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 COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Having made it to their first championship, now either IPFW or UC Irvine will take home its first title. Second-team All-American C.J. Macias led the way as IPFW stunned top-seeded Pepperdine 3-1 and Irvine got even with Penn State for a loss in the semifinals a year ago by beating the Nittany Lions 3-1 in the semis on Thursday night.
The Mastodons (23-7) won 27-30, 30-27, 30-27, 30-25 over the Waves (26-3), who had won 23 matches in a row before losing their final two. The Waves fell to Irvine in their conference final on Saturday.
The school with the acronym for a name — it represents the school's affiliation with Indiana and Purdue universities and its hometown of Fort Wayne — has qualified for six NCAA final fours but had never before won a semifinal.
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