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The United States women's volleyball team have spiked themselves into the gold medal match against Brazil after defeating South Korea in Thursday night's match.

Leading the team is Coach Hugh McCutcheon, who successfully vaulted the men's United States volleyball team to gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. McCutcheon is guiding the women's team in the same direction, as they prepare for Saturday's gold medal match.

Here are some of the standout players who have helped the team advance to the finals (and their Twitter handles):
Lindsey Berg (@Napela)
The veteran of the team, Berg is making her third Olympic appearance, having previously gone to the 2004 games in Athens and winning silver at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

The Hawaii native, who played at the University of Minnesota as three-time All-Big Ten selection, is the captain of the team.

It has been a tough week for Berg, however, as she injured her left ankle in the Americans' match against Turkey on Sunday. She returned to the court Thursday to usher in the win against South Korea.

With 228 sets, the team needs Berg to stay injury free through the gold medal match.
Destinee Hooker (@destineehooker)
The 6-foot-4 breakout volleyball star began her athletic career playing basketball, volleyball and running in track. At the University of Texas, she competed in volleyball and track, focusing all of her efforts on volleyball in 2009. A year later, she was named to the United States national team. With a 43 inch vertical leap, the wing spiker has an impressive score record, 147, in her premiere Olympics - 123 spikes, 21 blocks and 3 serves. After leading her team to the gold medal match, with tears in her eyes, she told reporters, "When I was little, there was a time when I quit; I said don't want to do this anymore. This is a huge turnaround. I'm glad I never gave up."
Nicole Davis (no Twitter)
Davis makes her second Olympic appearance in London after winning the silver in Beijing. As Team USA's top libero, a special defensive position who must wear a different color jersey, she has 181 excels in the Olympic games. Davis played for the University of Southern California and led the team to two national titles.
Jordan Larson (@JordanLarson10)
Arguably the most versatile player on the United States team, Larson, 25, is a talented scorer, server and receiver. Larson has been in the spotlight since the end of high school, when she was ranked as the number two volleyball recruit in the nation. She became a three-time all-American at the University of Nebraska and has played with the United States team since 2009. In the Olympic games, Larson has played 64 spikes, 9 blocks and 3 serves.
Foluke Akinradewo (@fakinradewo)
Foluke Akinradewo, 24, is coming off a stellar collegiate career as a four-time all-American at Stanford University. As an alternate on the 2008 United States volleyball team, Akinradewo is making her Olympic debut in London as a middle blocker. She has an impressive record so far, with 59 spikes, 22 blocks and 3 blocks.

Saturday's game begins at 1:30 p.m. Eastern.

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For U.S. Volleyball, No Shortage of Stars

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The United States women's volleyball team have spiked themselves into the gold medal match against Brazil after defeating South Korea in Thursday night's match. Leading the team is Coach Hugh McCutcheon, who successfully vaulted the men's United States volleyball team to gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

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this is about the women's volleyball league and how they spiked themselves into a gold medal against brazil after defeating korea.
And the standout players that have helped the team advance are, Lindsey burg, destinee hooker, nicole David and Jordan larson.

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MINNEAPOLIS - The Stanford Cardinal is the 2018 NCAA Division I national champion.

This is the Cardinal's Division I-high eighth national title. Meghan McClure delivered the decisive point in a thrilling five-set match (28-26, 22-25, 25-16, 15-25, 15-12) against the Nebraska Cornhuskers.

Meghan McClure takes @TheAndyKatz through the last point that won the national championship! #NCAAVB pic.twitter.com/B2ZOdtsxxA
- NCAA Volleyball (@NCAAVolleyball) December 16, 2018
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The national championship match was nothing short of an instant classic between two of the most storied programs in the sport's history. After Stanford dominated the third set, it looked like it was clearly headed for a championship. But the Huskers countered by winning nine of the first 10 points of the fourth set and hitting .412 in the set to extend the match.

