2007 -- Dec. 4, 2007 Contact: Shamus McKnight • Office Phone:(402) 472-7772 • Cell Phone: (402) 540-0268 • Fax Number: (402) 472-2005 • E-Mail: [email protected] 2007 Husker Volleyball Schedule Date Opponent/Tournament Time/Result This Week in Nebraska Volleyball Aug. 24-25 at AVCA Showcase (Qwest Center Omaha) Aug. 24 vs. Tennessee (NET/CSTV) W, 3-0 NCAA Madison Regional Aug. 25 vs. No. 5 UCLA (NET/CSTV) W, 3-1 Regional Semifinal: No. 18 Iowa State (19-13) vs. No. 6 California (24-7) Aug. 31-Sept. 3 Holiday Inn Downtown Classic Friday, Dec. 7 • UW Field House (Madison, Wis.) • 5 p.m. Aug. 31 Creighton W, 3-0 Regional Semifinal: No. 2 Nebraska (29-1) vs. No. 24 Michigan State (21-13) Sept. 2 No. 3 Penn State (Qwest Center) W, 3-0 Friday, Dec. 7 • UW Field House (Madison, Wis.) • 7 p.m. (or 30 minutes following first match) Sept. 3 No. 17 Cal Poly W, 3-0 Television: TBA Sept. 7-8 Ameritas Players Challenge Radio: Husker Sports Network, including B107.3 FM in Lincoln and KHUS 93.3 FM in Omaha, and on Huskers.com Sept. 7 No. 11 Duke W, 3-0 Live Stats: NCAASports.com Sept. 8 New Mexico State W, 3-0 Regional Finals: Friday’s Winners Sept. 12 No. 7 ^ (NET/CSTV) W, 3-0 Saturday, Dec. 8 • UW Field House (Madison, Wis.) • 8 p.m. Sept. 15 at Texas Tech ^ W, 3-0 Television: ESPNU (DirecTV Ch. 609; DISH Network Ch. 148; Time Warner Cable Ch. 235) Sept. 22 Texas A&M ^ (NET) W, 3-0 Radio: Husker Sports Network, including B107.3 FM in Lincoln and KHUS 93.3 FM in Omaha, and on Huskers.com Sept. 26 at Kansas ^ W, 3-0 Live Stats: NCAASports.com Sept. 29 Baylor ^ W, 3-0 Oct. 3 No. 17 Kansas State ^ (NET/CSTV) W, 3-0 Oct. 6 at Colorado ^ W, 3-0 Huskers Head to Wisconsin for NCAA Regional Oct. 10 Iowa State ^ (NET/CSTV) W, 3-0 The Nebraska volleyball team heads north to continue its quest for its second Oct. 13 at No. 25 Oklahoma ^ W, 3-0 straight national title, as the Huskers travel to Madison, Wis., for the NCAA NCAA Madison Regional Thursday, Dec. 6 - Practices Oct. 17 at Missouri ^ W, 3-0 Madison Regional this weekend. The Huskers will depart Lincoln on Wednesday Oct. 20 Kansas ^ W, 3-0 Iowa State Noon- 1:30 p.m. afternoon for the regional which begins Friday evening at the UW Field House. Oct. 21 No. 11 Hawaii (Devaney Center) (NET) W, 3-0 California 1:40 p.m. - 3:10 p.m. Oct. 24 at No. 5 Texas ^ (FSN) L, 0-3 No. 2 Nebraska (29-1) will take on No. 24 Michigan State (21-13) in the Michigan State 3:20 - 4:50 p.m. Oct. 31 Missouri ^ (NET/CSTV) W, 3-2 evening’s second semifinal, scheduled for 7 p.m. or 30 minutes following the Nebraska 5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Nov. 3 at No. 12 Kansas State ^ (NET) W, 3-2 conclusion of the first match between No. 18 Iowa State (19-13) and No. 6 Thursday, Dec. 6 - Press Conf. Nov. 7 Colorado ^ (NET/CSTV) W, 3-0 California (24-7). The winners will face off in the regional title match Saturday Iowa State 2:45 p.m. - 3 p.m. Nov. 11 at Iowa State^ W, 3-0 night at 8 p.m. with a berth to the national semfinals in Sacramento on the Nov. 14 at Texas A&M^ W, 3-0 Michigan State 3 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Nov. 17 No. 22 Oklahoma ^ W, 3-0 line. All-session tickets are on sale through the University of Wisconsin Ticket California 3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Nov. 21 at Baylor^ W, 3-0 Office (800-GO BADGERS or uwbadgers.com) and are $12 for adults and $8 for Nebraska 3:30 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Nov. 24 Texas Tech ^ W, 3-0 students, youths and seniors. Friday, Dec. 7 Nov. 30 South Dakota State (NET) W, 3-0 The Huskers head to their 14th consecutive regional following impressive Iowa State vs. Cal 5 p.m. Dec. 1 Wichita State (NET) W, 3-0 sweeps over South Dakota State and Wichita State last weekend. Nebraska Nebraska vs. Michigan State 7 p.m. Dec. 7 vs. Michigan State 7 p.m. used strong serving and blocking, averaging 3.50 service aces and 3.67 blocks Dec. 8 vs. Cal/Iowa State (ESPNU) 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 8 - Press Conf. Dec. 13 NCAA National Semifinals (ESPNU) 8/10 p.m. per game in the two wins. NU reached double figures in aces in consecutive Friday’s Winners 8 p.m. (ESPNU) Dec. 15 NCAA Championship Match (ESPN2) 8 p.m. matches for only the second time in the last four seasons and has averaged 2.71 aces per game over the last seven matches. Tickets Information All times listed are Central and subject to change. ^- Denotes Reserved: Sold Out Big 12 Conference match. All matches can be heard live on The Huskers are 72-22 (.766) in 26 NCAA Tournament appearances and have Adults: $12 B107.3 FM in Lincoln and KHUS 93.3 FM in Omaha and selected won 13 of the last 14 NCAA Tournament matches dating back to 2005. NU is Students/Youth/Seniors: $8 Husker Sports Network Stations. Home matches in bold and at 28-12 all-time in NCAA regional play, reaching the national semifinals on 10 UW Ticket Office: 800-GO BADGERS the NU Coliseum unless otherwise noted. occasions, most recently in 2006. and uwbadgers.com The 2007 Nebraska Cornhuskers No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Hometown K/G B/G A/GM D/G SA/G Worth Noting 1F Maggie Griffin S 6-0 Sr. St. Charles, Ill. .03 .00 2.84 .49 .03 Runs 6-2 offense with Lindsey Licht; 40 assists & 10 digs vs. Texas Tech on 11/24 2F L/DS 5-10 Fr. Dubuque, Iowa .02 .00 .42 2.56 .16 6 matches with 10+ digs; 19 digs at ISU; Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 selection 3F Christina Houghtelling OH 6-2 Sr. Cambridge, Neb. 3.15 .57 .30 4.02 .30 10 double-doubles; 7th in Big 12 in digs ; Players Challenge MVP (4.17 k/gm & 3.00 d/gm) 4 Lindsey Licht OH 6-5 Fr. Aurora, Colo. .65 .15 .00 .21 .00 VB Magazine Fab 50; 2005 Colorado Player of the Year; 2 kills and a block vs. OU on 11/17 5 Rachel Schwartz L/DS 5-9 Jr. Lincoln, Neb. .01 .00 .35 3.73 .16 10th in Big 12 in digs; Career-high 21 digs vs. MU; 10+ digs in 14 of last 18 contests 6 Jordan Wilburger MB 6-1 Fr. Scottsbluff, Neb. ------Second-team all-state selection; Totaled 727 kills and 514 blocks at Scottsbluff HS 8 Brooke Delano MB 6-4 Fr. Bellevue, Neb. ------Volleyball Magazine Fab 50; Two-time Nebraska Super-State selection 9F RS 6-5 Sr. Kitchener, Ontario 4.88 .74 .11 1.91 .52 3x Big 12 POY tops Big 12 in kills, points (5.81) and is 2nd in aces; 31 kills at KSU 10F OH 6-2 Jr. Hooper, Neb. 3.44 .64 .52 3.24 .54 All-Big 12 hitter leads Big 12 in aces & ninth in points (4.42); 37 career double-doubles 11F Tracy Stalls (C) MB 6-4 Sr. Denver, Colo. 2.83 1.13 .35 .57 .06 3rd nationally in hitting pct. (.471); Tied NCAA record w/ 1.000 hitting vs. Texas Tech 12 Rachel Holloway S 5-10 So. Franklin, Tenn. 0.98 .46 13.66 2.28 .27 2nd in Big 12 and 9th in NCAA in asst./gm; 2006 Third-team AVCA All-American 15F Kori Cooper MB 6-2 So. Amarillo, Texas 2.30 1.05 .49 .24 .00 9th in the Big 12 in hitting pct. (.349); Career-high 14 kills vs. Missouri on 10/31 17 Amanda Gates MB 6-1 Jr. Columbus, Neb. 1.29 .81 .10 .29 .00 Had eight kills on .429 hitting and two blocks in first start of year vs. Texas A&M 19 Tara Mueller OH/L 6-0 Fr. Scottsdale, Ariz. 1.33 .38 .24 1.00 .00 Career high 9 kills vs. WSU on 12/1; Started at libero vs. NMSU (8 digs & 3 assists) F-Starters in NU’s last match (C) - 2007 Team Captain Head Coach: , Eighth Year (San Diego, 1979); Asst. Coaches: Lee Maes, Third Year (Long Beach St., 1994); Lizzy Stemke, First Year (Wisconsin, 2002) Nebraska Volleyball • Three-Time National Champions • Page  • Weekly Release • Dec. 4, 2007

Worth Noting years - that NU has had a perfect home record. John Cook •-Nebraska is making its 26th NCAA Tournament •-NU will look to reach the 30-win plateau for the (San Diego, 1979) appearance in 2007, a total which ties for third among fourth straight year and the 19th time in school history • Head Coach all Division I programs. Only Penn State and Stanford on Friday against Michigan State. During the 11 years • Eighth Season have longer streaks, as those two schools have qualified of Big 12 competition, the Huskers have reached 30 • 249-15 (at Nebraska) for all 27 NCAA Championships. NU’s streak is easily wins eight times, while the other 10 teams in the • 410-88 (overall) the longest among Big 12 teams. league have accomplished the feat once - Kansas State Longest NCAA Tournament Streaks in 2003. No. School Consecutive Years •-According to research by Rich Kern, Nebraska’s 15- 1. Nebraska 26 1 record against the other NCAA Tournament qualifiers 2. Missouri 8 is the best of any team in the NCAA Tournament field. Year-by-Year Record 3. Texas 4 Nebraska’s 16 matches against NCAA Tournament (Overall: 410-88, .823) •-The Huskers’ streak of 14 straight NCAA teams trailed only Stanford, which played 17 contests (Nebraska: 249-15, .943, Big 12: 154-6) Regionals is the longest active in the country, as only against NCAA qualifiers during the regular season. (Wisconsin: 161-73, Big Ten: 89-51) three programs (Nebraska, UCLA and Penn State) have Record vs. 2007 NCAA Field (entering NCAA Tournament) Year Record Pct. League Pct. Place advanced to an NCAA Regional in each of the past five No. Team vs. 2007 NCAA Field Pct. 1992 (UW) 14-17 .452 9-11 .450 7th 1. Nebraska 15-1 .938 1993 (UW) 19-13 .593 11-9 .550 5th seasons. NU is 26-12 all-time in NCAA regionals. 2. Florida 10-1 .909 1994 (UW) 21-12 .636 11-9 .550 5th Longest NCAA Regional Streaks 3. Stanford 15-2 .882 1995 (UW) 22-15 .595 9-11 .450 7th No. Schools (Regional Streak) Years 4. Penn State 14-2 .875 1. Nebraska (1994-present) 14 1996 (UW) 25-8 .758 13-7 .650 5th 5. Texas 12-3 .800 2 UCLA (2003-present) 5 1997 (UW) 30-3 .909 19-1 .950 t1st 6. USC 11-4 .733 1998 (UW) 30-5 .857 17-3 .850 2nd Penn State (2003-present) 5 *-Courtesy Richkern.com 2000 (NU) 34-0 1.000 20-0 1.000 1st •-The Big 12 has turned in an impressive showing in •-Seniors Sarah Pavan, Christina Houghtelling and 2001 (NU) 31-2 .940 20-0 1.000 1st the NCAA Tournament, going 8-3 in the first two rounds Tracy Stalls became the second group of seniors to win 2002 (NU) 31-2 .940 20-0 1.000 1st and placing three teams in the NCAA Regional for the four straight Big 12 titles, joining the 2002 senior class 2003 (NU) 28-5 .875 17-3 .850 2nd second straight season. Big 12 teams went 5-1 in the 2004 (NU) 30-2 .938 20-0 1.000 1st of , Amber Holmquist, Laura Pilakowski first round with only Missouri’s five-game loss at No. 6 2005 (NU) 33-2 .943 19-1 .950 1st and Lindsay Wischmeier. seed Washington. It marks the third time in the last five 2006 (NU) 33-1 .971 19-1 .950 1st •-Sarah Pavan and Tracy Stalls could finish their seasons (2003, 2006, 2007) and the fifth time in Big 12 2007 (NU) 29-1 .967 19-1 .950 t1st careers during one of the most successful eras in history that three teams advanced to a regional. Totals 410-88 .823 243-57 .810 -- college volleyball history. They have been a part of a Coaching Honors Teams in NCAA Regionals national championship team (2006), two national • Guided Nebraska to two NCAA titles (2000, 2006) and No. League Teams championship matches (2005-06) and four Big 12 four NCAA semifinal appearances (2000-01, 2005-06) 1. Pac-10 5 titles (2004-06). Here is a look at the winningest 2. Big 12 3 • Two-time AVCA National Coach of the Year (2000, 2005) Big Ten 3 classes in school history during the NCAA era. • One of only five coaches in NCAA history to be a two-time Most Wins at NU over Four-Year Stretch (NCAA Era) AVCA National Coach of the Year •-The Big 12 had six teams in the 2007 NCAA No. Wins (Record) Pct. Years • Two-time Big 12 Coach of the Year (2001, 2005) Tournament field (Nebraska, Texas, Kansas State, 1. 125 (125-6) .954 2004-present • Two-time AVCA Central Regional Coach of the Year Oklahoma, Iowa State and Missouri), which equaled 2. 124 (124-9) .932 2000-03 (2000, 2005) the most by any conference. The Big 12 was the only 124 (124-10) .925 2003-06 • 1997 Big Ten Co-Coach of the Year conference with two of the four regional No. 1 seeds 124 (124-10) .925 1998-01 • 1997 NACDA/USOC Collegiate Coaches Award (Nebraska and Texas). •-Nebraska has won 22 of its last 23 matches •-This weekend’s trip to Madison marks the first Nebraska Coaching Ledger against ranked foes going back to the start of the 2006 regional that Nebraska has ever participated in without • Head Coach, 2000-present season. The Huskers are 85-12 (.876) against ranked the host institution being present. It also marks only • Associate Head Coach, 1999 teams in eight seasons under John Cook. • Assistant Coach, 1988-91 the fourth time since the NCAA pre-determined seeds •-Nebraska has held its last seven opponents to in 2003 that the host did not advance to a regional. Other Coaching Experience Including 2007, hosts have reached a regional 75 .086 hitting dating back to Nov. 11. • U.S. A2 National Team, 2004 •-Christina Houghtelling is four kills shy of 1,000, • University of Wisconsin Head Coach, 1992-98 percent of the time (15-of-20). •-NU finished 16-0 at the NU Coliseum in 2007, while Sarah Pavan needs 26 kills to be the first Husker • U.S. Men’s National Team, 1992 with 2,000 kills. • San Diego VB Club, 1986-88 which marked the 17th time - and fifth time in eight • UC-San Diego, 1983-84 • Francis Parker High School, 1981-88 Statistical Comparison Team Record Conf. K/Gm Pct. Opp Pct. A/Gm SA/Gm D/Gm B/gm More About Cook Nebraska 29-1 19-1 (Big 12) 17.91 .331 .145 16.55 1.88 16.57 2.82 University of San Diego, 1979 (Bachelor’s Degree, History) California 24-7 12-6 (Pac-10) 15.83 .267 .143 14.44 1.74 13.97 3.75 San Diego State University, 1991 Iowa State 19-13 11-9 (Big 12) 15.45 .212 .186 14.17 1.14 16.62 3.31 (Master’s Degree, Teaching and Coaching Effectiveness) Michigan State 21-13 10-10 (Big Ten) 16.76 .235 .201 15.48 1.41 14.84 2.71

Dec. 4 - Tues. Dec. 5 - Wed. Dec. 6 - Thurs. Dec. 7 - Fri. Dec. 8 - Sat. Dec. 9 - Sun. Dec. 10 - Monday Practice Practice at Madison, Wis. Match Day Match Day OFF DAY Practice 3-5:30 p.m. TBA vs Michigan State, vs Cal/Iowa State, 3-5:30 p.m. Practice 7 p.m. 8 p.m. NO AVAILABILITY PRESS CONFERENCE DEPART FOR MADISON 5-6:30 p.m. Radio: Husker Sports NOON TBA Radio: Husker Sports Network; Huskers.com PRESS CONFERENCE Network; Huskers.com NU COLISEUM 3:40-3:45 p.m. TV: TBA TV: ESPNU (DirecTV Ch. 609; DISH Network Ch. 148; Time Warner Cable Ch. 235) Nebraska Volleyball • Three-Time National Champions • Page  • Weekly Release • Dec. 4, 2007

