I think Padua's loss says more about the quality of volleyball in Ohio than them choking. They had a brutal path just to get to the final.
Toledo St. Ursula was up 1-0 and 14-7 in the 2nd set of the regional final before Padua fought back to win the next 3 very tight sets 21-25, 25-22, 25-22, 25-23.
MND obviously gave them all they wanted in the State Semi 29-27, 26-28, 25-19, 25-19.
I can't believe I am defending them, but Padua played a brutal schedule all season and just happened to lose to another very good team in the 3rd straight game that could have gone either way.
Again it says a lot when the #1 ranked team in the country (they earned that ranking with their schedule and results) gets pushed as hard as they did in their attempt to win a state championship.