After the teams split the first eight points of the second set, Texas went on another run - this one set off by a pair of PSU errors (a service error and a bad set). That was the only opening the Longhorns would need. For a time there, it wasn't as much a volleyball match as a spectacular showcase of Destinee Hooker's ability. After PSU used a kill and an error to cut the advantage to 10-8, Hooker made a case for being the top player in the collegiate game right now, National Player of the Year Award or not. Eight of the next 10 points ended in kills by Hooker - a display that you rarely see at this level. Mercifully for Penn State, the Longhorns committed a service error (they have six through the first two sets) that led to Hooker rotating out of the front row.

The Texas lead ballooned to as many as eight on several occasions, but the Nittany Lions would string together four straight points late and make somewhat of a set of it. In the end, though, Hooker and Texas prevailed 25-20 ... which is now the most-lopsided set defeat for the Lions this season.