It’s been 11 months since Penn State volleyball defeated Louisville in four sets to claim the program’s eighth national championship.

A five-game winning streak late in the season was enough to earn the Gophers a top-16 seed nationally required to host the opening weekend in the NCAA women’s volleyball tournament.

Utah State won both the Mountain West regular-season championship after going 18-0 in conference play, and it completed the sweep of the conference titles with two wins in the Mountain West tournament...