INDIANAPOLIS -- Jamie Weisner and Sydney Wiese helped lead Oregon State from the bottom of Division I to the top of the mountain, only to find a volcano beneath their feet.
A volcano from the otherwise rolling hills of New England that erupted 120 of the past 121 times it rumbled.
When the Pac-12 champions reached Indianapolis this week for the program's first Final Four, each player found a gift bag waiting with items both commemorative, like a special edition blanket, and practical, a charger for all the devices of modern life. They took in a fireworks show.