Nebraska had the momentum, but to think that the fifth set would be anything but a back-and-forth nail-biter was to deny the fact that these were clearly the best two teams on the court. Nebraska outside hitter Lexi Sun had back-to-back kills to tie the match at nine. Stanford then countered with a huge 5-1 run, punctuated by a ace from defensive specialist Sidney Wilson. Nebraska coach John Cook challenged that the ball was out, but the call stood.

Three points later, McClure broke through the Stanford block and dove to the floor as the Cardinal celebrated its second championship in three years.

Stanford's two-time AVCA player of the year Kathryn Plummer was named co-Most Outstanding Player with libero Morgan Hentz, who had a career-high 32 digs. Plummer had a double-double with 19 kills and 10 digs. The difference-maker for Stanford on Saturday night had to be freshman middle Holly Campbell who had a career-high 15 kills and hit .483.

Mikaela Foecke was outstanding once again for Nebraska. She had 27 kills and hit just less than .300 with 71 swings. She will be remembered as an all-time great at Nebraska. Lauren Stivrins was tremendous for the Huskers as well, with 19 kills and a .615 hitting percentage.

Lastly, the All-tournament team was named as follows: Jacqueline Quade (Illinois), Lauren Stivrins (Nebraska), Mikaela Foecke (Nebraska), Audriana Fitzmorris (Stanford), Jenna Gray (Stanford), Morgan Hentz (Stanford), Kathryn Plummer (Stanford).

That match will be a tough one to top at the 2019 national semifinals and championship in Pittsburgh. Thanks for tuning into another spectacular volleyball season. Be sure to look at the blog below with all the highlights from the 2018 national championship match.

NCAA volleyball championship: Nebraska-Stanford highlights

NCAA volleyball championship: Schedule

How they got here
No. 1 Stanford (22nd appearance):

First round: Alabama State, 3-0

Second round: Loyola Marymount, 3-0

Regional semifinal: No. 16 Washington, 3-1

Regional final: No. 8 Penn State, 3-1

No. 4 BYU (3rd appearance):

First round: Stony Brook, 3-0

Second round: Utah, 3-0

Regional semifinal: Florida, 3-1

Regional final: No. 5 Texas, 3-0

No. 3 Illinois (4th appearance):

First round: Eastern Michigan, 3-0

Second round: Louisville, 3-1

Regional semifinal: No. 14 Marquette, 3-0

Regional final: No. 6 Wisconsin, 3-1

No. 7 Nebraska (15th appearance):

First round: Hofstra, 3-0

Second round: Missouri, 3-0

Regional semifinal: No. 10 Kentucky, 3-0

Regional final: No. 15 Oregon, 3-0

Championship History

Jacob Myers has written for the Richmond Times-Dispatch, the Associated Press, ozone.net and was an editor for two years at Ohio State's independent student newspaper, The Lantern.

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2018 NCAA volleyball championship: Stanford defeats Nebraska to win national championship | NCAA.com

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MINNEAPOLIS - The Stanford Cardinal is the 2018 NCAA Division I national champion. This is the Cardinal's Division I-high eighth national title. Meghan McClure delivered the decisive point in a thrilling five-set match (28-26, 22-25, 25-16, 15-25, 15-12) against the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Meghan McClure takes @TheAndyKatz through the last point that won the national championship!

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This article Is about the 2018 NCAA volleyball championship. "The national championship match was nothing short of an instant classic between two of the most storied programs in the sport's history". Nebraska had the momentum, but to think that the fifth set would be anything but a back-and-forth nail-biter was to deny the fact that these were clearly the best two teams on the court.

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Why did they think that Nebraska wasnt going to win?
What did there victory feel like?
And how did they make a comeback?

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I think that these players did a really good job and that they deserve the awknowlegment they are getting and I love volleyball so I'm always gonna have a positive outcome

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Who these players are and there background and what made them want to do it.

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I have a passion for volleyball and I just love the sport and I always want to know about it and know about the leagues and I want to go to college for volleyball so that's why it's a goal and passion I want to achieve