Penn State & Stanford into women's final

(Tim Mickiewicz photo)

Reigning champs Penn State will face off against Stanford for the fourth year in a row in Saturday's women's college Division I championship game.

The Nittany Lions dispatched Brown 41-7 in the first semifinal, while Stanford eventually topped a stubborn Navy 40-20 in the second semi.

PSU led 12-7 at halftime before opening up the throttle in the second forty in the first game.

Stanford scored a try right on the stroke of halftime to take a 12-3 lead over Navy into the main break in the second match. Fullback Jessica Watkins led Stanford with a hat-trick of tries.

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