Scouting the Regional Field top blocker with 1.38 blocks per game. CSTV/AVCA Coaches Poll (Dec. 3) Michigan State (21-13): The Spartans have reached a Series History: The Huskers have owned the all-time Rk. Team (No. 1 votes) Pts. Record Last regional semifinal for the fourth time in program history series with the Cyclones, winning all 72 matches dating 1. Penn State (37) 1469 30-2 1 back to 1975. The Huskers went 24 meetings between 2. Nebraska (17) 1449 29-1 2 and the first time since 2002 after knocking off No.15 3. Texas (5) 1381 26-3 3 Dayton, 30-26, 30-16, 30-21 on Saturday. The Spartans 1994 and 2006 without dropping a game to ISU, before the Cyclones took game two last season in Ames. The only time 4. Stanford (1) 1341 29-2 4 finished fifth in the with a 10-10 5. Southern California 1257 27-4 5 mark, highlighted by a win at then-No. 7 Wisconsin in the teams have gone five games came in 1989. 6. California 1191 24-7 7 November Head Coach is 52-43 in three Other tidbits: Iowa State coach Christy Johnson 7. Florida 1110 29-2 10 seasons at MSU, guiding the Spartans to consecutive was a two-time All-American at Nebraska during her 8. UCLA 1028 22-10 12 NCAA appearances. Senior outside hitter Ashley Schnatzle playing days and guided the Huskers to a 63-2 record 9. Oregon 1009 22-10 13 her last two seasons, including the national title in 10. Washington 895 27-4 6 is Michigan State’s top player, having earned All-Big Ten 11. Cal Poly 857 23-7 17 honors in each of the last two years. Schnatzle averages a 1995. Johnson was also on John Cook’s Wisconsin staff in 1997 and 1998, helping the Badgers to a regional 12. Wisconsin 773 26-5 8 team-high 4.55 kills per game while also averaging 3.01 13. St. John’s 680 33-3 18 finals appearance in 1998. digs per game. Katie Johnson earned honorable-mention 14. Kansas State 657 23-9 11 15. Hawaii 588 27-6 9 All-Big Ten laurels after averaging 4.51 kills per game. Husker Probable Starters Series History: Nebraska leads the all-time series, 7-0- 16. Middle Tennessee 520 35-2 NR MB - #11 Tracy Stalls: 6-4, Sr., Denver, Colo. - Two- 2, including wins in the last five matches. Of the previous 17. BYU 475 23-7 NR year captain who earned second-team AVCA All-America 18. Iowa State 458 19-13 NR nine matches, two have taken place in the postseason, honors in 2006. A first-team All-Big 12 selection, Stalls 19. Michigan 347 24-10 NR including a five-game Husker win in the 1995 NCAA leads the Big 12 and ranks third nationally in hitting 20. New Mexico State 292 26-6 14 semifinals in Amherst, Mass. percentage (.471), averaging 2.83 kills and 1.13 blocks 21. Clemson 275 29-4 20 Other tidbits: Nebraska has won 15 straight matches 22. Dayton 255 33-2 15 per game. Stalls has totaled at least 10 kills in each of against Big Ten teams dating back to the 1999 season, 23. San Diego 243 21-8 16 the past five matches, including a team-high 11 kills on while NU Head Coach John Cook is 13-0 against teams 24. Michigan State 193 21-13 NR .562 hitting and six blocks against South Dakota State from the Big Ten since taking over the Husker program 25. Long Beach State 180 26-7 25 in the first round. She was the Big 12’s Offensive Player in 2000. Senior Maggie Griffin began her college career Others receiving points and listed on two or more ballots: Duke of the Week in each of the last two weeks of the regular at Michigan State in 2004 and was named to the Big 121; Oklahoma 120; Ohio 116; Colorado State 72; Purdue 38; season, hitting .724 and averaging 3.83 kills per game Ten’s All-Freshman Team. Louisiana State 32; Louisville 26; Wichita State 19; Nevada-Las in sweeps over Baylor and Texas Tech. She tied an NCAA Vegas 15; Sacramento State 4. California (24-7): The 10th-seeded Bears make their record with 13 kills on as amany swings in a sweep over sixth consecutive and 11th overall NCAA Tournament Texas Tech on Nov. 24. Stalls has been in double figures in appearance in program history. Cal advanced from first- kills 11 times this year, including 11 kills on .846 hitting CSTV/AVCA Coaches Poll Weekly Totals and second-round action in Durham, N.C., defeating No. against No. 22 Oklahoma on Nov. 17 and a 15-kill, nine- Date...... Rank 10/15...... 1 22 Duke in four games (29-31, 30-28, 30-23, 30-17) on block performance at No. 12 Kansas State on Nov. 3. She Preseason (8/14)...... 1 10/22...... 1 Saturday. Head coach Rich Feller (163-107 in nine year) 8/27...... 1 10/29...... 2 led the team in kills against No. 11 Hawaii with 13 kills on 9/3...... 1 11/5...... 2 has guided the Bears to their third regional appearance 23 swings and a pair of blocks on Oct. 21. Stalls enjoyed 9/10...... 1 11/12...... 2 (2003-06-07). California is led by second-team All- one of her best matches at Missouri on Oct. 17, totaling 9/17...... 1 11/19...... 2 American Angie Pressey, a senior outside hitter who was 15 kills on .737 hitting and six blocks. She was named 9/24...... 1 11/26...... 2 10/1...... 1 named to the All-Pac 10 team for the fourth time. Pressey, to the Ameritas Players Challenge All-Tournament team, 12/3...... 2 10/8...... 1 Final (12/19) the daughter of former NBA great Paul Pressey, averages averaging 3.00 kills per game on .654 hitting. Stalls 4.08 kills and 2.72 digs per contest. Sophomore outside hit over .600 in both matches, including .692 (9-0-13) hitter Hana Cutura leads the Golden Bears with 4.12 against New Mexico State. She had 16 kills on .640 hitting 2007 NCAA Attendance Leaders (As of Dec. 3) kills per game to earn first-team Pac-10 honors, as four and four blocks in a win over No. 5 UCLA to earn a spot on No. School Avg. Total Matches 1. Hawaii 6,452 122,588 19 starters average 2.40 kills per game. Cal leads the Pac-10 the AVCA Showcase All-Tournament Team. Stalls averaged in both service aces (1.74) and blocks (3.75), while Ellen 2. Nebraska 5,140 92,517 18 2.67 kills and 1.41 blocks per game in 2006, leading the 3. Wisconsin 5,050 75,750 15 Orchard recorded a Pac-10 best 1.61 blocks per game. Big 12 in hitting percentage (.400). Stalls spent part of 4. Minnesota 3,316 53,049 16 Series History: Nebraska leads the all-time series, 2-1, the summer with the USA National Team, playing in the 5. Penn State 2,749 46,738 17 but the teams have not met since the 1983 season. This Pan America Cup and averaging 2.25 kills per game while 6. Florida 2,553 40,845 16 would be the first matchup between the two schools in the hitting .615. 7. Wichita State 2,550 35,698 14 NCAA Tournament. 8. Washington 2,514 32,684 13 Other tidbits: NU head assistant coach Lee Maes served MB - #15 Kori Cooper: 6-2, So., Amarillo, Texas - Two- 9. Texas 2,502 37,524 15 10. Stanford 2,295 32,127 14 on the California staff from 1998 to 2004 before coming to year starter who has enjoyed a breakout 2007 campaign. Nebraska. Maes was part of the Cal staff that helped the Cooper is ninth in the league in hitting percentage (.349), averaging 2.30 kills and 1.05 blocks per game. Cooper Golden Bears to its first NCAA regional in 2003. NCAA Winningest Active Coaches (As of Dec. 3) has been in double figures six times and had a career- Iowa State (19-13): The Cyclones advance to their first No. Coach, School Record Pct. high 14 kills on .385 hitting against Missouri on Oct. 31. 1 , Penn State 921-159 .853 NCAA regional in school history after sweeping seventh- She totaled 11 kills on .688 hitting and a season-high 2 Dave Shoji, Hawaii 953-169-1 849 seeded Wisconsin, 30-28, 30-25, 30-24 in Madison, Wis., seven blocks against No. 17 Kansas State on Oct. 3. Her 3 Mary Wise, Florida 632-119 .842 on Saturday. The win was ISU’s highest-ever over a ranked previous season high in kills came with 12 on .706 hitting 4 John Dunning, Stanford 642-134 .827 opponent and marks their third straight victory over a top- and four blocks against Baylor on Sept. 29. Cooper had a 5 John Cook, Nebraska 410-88 .823 25 team, including an upset of No. 16 San Diego in the team-high 11 kills and five blocks at Texas Tech on Sept. 6 Brian Gimmillaro, Long Beach State 630-148 .810 first round of the tournament. Head Coach Christy Johnson 15, and drilled nine kills on .692 hitting with three stuffs 7 Mick Haley, USC 707-168-1 .808 8 Andy Banachowski, UCLA 1059-280 .791 (56-39) has taken the Cyclones to the NCAA Tournament in versus No. 7 Texas on Sept. 12. She totaled 10 kills on .350 two of her first three seasons. ISU is led by senior middle 9 Leonid Yelin, Louisville 417-118 .779 hitting in a sweep of No. 3 Penn State and hit .625 on eight 10 Bobbi Petersen, UNI 203-61 .769 blocker Erin Boeve, a three-time All-Big 12 selection, and swings against No. 17 Cal Poly on Sept. 3. She sparked (Min. 5 years as a Division I head coach; includes record at four-year freshman libero Ashley Mass, who was honored on the Big NU to a win over UCLA in the AVCA Showcase with 10 kills colleges only) 12 All-Freshman team this year. Boeve leads the team with on .526 hitting and four blocks. Cooper was one of two 3.55 kills per game and is second with 1.36 blocks per freshmen starters in 2006, averaging 1.67 kills and 0.95 game, while middle blocker Jen Malcolm is Iowa State’s blocks per game in 30 matches. Nebraska Volleyball • Three-Time National Champions • Page  • Weekly Release • Dec. 4, 2007 L - #2 Kayla Banwarth: 5-10, Fr., Dubuque, Iowa - National Player of the Year in 2006, leading the Big 12 in Banwarth had been used as NU’s defensive specialist kills (5.10) and points per game (5.98). She also carries a until moving into the starting lineup on Nov. 11. She 4.0 GPA in biochemistry and was recognized as the ESPN has averaged 4.38 digs per game, while helping to limit the Magazine Academic All-American of the Year for all Nebraska’s last six opponents to a combined .089 hitting sports at the Division I level for the 2006-07 year. Pavan percentage. She totaled career highs in both digs (19) declined an opportunity to play with the Canadian team and assists (5) in her first start against Iowa State and this summer to take an upper-level chemistry class so she has been in double digits in six of the last seven contests. can graduate in May. She also had 14 digs against Baylor and South Dakota OH - #10 Jordan Larson: 6-2, Jr., Hooper, Neb. - Larson State. On the season, she is averaging 2.56 digs and is a two-time All-Big 12 selection and a returning first- 0.42 assists per game. She was a three-time all-state 2007 Volleyball Quick Facts team AVCA All-American. She averages 3.44 kills, 3.24 selection at Wahlert Catholic High School in Iowa and was First Year of Volleyball...... 1975 digs and 0.53 service aces per game, ranking first in a Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 selection last year. Overall All-Time Record...... 1,028-184-1 the league in aces and ninth in points per game (4.42). Conference All-Time Record...... 407-21 OPP - #9 Sarah Pavan: 6-5, Sr., Kitchener, Ontario - Larson, who has 10 double-doubles this year, totaled five NCAA Tournament Years.... 26 straight (including ‘07) Pavan is a three-time, first-team AVCA All-American and aces in each of NU’s postseason matches and had eight NCAA Tournament Record...... 72-22 reigning Honda-Broderick Cup winner. She is on pace to kills on 12 swings and four blocks in the Huskers’ NCAA Final Four Appearances...... 10 become just the fourth player in NCAA history to be a four- opener. Larson led NU at Baylor with 12 kills and added National Championships...... Three (2006, 2000, 1995) time first-team All-American. Pavan was selected as the nine digs, four blocks and a pair of aces. She had one of Facility (Capacity)...... Nebraska Coliseum (4,030) Big 12’s Player of the Year on Nov. 26 and averages 4.88 her best matches of the year against Colorado on Nov. 7 kills, 1.91 digs and 0.52 service aces per game, ranking with 17 kills and 17 digs while hitting .414. Larson went 2007 Team Information first in the Big 12 in kills and points per game (5.81), over the 1,000-kill plateau for her career against Missouri Head Coach...... John Cook (San Diego, 1979) second in aces per game and eighth in hitting percentage with a season-high 17 kills and 16 digs on Oct. 31. She Nebraska Record/Years...... 249-15/8th (.353). Pavan totaled a match-high 15 kills on .481 was named the Big 12’s Defensive Player of the Week on Career Record/Years...... 410-88/14th hitting and eight blocks against Wichita State in the Oct. 22, after leading NU with 18 digs against Missouri Head Asst. Coach.... Lee Maes (Long Beach State, 1994) second round of the NCAA Tournament. A four-year All-Big on Oct. 17 and 15 digs versus No. 11 Hawaii on Oct. 21. Assistant Coach...... Lizzy Stemke (Wisconsin, 2004) 12 selection, Pavan has six double-doubles, including 20 She earned all-tourney honors at the AVCA Showcase and Volleyball Office Phone...... (402) 472-2399 kills and 10 digs at Texas A&M on Nov. 14. She turned in the Holiday Inn Downtown Classic. Larson recorded 16 kills 2007 Overall Record...... 29-1 one of best performances of the year in the regular-season and 14 digs against No. 11 Duke on Sept. 7. Larson had 2007 Big 12 Record (Finish)...... 19-1 (T-First) finale on Nov. 27, drilling 18 kills on 25 swings and 11 kills, 15 digs and a season-high five blocks against No. adding five aces in a sweep of Texas Tech. She was named 5 UCLA on Aug. 25. Last year, she averaged 4.13 kills and Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week on Nov. 5, averaging 3.50 digs per game and was the only player in the Big 12 Husker Volleyball by the Numbers 5.30 kills on .363 hitting, 2.40 digs and 5.95 points per to rank in the top 10 in both categories. She was also the game in a pair of wins. Pavan had 31 kills - the most by Most Outstanding Player at the NCAA Gainesville Regional .848 All-time winning percentage of a Husker since 2004 - and 10 digs in NU’s comeback at with 3.62 kills, 3.25 digs and 0.50 aces per game. Nebraska volleyball (1,028-184-1 record) K-State on Nov. 3. She totaled a match-high 22 kills and OH - #3 Christina Houghtelling: 6-2, Sr., Cambridge, .951 All-time winning percentage of 14 digs against Missouri on Oct. 31. She totaled a match- Neb. - Houghtelling is a former AVCA National Player of the Nebraska in conference matches (407-21) high 16 kills on .351 hitting and two blocks against No. Year and two-time All-Big 12 selection. She enters the NCAA 1 Honda-Broderick Cup Winner (Sarah Pavan, 2006) 25 Oklahoma on Oct. 13. Pavan led NU to a sweep of No. Regional averaging 3.18 kills, 4.02 digs and .31 service 7 Texas on Sept. 12, delivering a team-high 17 kills on 3 National Titles (1995, 2000, 2006) aces per game. The Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year, .520 hitting. Pavan was selected as the MVP of both the she leads all conference hitters in digs per game and is 3 Number of Huskers who have been in the AVCA Showcase and the Holiday Inn Downtown Classic. seventh in the Big 12 in that category. Houghtelling is tied Olympic Games (Lori Endicott, Allison She was the AVCA National Player of the Week on Aug. 27, for the team lead with 10 double-doubles, most recently Weston and Nancy Metcalf) totaling 39 kills on .385 hitting in a pair of wins. Pavan collecting 10 kills and 10 digs against Texas Tech on Nov. 10 NCAA Volleyball Semifinal Appearances tallied a match-high 25 kills, 12 digs and three blocks 24, but saw limited time in NU’s two NCAA matches. She (1986, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006) in a win over No. 5 UCLA on Aug. 25. She was the AVCA totaled 11 kills and a match-high 16 digs against No. 22 26 Number of consecutive NCAA appearances 29 Number of Big Eight/Big 12 titles in Nebraska’s NCAA History by the Numbers school history (32 years, including 2007) First Round 21-1; Second Round 14-1; Regional 28-12; NCAA Semifinals 6-4; NCAA Finals 3-3 Nebraska’s nation-leading total of 32 Best NCAA Tourney Winning Percentage* 8. Long Beach State...... 47 Hawaii...... 8 volleyball academic all-Americans (3 in 2007) 1. Stanford...... 84-21 (.800) Florida...... 47 6. Pacific...... 7 57 AVCA All-American certificates won by 2. Nebraska...... 72-22 (.766) 10. Pacific...... 46 7. Southern California...... 6 3. UCLA...... 69-23 (.750) 29 Husker volleyball players Florida...... 6 4. Hawaii...... 62-23 (.729) Most Tournament Appearances 9. Penn State...... 5 81 Number of weeks that Nebraska has been 5. Florida...... 45-17 (.726) 1. Penn State...... 27 10. Texas...... 4 ranked No. 1 in the national polls 6. Southern California...... 54-21 (.720) Stanford...... 27 7. Long Beach State...... 47-19 (.712) 3. Nebraska...... 26 Most NCAA Championships 106 Consecutive sellouts at the NU Coliseum 8. Texas...... 48-21 (.696) Hawaii...... 26 1. Stanford...... 6 (NCAA Volleyball record) 9. Washington...... 25-11 (.694) UCLA...... 26 2. Nebraska...... 3 UC Santa Barbara...... 26 UCLA...... 3 Consecutive weeks ranked in the AVCA Poll 10. Minnesota...... 26-12 (.684) 366 *teams with at least nine appearances 7. Southern California...... 25 Hawaii...... 3 13,396 NCAA regular-season record crowd vs. Hawaii 8. Texas...... 24 Long Beach State...... 3 Most NCAA Tournament Wins on Oct. 21, 2007. Brigham Young...... 24 Southern California...... 3 1. Stanford...... 84 Pacific...... 24 7. Pacific...... 2 17,209 Nebraska’s 2006 NCAA Championship Match 2. Nebraska...... 72 8. Penn State...... 1 crowd, the largest in NCAA history 3. UCLA...... 69 Most NCAA Semifinal Appearances Texas...... 1 4. Hawaii...... 62 1. Stanford...... 16 Washington...... 1 5. Southern California...... 54 2. UCLA...... 11 Note: NCAA Tournament 1981-current. 6. Penn State...... 49 3. Nebraska...... 10 7. Texas...... 48 4. Long Beach State...... 8 Nebraska Volleyball • Three-Time National Champions • Page  • Weekly Release • Dec. 4, 2007 Oklahoma on Nov. 17. Houghtelling collected a career- in propelling the Huskers to a 3-0 sweep of Wichita high 26 digs, four blocks and seven kills in NU’s win at State on Saturday. No. 12 Kansas State on Nov. 3. She also had 14 kills and Pavan, one of four seniors playing their final match a match-high 19 digs at No. 25 Oklahoma on Oct. 13. She at the NU Coliseum, finished with 15 kills on .481 totaled a season-best 19 kills on .410 hitting and 11 digs hitting to lead three Huskers with double figures in in a sweep at Colorado on Oct. 6. Houghtelling was the kills. Larson added 11 kills, nine digs and five aces, MVP of the Ameritas Players Challenge, hitting .535 and while Tracy Stalls pounded 10 kills and had four blocks, averaging 4.17 kills, 3.00 digs and 0.67 blocks per game. as the seniors wrapped up their 72nd consecutive She recorded a 15 kills on .519 hitting and nine digs in home win. Nebraska also received a big contribution 2007 Big 12 Standings (as of Nov. 28) the sweep of New Mexico State. She topped NU in digs in from freshman Tara Mueller, who pounded out nine kills Team Big 12 Pct. Overall Pct. both matches at the AVCA Showcase en route to Big 12 on a .316 hitting. ^$Nebraska 19-1 .950 29-1 .967 Defensive Player-of-the-Week honors, highlighted by 23 Larson’s five aces led the Husker serving barrage, as ^$Texas 19-1 .950 26-3 .897 digs against No. 5 UCLA on Aug. 25. She was the 2005 Nebraska reached double figures in aces for the second ^Kansas State 14-6 .700 23-9 .719 AVCA Player of the Year, averaging 3.69 kills, 2.49 digs and straight match. The Huskers had an edge in nearly ^Oklahoma 13-7 .650 22-10 .688 1.03 blocks per game in helping the Huskers to 33 wins every statistical category, out-hitting the Shockers ^Iowa State 11-9 .550 19-13 .594 and an NCAA finals appearance. She also was a first-team .325-to-.122, totaling 52 kills to WSU’s 35. Defensively, ^Missouri 10-10 .500 17-13 .567 academic All-American who carries a 3.90 GPA entering the Huskers recorded 10 blocks to Wichita State’s three, Texas A&M 10-10 .500 21-10 .677 her final college semester. while Nebraska out-dug the Shockers 54-45. Baylor 6-14 .300 14-17 .452 Kansas 6-14 .300 13-17 .433 S - #12 Rachel Holloway: 5-10, So., Franklin, Tenn. - A Husker Watch Lists Texas Tech 1-19 .050 7-22 .241 two-time All-Big 12 setter, Holloway guides one of the most •-Senior Sarah Pavan is 26 kills away from becoming Colorado 1-19 .050 6-21 .214 prolific offensive attacks in college volleyball, as NU ranks just the fourth player in the Big 12 era (1996-present) $-co-Big 12 Champions; ^-NCAA Tournament Qualifiers first nationally in assists and kills per game while hitting to reach 2,000 career kills. With 1,976 kills, Pavan is .331 on the year. The All-American is ninth nationally in fourth on the Big 12’s all-time kills chart. Upcoming Big 12 Schedule assists per game (13.66) and also averages 2.28 digs and Date Match Time (CT) Big 12’s All-Time Kills List 0.98 kills per game. Nebraska has hit .300 or better 24 times GAINESVILLE, FLA. REGIONAL (Austin, Texas) No. Player Kills in 30 matches, including .400 or better on five occasions. Dec. 7 No. 13 Florida vs. No. 4 Texas 6 p.m. 1. Elisha Polk, BU (1996-99) 2,272 No. 5 UCLA vs. No. 12 St. John’s 3:30 p.m. Holloway enjoyed one of her best matches of the year at Iowa 2. Mira Topic, UT (2001-04 2,116 State on Nov. 11, dishing out 39 assists and matching her 3. Laura Jones, TAMU (2002-05) 2,064 Dec. 8 Regional Final (ESPNU) 3 p.m. season best with seven kills on nine swings. She turned 4. Sarah Pavan, NU (2004-pres.) 1,976 in an exceptional effort at No. 12 Kansas State on Nov. 3, MADISON, WIS. REGIONAL (Madison, Wis.) •-Christina Houghtelling will look to become the Dec. 7 Iowa State vs. California 5 p.m. totaling a career-high 72 assists, six blocks and 13 digs second Husker to reach 1,000 career kills this season. Michigan State vs. Nebraska 7 p.m. for her fourth double-double of the year. Holloway totaled The senior outside hitter is four kills shy from becoming 55 assists - the most in a three-game match by a Husker the 20th Husker to reach that plateau. The last time NU Dec. 8 Regional Final 8 p.m. since 1998 - in guiding NU to a .458 hitting percentage at had two players reach the 1,000-kill mark in the same Missouri on Oct. 17. She totaled 39 assists, three aces and year was two years ago with Melissa Elmer and Jennifer six digs against Baylor on Sept. 29, as Nebraska hit .500 as Saleaumua. 2007 All-Big 12 Team (First-Team) a team. She played one of the best matches of her career vs. Quest for 1,000 Kills Name, School Pos. No. 7 Texas on Sept. 11, dishing out 39 assists, as NU hit Total Player, Years From 1,000 Erin Boeve, Iowa State OH/MB .400 as a team while adding six kills and six digs. Holloway 996 Christina Houghtelling, 2003-07 4 Nataly Korobkova, Kansas State OH was a third-team AVCA All-American in 2006, averaging 921 Tracy Stalls, 2004-07 79 Rachel Holloway, Nebraska S Christina Houghtelling, Nebraska OH 13.43 assists, 2.49 digs and 1.11 kills per game, becoming •-Tracy Stalls is steadily climbing NU’s career only the second freshman in NCAA history to be a starting Jordan Larson, Nebraska OH blocks list. She has recorded 569 blocks and moved Sarah Pavan, Nebraska RS setter for a title team. past Virginia Stahr for fifth place on NU’s career list at Tracy Stalls, Nebraska MB NCAA Tournament Recaps Baylor on Nov. 21. Ashley Engle, Texas OPP Juliann Faucette, Texas OH First Round: Nebraska def. South Dakota State NU Career Blocks List Destinee Hooker, Texas OH Tracy Stalls totaled 11 kills and six blocks, while No. Player, Years Total Blocks To Tie Michelle Moriarty, Texas S Jordan Larson added eight kills on .667 hitting and five 3. Stephanie Thater, 1989-92 591 22 Lauren Paolini, Texas MB service aces to help No. 2 Nebraska to a 3-0 sweep of 4. Tracy Stalls, 2004-present 569 South Dakota State on Nov. 30. NU Career Block Assist List Honorable-Mention Nebraska hit at least .367 in every game, while No. Player, Years Block Assists To Tie Name, School Pos. South Dakota State hit negative in each of the three 2. Amber Holmquist, 1999-02 646 135 Megan Farr, Kansas State MB games. The Huskers also recorded 12 blocks, while the 3. Tracy Stalls, 2004-present 511 Angie Lastra, Kansas State L •-Both Sarah Pavan and Jordan Larson are climbing Stacey Spiegelberg, Kansas State S Jackrabbits were unable to record a single stuff. Na Yang, Missouri OH On the match, NU hit .378, while SDSU committed 24 NU’s career list for aces. With 10 aces in two NCAA Sarah Weiland, Oklahoma OH errors and recorded just 19 kills en route to a season- Tournament matches, Larson has 145 aces, four shy of Brandy Magee, Texas MB low -.052 attack percentage. former U.S. National Team setter Lori Endicott for third Stalls and Sarah Pavan paced the potent Nebraska place on NU’s all-time list. Pavan is close behind at offense with 11 and 10 kills, respectively, while Larson 143. added eight kills on 12 swings without an error. Larson Nebraska All-Time Service Aces also added a season-high five aces, as six different No. Player, Years Aces The Big 12 vs. Nebraska (1996-2007) Huskers contributed for a season-high 10 aces. Larson 1. Val Novak, 1987-90 161 School Record Missouri 1-23 also totaled seven digs and became the third Husker to 2. Virginia Stahr, 1986-89 159 Baylor 0-24 Oklahoma 1-23 record 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs in a career. 3. Lori Endicott, 1985-88 149 Colorado 3-21 Texas 4-20 4. Jordan Larson, 2005-pres. 145 Iowa State 0-24 Texas A&M 2-22 Second Round: Nebraska def. Wichita State 5. Sarah Pavan, 2004-pres. 143 Kansas 0-24 Texas Tech 1-23 Sarah Pavan totaled a match-high 15 kills, while Kansas State 3-21 Totals 15-225 Jordan Larson totaled five of NU’s season-high 11 aces Nebraska Volleyball • Three-Time National Champions • Page  • Weekly Release • Dec. 4, 2007 Husker Volleyball on Television Larson Joins 1,000-1,000 Club Volleyball Academic All-Americans Junior outside hitter Jordan Larson joined an No. Player Academic All-Americans A total of 13 Nebraska volleyball matches were 1. Nebraska 32 televised this season, as the Huskers enjoy one of the exclusive club in Husker history on Nov. 30, as she 2. MIT 10 best television packages in college volleyball. Eight of became just the third Nebraska player to ever record 3. Georgia 9 the matches will be carried nationally on either CSTV or both 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs. She joins two-time 4. Arizona State 9 FSN, including seven matches on the AVCA’s Match of the All-American Jennifer Saleaumua and Eileen Shannon 5. UW-Whitewater 9 Week series. If Nebraska wins on Friday, they will be on in that illustrious list and is the first player to reach that milestone before her senior campaign. Combining Athletic and Academic Excellence ESPNU in the regional final. Only three players in the country, Nebraska’s Sarah Huskers’ 1,000-1,000 Club Pavan (Big 12), Penn State’s (Big 2007 Nebraska Volleyball Broadcast Schedule Player Kills Digs Date Opponent Time NET CSTV FSN Jennifer Saleaumua, 2002-05 1,247 1,568 Ten) and Jacksonville State’s Abby Breit (Ohio Valley) Aug. 24 Tennessee W, 3-0 Live Live -- Elieen Shannon, 1989-92 1,521 1,074 earned both Academic All-America honors, as well as Aug. 25 UCLA W, 3-1 Live Live -- Jordan Larson, 2005-present 1,109 1,014 were their conference’s player of the year in 2007. Sept. 12 Texas W, 3-0 Live Live -- Sept. 22 Texas A&M W, 3-0 Live -- -- Pavan, Houghtelling Lead Big 12 Honors Huskers Have Been Dominant in 2007 Oct. 3 Kansas State W, 3-0 Live Live -- Sarah Pavan and Christina Houghtelling head up a The Huskers have been one of the nation’s dominant Oct. 10 Iowa State W, 3-0 Live Live -- list of five Huskers who earned first-team All-Big 12 teams in 2007, taking a national-best 29-1 mark into Oct. 21 Hawaii W, 3-0 Live -- -- honors, as the league unveiled its all-conference team this weekend’s NCAA Regional. NU has won 39 of its last Oct. 24 at Texas L, 0-3 -- -- Live 40 matches dating back to last season and is currently Oct. 31 Missouri W, 3-2 Live Live -- on Nov. 26. Nov. 3 at Kansas State W, 3-2 Live -- -- The 12-member first-team was dominated by riding a 10-match win streak. NU’s lone regular-season Nov. 7 Colorado W, 3-0 Live Live -- players from Big 12 co-champions Nebraska and Texas. loss came at No. 5 Texas on Oct. 24, and guaranteed Nov. 30 South Dakota St. W, 3-0 Live -- -- The two schools combined for 10 of the 12 spots with that no team would post a perfect 2007 season. Only Dec. 1 Wichita State W, 3-0 Live both schools claiming five spots apiece. Nebraska’s three teams (USC, 2003; Nebraska, 2000; and Long five first-team picks matched a school record originally Beach State, 1998) have ever completed a season Husker Volleyball on the Radio set in 2001. It is also the sixth time that Nebraska has unblemished. The Host Communications Husker Sports Network is in had at least four first-team All-Big 12 honorees (1996- •-NU has lost only eight games all season and went its 12th year of producing live broadcasts of University of 2000-01-02-06-07) 17 matches without dropping a game from Aug. 25 to Nebraska sporting events, including volleyball. The Husker The awards were headed by Pavan, who was chosen Oct. 24 - its longest stretch of sweeps since 1995. Sports Network includes a large group of state affiliates, as the Big 12 Player of the Year for the third consecutive •-Nebraska has swept its last eight opponents which allows Husker matches to be heard across Nebraska. season, and Houghtelling, who was named the Big 12 dating back to Nov. 7 and has allowed 25 points in just As of August 21, a total of 18 stations make up the Husker Defensive Player of the Year. Rachel Holloway, Jordan three games in that stretch. Sports Network for volleyball, including B107.3 FM in Lincoln Larson and Tracy Stalls joined Pavan and Houghtelling •-Nebraska has swept 26 of its 30 opponents this and KHUS 93.3 FM in Omaha. Fans can also listen to every as first-team selections. Pavan becomes the first year, including eight ranked teams. match live on the Internet at Huskers.com. player in school and conference history to become a •-Nebraska has held its opponent to 20 points or John Baylor enters his 14th year as the voice of the three-time conference player of the year. less in 53 of 95 games (56 percent), including seven Nebraska volleyball program and brings his high-energy matches where the opponent did not exceed 20 points broadcasts throughout the state. He is joined in the Pavan Named Academic All-American of the Year in any game. broadcast booth by color analysts Lindsay Wischmeier- Nebraska volleyball player Sarah Pavan earned one •-Of the 95 games the Huskers have played, NU has Peterson and Diane Mendenhall. of the most prestigious honors in college athletes on allowed 25 points only 22 times (23 percent). In addition to broadcasting Husker matches, the Husker Nov. 28, as she was selected as the ESPN the Magazine Sports Network also produces Sports Nightly, a daily, live Academic All-American of the Year. Nebraska Looks to Join Repeat Club call-in show focusing on NU athletics and other area sports. A three-time first-team Academic All-American, This postseason, the Huskers will look to join an elite The show runs from 6 to 9 p.m. (central) across the state. Pavan carries a perfect 4.0 GPA in biological sciences list, as only five programs have repeated as national During the season, Coach Cook will join Sports Nightly’s Lane and adds to Nebraska’s NCAA-leading total of 255 champions. The most recent was USC, which took home Grindle for a half-hour, call-in show on Husker volleyball. Academic All-Americans. She is the fourth Husker back-to-back titles in both 2002 and 2003. The show will air on Tuesday nights throughout the season volleyball player to earn the honor and the first since Repeat National Champions in NCAA Era from 7-7:30 p.m. began Aug. 28, Nancy Metcalf in 2001. Team Years (Record) Coach Cook is also heard weekly on B107.3 FM on Friday Pavan was one of three Huskers named first-team Hawaii 1982 (33-1) and 1983 (34-2) mornings during the 8 a.m. hour. academic All-American in volleyball, joining fellow Pacific 1985 (36-3) and 1986 (39-3) UCLA 1990 (36-1) and 1991 (31-5) seniors Christina Houghtelling and Tracy Stalls Stanford 1996 (31-2) and 1997 (33-2) The Husker Sports Volleyball Network The Huskers have had a national-best 32 volleyballl City Affiliate Signal USC 2002 (31-1) and 2003 (35-0) academic All-Americans, including at least one in 20 of Ainsworth KBRB 1400 AM Alliance KCOW 1400 AM the past 24 seasons. Two AVCA Players of the Year in the Same Lineup Aurora KRGY 97.3 FM ESPN the Magazine Academic All-Americans of the Year ...Never Happened Before 2007 Beatrice KWBE 1450 AM No. School Winners Awards With Sarah Pavan winning the AVCA National Player- Broken Bow KBBN 95.3 FM 1. Nebraska 4 7 of-the-Year Award in 2006, Nebraska has had four AVCA Chadron KCSR 610 AM 2. Stanford 2 2 National Players of the Year, including three this decade. Falls City KTNC 1230 AM 3. American 1 2 With the return of 2005 AVCA National Player of the Fremont KHUB 1340 AM Georgia 1 2 Year Christina Houghtelling to the lineup this year, the Penn State 1 2 Grand Island KRGI 1430 AM Huskers are the first team in NCAA volleyball history to Holdrege KUVR 1380 AM Husker Volleyball Academic All-Americans of the Year field two former AVCA National Players of the Year on the Kearney KGFW 1340 AM Year Player court at one time. Lexington KRVN 880 AM 2007 Sarah Pavan Pavan and Houghtelling look to become only the 2006 Sarah Pavan Lincoln KBBK 107.3 FM fifth player in college volleyball history to win the AVCA North Platte KODY 1240 AM 2001 Nancy Metcalf (Meendering) honor more than once, joining (Stanford, Omaha KHUS 93.3 FM 1991 Janet Kruse Scottsbluff KNEB 960 AM 1990 Janet Kruse 2001-02); Misty May (Long Beach State, 1997-98); Tara Sidney KSID 1340 AM 1989 Virginia Stahr Cross (Long Beach State, 1988-89) and Teee Williams Valentine KVSH 940 AM 1988 Virginia Stahr (Hawaii, 1987-89). Nebraska Volleyball • Three-Time National Champions • Page  • Weekly Release • Dec. 4, 2007

