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Final	1	2	3	4	5	T
UC Clermont ()	18	20	13			0
Southern Va. (20-11)	25	25	25			3

UC Clermont	Southern Va.
K: N/A B: N/A D: N/A SA: N/A	K: Brynn McGinn - 10 B: Tori Tuttle - 4 D: Shyanne Ison - 11 SA: 3 Players (#4, #12, #14 - 1)

TEAM STATISTICS	UC Clermont	Southern Va.
Hitting %	.000	.281
Blocks	0.0	7.0
Digs	0	37
Aces	0	3

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Final	1	2	3	4	5	T
Penn St.-Fayette ()	25	15	11			1
Southern Va. (19-11)	23	25	15			2

Penn St.-Fayette	Southern Va.
K: N/A B: N/A D: N/A SA: N/A	K: Camille Tua - 10 B: Bryndy Christensen - 4 D: Shyanne Ison - 7 SA: Camille Tua - 2

TEAM STATISTICS	Penn St.-Fayette	Southern Va.
Hitting %	.000	.274
Blocks	0.0	6.0
Digs	0	29
Aces	0	5

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Written by Chris Pendleton

LOUISVILLE, Ky.—The Southern Virginia University women's volleyball team won both of its matches at the USCAA national championship on Friday advancing to the tournament semi-finals on Saturday, Nov. 12 at noon against host school Spalding University.

After going 2-1 during Thursday's pool play, 5th-seeded Southern Virginia concluded its pool play Friday morning by upsetting 3rd-seeded Penn State-Fayette 2-1.

Southern Virginia dropped the opening set to Penn State-Fayette 23-25, but responded with a dominant 25-15 win in Game 2 forcing a tie-breaking third set, which the Knights took 15-11.

With the upset victory, Southern Virginia advanced past pool play to the national championship's eight-team, bracket-style tournament where the Knights took on 4th-seeded UC Clermont in the quarter finals.

Despite facing a second consecutive favored opponent, the Knights were undaunted sweeping past UC Clermont in straight sets (25-11, 25-20, 25-13). 

"We came out really strong in our quarter-finals match," said first-year head coach Michelle Mahaffey, who has the Knights back in the national tournament after a one-year hiatus last season. "We opened with great intensity and played really well together."

With Friday's win over UC Clermont, the Knights advance to Saturday's semi-finals where they will be favored for the first time in three matches when they face tournament host, 6th-seeded Spalding University at noon.

If Southern Virginia is able to defeat Spalding on its home court, the Knights will advance to the title game at 4 p.m. for the first time since 2004 when volleyball won its last USCAA national championship under then head coach Mike Harmon.

With a loss, Southern Virginia will play in the tournament's consolation match at 2 p.m.

For complete coverage of the 2011 USCAA volleyball national tournament, vist theuscaa.com.