NCAA Women's Volleyball Championship Finals: Channel, Time, More

The NCAA Women’s Volleyball Tournament is headed to Louisville vs. Penn State at home at KFC Yum! out. Center as the Cardinals seek their first national championship and the Nittany Lions seek their first since 2014.

The Cardinals were second in 2022, losing to Texas in straight sets. They hope to avoid that fate against a talented Penn State team that enters the championship game having defeated Nebraska after losing 2-0 in Thursday’s semifinal game.

Both teams defeated conference opponents in the Final Four to reach this point. Louisville defeated Pitt 3-1 to reach the final, while Penn State needed five sets to beat Nebraska on Thursday.

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The big question for Louisville is whether star Anna DeBeer will be back on the floor after leaving the Cardinals’ semifinal game with an ankle injury.

“It’s an ankle injury, so I think it’s a day-to-day issue and we’ll see,” Louisville coach Dani Busboom Kelly said Friday. “You know, we’re going to do everything we can to get her on the field, but we’ve got a great team behind her. If she can’t go, we have some options.”

As for Penn State, the Nittany Lions are led by Jess Mruzik, who led the team with 26 kills in a five-set win over Nebraska in the semifinals. Coach Katie Schumacher-Cawley is battling Stage 2 breast cancer as Penn State navigates this postseason, which only heightens the emotions for Penn State.

“It’s bigger than this team. It’s about representing the legacy and all the graduates and people who participated in this program,” Mruzik said, according to The Courier-Journal. “We obviously want to do this for her (Schumacher-Cawley) because she has been so great all season. So I think just that tough five-set win helped put another building block in what we’re trying to build this season.”

Regardless of who wins on Sunday, history will be made: Whether Busboom Kelly or Schumacher-Cawley, the winner will be the first woman to coach a team to a national volleyball championship.

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What channel is the NCAA Women’s Volleyball Championship on?

ABC will broadcast Sunday’s NCAA Women’s Volleyball Championship Game from KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky.

Streaming options for the game include the ESPN app (by signing in with your TV provider credentials) and Fubo, which carries the ESPN family of networks and offers a free trial to new subscribers.

NCAA Women’s Volleyball Championship final start time

Date: Sunday December 22nd
Just: 3 p.m. ET

The NCAA Women’s Volleyball Championship final begins at 3:00 p.m. ET, with No. 1 Penn State taking on No. 1 Louisville.

Where will the NCAA women’s volleyball championship game take place in 2024?

Location: KFC Yummy! Center (Louisville, Kentucky)
Capacity: 22,090

The 2024 NCAA Women’s Volleyball Championship will take place this year at the KFC Yum! instead of. Center in Louisville, Kentucky. It will be the first time the NCAA Women’s Volleyball Championship will be held in Louisville since 2012.

Who won the 2023 NCAA women’s volleyball championship?

Texas won its second consecutive national championship in 2023 by flawlessly defeating Nebraska 3-0. The Longhorns were the first back-to-back national champions since Stanford in the 2018 and 2019 seasons.

Here’s a look back at who has won the NCAA national championship since 2010. Click here for the full list of national champions since 1981.

2023: Texas
2022: Texas
2021: Wisconsin
2020: Kentucky
2019: Stanford
2018: Stanford
2017: Nebraska
2016: Stanford
2015: Nebraska
2014: Penn State
2013: Penn State
2012: Texas
2011: UCLA
2010: Penn State

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