Huskers Enjoy Offensive Firepower selected as the Big 12 Player of the Year. 2007 Double-Doubles (29 by 4 players) •-Leads the Big 12 in kills (4.88), points (5.80) and With five returning All-Americans and four other Rachel Holloway - 2007 (4) - Career (17) players with starting experience, the Huskers have is second in aces per game while hitting .353 on the 2007 Opponent K A D B enjoyed ample firepower throughout 2007. The Huskers year. UCLA - 61 16 - enter the NCAA Tournament leading the country in kills •-Has six double-doubles (kills/assists) on the Creighton - 35 12 - and assists per game, while ranking third in hitting season and is on pace to better career highs in both Missouri - 64 13 - percentage in the latest NCAA statistics. digs and service aces. Kansas State - 72 13 - The Huskers have enjoyed balance, as all five •-Recorded four 20-kill matches in 2007, upping her career total to 22. Jordan Larson - 2007 (10) - Career (37) primary attackers (Kori Cooper, Tracy Stalls, Sarah 2007 Opponent K A D B Pavan, Jordan Larson and Christina Houghtelling) have •-Garnered AVCA National Player-of-the-Week honors UCLA 11 - 15 - led the team in kills at least once this season while all for the second time in her career after averaging 5.57 Penn State 11 - 13 - average at least 2.30 kills per game. NU is on pace to kills per game on .382 hitting, 2.00 digs, 1.00 blocks Cal Poly 11 - 13 - threaten school bests in hitting percentage, kills and and 0.43 service aces per game at the AVCA Showcase. Duke 16 - 14 - assists per game. •-Totaled 25 kills and 12 digs in NU’s victory over Texas A&M 15 - 10 - No. 5 UCLA in the AVCA Showcase title match. Kansas 17 - 11 - Tracking the Husker Attack •-Collected MVP honors at the Holiday Inn Players Colorado 13 - 14 - Year K/Gm Pct. A/gm Iowa State 11 - 13 NU in 2007 17.91 .331 16.55 Challenge, averaging 5.33 kills and 2.11 digs per game Missouri 17 - 16 - NU Records 17.40 (‘06) .331 (‘86) 16.20 (‘06) in three wins, including sweeps over No. 3 Penn State Colorado 17 - 17 Big 12 Records* 17.67 (MU ‘04) .322 (NU, 2x) 16.25 (MU ‘05) and No. 17 Cal Poly. *-Rally scoring era (2001-present) for kills and assists/gm •-Shined in NU’s sweep of No. 7 Texas, totaling a Sarah Pavan - 2007 (6) - Career (18) Pavan Becomes Huskers’ Queen of Kills team-best 16 kills while hitting a season-high .520 Triple-Doubles (1) Right side hitter Sarah Pavan found her way into against the Longhorns. 2007 Opponent K A D B •-Canned Missouri for 18 kills on .516 hitting and UCLA 25 - 12 - Nebraska’s career record books against Kansas on Oct. Texas A&M 12 - 10 - 20, as she broke ’s career record for kills. four blocks against the Tigers. •-Picked up her third double-double of the year Missouri 22 - 14 - Pavan, who owns 1,974 kills at NU, has averaged a Kansas State 31 - 10 - school-best 4.57 kills per game over her four-year against Missouri on Oct. 31 with 22 kills and 14 digs, Colorado 12 - 10 - career and is one of only four Huskers to ever average as her digs were one off her career high. Texas A&M 20 - 10 - 4.00 kills per game for an entire career. •-Recorded a season-high 31 kills on .375 hitting and 10 digs at No. 12 Kansas State, earning Big 12 Christina Houghtelling - 2007 (9) - Career (19) Pavan and Weston Career Numbers Weekly honors for the second time in 2007. 2007 Opponent K A D B Player GP K K/GM Pct. SA •-Totaled 20 kills, 10 digs and two aces at Texas UCLA 20 - 23 - Pavan 432 1,974 4.57 .334 143 Penn State 10 - 12 - Weston 412 1,778 4.32 .356 119 A&M on Nov. 14. Baylor 12 - 16 - •-Totaled 18 kills on a season-high .640 hitting and Career Kills per Game Colorado 19 - 11 - No. K/Gm Player (GP) Years five aces in a sweep of Texas Tech on Nov. 24. Iowa State 12 - 10 - 1. 4.57 Sarah Pavan (432 games) 2004-07 In addition to her volleyball accomplishments, Oklahoma 14 - 19 - 2. 4.35 Lisa Reitsma (375 games) 1994-97 Pavan maintains a perfect 4.0 GPA in biochemisty and Missouri 14 - 22 - 3. 4.32 Allison Weston (412 games) 1992-95 is a three-time Academic All-American. In 2006-07, Colorado 11 - 16 - 4. 4.31 Nancy Metcalf (372 games) 1997-99,01 she was chosen as the ESPN the Magazine Academic Pavan Picks Up Third Big 12 Award All-American of the Year in Division I. Sarah Pavan became the first Husker in school Pavan Meets the Challenge history and the first volleyball player in conference Throughout her career, All-American Sarah Pavan Volleyball Magazine Poll (11/27) history (Big Eight and Big 12) to be a three-time has saved her best performances for NU’s toughest Rk. Team Pts. Last Week conference player of the year when she received the tests. In 52 career matches against ranked foes, Pavan 1 Penn State 28-2 1 2 Nebraska 27-1 2 Big 12’s top honor on Nov. 25. NU has had six players is averaging 4.74 kills per game, well above her career who were selected conference player of the year more 3 Stanford 27-2 4 average of 4.58 kills per game for all matches, to help 4 Texas 24-3 3 than once, but Pavan became the first Husker to win the Huskers post a 48-4 record versus ranked foes. 5 USC 25-4 6 the award on three occasions. This season, she is averaging 5.14 kills per game in 6 Washington 26-3 7 Nebraska has had the conference player of the 11 matches against ranked opponents. She collected 7 Cal 22-7 8 year in 18 different seasons, including 2002 when her two highest kill totals of the year against ranked 8 Wisconsin 25-4 9 seniors Greichaly Cepero, Amber Holmquist and Laura opponents, including a season-high 31 kills at No. 12 9 Florida 27-2 5 10 Hawaii 26-5 11 Pilakowski shared the award. It is the ninth time in 12 Kansas State. years of Big 12 action that a Husker has been named 11 UCLA 20-10 10 Big 12 Player of the Year. Pavan vs. Ranked Opponents 12 Kansas State 22-8 13 Year G K K/Game Pct 13 Dayton 32-1 12 NU’s Multiple Conference Players of the Year 2004 48 235 4.90 .309 14 St. John’s 31-3 15 Player Years 2005 52 210 4.04 .322 15 Mew Mexico St. 26-5 14 Sarah Pavan 2005-07 2006 42 214 5.10 .293 16 Cal Poly 21-7 16 Greichaly Cepero 2000, 2002 2007 36 185 5.14 .320 17 San Diego 21-7 17 Nancy Metcalf 1999, 2001 Totals 178 844 4.74 .310 18 Oregon 20-10 18 Allison Weston 1994-95 19 Clemson 28-3 19 Stephanie Thater 1991-92 Awarding Pavan 20 Long Beach St. 25-6 ORV Lori Endicott 1987-88 With her selection as the Honda-Broderick Cup Others receiving votes: Ohio, Colorado State, Oklahoma, winner in June of 2007, Nebraska’s Sarah Pavan became Louisville Pavan Leads Powerful Husker Attack just the fourth volleyball player to win one of the most Nebraska returns one of college volleyball’s most coveted awards in college athletics. She became the prolific players in right-side hitter Sarah Pavan. A three- first Nebraska student-athlete to be selected and is time All-American, Pavan will look to become only the the Big 12’s first winner of the award, which recognizes fourth player in NCAA history - and the first Husker - to individual and team accomplishments as well as become a four-time, first-team All-American. In 2007, academic excellence. Pavan has continued her dominant play, as she was Nebraska Volleyball • Three-Time National Champions • Page  • Weekly Release • Dec. 4, 2007

Big 12 Team Rankings (as of Dec. 2) Honda-Broderick Cup Winners in Volleyball The senior middle blocker averaged 2.25 kills per game Category Rank NU Leader Year Winner School while hitting .615 on 39 swings, as Team USA went 3- Hitting Percentage 2nd .331 UT-.346 2006-07 Sarah Pavan Nebraska 0 with Stalls in the lineup. It marked the second time 2004-05 Stanford Opponent Hitting Pct. 1st .145 -- Stalls has been on Team USA, as she was with the 1998-99 Misty May Long Beach State Assists 1st 16.55 -- 1982-83 Hawaii national team prior to enrolling at Nebraska. Kills 1st 17.91 -- Blocks 5th 2.82 UT- 3.36 Stalls Takes Game to Another Level She’s Back: Houghtelling Returns to ‘05 Form Service Aces 2nd 1.88 KSU-1.89 After hitting .400 last season, middle blocker Tracy After missing all of last season while recovering Digs 4th 16.57 MU-17.01 Stalls has raised her game another notch in 2007. The from shoulder surgery, senior Christina Houghtelling senior All-American leads the Big 12 and ranks third has been superb during the 2007 season. A first-team Big 12 Individual Rankings nationally in hitting percentage (.471) and is averaging All-Big 12 pick this fall, she is third on the team with Category Player Avg. Rank a career-best 2.83 kills per game. A two-time All-Big 3.15 kills per game while hitting .311 on the season and Hitting Percentage Stalls .471 1st 12 pick, Stalls is on pace to not only challenge NU’s adding .30 service aces per game. While her offensive Pavan .353 8th single-season record (.440 by Virginia Stahr in 1989), production has been consistent, Houghtelling’s Cooper .349 9th defensive play was recognized on Nov. 26, as she was Assists Holloway 13.66 2nd but shatter the Big 12’s single-season mark as well. chosen as the Big 12’s Defensive Player of the Year. On Kills Pavan 4.88 1st Stalls has hit over .500 in 13 matches this season, Service Aces Larson 0.53 1st including two matches above .800. Against No. 22 the season, Houghtelling is seventh in the Big 12 with Pavan 0.52 2nd Oklahoma on Nov. 17, she put together an eye-popping 4.02 digs per game - a total that leads all conference Houghtelling 0.30 10th .843 (11-0-13) which at the time was the third-best outside hitters - and is tied for the team lead with 18 Digs Houghelling 4.02 7th performance in school history. One week later, Stalls was solo blocks. Her digs per game average is one pace to Schwartz 3.73 10th simply perfect against Texas Tech, matching an NCAA rank among the single-season school leaders in that record by putting down 13 kills in as many swings. category. Big 12 Team Rankings (Final totals, league only) NU’s Highest NCAA Single-Match Performance (Min. 10 kills) Digs Per Game by Husker Outside Hitters Category Rank NU Leader No. Player, Year Digs/Gm Hitting Percentage 2nd .331 UT-.356 No. Pct. (K-E-Att) Player Date 1. 1.000 (13-0-13) Tracy Stalls vs. Texas Tech 11/24/07 -- Christina Houghtelling, 2007 4.02 Opponent Hitting Pct. 1st .149 -- 1.000 (10-0-10) Megan Korver vs. Iowa State 9/25/98 1. Jennifer Saleaumua, 2003 3.90 Assists 1st 16.66 -- 3. .917 (11-0-12) Melissa Elmer vs. Creighton 10/11/05 2. Jennifer Saleaumua, 2005 3.76 Kills 1st 18.03 -- 4. .846 (11-0-13) Tracy Stalls vs. Oklahoma 11/17/07 3. Jennifer Saleaumua, 2004 3.74 Blocks 4th 2.83 UT- 3.36 .846 (11-0-13) Virginia Stahr vs. Tennessee 9/26/87 Single-Season Digs Per Game Service Aces 1st 1.88 -- 6. .833 (10-0-12) Julie Hermann vs. Kansas 11/12/83 No. Player, Year Digs/Gm Digs 3rd 16.50 ISU-18.08 7. .824 (14-0-17) Tracy Stalls vs. Iowa State 10/16/04 1. Dani Busboom, 2006 5.04 .824 (14-0-17) Megan Korver at Oklahoma 10/3/98 2. Amanda McCormick, 2004 4.53 Big 12 Individual Rankings (Final totals, league only) 9. .800 (12-0-15) Lori Endicott vs. Miami (Ohio) 11/29/86 -- Christina Houghtelling, 2007 4.02 Category Player Avg. Rank 3. Jennifer Saleaumua, 2003 3.90 Hitting Percentage Stalls .460 2nd NCAA Single-Match Hitting Percentage Record Cooper .375 5th Pct. (K-E-Att) Player Date Houghtelling has a team-high 10 double-doubles 1.000 (15-0-15) Katie Silliman Ark. St. vs. Jackson St. 10/11/1998 Pavan .356 7th on the season, including a 14-kill, 22-dig performance 1.000 (14-0-14) Angie Jeffries, UMKC vs. St. 10/8/99 against Missouri on Oct. 21 and a 19-kill, 14-dig effort Assists Holloway 13.79 2nd 1.000 (13-0-13) Tracy Stalls, Nebraska vs. Texas Tech 11/24/07 Kills Pavan 4.95 1st *four other players also had 13 kills with 1.000 hitting pct. at Colorado on Oct. 6. She has totaled at least 20 digs Service Aces Pavan 0.58 1st in three matches this season, highlighted by a career- Larson 0.47 2nd Stalls led Nebraska in kills with 13 in a sweep of Hawaii high 26 digs at No. 12 Kansas State on Nov. 3 Digs Houghtelling 4.14 7th on Oct. 31, while totaling 16 kills on .640 hitting in a win Houghtelling has been honored twice for her Schwartz 4.00 9th over No. 5 Missouri in the AVCA Showcase on Aug. 25. performances, winning the Ameritas Players Challenge Those performances against ranked teams are nothing MVP award in early September, as she totaled 25 Huskers in the NCAA Rankings new, as she averaved 3.03 kills per game on .466 hitting kills and just two errors on 43 swings and averaged Nebraska is well represented in the most recent NCAA in 11 matches against ranked opponents this fall. Stalls 3.00 digs per game in sweeps over NCAA qualifiers rankings released on Dec. 4. The Huskers led the nation topped NU for the second time against South Dakota State Duke and New Mexico State. She hit over .500 in both in three team categories and had five players ranked in the first round of the NCAA Tournament with 11 kills on matches, including a season-high .562 (10-1-16) among the top-100 individuals in several categories. .562 hitting. against No. 11 Duke. Houghtelling was the Big 12’s inaugural Defensive Player of the Week following the 2007 NCAA Leaders (as of Dec. 4) Huskers in the NCAA Rankings (Dec. 4) No. Player, School Pct. AVCA Showcase, averaging 5.00 digs and 0.86 blocks Team Category Rank Actual per game, highlighted by 23 digs in the Huskers’ victory Aces Per Game 58 1.88 1. Foluke Akinradewo, Stanford .498 Assists Per Game 1 16.55 2. Christa Harmotto, Penn State .489 over No. 5 UCLA. 3. Tracy Stalls, Nebraska .471 Blocks Per Game 47 2.82 Air Jordan Provides All-Around Skills Single-Season Big 12 Leaders Digs Per Game 148 16.57 While the Huskers boast a pair of AVCA National Hitting Percentage 3 0.331 No. Player, School Pct. Year Kills Per Game 1 17.91 1. Nicole Wilson, Missouri .415 2005 Players of the Year, NU’s most valuable all-around Match W-L Pctg. 1 0.967 2. Lauren Goehring, Kansas State .409 2003 performer could be outside hitter Jordan Larson. 3. Amber Holmquist, Nebraska .406 2002 A two-time All-Big 12 selection and 2006 first-team Category Player Rank Total Kelly Campbell, Colorado .406 1998 AVCA All-American, Larson is among the Big 12 leaders Aces per Game Jordan Larson 28 0.54 Sarah Pavan 35 0.52 Stalls to Rejoin Team USA in January in aces (0.54, first) and points (4.41, ninth) while averaging 3.44 kills and 3.24 digs per game. Assists Per Game Rachel Holloway 9 13.66 Following the conclusion of the college season, senior Larson, who had 22 double-doubles last season, Hitting Percentage Tracy Stalls 3 .471 Tracy Stalls has been invited to Colorado Springs, Colo., Sarah Pavan 46 .353 has continued the pace this season, recording a team- to train with the U.S. National Team. Stalls was one of Kori Cooper 52 .349 high 10 this season to up her career total to 37 in only three college players to receive invitations based Kills Per Game Sarah Pavan 23 4.88 98 career matches. She is fast approaching Jennifer on their performances with Team USA last summer. Saleaumua’s total of 40 career double-doubles, a feat Stalls trained with the U.S. National Team over the that took Saleaumua, a two-time All-American, 131 summer and started three matches for Team USA at career matches to accomplish. NU is 36-1 when Larson the Pan American Cup in Colima, Mexico, last June. totals a double-double over the last three years. Nebraska Volleyball • Three-Time National Champions • Page  • Weekly Release • Dec. 4, 2007 Larson collected her most recent double-double Huskers Benefit from Strength of Schedule against Colorado on Nov. 7, leading NU in both kills (17) 2007 Team and Individual Honors A major reason the Huskers are the No. 2 overall Team Accolades and digs (17) while hitting .414 against CU. seed was the schedule they faced in 2007. NU’s eight Larson put on a serving display during the first • Big 12 Co-Champions non-conference opponents are a combined for a 184- • AVCA Showcase Tournament Champions weekend of NCAA action, drilling 10 aces in two matches 64 (.744) with Penn State (No. 3), UCLA (No. 8) and Cal • Holiday Inn Downtown Classic Tournament Champions while also averaging 3.17 kills per game on .425 hitting. Poly (No. 16) all advancing to the Sweet 16. Seven of • Ameritas Players Challenge Tournament Champions Her 10 aces in two NCAA matches is already second on the eight teams reached the 20-win plateau, while six the Huskers’ single-season postseason chart. teams reached the NCAA Tournament. She was chosen as the Big 12’s Defensive Player Individual Accolades Nebraska’s Non-Conference Opponents (Dec. 2) Kori Cooper of the Week on Oct. 23, averaging 4.33 digs and • First-team Academic All-Big 12 0.67 blocks per game in three wins, while also being Opponent Record Pct. NCAA Bid Penn State 30-2 .938 Big Ten Champ perfect on 58 service receptions. Larson totaled 18 digs UCLA 22-10 .688 at Large Amanda Gates at Missouri on Oct. 17 and led NU with 15 digs and Hawaii 26-6 .813 WAC Champ • Big 12 Fall Good Works Team chipped in nine kills against No. 11 Hawaii on Oct. 22. New Mexico St. 26-6 .813 at Large Larson shined in NU’s sweep at Colorado on Oct. 6, Duke 25-7 .781 at Large Maggie Griffin posting 13 kills, a team-high 14 digs, a season-high Cal Poly 23-7 .767 Big West Champ • First-team Academic All-Big 12 five blocks and three aces. She totaled 16 kills with 14 Tennessee 11-18 .379 _____ digs against No. 11 Duke on Sept. 7. Creighton 21-10 677 _____ Rachel Holloway Teams 184-64 .744 6 NCAA Bids • First-team All-Big 12 The Set-Up on Holloway NU Breaks NCAA Attendance Mark...Again • Holiday Inn Downtown Classic All-Tournament Team Sophomore Rachel Holloway guides one of the most • Ameritas Players Challenge All-Tournament Team prolific offensive attacks in college volleyball, piloting Nebraska’s attendance of 13,396 against Hawaii on Oct. 21 shattered the NCAA regular-season attendance an attack which leads the nation in kills and assists Christina Houghtelling mark for the second time this season. and is third in hitting percentage. • First-team All-Big 12 The match, which was sold out earlier in the month, Holloway earned second-team All-America honors • Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year broke the previous NCAA best of 13,081 for the Huskers’ as a freshman in 2006 and ranks ninth nationally in • First-Team ESPN the Magazine Academic All-American match against Penn State at Qwest Center Omaha on assists this season with 13.66 assists per game. She is • Ameritas Players Challenge All-Tournament MVP Sept. 3. It also marked the first time that Nebraska had also chipping in 2.28 digs and 0.98 kills per game. • Ameritas Players Challenge All-Tournament Team sold out the Devaney Center for a volleyball match. NU is on pace to challenge school marks in all three • Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Aug, 27) Record-breaking crowds are nothing new to the • First-team Academic All-District VII areas in 2007. All five of her hitters are averaging at Husker volleyball program. Of the seven largest regular- • First-team Academic All-Big 12 least 2.30 kills per game. Holloway has helped NU hit season crowds in NCAA history, all seven have involved above .300 as a team 24 times in 30 matches against the Huskers, including the previous NCAA single-match Jordan Larson one of the most difficult schedules in the country. record of 12,504 set against Colorado at the Bob • First-team All-Big 12 Holloway is on track to rank among the highest Devaney Sports Center during the 2000 season. • AVCA Showcase All-Tournament Team assist averages in school history. Her current average of • Holiday Inn Downtown Classic All-Tournament Team Largest Regular-Season Crowds in NCAA History 13.76 assists per game trails only fellow All-Americans No. Matchup Attend. Date Location • Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 22) Christy Johnson and Fiona Nepo among NU setters. 1. NU vs. Hawaii 13,396 10/21/07 Devaney Center • Third-team Academic All-District VII • First-team Academic All-Big 12 Single-Season Assists Per Game 2. NU vs. Penn State 13,081 9/2/07 Qwest Center No. Player, Year Assists/Gm 3. NU vs. Colorado 12,504 11/4/00 Devaney Center 1. Christy Johnson, 1994 14.18 4. NU at Creighton 12,112 9/24/06 Qwest Center Sarah Pavan 2. Christy Johnson, 1995 13.90 5. NU vs. Colorado 11,529 10/22/95 Devaney Center • Big 12 Player of the Year 3. Fiona Nepo, 1998 13.79 6. NU vs. UCLA 11,076 8/25/07 Qwest Center • First-team All-Big 12 - Rachel Holloway, 2007 13.66 7. NU vs. UCLA 11,032 9/14/91 Devaney Center • ESPN the Magazine Academic All-American of the Year 4. Fiona Nepo, 1996 13.66 • First-Team ESPN the Magazine Academic All-American 5. Fiona Nepo, 1997 13.58 Huskers Continue Big 12 Dominance • AVCA Showcase MVP Holloway has been her best in some of the Huskers’ Nebraska’s Big 12 title in 2007 continues one of • AVCA Showcase All-Tournament Team the most successful runs in NCAA history. The Huskers biggest matches this season. She has averaged 14.05 • AVCA National Player of the Week (Aug. 27) have won or shared 10 Big 12 titles in the last 12 years assists and 2.47 digs per game in 11 contests against • Holiday Inn Downtown Classic All-Tournament Team and own 29 Big Eight/Big 12 crowns in 32 years of • Holiday Inn Downtown Classic All-Tournament MVP ranked opponents, helping NU hit .305 in those contests conference action. • Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 5) en route to a 10-1 record. • Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (Aug. 27) At No. 12 Kansas State on Nov. 3, she recorded career Cooking Up Wins: Nation’s Best Record in 2000s • First-team Academic All-District VII highs in both assists (72) and blocks (six) as the Huskers John Cook has been amazingly successful during his • First-team Academic All-Big 12 overcame a 2-0 deficit. Her 72 assists were the most by Husker tenure, posting a 249-15 record (.943 winning a Husker in the rally-scoring era. Holloway has recorded pct.) to lead all programs in that span. All 15 losses Rachel Schwartz 60-or-more assists three times this season, including a have come against teams that advanced to the NCAA • First-team Academic All-Big 12 61-assist effort in a four-game win over No. 5 UCLA in Tournament, including the eventual NCAA champion in the title match of the AVCA Showcase on Aug. 25. 2001 (Stanford), 2002 (USC) and 2005 (Washington). Tracy Stalls Against No. 7 Texas on Sept. 12, Holloway was nearly A two-time AVCA National Coach of the Year, Cook has • First-team All-Big 12 flawless, dishing out 39 assists and adding six kills to enjoyed greater success in the Big 12, going 154-6 in • First-Team ESPN the Magazine Academic All-American help NU hit .400 as a team against the Longhorns. The conference matches over the past eight seasons. NU has • AVCA Showcase All-Tournament Team Huskers’ .400 hitting night against Texas marked NU’s won seven Big 12 titles in that stretch, including eac hof • Ameritas Players Challenge All-Tournament Team • First-team Academic All-District VII best effort against a top-10 opponent since 2001. the past four years. • First-team Academic All-Big 12 Most Assists in a Match (Rally Scoring Era) NCAA’s Top Records Since 2000 (entering NCAA Sweet 16) • Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 19) No. Asst. Player, Opponent (games) Date No. Team Record Pct. • Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 26) 1. 72 Rachel Holloway at Kansas State (5) 11/3/07 1. Nebraska 249-15 .943 2 66 Dani Busboom at Kansas State (4) 10/13/04 2. Florida 247-25 .908 3. 65 Rachel Holloway vs. Minnesota (5) 12/9/06 3. Hawaii 243-31 .887 3. 64 Rachel Holloway vs. Missouri (5) 10/31/07 4. USC 214-34 .863 5. Penn State 228-38 .857 Nebraska Volleyball • Three-Time National Champions • Page 10 • Weekly Release • Dec. 4, 2007

