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championship than anyone, since it was her last match as a Viking, and she summed up her feelings after the win over Northern Michigan. “Oh my God!” she said, having to fight back tears. “I still can’t believe it. It’s just incredible. It’s the best way to go out. I love these guys [her team­ mates].” Numbers told the whole story as the Vikings were every bit as potent as their 36-1 record and number one ranking would indicate, both offensive­ ly and defensively during the season. Boggio, after sitting on the bench the previous year to work on her conditioning, led the team in kills with 524, the third-highest total in school his­ tory. Her 4.40 kills per game set a new school stan­ dard. Peters had 494 kills in a season in which she had a .346 hitting percentage, the fourth highest in school history. She was simply the best all-around player on the best Division II team in the country in 1992. She led the team in digs with 394, just three ahead of Russell, who also had a superior season, finishing second on the team in kills with 509, and had 482 assists as the Vikings’ second setter. PSU was 19-1 against top 25 teams during the course of the season and 8-1 against top 10 teams. Mozzochi was named Northwest Region Coach of the Year in 1992 for the third time during his tenure at PSU, and added Division II Coach of the Year honors to his coaching resume for the first time, finishing the year with a career record of 287-75. “All year long we’ve heard one term that’s really bothered us, and that is we’re predictable, that our offense is predictable. You’re right: we win,” Mozzochi said in an emotional press conference following the title-winning match. “We stuck with the fundamentals. We didn’t try to get too flashy. We just wanted our athletes to do the things they were trained to do.” S t o r y b y C f i r i s \ ^ i l s o r t