In spruces and firs, each needle attaches to the branch separately. So how to you tell a spruce from a fir? Spruce needles are square in cross-section and easy to roll between your fingers.

Nebraska volleyball's heartbreaking finish in the Final Four did not detract from a full season of impactful victories over other top teams. Nebraska's top-five finish is its 24th in program ...

Penn State women's volleyball defeated Louisville, 3-1 in the 2024 NCAA DI women's volleyball championship. Head coach Katie Schumacher-Cawley became the first female DI women's volleyball head ...

Penn State is your 2024 NCAA Division I volleyball national champion. The Nittany Lions defeated the Cardinals, 3-1, on Sunday at the KFC Yum! Center. They were led by senior outside hitter ...

Louisville, Ky. — Penn State won its eighth national volleyball championship and first in a decade with a four-set victory against host Louisville on Sunday at the KFC Yum! Center, crowning ...

The NCAA women's volleyball tournament comes down to Louisville vs Penn State at Louisville's home KFC Yum! Center, as the Cardinals look for their first national championship and the Nittany ...

Sunday will mark a significant moment for women's sports as the NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championship between Louisville and Penn State will, for the first time in its 43-year history ...

After beating No. 1 seed Pitt in the NCAA volleyball semifinal, Louisville is heading back to the KFC Yum! Center for the championship match. On Sunday, they'll face Penn State. Here's a look at ...

The libero is impossible to miss when watching a volleyball match. Like clockwork, a first-time viewer of the sport will ask “Why is that player wearing a different jersey?” The answer ...

A stand of black spruce trees surrounds a handful of tamaracks glowing yellow in the fall in the Cloquet Valley State Forest. Demand for the tops of Minnesota's black spruce as Christmas ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Penn State's women's volleyball team won a historic national semifinal match Thursday to set up even more history Sunday: For the first time since the NCAA tournament for the ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Louisville’s Anna DeBeer, right, spikes the ball against Pittsburgh’s Rachel Fairbanks (10) in the third ...