No Place Like Home •-Nebraska leads all schools with 81 weeks ranked Looking Ahead: The Future Is Bright From Lincoln to Omaha to North Platte, Nebraska at No. 1, 30 weeks ahead of runner-up UCLA. Under Husker Freshman Class Among Nations’ Best has enjoyed overwhelming support across the state. John Cook, NU has spent 62 weeks at No. 1 since the Nebraska’s current freshmen class was very well The Huskers have won their last 76 matches inside the start of the 2000 season. That total is more than any thought of around the country, as the class was state’s borders, including matches in Omaha and North other program has spent in the top spot since the AVCA ranked fifth nationally by both Volleyball Magazine and Platte, dating back to 2004. Poll began in 1982. Prepvolleyball.com. The group included four Volleyball With its two wins in the NCAA Tournament, the •-Nebraska is one of two teams to be ranked in the Magazine Fab 50 selections in Kayla Banwarth, Brooke Huskers extended their home-court win streak to 72 AVCA Coaches poll for all 367 weeks of its existence. The Delano, Lindsey Licht and Tara Mueller along with walk- matches - the third-longest streak in NCAA history. NU Huskers have been ranked in the top 10 for 333 weeks, on Jordan Willberger. Licht enrolled in January and went is the only program to have a pair of home win streaks which trails only Stanford’s 337 weeks in the top 10. through spring drills with the team. of at least 60 matches. Nebraska: All-America U Despite having five returing All-Americans, Kayla In 2007, the Huskers were 18-0 at home and finished NU continued its string of All-America success in Banwarth, Tara Mueller and Lindsey Licht have all seen with an unblemished home mark for the 16th time in 2006 with four Huskers earning AVCA All-America time this fall in helping NU to a Big 12 title. Banwarth school history. In fact, NU dropped only two games in accolades. Rachel Holloway, Jordan Larson, Sarah has started at libero down the stretch, while Mueller and 18 home contests this fall. Pavan and Tracy Stalls were all selected, increasing Licht both saw extensive time in NU’s NCAA matches last NCAA Home Court Win Streaks Nebraska’s NCAA-leading totals to 29 players and 57 weekend. No. Wins Team Dates of Streak certificates, respectively. 1. 87 Penn State Nov. 25, 1995-Sept. 16, 2000 Nebraska has had at least one All-American every 2007 Top Volleyball Recruiting Classes 2. 74 Northern Iowa Nov. 1, 1997-Sept. 18, 2004 No. Volleyball Magazine Prepvolleyball.com season since 1983, a total of 25 straight seasons, 1. Stanford Stanford 3. 72 Nebraska Sept. 11, 2004-present including 22 in Cook’s seven seasons. 2. Texas Texas 4. 63 Nebraska Sept. 29, 1999-Dec. 14, 2002 3. USC USC Gates Honored for Good Works Nebraska Coliseum: Sold Out for 2007 Amanda Gates was honored on Oct. 31, as one of 4. Minnesota Minnesota Coming off a national title, it is no coincidence that 5. Nebraska Nebraska the 12 student-athletes chosen for the Big 12 Fall interest in Nebraska volleyball is at an all-time high. Sports Good Works team. A three-year member of the Husker Volleyball Signs Four for 2008 When single-match tickets at the NU Coliseum went on Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, Gates has been John Cook announced the signing of four student- sale on Aug. 1, they were scooped up in 45 minutes. active in NU’s Life Skills Program. During her time at athletes to National Letters-of-Intent to play volleyball Fans began camping out 16 hours before tickets went Nebraska, she has helped coordinate food and clothing for the Husker volleyball program on Nov. 16. on sale. Prior to 2007, the quickest NU had ever sold out drives, spoken to numerous school groups, visited and The three high school players are all are ranked its Coliseum home matches was nine days. led groups of Husker student-athletes to visit nursing among the country’s top 20 seniors by Prepvolleyball. The Huskers will carry a streak of 106 consecutive homes and hospitals. Gates is also a third-team com - middle blocker Allison McNeal (No. 4) and outside sellouts at the NU Coliseum into the 2008 campaign. academic All-District VII selection and has maintained The Huskers are 100-6 at home during the sellout streak. hitters Kaitlynn James (No. 13) and Jordan Haverly (No. a perfect 4.0 GPA during her collegiate career. Nebraska’s streak marks only the second time in NCAA 20). Setter Sydney Anderson is currently training with history that a women’s sport has enjoyed a sellout the USA Volleyball program after earning AVCA West Comeback Kids streak of at least 100 matches, joining UConn women’s Nebraska has rallied from an 0-2 deficit four times Region Freshman of the Year Honors at Utah in 2006. basketball, which had a streak of 113 straight regular- over the past four seasons, including at No. 12 Kansas Nebraska Volleyball Recruiting Class season sellouts between 1999 and 2005. State on Nov. 3. NU has accomplished the feat just 11 Name Pos Ht. Hometown (Previous School) times in school history. Sydney Anderson S 6-0 Salt Lake City, Utah (Alta/Utah) Seven Huskers Named Academic All-Big 12 Jordan Haverly OH 6-1 Cherry Valley, Ill. (Rockford Keith) A league-best seven Huskers were honored on Nov. All-Time NU Comebacks from 0-2 Deficit Kaitlynn James OH 5-11 Louisville, Ky. (Assumption) 14 with selections to the first-team academic All- Date Opponent Ranking Scores 11/5/88 Texas 5/6 12-15, 11-15, 15-5, 15-13, 15-9 Allison McNeal MB 6-2 Schulenburg, Texas Big 12 squad. The honorees were led by Sarah Pavan 9/22/89 vs. Kentucky 7/- 14-16, 12-15, 15-12, 15-10, 15-12 and Christina Houghtelling, who were two of only six 9/21/90 at Illinois 1/7 6-15, 13-15, 15-9, 15-8, 15-8 players in the Big 12 with 4.0 GPAs. It is Pavan’s third 11/13/90 at Colorado 2/- 5-15, 11-15, 15-3, 15-7, 15-5 academic All-Big 12 award, as she carries a 4.0 GPA in 8/31/91 vs. Texas Tech 3/20 13-15, 12-15, 15-5, 15-10, 15-10 biochemisty, and the third for Houghtelling, who majors 11/27/92 vs. Oklahoma 7/- 11-15, 8-15, 15-4, 15-0, 15-7 11/21/97 at Texas Tech 11/- 8-15, 13-15, 15-10, 15-6, 15-10 Husker Volleyball Television Show in elementary education. The Husker Volleyball Show with John Cook begins its fifth 10/20/04 at Texas 4/10 21-30, 31-33, 30-27, 30-23, 16-14 First-Team Academic All-Big 12 11/13/05 Missouri 1/12 28-30, 27-30, 30-21, 30-24, 15-3 season this fall. Join host Diane Mendenhall and Coach Cook, 12/9/06 vs. Minnesota 1/9 25-30, 22-30, 30-20, 30-25, 15-9 as they look back on last week’s matches, along with special Nebraska Yr. Major Kori Cooper So. Pre Speech-Language Pathology 11/3/07 at Kansas State 2/12 24-30, 27-30, 30-25, 30-19, 15-8 features and player profiles throughout the year during this Maggie Griffin Sr. Finance Huskers Join 1,000-Win Club half-hour show devoted to Husker volleyball. Christina Houghtelling Sr. Elementary Education WIth the season-opening victory over Tennessee at Husker Volleyball Show Stations Jordan Larson Jr. Communication Studies Sarah Pavan Sr. Biochemistry the AVCA Showcase on Aug. 25, Nebraska became just Affiliate City Day Time Rachel Schwartz Jr. Communication Studies the third program in NCAA Division I history to reach the NET-2 Statewide Mon. 8 p.m. Tracy Stalls Sr. Individualized Program of Studies 1,000-win plateau, joining UCLA and Missouri State. Time Warner Cable (Ch. 13) Lincoln Wed. 11 p.m. Time Warner Cable (Ch. 101) Lincoln On Demand On Aug. 25, the Huskers were involved in the first- My TV Lincoln Mon. 10:30 p.m. Nebraska’s Run at No. 1 Ends at 26 Weeks ever NCAA match between teams with 1,000 wins, Nebraska’s unprecedented run at No. 1 ended on Oct. (Time Warner Ch. 110, DirecTV channel 25) dowing UCLA in the title match of the AVCA Showcase My TV Grand Island Mon. 10:30 p.m. 29, as the Huskers were ranked second in the CSTV/ in Omaha. A win on Friday against Michigan State AVCA weekly poll. (Charter Comm. Ch. 17, DirecTV channel 25) would give the Huskers sole possesion of second place •-It marked the first time since the final poll of the on the NCAA list. WOWT-DT (Ch. 248 on Cox Cable) Omaha Mon. 12:30 a.m. 2005 season that NU was not ranked No. 1. The 26 KNOP North Platte Sat. Noon straight weeks at No. 1 broke the previous record of 24 Most Wins by NCAA Division I Programs (as of Dec. 2) Great Plains Cable set by USC between 2002 and 2004. No. School Wins 2007 NCAAs 1. UCLA 1,059 * Broken Bow (Ch. 9), Chadron (Ch. 4), Grand/Imperial (Ch. 24), Elgin (Ch. •-The Huskers played 93 straight matches as the 21), Knox County (Ch. 21), North Bend (Ch. 36) 2. Nebraska 1,028 * Tues. 6 p.m. nation’s top-ranked team, going 88-5 in that stretch. Missouri State 1,028 Fri. 5:30 p.m. NU won 36 of 40 matches against ranked teams during 4. Brigham Young 1,016 * Sat. 8:30 p.m. the run, including a 9-2 record against top-five teams. 5. Long Beach State 1,000 *-2007 NCAA Sweet 16; Courtesy: Northern Iowa and BYU SID Offices Nebraska Volleyball • Three-Time National Champions • Page 11 • Weekly Release • Dec. 4, 2007

#1 Maggie Griffin Season No. Opponent Career No. Opponent Kills: 1 vs. Texas Tech, 11/24 Kills: 3 vs. Texas Tech, 9/23/06 Attacks: 4 vs. Texas Tech, 11/24 Attacks: 9 vs. Texas Tech, 9/23 Hitting Pct: .000 Hitting Pct: 1.000 (1-0-1) 3x, last vs. Middle Tennessee, 9/2/06 Assists: 40 vs. Texas Tech, 11/24 Assists: 43 vs. Texas Tech, 9/23/06 Aces: 1 vs. Wichita State, 12/1 Aces: 3 at Minnesota, 9/5 Block Assists: 3 vs. Texas Tech, 11/24 Block Assists: Same Total Blocks: 3 vs. Texas Tech, 11/24 Total Blocks: Same Digs: 9 vs. Texas Tech, 11/24 Digs: 15 at Missouri, 10/5 #2 Kayla Banwarth Season No. Opponent Kills: 1 vs. South Dakota State, 11/30 Attacks: 1 (4x) last, vs. Wichita State, 12/1 Hitting Pct: 1.000 (1-0-1) vs. South Dakota State, 11/30 Aces: 1 (5x) last, at Iowa State, 11/11 Assists 5 at Iowa State, 11/11 Block Assists: 0 Total Blocks: 0 Digs: 19 at Iowa State, 11/11 #3 Christina Houghtelling (pronounced Hotel-ing) Season No. Opponent Career No. Opponent Kills: 19 at Colorado, 10/6 Kills: 20 at Oklahoma, 9/28/05 Attacks: 41 vs. Missouri, 10/31 Attacks: 47 vs. USC, 12/11/04 Hitting Pct: .609 (14-0-23) at Oklahoma, 10/13 Hitting Pct: .739 (17-0-23) at Missouri, 11/17/04 Aces: 3 (3x) last, vs. Texas Tech, 11/24 Aces: 4 (twice) at Texas, 9/20/03; vs. Texas, 11/24/04 Block Assists: 3 (2x) vs. Tennessee, 8/24; at Kansas State, 11/3 Block Assists: 6 (3x) last, vs. Washington, 11/17/05 Total Blocks: 4 (2x) vs. Tennessee, 8/24; at Kansas State, 11/3 Total Blocks: 6 (3x) last, vs. Washington, 11/17/05 Digs: 26 at Kansas State, 11/3 Digs: Same #4 Lindsey Licht Season No. Opponent Kills: 4 vs. Creighton, 8/31 Attacks: 8 vs. Creighton, 8/31 Hitting Pct: 1.000 (2-0-2) at Oklahoma, 11/17 Aces: 0 Block Assists: 1 (3x) last, at Baylor, 11/21 Total Blocks: 1 (4x) last, at Baylor, 11/21 Digs: 3 vs. Creighton, 8/31 #5 Rachel Schwartz Season No. Opponent Career No. Opponent Kills: 0 Kills: 0 Attacks: 0 Attacks: 4 vs. Kansas, 9/13/06 Hitting Pct: 0 Hitting Pct: 0 Assists: 3 Iowa State, 10/10 Assists: 4 at Texas, 10/18/06 Aces: 3 at Texas Tech, 9/15 Aces: 3 (4x) last, at Texas Tech, 9/15/07 Block Assists: 0 Block Assists: 0 Total Blocks: 0 Total Blocks: 0 Digs: 21 vs. Missouri, 10/31 Digs: Same

#8 Brooke Delano Season No. Opponent Kills: 0 Attacks: 0 Hitting Pct: .000 Aces: 0 Block Assists: 0 Total Blocks: 0 Digs: 0

#9 Sarah Pavan (pronounced Pav-in, rhymes with have-in) Season No. Opponent Career No. Opponent Kills: 31 at Kansas State, 11/3 Kills: 35 vs. USC, 12/11/04 Attacks: 64 at Kansas State, 11/3 Attacks: 90 vs. USC, 12/11/04 Hitting Pct.: .640 (18-2-25) vs. Texas Tech, 11/24 Hitting Pct: .667 (14-0-21) at Baylor, 11/14/05 Aces: 5 (2x) at Baylor, 11/21; vs. Texas Tech, 11/24 Aces: Same Block Assists: 5 vs. Kansas State, 10/3 Block Assists: 11 at Ohio State, 9/2/05 Total Blocks: 5 vs. Kansas State, 10/3 Total Blocks: 12 at Ohio State, 9/2/05 Digs: 14 vs. Missouri, 10/31 Digs: 15 vs. FAMU, 9/10/04 Nebraska Volleyball • Three-Time National Champions • Page 12 • Weekly Release • Dec. 4, 2007

