December 16th, 2004
NCAA National Semifinal
Women's Volleyball
No. 4 Minnesota 3, No. 8 USC 1
Box Score
Long Beach, Calif. - The Minnesota volleyball team (33-4) advanced to their first national championship in school history knocking off two-time defending national champion USC (23-6) in the National Semifinals in four games by scores of 30-25, 29-31, 30-26, 30-20 at the Long Beach Convention Center at Long Beach, Calif. Minnesota's victory snapped a 16-match NCAA Tournament by the Women of Troy.
"First of all we beat a great team tonight in USC," said Minnesota Head Coach Mike Hebert. "I think the match came down serving and passing, which I thought we did a little better then USC. Our associate head coach David Boos drew up a great blocking scheme for us tonight and our players executed it to perfection. This is a great win for our program and we are looking forward to playing Stanford in the national championship on Saturday."
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