No. 1 regional seeds Pittsburgh, Louisville and Nebraska have punched their tickets to the NCAA women’s volleyball Final Four. A fourth spot remains up for grabs on Sunday night between Creighton and Penn State. The national semifinals will be played Thursday in Louisville, Ky. The championship match will be Dec. 22.

The Louisville Cardinals advanced to the NCAA women's volleyball final four in their hometown next week, beating the nine-time national champion Stanford Cardinal 3-1 in Saturday's regional final. Louisville will play ACC rival Pittsburgh in the national semifinals at KFC Yum!

The Louisville volleyball team is two wins away from a national championship, and they’ll have the opportunity to notch both of those victories on their home floor. After dropping the first set to second-seeded Stanford,

Pitt Panthers volleyball played one of their best matches of the season, taking down No. 3 Kentucky in the Elite Eight at the Petersen Events Center. The win puts Pitt (33-1) into the Final Four for the fourth straight season,

Pitt outside hitter Valeria Vazquez Gomez’s raising her arms with the NCAA regional championship trophy was mirrored by many of the 9,525 spectators in the crowd Saturday at Petersen Events Center. The raucous throng was celebrating what has become a tradition for the Pitt women’s volleyball team.