#10 Jordan Larson Season No. Opponent Career No. Opponent Kills: 17 (3x) at Kansas, 9/26; vs. Missouri, 10/31; vs. Colorado, 11/7 Kills: 21 vs. Minnesota, 12/9/06 Attacks: 44 vs. Missouri, 10/31 Attacks: 54 vs. Minnesota, 12/9/06 Hitting Pct: .522 (13-1-23) vs. Tennessee, 8/24 Hitting Pct: .667 (14-0-21) vs. Baylor, 10/1/05 Aces: 5 vs. South Dakota State, 11/30; vs. Wichita State, 12/1 Aces: 5 (3x) last, vs. Wichita State, 12/1/07 Block Assists: 3 (3x) vs. UCLA, 8/25; vs. Kansas, 10/20 Block Assists: 5 (2x) at Colorado, 11/11/06; vs. UCLA, 12/14/06 Total Blocks: 5 (2x) vs. UCLA, 8/25; at Colorado, 10/6 Total Blocks: 6 (2x) vs. Stanford, 8/27/05; at Colorado, 11/11/06 Digs: 18 vs. Missouri, 10/17 Digs: 25 vs. UCLA, 12/14/06 #11 Tracy Stalls Season No. Opponent Career No. Opponent Kills: 16 vs. UCLA, 8/25 Kills: 17 vs. UCLA, 12/14/06 Attacks: 25 (2x) vs. UCLA, 8/25; at Kansas State, 11/3 Attacks: 30 vs. Minnesota, 9/10/06 Hitting Pct.: .1.000 (13-0-13) vs. Texas Tech, 11/24 Hitting Pct: Same Aces: 2 vs. Texas A&M, 9/22 Aces: 3 (2x) at Western Michigan, 9/6/04; vs. Creighton, 10/10/04 Block Assists: 8 at Kansas State, 11/3 Block Assists: 12 at Colorado, 11/11/06 Total Blocks: 9 at Kansas State, 11/3 Total Blocks: 12 (2x) vs. Kansas State, 11/17/05; at Colorado, 11/11/06 Digs: 6 vs. UCLA, 8/25 Digs: 10 at Baylor, 10/23/04 #12 Rachel Holloway Season No. Opponent Career No. Opponent Kills: 7 (2x) vs. Missouri, 10/31; at Iowa State, 11/11 Kills: 8 at Texas, 10/18 Attacks: 17 at Kansas State, 11/3 Attacks: 17 (2x) at Iowa State, 11/8/06; at Kansas State, 11/3/07 Hitting Pct: .667 (7-1-9) at Iowa State, 11/11 Hitting Pct: .800 (4-0-5) vs. Texas A&M, 11/15 Assists: 72 at Kansas State, 11/3 Assists: Same Aces: 3 vs. Baylor, 9/29 Aces: Same Block Assists: 5 at Kansas State, 11/3 Block Assists Same Total Blocks: 6 at Kansas State, 11/3 Total Blocks: Same Digs: 16 vs. UCLA, 8/25 Digs: Same #15 Kori Cooper Season No. Opponent Career No. Opponent Kills: 14 vs. Missouri, 10/31 Kills: Same Attacks: 26 vs. Missouri, 10/31 Attacks: Same Hitting Pct: .706 (12-0-17) vs. Baylor, 9/28 Hitting Pct: Same Aces: 0 Aces: 0 Block Assists: 7 vs. Kansas State, 10/3 Block Assists: 7 (2x) at Texas, 10/18; vs. Kansas State, 10/3/07 Total Blocks: 7 vs. Kansas State, 10/3 Total Blocks: 8 at Texas, 10/18 Digs: 2 (4x) last, Missouri, 10/31 Digs: 3 vs. Texas A&M, 11/15 #17 Amanda Gates Season No. Opponent Career No. Opponent Kills: 8 vs. Texas A&M, 9/25 Kills: Same Attacks: 14 vs. Creighton, 8/31 Attacks: Same Hitting Pct: 1.000 (3-0-3) vs. Cal Poly, 9/3 Hitting Pct: .778 (7-0-9) at Kansas, 11/22/06 Aces: 0 Aces: Same Block Assists: 3 vs, Oklahoma, 11/17 Block Assists: 10 vs. USD, 8/29/06 Total Blocks: 3 vs. Oklahoma, 11/17 Total Blocks: 10 vs. USD, 8/29/06 Digs: 1 vs. Texas A&M, 9/22 Digs: 1 (9x) last, vs. Texas A&M 9/22/07

#19 Tara Mueller Season No. Opponent Kills: 9 vs. Wichita State, 12/1 Attacks: 19 vs. Wichita State, 12/1 Hitting Pct: .667 (2-0-3) at Missouri, 10/17 Aces: 0 Block Assists: 3 vs. Creighton, 8/31 Total Blocks: 3 vs. Creighton, 8/31 Digs: 8 vs. New Mexico State, 9/8 Nebraska Volleyball • Three-Time National Champions • Page 13 • Weekly Release • Dec. 4, 2007 Huskers by the Numbers Overall 2007 Match-by-Match Totals 2007 Record:...... 29-1 Team Match-by-Match Totals At Home:...... 18-0 Date Opponent GP K E TA .Pct A SA SE DIG BS BA BE Total BHE Points At the NU Coliseum:...... 16-0 Aug. 24 vs. Tennessee 3 48 13 97 .361 44 8 4 38 2 16 0 10.0 0 66.0 Away:...... 9-1 Aug. 25 vs. UCLA 4 76 17 188 .314 72 3 5 91 2 16 2 10.0 0 89.0 Neutral:...... 2-0 Aug. 31 CREIGHTON 3 53 20 117 .282 50 7 8 50 4 10 2 9.0 0 69.0 Non-conference:...... 8-0 Sept. 2 PENN STATE 3 52 22 129 .233 51 5 7 57 3 10 0 8.0 0 65.0 Big 12:...... 19-1 Sept. 3 CAL POLY 3 58 12 117 .393 56 3 10 55 1 6 1 4.0 0 65.0 Sept. 7 DUKE 3 55 16 116 .336 49 4 4 45 1 10 3 6.0 0 65.0 Big 12 home: ...... 10-0 Sept. 8 NEW MEXICO STATE 3 55 10 110 .409 47 2 4 42 5 12 7 11.0 1 68.0 Big 12 away: ...... 9-1 Sept. 12 TEXAS 3 55 13 105 .400 52 5 9 44 3 8 0 7.0 0 67.0 On television: ...... 12-1 Sept. 15 at Texas Tech 3 51 11 117 .342 48 9 11 47 2 18 0 11.0 0 71.0 NCAA Tournament:...... 2-0 Sept. 22 TEXAS A&M 3 56 14 120 .350 52 7 9 53 3 8 5 7.0 1 70.0 Sept. 26 at Kansas 3 53 16 115 .322 47 4 9 44 1 14 1 8.0 0 65.0 Sept. 29 BAYLOR 3 57 10 94 .500 53 9 7 50 4 6 1 7.0 1 73.0 Against Ranked Teams Oct. 3 KANSAS STATE 3 54 11 111 .387 50 6 4 45 0 19 0 9.5 1 69.5 Top five:...... 2-1 Oct. 6 at Colorado 3 58 16 135 .311 55 4 8 50 6 12 1 12.0 1 74.0 Top 10: ...... 1-0 Oct. 10 IOWA STATE 3 61 22 144 .271 52 5 9 51 3 12 1 9.0 1 75.0 Top 25: ...... 10-1 Oct. 13 at Oklahoma 3 58 16 133 .316 56 3 8 55 3 12 1 9.0 1 70.0 Unranked: ...... 19-0 Oct. 20 KANSAS 3 51 14 122 .303 48 8 8 44 2 14 2 9.0 2 68.0 Oct. 21 HAWAI’I 3 51 14 115 .322 45 6 7 41 1 12 2 7.0 2 64.0 Oct. 24 at Texas 3 48 27 145 .145 40 1 7 43 3 8 0 7.0 0 56.0 By Games Oct. 31 MISSOURI 5 84 24 198 .303 78 5 14 88 4 6 1 7.0 0 96.0 Three-game: ...... 26-1 Nov. 3 at Kansas State 5 76 25 192 .266 75 8 12 84 4 23 3 15.5 0 99.5 Four-game: ...... 1-0 Nov. 7 COLORADO 3 62 15 121 .388 56 3 10 62 1 14 0 8.0 1 73.0 Five-game: ...... 2-0 Nov. 11 at Iowa State 3 55 11 113 .389 50 5 5 59 2 8 0 6.0 1 66.0 Nov. 14 at Texas A&M 3 51 20 122 .254 51 9 9 50 5 11 2 10.5 2 70.5 Nov. 17 OKLAHOMA 3 56 18 120 .317 51 4 6 48 4 14 4 11.0 0 71.0 By Kills Nov. 21 at Baylor 3 49 12 116 .319 47 9 10 50 3 12 0 9.0 1 67.0 Leading in kills: ...... 28-0 Nov. 24 TEXAS TECH 3 53 11 89 .472 46 9 3 42 2 13 1 8.5 0 70.5 Trailing in kills: ...... 0-1 Nov 30 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 3 47 10 98 .378 46 10 6 45 4 16 1 12.0 1 69.0 Tied in kills:...... 1-0 Dec 1 WICHITA STATE 3 52 14 117 .325 46 11 5 54 4 12 1 10.0 4 73.0 Nebraska 95 1701 465 3736 .331 1572 179 228 1574 85 366 43 268.0 21 2148.0 Opponent 95 1148 626 3604 .145 1084 57 181 1373 44 231 57 159.5 61 1364.5 By Digs Leading in digs:...... 24-0 Trailing in digs:...... 5-1 Opponent Match-by-Match Totals Tied in digs:...... 0-0 Date Opponent GP K E TA .Pct A SA SE DIG BS BA BE Total BHE Points Aug. 24 vs. Tennessee 3 33 24 102 .088 32 2 9 30 2 5 2 4.5 1 39.5 Aug. 25 vs. UCLA 4 66 25 196 .209 62 2 4 86 0 12 2 6.0 3 74.0 By Blocks Aug. 31 CREIGHTON 3 34 20 111 .126 34 5 11 36 3 4 2 5.0 0 44.0 Leading in blocks: ...... 26-0 Sept. 2 PENN STATE 3 39 22 127 .134 36 0 9 44 2 21 3 12.5 1 51.5 Trailing in blocks: ...... 3-1 Sept. 3 CAL POLY 3 34 20 117 .120 31 0 6 44 0 9 2 4.5 2 38.5 Tied in blocks:...... 0-0 Sept. 7 DUKE 3 44 18 114 .228 42 3 9 40 3 4 1 5.0 4 52.0 Sept. 8 NEW MEXICO STATE 3 46 26 124 .161 42 1 7 38 1 4 2 3.0 0 50.0 Sept. 12 TEXAS 3 41 18 106 .217 40 1 10 32 0 6 2 3.0 2 45.0 By Hitting Percentage Sept. 15 at Texas Tech 3 30 22 106 .075 25 1 6 49 1 2 0 2.0 1 33.0 Leading in hitting pct.: ...... 29-0 Sept. 22 TEXAS A&M 3 31 17 113 .124 28 2 7 38 2 6 1 5.0 3 38.0 Trailing in hitting pct.: ...... 0-1 Sept. 26 at Kansas 3 31 23 109 .073 31 3 7 37 3 0 0 3.0 3 37.0 Tied in hitting percentage:...... 0-0 Sept. 29 BAYLOR 3 22 16 94 .064 19 0 5 23 1 4 3 3.0 2 25.0 Oct. 3 KANSAS STATE 3 37 24 111 .117 35 3 3 40 1 8 5 5.0 2 45.0 Oct. 6 at Colorado 3 36 21 114 .132 35 2 5 53 2 8 0 6.0 1 44.0 Hitting .400 or better...... 5-0 Oct 10 IOWA STATE 3 37 16 114 .184 34 0 9 54 2 13 7 8.5 2 45.5 Hitting .300 or better: ...... 24-0 Oct. 13 at Oklahoma 3 41 19 124 .177 41 5 3 49 0 8 2 4.0 4 50.0 Hitting below .300: ...... 5-1 Oct. 20 KANSAS 3 41 23 119 .151 40 2 7 48 0 6 1 3.0 0 46.0 Hitting below .200: ...... 0-0 Oct. 21 HAWAI’I 3 37 22 107 .140 36 0 5 47 0 8 1 4.0 4 41.0 Oct. 24 at Texas 3 54 11 116 .371 52 2 5 64 8 9 2 12.5 2 68.5 Opponents Hitting above .200...... 4-1 Oct. 31 MISSOURI 5 60 29 193 .161 54 5 4 85 4 8 2 8.0 5 73.0 Holding opponent below .200: ...... 25-0 Nov. 3 at Kansas State 5 70 32 203 .187 68 3 7 80 0 27 1 13.5 0 86.5 Nov. 7 COLORADO 3 29 14 116 .129 29 3 8 40 1 10 1 6.0 2 38.0 Holding opponent below .100: ...... 8-0 Nov. 11 at Iowa State 3 37 20 126 .135 34 0 7 45 1 9 1 5.5 2 42.5 Holding opponent below .000...... 1-0 Nov. 14 at Texas A&M 3 38 26 121 .099 34 1 2 45 2 4 2 4.0 2 43.0 Nov. 17 OKLAHOMA 3 37 23 115 .122 34 0 5 42 2 12 4 8.0 2 45.0 By Service Aces Nov 21 at Baylor 3 30 21 105 .086 29 2 7 44 0 8 0 4.0 0 36.0 Leading in service aces: ...... 26-0 Nov 24 TEXAS TECH 3 23 16 89 .079 21 1 7 23 0 6 0 3.0 3 27.0 Nov. 30 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 3 19 24 96 -.052 19 4 2 35 0 0 4 0.0 4 23.0 Trailing in service aces: ...... 1-1 Dec. 1 WICHITA STATE 3 35 21 115 .122 31 1 4 45 1 4 1 3.0 1 39.0 Tied in service aces:...... 2-0 Opponent totals 95 1148 626 3604 .145 1084 57 181 1373 44 231 57 159.5 61 1364.5 Nebraska 95 1701 465 3736 .331 1572 179 228 1574 85 366 43 268.0 21 2148.0 Nebraska Volleyball • Three-Time National Champions • Page 14 • Weekly Release • Dec. 4, 2007 2007 Misc. Statistics .450 or Better Hitting Percentage (Min. 10 attempts) Sept. 12 Stalls/Texas...... 462 (7-1-13) Nov. 21 Pavan/Baylor...... 5 Date Player/Opponent...... Hitting Pct. (K-E-TA) Sept. 22 Houghtelling/Texas A&M...... 450 (11-2-30) Nov. 14 Larson/Texas A&M...... 4 Nov. 24 Stalls/Texas Tech...... 1.000 (13-0-13) Sept. 15 Pavan/Texas Tech...... 4 Nov. 17 Stalls/Oklahoma...... 846 (11-0-13) 16 or More Kills Aug. 31 Larson/Creighton...... 4 Oct. 17 Stalls/Missouri...... 737 (15-1-19) Date Player/Opponent...... Kills Sept. 29 Cooper/Baylor...... 706 (12-0-17) Nov. 3 Pavan/Kansas State...... 31 17 or More Digs Sept. 12 Cooper/Texas...... 692 (9-0-13) Aug. 25 Pavan/UCLA...... 25 Date Player/Opponent...... Digs Sept. 8 Stalls/New Mexico State ...... 692 (9-0-13) Oct. 31 Pavan/Missouri...... 22 Nov. 3 Houghtelling/Kansas State...... 26 Oct. 3 Cooper/Kansas State...... 688 (11-0-16) Nov. 11 Pavan/Texas A&M...... 20 Aug. 25 Houghtelling/UCLA...... 23 Nov. 30 Larson/South Dakota State...... 667 (8-0-12) Oct. 6 Houghtelling/Colorado...... 19 Oct. 31 Houghtelling/Missouri...... 22 Nov. 24 Pavan/TexasTech...... 640 (18-2-25) Nov. 24 Pavan/Texas Tech...... 18 Oct. 31 Schwartz/Missouri...... 21 Aug. 25 Stalls/UCLA...... 640 (16-0-25) Oct. 17 Pavan/Missouri...... 18 Nov. 11 Banwarth/Iowa State...... 19 Sept. 7 Stalls/Duke...... 615 (9-1-13) Oct. 10 Pavan/Iowa State...... 18 Oct. 13 Houghtelling/Oklahoma...... 19 Oct. 13 Houghtelling/Oklahoma...... 609 (14-0-23) Aug. 31 Pavan/Creighton ...... 18 Oct. 17 Larson/Missouri...... 18 Sept. 15 Stalls/Texas Tech...... 600 (10-1-15) Nov. 7 Larson/Colorado`...... 17 Nov. 24 Houghtelling/Baylor...... 17 Sept. 15 Cooper/Texas Tech...... 579 (11-0-19) Oct. 31 Larson/Missouri ...... 17 Nov. 17 Larson/Colorado...... 17 Oct. 13 Stalls/Oklahoma...... 571 (9-1-14) Oct. 24 Pavan/Texas...... 17 Sept. 3 Schwartz/Cal Poly...... 17 Nov. 30 Stalls/South Dakota State...... 562 (11-2-16) Oct. 20 Pavan/Kansas...... 17 Aug. 25 Schwartz/UCLA...... 17 Sept. 7 Houghtelling/Duke...... 562 (10-1-16) Sept. 26 Larson/Kansas...... 17 Sept. 29 Houghtelling/Baylor...... 525 (12-2-19) Sept. 3 Pavan/Cal Poly...... 17 Eight or More Total Blocks Aug. 25 Cooper/UCLA...... 526 (10-0-19) Nov. 11 Pavan/Iowa State...... 16 Date Player/Opponent...... Blocks (BS/BA) Oct. 21 Stalls/Hawai’i...... 522 (13-1-23) Oct. 13 Pavan/Oklahoma...... 16 Nov. 3 Stalls...... 9 (1/8) Aug. 24 Larson/Tennessee...... 522 (14-4-24) Oct. 3 Pavan/Kansas State...... 16 Sept. 12 Pavan/Texas...... 520 (16-3-25) Sept. 12 Pavan/Texas...... 16 Sept. 8 Houghtelling/New Mexico State...... 519 (15-1-27) Sept. 7 Larson/Duke...... 16 Oct. 17 Pavan/Missouri ...... 515 (18-2-31) Aug. 25 Stalls/UCLA...... 16 Nov. 21 Stalls/Baylor...... 500 (10-2-16) Nov. 7 Cooper/Colorado...... 500 (9-1-16) 50 or More Assists Oct. 31 Holloway/Missouri...... 500 (7-0-14) Date Player/Opponent...... Assists Sept. 3 Stalls/Cal Poly...... 500 (8-1-14) Nov. 3 Holloway/Kansas State...... 73 Sept. 3 Pavan/Cal Poly...... 483 (17-3-29) Oct. 31 Holloway/Missouri ...... 64 Nov. 11 Pavan/Iowa State...... 483 (16-2-29) Aug. 25 Holloway/UCLA...... 61 Dec. 1 Pavan/Wichita State...... 481 (15-2-27) Oct. 6 Holloway/Colorado...... 50 Nov. 3 Stalls/Kansas State...... 480 (15-3-25) Sept. 3 Holloway/Cal Poly ...... 51 Sept. 29 Pavan/Baylor...... 476 (13-3-21) Nov. 7 Stalls/Colorado...... 471 (9-1-17) Four or More Service Aces Oct. 20 Stalls/Kansas ...... 467 (8-1-15) Date Player/Opponent...... Service Aces Oct. 10 Stalls/Iowa State...... 467 (8-1-15) Dec. 1 Larson/Wichita State...... 5 Sept. 29 Larson/Baylor...... 462 (8-2-13) Nov. 30 Larson/South Dakota State...... 5 Nov. 14 Stalls/Texas A&M...... 462 (7-1-13) Nov. 24 Pavan/Texas Tech...... 5 2007 Individual and Team Match Highs Individual Match Highs Team Match Highs Category Total Player Match Category Total Match Kills (three games) 20 Pavan at Texas A&M, 11/14 Kills (three games) 66 at Missouri, 10/17 Kills (four games) 25 Pavan vs. UCLA, 8/25 Kills (four games) 76 vs. UCLA, 8/25 Kills (five games) 31 Pavan at Kansas State, 11/3 Kills (five games) 84 vs. Missouri, 10/31 Attempts (three games) 44 Pavan at Texas, 10/24 Attempts (three games) 145 at Texas, 10/24 Attempts (four games) 52 Pavan vs. UCLA, 8/25 Attempts (four games) 188 vs. UCLA, 8/25 Attempts (five games) 64 Pavan at Kansas State, 11/3 Attempts (five games) 198 vs. Missouri, 10/31 Hitting Pct. (three games) 1.000 Stalls vs. Texas Tech, 11/24 Hitting Pct. (three games) .500 vs. Baylor, 9/29 Hitting Pct. (four games) .640 Stalls vs. UCLA, 8/25 Hitting Pct. (four games) .314 vs. UCLA, 8/25 Hitting Pct. (five games) .500 Holloway vs. Missouri, 10/31 Hitting Pct. (five games) .303 vs. Missouri, 10/31 Assists (three games) 55 Holloway at Missouri, 10/25 Assists (three games) 59 at Missouri, 10/17 Assists (four games) 61 Holloway vs. UCLA, 8/25 Assists (four games) 72 vs. UCLA, 8/25 Assists (five games) 74 Holloway at Kansas State, 11/3 Assists (five games) 78 vs. Missouri, 10/31 Digs (three games) 19 Houghtelling; Banwarth at OU, 10/13; at ISU, 11/11 Digs (three games) 62 vs. Colorado, 11/3 Digs (four games) 23 Houghtelling vs. UCLA, 8/25 Digs (four games) 91 vs. UCLA, 8/25 Digs (five games) 26 Houghtelling Kansas State, 11/3 Digs (five games) 88 vs. Missouri, 10/31 Blocks (three games) 7 Cooper vs Kansas State, 10/3 Blocks (three games) 12.0 at Colorado, 10/6 Blocks (four games) 5 Larson vs. UCLA, 8/25 Blocks (four games) 10.0 vs. UCLA, 8/25 Blocks (five games) 9 Stalls vs. Kansas State, 11/3 Blocks (five games) 15.5 at Kansas State, 11/3 Service Aces 5 Pavan at Baylor, 11/21; vs. Texas Tech, 11/24 Service Aces 11 vs. Wichita State, 12/1 5 Larson vs. SDSU, 11/30; vs. Wichita State, 12/1 Nebraska Volleyball • Three-Time National Champions • Page 15 • Weekly Release • Dec. 4, 2007 Match-by-Match Leaders Date Opponent Result Kills Blocks Assists Digs Aug. 24 vs. Tennessee W, 3-0 Pavan (14) Pavan, Houghtelling (4) Holloway (34) Houghtelling (12) Aug. 25 vs. No. 5 UCLA W, 3-1 Pavan (25) Larson (5) Holloway (61) Houghtelling (23) Aug. 31 Creighton W, 3-0 Pavan (18) Stalls (4) Holloway (35) Holloway (13) Sept. 2 No. 3 Penn State W, 3-0 Pavan (12) Cooper, Stalls (4) Holloway (43) Schwartz (14) Sept. 3 No. 17 Cal Poly W, 3-0 Pavan (17) Houghtelling, Holloway, Cooper (2) Holloway (51) Schwartz (17) Sept. 7 No. 11 Duke W, 3-0 Larson (16) Cooper, Holloway (3) Holloway (35) Larson (14) Sept. 8 New Mexico State W, 3-0 Houghtelling (15) Stalls (5) Holloway (39) Larson (10) Sept. 12 No. 7 Texas W, 3-0 Pavan (16) Stalls, Cooper (3) Holloway (39) Schwartz (12) Sept. 15 at Texas Tech W, 3-0 Cooper (11) Cooper, Stalls (5) Holloway (33) Houghtelling (15) Sept. 22 Texas A&M W, 3-0 Larson (15) Stalls, Pavan (3) Holloway (45) Schwartz (16) Sept. 26 at Kansas W, 3-0 Larson (17) Stalls (5) Holloway (38) Larson (11) Sept. 29 Baylor W, 3-0 Pavan (13) Cooper (4) Holloway (39) Houghtelling (16) Oct. 3 No. 17 Kansas State W, 3-0 Pavan (17) Cooper (7) Holloway (43) Houghtelling (13) Oct. 6 at Colorado W, 3-0 Houghtelling (19) Stalls (6) Holloway (50) Larson (14) Oct. 10 Iowa State W, 3-0 Pavan (18) Stalls, Cooper (4) Holloway (41) Larson (13) Oct. 13 at No. 25 Oklahoma W, 3-0 Pavan (16) Cooper (4) Holloway (49) Houghtelling (19) Oct. 17 at Missouri W, 3-0 Pavan (18) Stalls (6) Holloway (55) Larson (18) Oct. 20 Kansas W, 3-0 Pavan (17) Larson (4) Holloway (42) Schwartz (11) Oct. 21 No. 11 Hawai’i W, 3-0 Stalls (13) Cooper (4) Holloway (39) Larson (15) Oct. 24 at No. 5 Texas L, 0-3 Pavan (17) Cooper (4) Holloway (33) Schwartz (12) Oct. 31 Missouri W, 3-2 Pavan (22) Stalls (4) Holloway (64) Houghtelling (22) Nov. 3 at No. 12 Kansas State W, 3-2 Pavan (31) Stalls (9) Holloway (72) Houghtelling (26) Nov. 7 Colorado W, 3-0 Larson (17) Cooper, Pavan (4) Holloway (47) Larson (17) Nov. 11 at Iowa State W, 3-0 Pavan (16) Cooper, Larson (3) Holloway (39) Banwarth (19) Nov. 14 at Texas A&M W, 3-0 Pavan (20) Stalls (4) Holloway (40) Banwarth (11) Nov. 17 No. 22 Oklahoma W, 3-0 Pavan (12) Houghtelling, Stalls, Gates (3) Holloway (37) Houghtelling (16) Nov. 21 at Baylor W, 3-0 Larson (12) Cooper, Larson (4) Holloway (35) Houghtelling (17) Nov. 24 Texas Tech W, 3-0 Pavan (18) Cooper (4) Griffin (40) Houghtelling (10) Nov. 30 South Dakota State W, 3-0 Stalls (11) Stalls (6) Holloway (36) Banwarth (14) Dec. 1 Wichita State W, 3-0 Pavan (15) Stalls, Holloway (4) Holloway (40) Banwarth (13)

