History looms in NCAA volleyball championship with female coaches poised as first to win a title

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History looms in NCAA volleyball championship with female coaches poised as first to win a title
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Players and coaches who will make history in Sunday’s NCAA volleyball championship still find it hard to believe that a female coach hasn’t won one already. Penn State’s Katie Schumacher-Cawley -- who’s recovering from breast cancer surgery -- and Louisville’s Dani Busboom-Kelly embrace the opportunity.

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“It’s going to be awesome for the sport, I think, to get this monkey off its back and move on from this to where it’s not historic that a woman wins, that’s it’s a regular thing. And that’ll be great when in every Final Four, there’s a chance for a woman to win it.”Louisville earns second NCAA volleyball championship berth in 3 years, beating top-seeded Pitt 3-1Both coaches have championship pedigrees as players.

“I guess it hasn’t really sunk in yet,” said Schumacher-Cawley, who thanked media on Friday for raising the profile of the sport. “Maybe Sunday, when we walk out there.” Schumacher-Cawley and Busboom-Kelly can take it to another level by entering an elite club previously occupied by men.

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