The quest for 7-0 ended with a cruel loss for the Fighting Kramers Sunday. Down two sets to one, the volleyball team rallied in the fourth set and couldn’t recover in the fifth.

WVU ended up one game out in the standings that determine the participants in the eight-team conference tournament. I’m going to say that’s pretty good … not because I know or have any expertise, but because I can’t even remember considering a scenario before in which WVU is in the volleyball tournament.

As the volleyball team was trying to bump back UConn, the Kicking Nikkis were building a 2-1 lead against Penn State and holding off the opposition to advance to the Sweet 16.

The Mountaineers play Friday against Boston College and the site and time will be announced today. WVU has a better record, a higher ranking and the second-longest winning streak in the nation, but, for some reason, is a No. 3 seed while the Eagles are No. 2.

Oh, and as I type this, I discover WVU’s football victory earned Eu Smith the Big East Offensive Player of the Week award.