Individual Match Leaders 2007 Nebraska Volleyball Results Kill Leaders: Pavan (20); Larson (5); Houghtelling (2); Date Opponent Result Score-by-game Overall Big 12 Time Attend Stalls (2); Cooper (1) Aug. 24 vs. Tennessee W, 3-0 30-15,30-19,30-18 1-0 0-0 1:25 10,158 Aug. 25 vs #5 UCLA W, 3-1 30-23,22-30,30-18,30-21 2-0 0-0 2:11 11,076 Block Leaders: Cooper (15); Stalls (16); Larson (4); Aug. 31 Creighton W, 3-0 30-23, 30-18, 30-25 3-0 0-0 1:27 4,256 Pavan (3); Houghtelling (3); Sept. 2 #3 Penn State W, 3-0 30-20, 30-21, 30-27 4-0 0-0 1:31 13,081 Holloway (3); Gates (1) Sept. 3 #17 CAL POLY W, 3-0 30-20, 30-19, 30-18 5-0 0-0 1:25 4,068 Sept. 7 #11 DUKE W, 3-0 30-24, 30-20, 30-23 6-0 0-0 1:35 4,131 Assist Leaders: Holloway (29); Griffin (1) Sept. 8 NEW MEXICO STATE W, 3-0 30-17, 30-25, 30-22 7-0 0-0 1:26 4,116 Sept. 12 #7 TEXAS W, 3-0 30-24, 30-17, 30-25 8-0 1-0 1:28 4,167 Digs Leaders: Houghtelling (11); Larson (8); Schwartz (6) Sept. 15 at Texas Tech W, 3-0 30-19, 30-15, 30-20 9-0 2-0 1:20 1,468 Banwarth (4); Holloway (1) Sept. 22 TEXAS A&M W, 3-0 30-14, 30-20, 30-25 10-0 3-0 1:27 4,113 Sept. 26 at Kansas W, 3-0 30-18, 30-24, 30-18 11-0 4-0 1:24 1,300 Sept. 29 BAYLOR W, 3-0 30-15, 30-12, 30-13 12-0 5-0 1:14 4,068 Oct. 3 #17 KANSAS STATE W, 3-0 30-16, 30-16, 30-25 13-0 6-0 1:22 4,115 Oct. 6 at Colorado W, 3-0 30-25, 30-18, 30-20 14-0 7-0 1:35 3,708 Oct. 10 IOWA STATE W, 3-0 33-31, 30-19, 30-20 15-0 8-0 1:30 4,601 Oct. 13 at #25 Oklahoma W, 3-0 30-25, 30-21, 30-25 16-0 9-0 1:44 1,181 Oct. 17 at Missouri W, 3-0 31-29, 30-18, 30-14 17-0 10-0 1:20 6,059 Oct. 20 KANSAS W, 3-0 30-16, 30-25, 30-26 18-0 11-0 1:30 4,165 Oct. 21 #11 HAWAI’I W, 3-0 30-22. 30-16, 30-24 19-0 11-0 1:34 13,396 Oct. 24 at Texas L, 0-3 22-30, 25-30, 20-30 19-1 11-1 1:37 4,286 Oct. 31 MISSOURI W, 3-2 30-19, 32-34, 30-11, 24-30, 15-10 20-1 12-1 2:25 4,053 Nov. 3 at #12 Kansas State W, 3-2 24-30, 27-30, 30-25, 30-19, 15-8 21-1 13-1 2:36 3,254 Nov. 7 COLORADO W, 3-0 30-17, 30-22, 30-20 22-1 14-1 1:25 4,136 Nov. 11 at Iowa State W, 3-0 30-20, 30-19, 30-16 23-1 15-1 1:20 6,705 Nov. 14 at Texas A&M W, 3-0 30-26, 30-23, 30-22 24-1 16-1 1:29 1,613 Nov. 17 #22 OKLAHOMA W, 3-0 30-16, 30-25, 30-20 25-1 17-1 1:30 4,197 Nov. 21 at Baylor W, 3-0 30-11, 30-18, 30-26 26-1 18-1 1:29 627 Nov. 24 TEXAS TECH W, 3-0 30-18, 30-10, 30-11 27-1 19-1 1:11 4,149 Nov. 30 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE W, 3-0 30-13, 30-14, 30-14 28-1 19-1 1:15 4,189 Dec. 1 WICHITA STATE W, 3-0 30-22, 30-19, 30-19 29-1 19-1 1:28 4,056 Nebraska Volleyball • Three-Time National Champions • Page 16 • Weekly Release • Dec. 4, 2007 2007 Nebraska Cornhuskers No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Hometown (High School/Last School) 1 Maggie Griffin S 6-0 Sr. St. Charles, Ill. (Rosary/Michigan State) 2 Kayla Banwarth L/DS 5-10 Fr. Dubuque, Iowa (Wahlert Catholic) 3 Christina Houghtelling OH 6-2 Sr. Cambridge, Neb. (Cambridge) 4 Lindsey Licht RS 6-5 Fr. Aurora, Colo. (Grandview) 5 Rachel Schwartz L 5-9 Jr. Lincoln, Neb. (East) 6 Jordan Wilberger MB 6-1 Fr. Scottsbluff, Neb. 8 Brooke Delano MB 6-4 Fr. Bellevue, Neb. (Bellevue West) 9 Sarah Pavan RS 6-5 Sr. Kitchener, Ontario (Forest Heights Collegiate Institute) 10 Jordan Larson OH 6-2 Jr. Hooper, Neb. (Logan View) 11 Tracy Stalls MB 6-4 Sr. Denver, Colo. (Lakewood) 12 Rachel Holloway S 5-10 So. Franklin, Tenn. (Smoky Hill, Colo.) 15 Kori Cooper MB 6-2 So. Amarillo, Texas 17 Amanda Gates MB 6-2 Jr. Columbus, Neb. (Columbus) 19 Tara Mueller OH/L 6-0 Fr. Scottsdale, Ariz. (Desert Mountain)

Coaching and Administrative Staff Head Coach: John Cook, Eighth Year (San Diego, 1979) Head Assistant Coach: Lee Maes, Third Year (Long Beach State, 1994) Assistant Coach: Lizzy Stemke, First Year (Wisconsin, 2004) Volunteer Assistant: Ryan Walthall, First Year (Penn State, 2007) Director of Operations: Lindsay Wischmeier-Peterson, Second Year (Nebraska, 2003) Athletic Trainer: Jolene Emricson, Sixth Year (Metro State, 2001) Strength Coach: Laura Pilakowski, Fourth Year (Nebraska, 2003) Manager: Dan Meske

Pronunciation Guide Name Pronunciation Kayla Banwarth Ban-worth Brooke Delano Da-lane-o Christina Houghtelling HOTEL-ing Lindsey Licht LIGHT Sarah Pavan PAV (rhymes with Have) - inn Lizzy Stemke STEM-key Lee Maes MAYS Lindsay Wischmeier-Peterson WISH-my-er Hoooper, Neb. HUP-Purr Nebraska Volleyball Nebraska Combined Team Statistics (as of Dec 04, 2007) All matches

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL MATCHES...... (29-1 ) (18-0 ) ( 9-1 ) ( 2-0 ) CONFERENCE...... (19-1 ) (10-0 ) ( 9-1 ) ( 0-0 ) NON-CONFERENCE...... (10-0 ) ( 8-0 ) ( 0-0 ) ( 2-0 )

|------ATTACK------| |--SET---| |----SERVE----| |--DIG---| |------BLOCKING------| ## STATS SUMMARY G K K/G E TA Pct A A/G SA SE SA/G RE DIG D/G BS BA Total B/G BE BHE Points ------5 Schwartz, Rachel 74 1 0.01 0 1 1.000 26 0.35 12 37 0.16 - 276 3.73 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 13.0 11 Stalls, Tracy 95 269 2.83 46 473 .471 33 0.35 6 15 0.06 - 54 0.57 16 91 107 1.13 9 2 336.5 9 Pavan, Sarah 95 464 4.88 125 959 .353 10 0.11 49 53 0.52 - 181 1.91 7 63 70 0.74 6 0 551.5 15 Cooper, Kori 83 191 2.30 47 413 .349 41 0.49 0 0 0.00 - 20 0.24 15 72 87 1.05 5 1 242.0 3 Houghtelling, Chris 89 280 3.15 75 660 .311 25 0.28 27 35 0.30 - 358 4.02 18 33 51 0.57 6 0 341.5 12 Holloway, Rachel 92 90 0.98 21 235 .294 1257 13.66 25 19 0.27 - 210 2.28 3 39 42 0.46 6 15 137.5 10 Larson, Jordan 95 327 3.44 107 791 .278 49 0.52 51 53 0.54 - 308 3.24 22 39 61 0.64 5 1 419.5 2 Banwarth, Kayla 45 1 0.02 0 4 .250 19 0.42 7 13 0.16 - 115 2.56 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 8.0 19 Mueller, Tara 21 28 1.33 13 70 .214 5 0.24 1 2 0.05 - 21 1.00 1 7 8 0.38 0 0 33.5 17 Gates, Amanda 21 27 1.29 15 73 .164 2 0.10 0 0 0.00 - 6 0.29 1 16 17 0.81 6 2 36.0 4 Licht, Lindsey 34 22 0.65 14 53 .151 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 - 7 0.21 2 3 5 0.15 0 0 25.5 1 Griffin, Maggie 37 1 0.03 2 4 -.250 105 2.84 1 1 0.03 - 18 0.49 0 3 3 0.08 0 0 3.5 #TM - NEBRASKA...... 95 1701 17.91 465 3736 .331 1572 16.55 179 228 1.88 57 1574 16.57 85 366 268.0 2.82 43 21 2148.0 Opponents...... 95 1148 12.08 626 3604 .145 1084 11.41 57 181 0.60 179 1373 14.45 44 231 159.5 1.68 57 61 1364.5

TEAM STATISTICS NU OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE SCORE-BY-GAME ATTEND ------ATTACK...... Aug 24 vs Tennessee W 3-0 30-15,30-19,30-18 10158 Kills...... 1701 1148 Aug 25 vs #5 UCLA W 3-1 30-23,22-30,30-18,30-21 11076 Errors...... 465 626 Aug 31 CREIGHTON W 3-0 30-23,30-18,30-26 4256 Total Attacks..... 3736 3604 Sep. 2 #3 PENN STATE W 3-0 30-20,30-21,30-27 13081 Attack Pct...... 331 .145 Sep 03 #17 CAL POLY W 3-0 30-20,30-19,30-18 4068 Kills/Game...... 17.9 12.1 Sep 07 #11 DUKE W 3-0 30-24,30-20,30-23 4131 SET...... Sep 08 NEW MEXICO STATE W 3-0 30-17,30-25,30-22 4116 Assists...... 1572 1084 * Sep 12 #7 TEXAS W 3-0 30-24,30-17,30-25 4167 Assists/Game...... 16.5 11.4 * Sep 15 at Texas Tech W 3-0 30-19,30-15,30-20 1468 SERVE...... * Sep 22 TEXAS A&M W 3-0 30-14,30-20,30-25 4113 Aces...... 179 57 * Sep 26 at Kansas W 3-0 30-18,30-24,30-18 1300 Errors...... 228 181 * Sep 29 BAYLOR W 3-0 30-15,30-12,30-13 4068 Aces/Game...... 1.9 0.6 * Oct 03 #17 KANSAS STATE W 3-0 30-16,30-16,30-25 4115 SERVE RECEPTIONS.... * Oct 06 at Colorado W 3-0 30-25,30-18,30-20 3708 Errors...... 57 179 * Oct 10 IOWA STATE W 3-0 33-31,30-19,30-20 4061 Errors/Game...... 0.6 1.9 * Oct 13 at #25 Oklahoma W 3-0 30-25,30-21,30-25 1181 Attempts...... 1789 2515 * Oct 17 at Missouri W 3-0 31-29,30-18,30-14 6059 Reception Pct...... 968 .929 * Oct 20 KANSAS W 3-0 30-16,30-25,30-26 4165 DEFENSE...... Oct 21 #11 HAWAI'I W 3-0 30-22,30-16,30-24 13396 Digs...... 1574 1373 * Oct 24 at #5 Texas L 0-3 22-30,25-30,20-30 4286 Digs/Game...... 16.6 14.5 * Oct 31 MISSOURI W 3-2 30-19,32-34,30-11,24-30,15-10 4053 BLOCKING...... * Nov 3 at #12 Kansas State W 3-2 24-30,27-30,30-25,30-19,15-8 3254 Block Solo...... 85 44 * Nov 07 COLORADO W 3-0 30-17,30-22,30-20 4136 Block Assist...... 366 231 * Nov 11 at Iowa State W 3-0 30-20,30-19,30-16 6705 Total Blocks...... 268.0 159.5 * Nov 14 at Texas A&M W 3-0 30-26,30-23,30-22 1613 Blocks Per Game... 2.8 1.7 * Nov 17 #22 OKLAHOMA W 3-0 30-18,30-25,30-20 4197 Block Errors...... 43 57 * Nov 21 at Baylor W 3-0 30-11,30-18,30-26 627 BALL HANDLING ERRORS 21 61 * Nov 24 TEXAS TECH W 3-0 30-18,30-10,30-11 4149 ATTENDANCE...... Nov 30 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE W 3-0 30-13,30-14,30-13 4189 Total...... 92517 30201 Dec 01 WICHITA STATE W 3-0 30-22,30-19,30-19 4056 Dates/Avg Per Date 18/5140 10/3020 Neutral site #/Avg 2/10617 Current win streak 10 - Home win streak... 18 - Nebraska Volleyball Nebraska Combined Team Statistics (as of Nov 27, 2007) Conference matches

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL MATCHES...... (19-1 ) (10-0 ) ( 9-1 ) ( 0-0 ) CONFERENCE...... (19-1 ) (10-0 ) ( 9-1 ) ( 0-0 ) NON-CONFERENCE...... ( 0-0 ) ( 0-0 ) ( 0-0 ) ( 0-0 )

|------ATTACK------| |--SET---| |----SERVE----| |--DIG---| |------BLOCKING------| ## STATS SUMMARY G K K/G E TA Pct A A/G SA SE SA/G RE DIG D/G BS BA Total B/G BE BHE Points ------5 Schwartz, Rachel 46 1 0.02 0 1 1.000 20 0.43 10 25 0.22 - 184 4.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 11.0 11 Stalls, Tracy 64 180 2.81 32 322 .460 28 0.44 4 8 0.06 - 33 0.52 10 62 72 1.12 6 1 225.0 15 Cooper, Kori 56 133 2.38 27 283 .375 22 0.39 0 0 0.00 - 11 0.20 13 47 60 1.07 0 1 169.5 9 Pavan, Sarah 64 317 4.95 86 649 .356 10 0.16 37 42 0.58 - 122 1.91 4 46 50 0.78 1 0 381.0 3 Houghtelling, Chris 64 203 3.17 54 468 .318 15 0.23 18 28 0.28 - 265 4.14 14 25 39 0.61 5 0 247.5 12 Holloway, Rachel 61 62 1.02 16 160 .287 841 13.79 15 15 0.25 - 128 2.10 1 22 23 0.38 5 9 89.0 19 Mueller, Tara 10 12 1.20 5 27 .259 1 0.10 1 0 0.10 - 9 0.90 0 2 2 0.20 0 0 14.0 10 Larson, Jordan 64 216 3.38 78 542 .255 31 0.48 30 40 0.47 - 195 3.05 14 26 40 0.62 2 1 273.0 17 Gates, Amanda 15 19 1.27 10 47 .191 1 0.07 0 0 0.00 - 6 0.40 1 10 11 0.73 5 1 25.0 4 Licht, Lindsey 20 10 0.50 7 27 .111 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 - 3 0.15 1 3 4 0.20 0 0 12.5 2 Banwarth, Kayla 34 0 0.00 0 2 .000 16 0.47 5 9 0.15 - 87 2.56 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 5.0 1 Griffin, Maggie 23 1 0.04 2 4 -.250 81 3.52 0 1 0.00 - 13 0.57 0 3 3 0.13 0 0 2.5 #TM - NEBRASKA...... 64 1154 18.03 317 2532 .331 1066 16.66 120 168 1.88 39 1056 16.50 58 246 181.0 2.83 24 13 1455.0 Opponents...... 64 761 11.89 404 2395 .149 719 11.23 39 115 0.61 120 928 14.50 32 160 112.0 1.75 37 41 912.0

TEAM STATISTICS NU OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE SCORE-BY-GAME ATTEND ------ATTACK...... * Sep 12 #7 TEXAS W 3-0 30-24,30-17,30-25 4167 Kills...... 1154 761 * Sep 15 at Texas Tech W 3-0 30-19,30-15,30-20 1468 Errors...... 317 404 * Sep 22 TEXAS A&M W 3-0 30-14,30-20,30-25 4113 Total Attacks..... 2532 2395 * Sep 26 at Kansas W 3-0 30-18,30-24,30-18 1300 Attack Pct...... 331 .149 * Sep 29 BAYLOR W 3-0 30-15,30-12,30-13 4068 Kills/Game...... 18.0 11.9 * Oct 03 #17 KANSAS STATE W 3-0 30-16,30-16,30-25 4115 SET...... * Oct 06 at Colorado W 3-0 30-25,30-18,30-20 3708 Assists...... 1066 719 * Oct 10 IOWA STATE W 3-0 33-31,30-19,30-20 4061 Assists/Game...... 16.7 11.2 * Oct 13 at #25 Oklahoma W 3-0 30-25,30-21,30-25 1181 SERVE...... * Oct 17 at Missouri W 3-0 31-29,30-18,30-14 6059 Aces...... 120 39 * Oct 20 KANSAS W 3-0 30-16,30-25,30-26 4165 Errors...... 168 115 * Oct 24 at #5 Texas L 0-3 22-30,25-30,20-30 4286 Aces/Game...... 1.9 0.6 * Oct 31 MISSOURI W 3-2 30-19,32-34,30-11,24-30,15-10 4053 SERVE RECEPTIONS.... * Nov 3 at #12 Kansas State W 3-2 24-30,27-30,30-25,30-19,15-8 3254 Errors...... 39 120 * Nov 07 COLORADO W 3-0 30-17,30-22,30-20 4136 Errors/Game...... 0.6 1.9 * Nov 11 at Iowa State W 3-0 30-20,30-19,30-16 6705 Attempts...... 1212 1666 * Nov 14 at Texas A&M W 3-0 30-26,30-23,30-22 1613 Reception Pct...... 968 .928 * Nov 17 #22 OKLAHOMA W 3-0 30-18,30-25,30-20 4197 DEFENSE...... * Nov 21 at Baylor W 3-0 30-11,30-18,30-26 627 Digs...... 1056 928 * Nov 24 TEXAS TECH W 3-0 30-18,30-10,30-11 4149 Digs/Game...... 16.5 14.5 BLOCKING...... Block Solo...... 58 32 Block Assist...... 246 160 Total Blocks...... 181.0 112.0 Blocks Per Game... 2.8 1.8 Block Errors...... 24 37 BALL HANDLING ERRORS 13 41 ATTENDANCE...... Total...... 41224 30201 Dates/Avg Per Date 10/4122 10/3020 Neutral site #/Avg 0/0 Current win streak 8 - Home win streak... 10 - Nebraska Volleyball Nebraska Combined Team Statistics (as of Dec 04, 2007)

RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL MATCHES...... ( 2-0 ) ( 2-0 ) ( 0-0 ) ( 0-0 ) CONFERENCE...... ( 0-0 ) ( 0-0 ) ( 0-0 ) ( 0-0 ) NON-CONFERENCE...... ( 2-0 ) ( 2-0 ) ( 0-0 ) ( 0-0 )

|------ATTACK------| |--SET---| |----SERVE----| |--DIG---| |------BLOCKING------| ## STATS SUMMARY G K K/G E TA Pct A A/G SA SE SA/G RE DIG D/G BS BA Total B/G BE BHE Points ------2 Banwarth, Kayla 6 1 0.17 0 2 .500 3 0.50 2 2 0.33 - 27 4.50 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 3.0 11 Stalls, Tracy 6 21 3.50 5 34 .471 0 0.00 1 0 0.17 - 5 0.83 2 8 10 1.67 0 1 28.0 9 Pavan, Sarah 6 25 4.17 2 52 .442 0 0.00 2 3 0.33 - 12 2.00 1 3 4 0.67 0 0 29.5 12 Holloway, Rachel 6 6 1.00 0 14 .429 76 12.67 3 1 0.50 - 14 2.33 0 7 7 1.17 0 4 12.5 10 Larson, Jordan 6 19 3.17 2 40 .425 6 1.00 10 5 1.67 - 16 2.67 4 2 6 1.00 1 0 34.0 4 Licht, Lindsey 2 3 1.50 1 5 .400 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 - 1 0.50 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 3.0 17 Gates, Amanda 1 3 3.00 1 8 .250 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 - 0 0.00 0 1 1 1.00 0 0 3.5 15 Cooper, Kori 5 7 1.40 3 21 .190 2 0.40 0 0 0.00 - 2 0.40 0 5 5 1.00 1 0 9.5 19 Mueller, Tara 6 14 2.33 8 35 .171 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 - 3 0.50 1 2 3 0.50 0 0 16.0 5 Schwartz, Rachel 6 0 0.00 0 0 .000 1 0.17 2 0 0.33 - 15 2.50 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 2.0 1 Griffin, Maggie 2 0 0.00 0 0 .000 4 2.00 1 0 0.50 - 2 1.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 1.0 3 Houghtelling, Chris 1 0 0.00 2 4 -.500 0 0.00 0 0 0.00 - 2 2.00 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0.0 #TM - NEBRASKA...... 6 99 16.50 24 215 .349 92 15.33 21 11 3.50 5 99 16.50 8 28 22.0 3.67 2 5 142.0 Opponents...... 6 54 9.00 45 211 .043 50 8.33 5 6 0.83 21 80 13.33 1 4 3.0 0.50 5 5 62.0

