Pack your sunglasses; four teams travel to Tampa for the NCAA Volleyball semifinals and finals. The National Semifinals will be played on Thursday, December 14, and shown on ESPN. The final will be played on Sunday, December 17, at 3:00 pm on ABC. Will we get a first-time winner in Pittsburgh, or will Texas defend its crown from last season? Will Wisconsin get its second title in two years, or will Nebraska return to the top for the first time since 2017?

How We Got Here: Regional Semifinals (Sweet Sixteen)

• (2) Louisville beat (3) Creighton in five sets after an up-and-down match. Outside Hitters Charitie Luper and Anna DeBeer paced the Cardinals with 20 and 19 kills, respectively.
• (1) Nebraska rolled through (5) Georgia Tech, cruising to a quick 3-0 win and holding the Yellow Jackets to 0.19 hitting.
• (1) Pittsburgh outplayed (4) Washington State behind the play of superb freshman Olivia Babcock.
• (3) Arkansas, one of the field's most fun and inspiring teams, beat SEC rival (2) Kentucky in five sets. The Hogs lost to Kentucky twice during the regular season.
• (1) Wisconsin beat (5) Penn State handily and avenged their November 11 loss. Penn State took the second set 30-28 after Wisconsin ran out of subs.
• (2) Texas came out on (rocky) top of (3) Tennessee in another match that went to five sets. Tennessee had a chance to win in four, but a Texas challenge pushed it to five.
• (2) Oregon's fast offense dismantled (3) Purdue as the Ducks advanced with a quick 3-0 and hit .355.
• (1) Stanford avenged an earlier season loss to (4) Arizona State, 3-1, to move to the next round. The last time the two played, ASU ran Stanford out of the gym.

How We Got Here: Regional Finals (Elite Eight)

• (1) Pitt reverse-swept (2) Louisville in what felt like two lopsided matches. Louisville came out swinging, but Pitt's serve came alive and forced Louisville to scramble through the last three sets. In the previous meeting between the two on November 18, Pittsburgh also reverse-swept Louisville. Pitt heads to the semifinals for the third time in three years.
• (1) Nebraska held off a scrappy and fearless (3) Arkansas team. Arkansas led 21-16 in the first set before Nebraska came back to win 26-24. Arkansas won the third set to keep their hopes alive but lost set four, 23-25.
• (1) Wisconsin beat (2) Oregon, 3-1, in a defensive battle in front of rocking Field House. The Badger's physicality at the net and defensive hustle were too much for the Ducks.
• For the second year in a row, (1) lost on their home court in the Regional Finals. (2) Texas came alive behind the play of Junior Outside Hitter, Madisen Skinner.