NOW YOU KNOW

The NCAA men’s volleyball championships are Thursday and Saturday at State College, Pa. The four teams competing are UC Irvine, UCLA, Indiana Purdue-Fort Wayne and Penn State. The last nine champions:

*--* Year Champion (Record) Score Runner-up 2005 Pepperdine (25-2) 3-2 UCLA 2004 Brigham Young (29-4) 3-2 Long Beach State 2003 Lewis University (29-5) 3-2 Brigham Young 2002 Hawaii (29-5) 3-1 Pepperdine 2001 Brigham Young (27-4) 3-2 UCLA 2000 UCLA (29-5) 3-0 Ohio State 1999 Brigham Young (30-1) 3-0 Long Beach State 1998 UCLA (28-4) 3-0 Pepperdine 1997 Stanford (27-4) 3-2 UCLA

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