TEAM STATISTICS NU OPP DATE OPPONENT W/L SCORE SCORE-BY-GAME ATTEND ------ATTACK...... Nov 30 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE W 3-0 30-13,30-14,30-13 4189 Kills...... 99 54 Dec 01 WICHITA STATE W 3-0 30-22,30-19,30-19 4056 Errors...... 24 45 Total Attacks..... 215 211 Attack Pct...... 349 .043 Kills/Game...... 16.5 9.0 SET...... Assists...... 92 50 Assists/Game...... 15.3 8.3 SERVE...... Aces...... 21 5 Errors...... 11 6 Aces/Game...... 3.5 0.8 SERVE RECEPTIONS.... Errors...... 5 21 Errors/Game...... 0.8 3.5 Attempts...... 96 167 Reception Pct...... 948 .874 DEFENSE...... Digs...... 99 80 Digs/Game...... 16.5 13.3 BLOCKING...... Block Solo...... 8 1 Block Assist...... 28 4 Total Blocks...... 22.0 3.0 Blocks Per Game... 3.7 0.5 Block Errors...... 2 5 BALL HANDLING ERRORS 5 5 ATTENDANCE...... Total...... 8245 0 Dates/Avg Per Date 2/4122 0/0 Neutral site #/Avg 0/0 Current win streak 2 - Home win streak... 2 - Nebraska Volleyball Nebraska Individual Season/Career Statistics (as of Dec 04, 2007)

SEASON CAREER

|------ATTACK------| |--SET---| |------ATTACK------| |--SET---| ## Name G K K/G E TA Pct A A/G Points G K K/G E TA Pct A A/G Points ------5 Schwartz, Rachel.... 74 1 0.01 0 1 1.000 26 0.35 13.0 ... 266 1 0.00 3 17 -.118 60 0.23 41.0 11 Stalls, Tracy...... 95 269 2.83 46 473 .471 33 0.35 336.5 ... 395 921 2.33 246 1812 .373 104 0.26 1273.5 9 Pavan, Sarah...... 95 464 4.88 125 959 .353 10 0.11 551.5 ... 432 1974 4.57 577 4180 .334 100 0.23 2363.5 15 Cooper, Kori...... 83 191 2.30 47 413 .349 41 0.49 242.0 ... 166 330 1.99 83 712 .347 58 0.35 425.0 3 Houghtelling, Chris. 89 280 3.15 75 660 .311 25 0.28 341.5 ... 321 996 3.10 295 2288 .306 70 0.22 1226.5 12 Holloway, Rachel.... 92 90 0.98 21 235 .294 1257 13.66 137.5 ... 204 214 1.05 66 520 .285 2760 13.53 318.5 10 Larson, Jordan...... 95 327 3.44 107 791 .278 49 0.52 419.5 ... 319 1109 3.48 347 2710 .281 155 0.49 1394.0 2 Banwarth, Kayla..... 45 1 0.02 0 4 .250 19 0.42 8.0 ... 45 1 0.02 0 4 .250 19 0.42 8.0 19 Mueller, Tara...... 21 28 1.33 13 70 .214 5 0.24 33.5 ... 21 28 1.33 13 70 .214 5 0.24 33.5 17 Gates, Amanda...... 21 27 1.29 15 73 .164 2 0.10 36.0 ... 82 99 1.21 47 239 .218 13 0.16 143.0 4 Licht, Lindsey...... 34 22 0.65 14 53 .151 0 0.00 25.5 ... 34 22 0.65 14 53 .151 0 0.00 25.5 1 Griffin, Maggie..... 37 1 0.03 2 4 -.250 105 2.84 3.5 ... 193 8 0.04 11 30 -.100 1056 5.47 25.5 NEBRASKA...... 95 1701 17.91 465 3736 .331 1572 16.55 2148.0 Opponents...... 95 1148 12.08 626 3604 .145 1084 11.41 1364.5

|--SERVE--| |---DIG---| |-----BLOCKING-----| |--SERVE--| |---DIG---| |-----BLOCKING-----| Name SA SA/Gm RE DIG Dig/G BS BA Total B/Game SA SA/Gm RE DIG Dig/G BS BA Total B/Game ------Schwartz, Rachel.... 12 0.16 - 276 3.73 0 0 0 0.00 ...... 40 0.15 - 571 2.15 0 0 0 0.00 Stalls, Tracy...... 6 0.06 - 54 0.57 16 91 107 1.13 ...... 39 0.10 - 261 0.66 58 511 569 1.44 Pavan, Sarah...... 49 0.52 - 181 1.91 7 63 70 0.74 ...... 143 0.33 - 696 1.61 40 413 453 1.05 Cooper, Kori...... 0 0.00 - 20 0.24 15 72 87 1.05 ...... 0 0.00 - 47 0.28 24 142 166 1.00 Houghtelling, Chris. 27 0.30 - 358 4.02 18 33 51 0.57 ...... 92 0.29 - 855 2.66 36 205 241 0.75 Holloway, Rachel.... 25 0.27 - 210 2.28 3 39 42 0.46 ...... 47 0.23 - 489 2.40 10 95 105 0.51 Larson, Jordan...... 51 0.54 - 308 3.24 22 39 61 0.64 ...... 145 0.45 - 1014 3.18 62 156 218 0.68 Banwarth, Kayla..... 7 0.16 - 115 2.56 0 0 0 0.00 ...... 7 0.16 - 115 2.56 0 0 0 0.00 Mueller, Tara...... 1 0.05 - 21 1.00 1 7 8 0.38 ...... 1 0.05 - 21 1.00 1 7 8 0.38 Gates, Amanda...... 0 0.00 - 6 0.29 1 16 17 0.81 ...... 0 0.00 - 14 0.17 5 78 83 1.01 Licht, Lindsey...... 0 0.00 - 7 0.21 2 3 5 0.15 ...... 0 0.00 - 7 0.21 2 3 5 0.15 Griffin, Maggie..... 1 0.03 - 18 0.49 0 3 3 0.08 ...... 15 0.08 - 227 1.18 0 5 5 0.03 NEBRASKA...... 179 1.88 57 1574 16.57 85 366 268.0 2.82 Opponents...... 57 0.60 179 1373 14.45 44 231 159.5 1.68 Nebraska Volleyball Nebraska Category Leaders (as of Dec 04, 2007) All matches

## ATTACK (by K) G K K/Game E TA Pct ## KILL (by K) G K K/Game ------9 Pavan, Sarah 95 464 4.88 125 959 .353 9 Pavan, Sarah 95 464 4.88 10 Larson, Jordan 95 327 3.44 107 791 .278 10 Larson, Jordan 95 327 3.44 3 Houghtelling, Chris 89 280 3.15 75 660 .311 3 Houghtelling, Chris 89 280 3.15 11 Stalls, Tracy 95 269 2.83 46 473 .471 11 Stalls, Tracy 95 269 2.83 15 Cooper, Kori 83 191 2.30 47 413 .349 15 Cooper, Kori 83 191 2.30 12 Holloway, Rachel 92 90 0.98 21 235 .294 12 Holloway, Rachel 92 90 0.98 19 Mueller, Tara 21 28 1.33 13 70 .214 19 Mueller, Tara 21 28 1.33 17 Gates, Amanda 21 27 1.29 15 73 .164 17 Gates, Amanda 21 27 1.29 4 Licht, Lindsey 34 22 0.65 14 53 .151 4 Licht, Lindsey 34 22 0.65 5 Schwartz, Rachel 74 1 0.01 0 1 1.000 5 Schwartz, Rachel 74 1 0.01 2 Banwarth, Kayla 45 1 0.02 0 4 .250 1 Griffin, Maggie 37 1 0.03 1 Griffin, Maggie 37 1 0.03 2 4 -.250 2 Banwarth, Kayla 45 1 0.02 NEBRASKA...... 95 1701 17.91 465 3736 .331 NEBRASKA...... 95 1701 17.91 Opponents...... 95 1148 12.08 626 3604 .145 Opponents...... 95 1148 12.08

## SET (by A) G A A/Game ## SERVE (by SA) G SA SE SA/G ------12 Holloway, Rachel 92 1257 13.66 10 Larson, Jordan 95 51 53 0.54 1 Griffin, Maggie 37 105 2.84 9 Pavan, Sarah 95 49 53 0.52 10 Larson, Jordan 95 49 0.52 3 Houghtelling, Chris 89 27 35 0.30 15 Cooper, Kori 83 41 0.49 12 Holloway, Rachel 92 25 19 0.27 11 Stalls, Tracy 95 33 0.35 5 Schwartz, Rachel 74 12 37 0.16 5 Schwartz, Rachel 74 26 0.35 2 Banwarth, Kayla 45 7 13 0.16 3 Houghtelling, Chris 89 25 0.28 11 Stalls, Tracy 95 6 15 0.06 2 Banwarth, Kayla 45 19 0.42 1 Griffin, Maggie 37 1 1 0.03 9 Pavan, Sarah 95 10 0.11 19 Mueller, Tara 21 1 2 0.05 19 Mueller, Tara 21 5 0.24 NEBRASKA...... 95 179 228 1.88 17 Gates, Amanda 21 2 0.10 Opponents...... 95 57 181 0.60 4 Licht, Lindsey 34 0 0.00 NEBRASKA...... 95 1572 16.55 ## DEFENSE (by Dig) G DIG Dig/G BHE Opponents...... 95 1084 11.41 ------3 Houghtelling, Chris 89 358 4.02 0 ## BLOCK (by Total) G BS BA Total B/Game BE 10 Larson, Jordan 95 308 3.24 1 ------5 Schwartz, Rachel 74 276 3.73 0 11 Stalls, Tracy 95 16 91 107.0 1.13 9 12 Holloway, Rachel 92 210 2.28 15 15 Cooper, Kori 83 15 72 87.0 1.05 5 9 Pavan, Sarah 95 181 1.91 0 9 Pavan, Sarah 95 7 63 70.0 0.74 6 2 Banwarth, Kayla 45 115 2.56 0 10 Larson, Jordan 95 22 39 61.0 0.64 5 11 Stalls, Tracy 95 54 0.57 2 3 Houghtelling, Chris 89 18 33 51.0 0.57 6 19 Mueller, Tara 21 21 1.00 0 12 Holloway, Rachel 92 3 39 42.0 0.46 6 15 Cooper, Kori 83 20 0.24 1 17 Gates, Amanda 21 1 16 17.0 0.81 6 1 Griffin, Maggie 37 18 0.49 0 19 Mueller, Tara 21 1 7 8.0 0.38 0 4 Licht, Lindsey 34 7 0.21 0 4 Licht, Lindsey 34 2 3 5.0 0.15 0 17 Gates, Amanda 21 6 0.29 2 1 Griffin, Maggie 37 0 3 3.0 0.08 0 NEBRASKA...... 95 1574 16.57 21 NEBRASKA...... 95 85 366 268.0 2.82 43 Opponents...... 95 1373 14.45 61 Opponents...... 95 44 231 159.5 1.68 57

## POINTS (by Points) G Points Pts/G ------9 Pavan, Sarah 95 551.5 5.80 10 Larson, Jordan 95 419.5 4.41 3 Houghtelling, Chris 89 341.5 3.83 11 Stalls, Tracy 95 336.5 3.54 15 Cooper, Kori 83 242.0 2.92 12 Holloway, Rachel 92 137.5 1.49 17 Gates, Amanda 21 36.0 1.71 19 Mueller, Tara 21 33.5 1.57 4 Licht, Lindsey 34 25.5 0.74 5 Schwartz, Rachel 74 13.0 0.18 2 Banwarth, Kayla 45 8.0 0.18 1 Griffin, Maggie 37 3.5 0.08 NEBRASKA...... 95 2148.0 22.61 Opponents...... 95 1364.5 14.36 2007 Nebraska Bio Updates • Huskers.com

#1 Maggie Griffin #2 Kayla Banwarth (pronounced BAN-worth) 6-0 • Sr. • Setter • St. Charles, Ill. (Rosary/Michigan State) 5-10 • Fr. • Libero/Defensive Specialist • Dubuque, Iowa (Wahlert Catholic)

2007 Honors • Libero and defensive specialist who has earned more time as the season has First-Team Academic All-Big 12 progressed, averaging 2.56 digs and 0.16 service aces per game in 20 matches • Started the last seven matches at libero, averaging 4.37 digs and .71 assists per • Senior who backs up All-American Rachel Holloway and sees frequent time in the game, as NU held its last seven opponents to a combined .089 hitting Huskers’ 6-2 offensive sets • Averaged 4.50 digs, 0.50 assists and .33 service aces during the first two rounds • Averages 2.84 assists and 0.49 digs per game while appearing in 23 matches, as of the NCAA Tournament, leading the Huskers in digs in both contests she has had one service error all season • Recorded 14 digs in NU’s NCAA opener against South Dakota State, helping limit • Saw action in both of Nebraska’s NCAA Tournament games during the first the Jackrabbits to -.053 hitting on Nov. 1 weekend, recording three assists and two digs against South Dakota State and her • Collected 14 digs in helping the Huskers hold Baylor to .086 hitting on Nov. 21 first ace of the year in a sweep of Wichita State • Totaled 13 digs in helping to hold No. 22 Oklahoma to a season-low .122 hitting • Started the Huskers’ regular-season finale against Texas Tech, totaling season on Nov. 17 bests in both assists (40), digs (nine) and blocks (theee) in helping NU hit .472 • Recorded 11 digs, as NU held Texas A&M to a season-low .099 hitting on Nov. 14 against the Red Raiders • Made her first career start against Iowa State on Nov. 11, thrilling over 40 family • Enjoyed one of her best matches of the year against No. 22 Oklahoma, dishing out and friends by setting career bests in digs (19) and assists (five) in a sweep of the 10 assists as the Huskers hit .514 as a team against the Sooners Cyclones • Saw action in all three games against Colorado on Nov. 7, totaling five kills and a • Started game three at libero against Colorado on Nov. 7, totaling four digs in a pair of assists, as the Huskers hit .388 as a team 30-20 win • Finished with five assists and a dig in one game at Texas Tech on Sept. 15 • Played all five games at No. 12 Kansas State as a back row specialist, totaling • Totaled a season-high nine assists in NU’s sweep of Creighton on Aug. 31 four digs and an ace in NU’s comeback win • Averaged 2.05 assists and 0.60 digs per game in 21 matches in 2006, drawing • Appeared in all three games against No. 11 Hawaii on Oct. 21 as a serving starts against both Texas Tech and Creighton specialist, totaling a dig in a sweep of the Rainbow Wahine • Totaled a season-high 43 assists, nine digs and three kills against Texas Tech • Matched her season high with five digs in the finale against Kansas on Oct. 20 • Shined in NCAA’s first-round match American on Dec. 1, recording an ace while • Keyed NU’s game two win at Colorado on Oct. 6 with strong serving, as she also sparking several runs with her serving worked out of the back row in a game NU won 30-18 • Spent part of 2006 training with the USA Volleyball program in Colorado Springs • Played the final game at libero against Baylor on Sept. 29, totaling one dig, two • Started at setter in 2005 when NU used a 6-2 offense, averaging 7.49 assists and assists and the first service ace of her career 1.59 digs per game in helping NU rank fourth nationally in hitting percentage (.322) • Started the final game against Kansas at libero on Sept. 26, totaling five digs and kills per game (17.12) and eighth in assists per game (15.72) and a pair of aces against the Jayhawks • Helped the Huskers hit .350 or better 16 times, including eight matches above .400 • Saw limited action in NU’s first 10 matches, playing for a combined two points • Totaled 30 or more assists seven times, including a season-high 37 at No. 7 Missouri against Tennessee in the season opener on Aug. 24 and against No. 17 Cal Poly on on Oct. 5 and had four double-doubles in 2005 Sept. 2 • Spent her freshman season starting at Michigan State, ranking fifth in the league • Is the first Husker from Iowa since 2004 Olympian in U.S. National Team member with 12.98 assists per game to earn all-freshman honors Nancy Metcalf finished her career in 2001 • Was a Fab 50 recruit from Rosary High School and was the No. 12 prospect • Totaled 1,155 kills, 1,093 digs and 364 aces during her four-year career, leading nationally by Prepvolleyball.com Wahlert Catholic to three Iowa Class 3A state titles (2003-05) • Was the first player in the more than 25 years of Junior Olympic Volleyball • Named an alternate for the 2007 U.S. Junior National Team Championship history to be awarded MVP in the same division (U-18) two years in a • Tabbed a Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 selection and was ranked as the No. 62 row at the Junior Olympic Nationals player nationally by Prepvolleyball.com • Chosen as the Iowa Gatorade Player of the Year in 2006 after averaging 4.00 kills, Season GP K K/G E TA .Pct A SA D BS BA TB B/G 3.70 digs and 1.43 aces per game 2004* 102 64 0.63 35 178 .163 1324 24 222 7 41 48 0.47 2005 116 3 0.03 7 14 -.286 869 9 185 0 0 0 0.00 • Garnered Prepvolleyball.com All-America honors as a senior, as she established 2006 40 4 0.10 2 12 .167 82 5 24 0 2 2 0.05 single-season school records for digs (372) and service aces (142) while adding 2007 37 1 0.03 2 4 -.250 105 1 18 0 3 3 0.08 396 kills on .316 hitting TOTAL 193 8 0.04 11 30 -.100 1056 15 227 0 5 5 0.03 *-at Michigan State Season GP K K/G E TA .Pct A SA D BS BA TB B/G 2007 45 1 0.02 0 4 .250 19 7 115 0 0 0 0.00 TOTAL 45 1 0.02 0 4 .250 19 7 115 0 0 0 0.00

Griffin’s Miscellaneous Stats (Career Matches With) Banwarth’s Miscellaneous Stats (Career Matches With) Double-Doubles:...... 4 (8-$) Double-Doubles:...... 0 .450 or Better Hitting Pct.:*...... 0 .450 or Better Hitting Pct.:*...... 0 50 or More Assists:...... 0 (13-$) 50 or More Assists:...... 0 60 or More Assists: ...... (4-$) 15 or More Kills:...... 0 15 or More Kills:...... 0 15 or More Digs:...... 1 15 or More Digs:...... 1 (2-$) 8 or More Blocks:...... 0 8 or More Blocks:...... 0 4 or More Aces:...... 0 4 or More Aces:...... 0 * Hitting percentage marks based on min. 10 attempts. * Hitting percentage marks based on min. 10 attempts. $-at Michigan State in 2004, not included in NU totals 2007 Nebraska Bio Updates • Huskers.com

#3 Christina Houghtelling (pronounced HOTEL-ing) 2.49 digs and 1.03 blocks per game 6-2 • Sr. • Outside Hitter • Cambridge, Neb. (Cambridge) • Earned first-team All-America and All-Big 12 laurels after ranking among the Big 12 leaders in kills (10th) and hitting percentage (.375, fifth) 2007 Honors • Tied for the team lead with six double-doubles - including a 19-kill, 20-dig Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year performance against Kansas State on Nov. 19 First-Team All-Big 12 • Spent the summer of 2005 competing for the USA Volleyball A2 National Team, First-Team ESPN the Magazine Academic All-American traveling to Switzerland to compete in the Montreux Volleymasters 2007 Ameritas Players Challenge MVP • Started most of 2004 at outside hitter, averaging 2.90 kills and 2.34 digs per game,  2007 Ameritas Players Challenge All-Tournament Team while ranking seventh in the Big 12 with 0.34 service aces per game Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Aug. 25) • Played middle blocker at NU during her freshman year, appearing in 17 matches First-Team Academic All-District VII (3.91 GPA in elementary education) despite missing most of the year with a knee injury First-Team Academic All-Big 12 • Two-time all-state selection in volleyball at Cambridge High School where she had • Former AVCA National Player of the Year who returned after missing all of the 2006 434 kills and hit .539 as a senior season because of injuries • Starred in basketball, averaging 27.1 points and 13.5 rebounds as a senior, and • Enters the NCAA Regional needing four kills to become the 20th Husker to reach track, where she won the all-class state titles in both the high jump and triple 1,000 career kills jump • 2007 Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year who started 29 matches, averaging 3.15 • Was the first athlete from Cambridge HS to earn a Division I volleyball scholarship, kills on .311 hitting and a team-high 4.02 digs per game as the school is best known for producing former Husker WNBA First-Round draft • Ranks seventh among Big 12 players in digs and is on pace to become the first pick Nicole Kubik Husker outside hitter to average four digs per game • Ranks 10th in the Big 12 with 0.30 service aces per game Season GP K K/G E TA .Pct A SA D BS BA TB B/G 2003 39 65 1.67 26 152 .257 6 15 28 4 27 31 0.79 • Picked up her team-high 10th double-double of the year in the regular-season 2004 77 223 2.90 87 594 .229 8 26 180 7 33 40 0.52 finale on Nov. 24 against Texas Tech with 10 kills on 20 swings, 10 digs and three 2005 116 428 3.69 107 882 .364 31 24 289 7 112 119 1.03 service aces 2006 0 0 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 • Led NU with 17 digs and added eight kills on .412 hitting in a sweep at Baylor on 2007 89 280 3.15 75 660 .311 25 27 358 18 33 51 0.57 TOTAL 321 996 3.10 295 2288 .306 70 92 855 36 205 241 0.75 Nov. 21 • Helped the Huskers to a sweep of No. 22 Oklahoma on Nov. 17 with 11 kills on .333 hitting, three blocks and a match-high 16 digs • Collected her eighth double-double of the season with 11 kills on .421 hitting and 16 digs in a sweep of Colorado on Nov. 7 • Recorded a career-high 26 digs along with four blocks and seven kills in a five-game win at No. 12 Kansas State on Nov. 3 • Totaled 14 kills without an error on a season-best .609 hitting and a match-high 19 digs at No. 25 Oklahoma on Oct. 13 • Led NU with a season-high 19 kills on .410 hitting and 11 digs in a sweep at Colorado on Oct. 6 • Totaled had 12 kills on .526 hitting and a match-high 16 digs in a sweep of Baylor on Sept. 29 • Selected as MVP of the Ameritas Players Challenge hitting .535 and averaging 4.17 kills, 3.00 digs and 0.67 blocks per game in sweeps of No. 11 Duke and New Mexico State • Recorded a 15 kills on .519 hitting and nine digs against New Mexico State on Sept 8 • Collected 10 kills on a season-best .562 hitting and nine digs against No. 11 Duke on Sept. 7 • Totaled 12 kills and hit .379 against with eight digs No. 17 Cal Poly on Sept. 3 • Pick up a double-double with 10 kills and 12 digs in a sweep of No. 3 Penn State on Sept. 2 • Turned in one of her best efforts against fifth-ranked UCLA with a career-high 23 digs and 10 kills on Aug. 25, earning Big 12 Defensive Player-of-the-Week honors • Took a medical redshirt in 2006 after surgery in July on her right shoulder • Chosen as the AVCA National Player of the Year in 2005 after averaging 3.69 kills,

