The volleyball gods — and if you ever doubted, are obviously working moms — are having a moment. How else do you explain Payton Petersen — Payton Petersen! — getting the kill that put Louisville into the national-title match?

The Cardinals, who were without All-American Anna DeBeer, fell in four sets to the Nittany Lions in the title game.

Penn State won its eighth national volleyball championship and first in a decade with a four-set victory against host Louisville on Sunday.