lions have hosted the men's national championship three times, including the culmination of the 2002 season in which economic impact on the region was estimated at more than $2.3 million. The total attendance for the event featuring Penn State, Ball State, Pepperdine and Hawaii was more than 10,600 fans. A standing-room-only crowd of 5,259 watched Hawaii and Pepperdine advance to the national title match with more than 5,350 fans witnessing Hawaii take home the NCAA crown.

Please browse GoPSUsports.com for more information on the Penn State women's volleyball team and for more information about the 2005 NCAA Championship, please visit www.ncaasports.com or www.saloc.org/index.html.