Houghtelling’s Miscellaneous Stats (Career Matches With) Double-Doubles:...... 20 .450 or Better Hitting Pct.:...... 21 15 or More Kills:...... 11 20 or More Kills...... 1 15 or More Digs:...... 8 20 or More Digs...... 4 8 or More Blocks:...... 0 4 or More Aces:...... 2 * Hitting percentage marks based on min. 10 attempts. 2007 Nebraska Bio Updates • Huskers.com

#4 Lindsey Licht (pronounced LIGHT) #5 Rachel Schwartz 6-5 • Fr. • Right Side Hitter • Aurora, Colo. (Grandview) 5-9 • Jr. • Libero • Lincoln, Neb. (East) • Licht is Sarah Pavan’s backup on the right side and plays the front row when the 2007 Honors Huskers run their 6-2 offensive sets, averaging 0.65 kills and 0.15 blocks per game First-Team Academic All-Big 12 in 23 matches • Schwartz started most of the season at libero and averaged 3.73 digs, 0.35 assists • Saw her first NCAA postseason action against South Dakota State on Nov. 30, drilling and 0.16 service aces per game in 24 contests three kills on five swings • Is 10th in the Big 12 in digs per game and reached double figures in digs 17 times • Picked up a kill and a block in NU’s sweep at Baylor on Nov. 22 • Was NU’s defensive specialist during the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament, • Came off the bench for two kills in as many swings and a solo block versus No. 22 averaging 2.50 digs and 0.33 service aces per game Oklahoma on Nov. 17 • Totaled nine digs and an ace against South Dakota State on Nov. 1 • Recorded a kill on her only swing and a block in a sweep at No. 25 Oklahoma on Oct. 13 • Recorded 16 digs and a pair of service aces in a five-game win at No. 12 Kansas • Had two kills on three swings and a block at Texas Tech on Sept. 15 State on Nov. 3 • Totaled two kills on three swings in a sweep of No. 7 Texas on Sept. 12 • Established a career high with 21 digs in a five-game win over Missouri on Oct. 31 • Had two kills on three swings against No. 11 Duke on Sept. 7 • Collected 15 digs in a sweep at No. 25 Oklahoma on Oct. 13 • Turned in season bests in kills (four), attacks (eight) and digs (three) in extensive • Recorded seven digs and her first career kill in two games at Kansas on Sept. 26 action against Creighton on Aug. 31 • Finished with 16 digs and an ace in victory over Texas A&M on Sept. 22 • Drilled three kills on .333 hitting and added a block in two games against Tennessee • Totaled 10 digs and matched her career best with three service aces - her first three in the AVCA Showcase on Aug. 24 of the year - at Texas Tech on on Sept. 15 • Was a two-time Mizuno/Volleyball Magazine All-American and was a Volleyball • Matched her career best with 17 digs in a sweep of No. 17 Cal Poly on Sept. 3 Magazine Fab 50 selection in 2007 • Recorded 14 digs and played a major role in limiting No. 3 Penn State to just .134 • Rated No. 11 nationally on Prepvolleyball.com’s Senior Aces list and was a four-time hitting in a 3-0 sweep on Sept. 2 All-Colorado selection at Grandview High School • Totaled a then-career-high 17 digs against fifth-ranked UCLA in the championship • Totaled 1,199 kills, 335 blocks, 385 digs and 80 aces during her prep career. match of the AVCA Showcase on Aug. 25. • Garnered all-state honors in each of her four seasons, including first-team honors • Schwartz was the Huskers’ defensive specialist, appearing in all 34 matches in 2006, on three occasions including 29 starts and averaged 2.41 digs and 0.30 assists per game • Accumulated 242 kills, 88 blocks, 84 digs and 31 service aces en route to first-team • Finished on the team in digs despite playing just three rotations, and reached double All-Colorado honors from the Denver Post figures in digs 15 times in 2006 • Guided Grandview to consecutive Class 5A state titles in 2004 and 2005, earning • Established a season-high 15 digs in a win at No. 9 Texas on Oct. 18 Denver Post Player-of-the-Year honors as a junior after averaging 3.32 kills, 1.19 • Shined in NU’s national title win over No. 2 Stanford on Dec. 16, matching her career blocks, 1.61 digs and 0.36 aces per game high with three aces and adding six digs against the Cardinal • Walked on to the Husker program and was valuable as a serving and defensive Season GP K K/G E TA .Pct A SA D BS BA TB B/G 2007 34 22 0.65 14 53 .151 0 0 7 2 3 5 0.15 specialist in helping NU to 33 wins and an appearance in the national finals in 2005 TOTAL 34 22 0.65 14 53 .151 0 0 7 2 3 5 0.15 • Appeared in 30 matches, totaling five aces and 18 digs over 77 games • Totaled a season-high two aces in a win over No. 4 Penn State on Sept. 11, 2005 • Earned Prepvolleyball.com All-America honors as a senior, as she finished her prep career as Lincoln East’s all-time leader in kills, digs and hitting percentage • Was a first-team Super State selection in 2004, leading the Spartans to a 29-10 record and the school’s first state tournament appearance since 1997 • Ranked among the state leaders in both digs (444) and kills (444), establishing school marks in both categories • Also played basketball, helping Lincoln East to a Class A state title as a junior and a runner-up finish as a sophomore • Was one of NU’s ball shaggers during the Huskers’ 2000 national championship season Season GP K K/G E TA .Pct A SA D BS BA TB B/G 2005 77 0 0.00 0 0 .000 0 5 18 0 0 0 0.00 2006 115 0 0.00 3 16 -.188 34 23 277 0 0 0 0.00 2007 74 1 0.01 0 1 1.000 26 12 276 0 0 0 0.00 TOTAL 266 1 0.00 3 17 -.118 60 40 571 0 0 0 0.00

Licht’s Miscellaneous Stats (Career Matches With) Schwartz’s Miscellaneous Stats (Career Matches With) Double-Doubles:...... 0 Double-Doubles:...... 0 .450 or Better Hitting Pct.:...... 0 .450 or Better Hitting Pct.:...... 0 15 or More Kills:...... 0 15 or More Digs:...... 7 20 or More Kills...... 0 20 or More Digs...... 1 15 or More Digs:...... 0 8 or More Blocks:...... 0 8 or More Blocks:...... 0 4 or More Aces:...... 0 4 or More Aces:...... 0 * Hitting percentage marks based on min. 10 attempts. * Hitting percentage marks based on min. 10 attempts. 2007 Nebraska Bio Updates • Huskers.com

#9 Sarah Pavan (pronounced Pav-INN, rhymes with have-in) • Paced NU to a sweep of No. 7 Texas on Sept. 12, delivering a team-high 17 kills 6-5 • Sr. • Right Side Hitter • Kitchener, Ontario (Forest Hts. Collegiate Institute) on .520 hitting. • Selected as the MVP of both the AVCA Showcase and the Holiday Inn Downtown 2007 Honors Classic Big 12 Player of the Year • Was dominant in a sweep of No. 17 Cal Poly on Sept. 3, finishing with 17 kills on First-Team All-Big 12 .485 hitting against the Mustangs Volleyball Academic All-American of the Year • Chosen as the AVCA National Player of the Week on Aug. 27, totaling 39 kills on .385 First-Team ESPN the Magazine Academic All-American hitting in a pair of wins at the AVCA Showcase AVCA Showcase Most Valuable Player • Tallied a match-high 25 kills on .365 hitting, 12 digs and three blocks in a win Holiday Inn Downtown Classic All-Tournament MVP over No. 5 UCLA on Aug. 25 AVCA National Player of the Week (Aug. 27) • Became Nebraska’s first-ever Honda-Broderick Cup winner and was named the Big AVCA Showcase All-Tournament Team 12 Female Athlete of the Year for the 2006-07 season Holiday Inn Downtown Classic All-Tournament Team • Swept every national player-of-the-year honor, including the Honda Sport Award, Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 5) AVCA and Volleyball Magazine honors Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (Aug. 27) • Averaged a school-record 5.10 kills, 1.50 digs and 1.00 blocks per game in helping First-team Academic All-District VII (4.00 GPA in biochemistry) First-team Academic All-Big 12 NU to a 33-1 record and the school’s third NCAA title • Led the Big 12 in kills (5.10) and points per game (5.98), while hitting .313 on • Three-time first-team All-American who is on pace to become just the fourth player the season in NCAA history to be a four-time first-team All-American • Tabbed the Big 12 Player of the Year in 2005 after averaging 3.82 kills, 1.24 blocks, • Three-time Big 12 Player of the Year holds school records for career kills (1,974) and 1.66 digs and 0.31 aces per game kills per game (4.57), as her career kill total ranks fourth in Big 12 history • Ranked among the conference leaders in hitting percentage (.357, seventh), kills • Is on NU’s career top-10 list in both service aces (143, fourth) and hitting percentage (seventh), blocks (1.24, 10th) and points per game (fifth, 4.79) (.334, eighth) • Became the first freshman to earn first-team AVCA All-America honors since • Is averaging 4.88 kills, 1.91 digs and 0.52 service aces per game in 2007, ranking Stanford’s Logan Tom in 1999 and was named AVCA National Freshman of the Year first in the Big 12 in kills and points per game (5.80), second in aces and eighth in • Was a member of the Canadian National Team at age 16 - the youngest player in hitting percentage (.353) Canadian history • Has totaled six double-doubles on the season and has 22 career matches with at • Comes from a volleyball family as her mother (Cindy) was a member of the Canadian least 20 kills National Team, while her father (Paul) is a club coach in • Totaled 15 kills on .481 hitting, eight digs and three blocks in a sweep of Wichita • Is only the fourth player in program history to hail from outside the State in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Dec. 1 Season GP K K/G E TA .Pct A SA D BS BA TB B/G • Finished Big 12 action leading the league in kills (4.95), aces (0.58) and points 2004 106 481 4.54 150 1,027 .322 32 19 151 12 112 124 1.17 (5.95) while hitting .356 to rank seventh in that category 2005 116 443 3.82 120 904 .357 28 36 192 9 135 144 1.24 2006 115 586 5.10 182 1,290 .313 30 39 172 12 103 115 1.00 • Shined in the regular-season finale against Texas Tech on Nov. 24 wth 18 kills on 2007 95 464 4.88 125 959 .353 10 49 181 7 63 70 0.74 .640 hitting and tied her career high with five aces TOTAL 432 1,974 4.57 577 4,180 .334 100 143 696 40 413 453 1.05 • Established a career high with five service aces and added 10 kills and three blocks in a sweep at Baylor on Nov. 21 • Dominated Texas A&M with a match-high 20 kills on .350 hitting, 10 digs and a pair of aces on Nov. 14 • Selected as the Big 12’s Offensive Player of the Week on Nov. 5, averaging 5.30 kills on .363 hitting, 2.40 digs and 5.95 points per game in a pair of wins. • Totaled 31 kills - the most by a Husker since 2004 -on .375 hitting and 10 digs in NU’s comeback at No. 12 K-State on Nov. 3 •-Picked up her third double-double of the year against Missouri on Oct. 31 with 22 kills and 14 digs, as her digs were one off her career high. • Totaled a match-high 17 kills in a loss at No. 5 Texas on Oct. 24 • Became NU’s all-time kills leader against Kansas on Oct. 20, as she totaled 17 kills on .406 hitting against the Jayhawks to break three-time All-American Allison Weston’s school record of 1,778 career kills • Totaled a match-high 18 kills on .516 hitting and four blocks at Missouri on Oct. 13 • Recorded a match-high 16 kills on .351 hitting and two blocks against No. 25 Oklahoma on Oct. 13 • Led NU with 18 kills on .361 hitting and nine digs in a sweep of Iowa State on Oct. 10 • Totaled a match-high 16 kills on .364 hitting and five blocks in NU’s sweep of No. 17 Kansas State on Oct. 3 • Collected her second double-double of the year against Texas A&M on Sept. 22, finishing with 12 kills and 10 digs

Pavan’s Miscellaneous Stats (Career Matches With) Double-Doubles:...... 18 Triple-Doubles:...... 1 .450 or Better Hitting Pct.:*...... 30 15 or More Kills:...... 59 20 or More Kills...... 22 30 or More Kills...... 2 15 or More Digs:...... 1 8 or More Blocks:...... 6 4 or More Aces:...... 6 * Hitting percentage marks based on min. 10 attempts. 2007 Nebraska Bio Updates • Huskers.com

#10 Jordan Larson • Totaled a team-best 22 double-doubles, including a streak of 10 in a row - the 6-2 • Jr. • Outside Hitter • Hooper, Neb. (Logan View) longest streak by a Husker in the Big 12 era • Selected to the NCAA Championship All-Tournament team after totaling 19 kills on 2007 Honors .378 hitting and 15 digs in the win over No. 2 Stanford in the title match on Dec. 16 First-Team All-Big 12 U.S. National Team Camp Invitee • Named the Big 12 and AVCA Central Region Freshman of the Year in 2005, averaging AVCA Showcase All-Tournament Team 2.82 kills, 2.79 digs and 0.71 blocks per game, as she topped all Big 12 freshmen in Holiday Inn Downtown Classic All-Tournament Team kills, digs, hitting percentage (.277) and service aces (0.38 per game) Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week (Oct. 22) • Was the first NU freshman to total more than 300 kills and 300 digs in a season Third-team Academic All-District VII (3.31 GPA in communication studies) • Was a Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 pick and was rated the No. 2 player in the country First-team Academic All-Big 12 by Prepvolleyball.com • Established a C-1 record with 501 kills, hitting .490 with 49 blocks as a senior • Returning first-team AVCA All-American who is one of the nation’s top outside • Set a state all-class record with 179 aces en route to Gatorade Player-of-the-Year hitters honors in 2004 • Two-time All-Big 12 selection who averages 3.44 kills, 3.24 digs and 0.53 service • Led the U.S. Junior National Team to a gold medal at the 2004 NORCECA Continental aces per game, leading the league in aces and ranking ninth in points per game Junior Championships, earning MVP, Best Receiver and All-Tournament honors (4.42) • Named to the all-tournament team in the 2003 Under-18 World Championships • Is tied for the team lead with 10 double-doubles this season and has 37 in her while also being named the tournament’s top server three-year career, as NU is 36-1 in her career when she records a double-double • Played club volleyball for the Nebraska Juniors, earning All-America honors at the • Became the third Husker to reach both 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs in a career and USA Volleyball Junior Olympics from 2003 to 2005 the first to reach that milestone prior to her senior year • Was dominant during the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament, averaging 3.17 Season GP K K/G E TA .Pct A SA D BS BA TB B/G kills per game on .425 hitting along with 1.67 aces, 2.67 digs and 1.00 blocks per 2005 109 307 2.82 100 746 .277 34 41 304 9 68 77 0.71 2006 115 475 4.13 140 1173 .286 72 53 402 31 49 80 0.70 game 2007 95 327 3.44 107 791 .278 49 51 308 22 39 61 0.64 • Totaled 11 kills, a career-high five aces and nine digs in a sweep against Wichita TOTAL 319 1109 3.48 347 2710 .281 155 145 1014 62 156 218 0.68 State on Dec. 2 • Hit a season-high .667 on 12 swings and tied a career high with five aces against South Dakota State on Nov. 30 • Totaled 12 kills, nine digs and four blocks, including three solo stuffs, in a sweep at Baylor on Nov. 21 • Totaled 10 kills and tied a season best with four aces in a sweep at Texas A&M on Nov. 14 • Played one of her better matches of the year against Colorado on Nov. 7, leading NU in both kills (17) and digs (17) while hitting .414 on 29 swings against the Buffaloes. • Went over the 1,000-kill plateau for her career against Missouri on Oct. 31 with a season-high 17 kills and 16 digs • Chosen as the Big 12’s Defensive Player of the Week on Oct. 22 after leading NU with 18 digs at Missouri and 15 in a sweep of No. 11 Hawaii on Oct. 21. including 13 kills, 14 digs, five blocks and three aces at Colorado on Oct. 6. • Turned in a solid performance at Colorado on Oct. 6 with 13 kills, 14 digs, five blocks and three aces, all of which came in a four-point sequence • Lifted the Huskers to a sweep of Kansas on Sept. 26 with 17 kills, 11 digs and three aces • Torched Texas A&M for 15 kills on .424 hitting and 10 digs in a sweep on Sept. 22 • Stymied No. 11 Duke for a team-high 16 kills and 14 assists on Sept. 7 • Turned in a solid performance against Creighton with 15 kills on .345 hitting, eight digs, three blocks and a season-high four service aces • Picked up her first double-double of the year against fifth-ranked UCLA in the AVCA Showcase title match with 11 kills, 15 digs and a season-high five blocks • Turned in a dominant performance against Tennesse in the AVCA Showcase with 13 kills on .522 hitting and nine digs • Larson was one of the country’s top performers in 2006, averaging 4.13 kills and 3.50 digs per game and was the only Big 12 player in the top 10 for both kills and digs • First-team All-American and All-Big 12 performer was among the Big 12 leaders in service aces (0.46, third), points per game (5.07, third), kills (fifth) and digs (10th)

Larson’s Miscellaneous Stats (Career Matches With) Double-Doubles:...... 37 .450 or Better Hitting Pct.:...... 11 15 or More Kills:...... 25 20 or More Kills...... 2 15 or More Digs:...... 14 20 or More Digs:...... 1 8 or More Blocks:...... 0 4 or More Aces:...... 7 * Hitting percentage marks based on min. 10 attempts. 2007 Nebraska Bio Updates • Huskers.com

#11 Tracy Stalls • Totaled a season-high 16 kills on .640 hitting and four blocks in a win over No. 5 6-3 • Sr. • Middle Blocker • Denver, Colo. (Lakewood) UCLA to earn a spot on the AVCA Showcase All-Tournament Team. • Trained with the U.S. National Team over the summer and helped Team USA to a 2007 Honors 2007 Captain fourth-place finish at the Pan American Cup in Colima, Mexico First-Team All-Big 12 • Started the first three matches before suffering a slight knee injury that forced her First-Team ESPN the Magazine Academic All-American to miss the rest of the tournament U.S. National Team Member • Averaged 2.25 kills per game while hitting .615 on 39 swings, as Team USA went AVCA Showcase All-Tournament Team 3-0 with Stalls in the lineup Ameritas Players Challenge All-Tournament Team • Stalls earned second-team All-America honors in 2006, averaging 2.67 kills and NCAA Record Holder for Hitting Pct. (1.000 vs. Texas Tech on Nov. 24, 13-0-13) 1.41 blocks per game, as she was fourth in the Big 12 in blocks First-team Academic All-District VII (3.95 GPA in individualized program of studies) • Became the sixth Husker volleyball player to hit .400 in a season, leading the Big First-team Academic All-Big 12 12 and ranking 11th nationally in hitting percentage (.400) Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 26) • Averaged 1.43 kills on .244 hitting and 1.59 blocks per game in 2005, ranking third Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week (Nov. 19) in the Big 12 in blocks despite missing six matches after knee surgery • Started 30 matches at middle blocker as a freshman, setting single-season freshman • Second-year captain who returns after earning second-team AVCA All-America records for total blocks (160) and block assists (148) honors in 2006 • Spent two years after graduating high school with the USA Volleyball National • Leads the Big 12 and ranks third nationally in hitting percentage (.471), averaging Developmental Program 2.83 kills and 1.13 blocks per game • Traveled with the U.S. National Team in several international competitions, including • Is on pace to challenge NU’s single-season record for hitting percentage (.440 by the 2003 in the Dominican Republic and the 2004 Yeltsin Cup Virginia Stahr) and become just the second Husker to hit over .400 in consecutive in Russia seasons • Played club volleyball for the Front Range Volleyball Club, helping the program to • Ranks fourth on Nebraska’s career blocks list with 569 and ranks third on the Huskers a national title in 2002 block assist chart with 511 • Brother (Jon) plays beach volleyball and was in the finals of the 2004 King of the • Has hit .500 or better in 13 matches and has reached double figures in kills in Beach Tournament, while her father (Dave) played eight seasons in the National 11 contests, including a season-high 16 kills against fifth-ranked UCLA in the Football League and also had a stint in the USFL championship match of the AVCA Showcase • Has reached double figures in kills in each of Nebraska’s last five matches, marking Season GP K K/G E TA .Pct A SA D BS BA TB B/G 2004 97 219 2.26 73 454 .322 26 21 86 12 148 160 1.65 the first time in her career she has done that 2005 88 126 1.43 51 307 .244 23 1 28 11 129 140 1.59 • Averaged 3.50 kills on .471 hitting and 1.67 blocks in NU’s first two NCAA Tournament 2006 115 307 2.67 76 578 .400 22 11 93 19 143 162 1.41 contests, including a match-high 11 kills on .562 hitting and six blocks against South 2007 95 269 2.83 46 473 .471 33 6 54 16 91 107 1.13 Dakota State on Nov. 30 TOTAL 395 921 2.33 246 1812 .373 104 39 261 58 511 569 1.44 • Tied an NCAA record with a 1.000 hitting percentage against Texas Tech on Nov. 24, recording 13 kills on 13 swings, as only two players in NCAA history had more kills and hit 1.000 in a match • Chosen as Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week on Nov. 19, as she hit .654 and averaged 3.00 kills per game in a pair of sweeps. • Enjoyed one of the best offensive nights in school history, delivering 11 kills on 13 swings against No. 22 Oklahoma on Nov. 17, as her .846 hitting percentage against the Sooners is the third-highest percentage in school history • Led NU’s comeback at No. 12 Kansas State on Nov. 3 with 15 kills on .480 hitting and a season-high nine blocks • Topped the Huskers in kills in a sweep of No. 11 Hawaii with 13 kills on 23 swings and a pair of blocks on Oct. 21. • Enjoyed one of her best matches at Missouri on Oct. 17, totaling 15 kills on .737 hitting and six blocks. • Had 10 kills on .600 hitting and five stuffs vs. Texas Tech on Sept. 15. • Totaled seven kills on .462 hitting and three blocks in a sweep of No. 7 Texas on Sept. 12. • Named to the Ameritas Players Challenge All-Tournament team, averaging 3.00 kills per game on .654 hitting. • Hit a then-season best .692 with nine kills on 13 swings against New Mexico State on Sept. 8

Stalls’ Miscellaneous Stats (Career Matches With) Double-Doubles:...... 2 .450 or Better Hitting Pct.:...... 42 15 or More Kills:...... 4 15 or More Digs:...... 0 8 or More Blocks:...... 17 10 or More Blocks: ...... 3 4 or More Aces:...... 0 * Hitting percentage marks based on min. 10 attempts. 2007 Nebraska Bio Updates • Huskers.com #12 Rachel Holloway that tournament 5-10 • So. • Setter • Franklin, Tenn. (Smoky Hill, Colo.) • Earned Mizuno and Prepvolleyball.com All-America honors and was named the Colorado Player of the Year by three publications 2007 Honors • Led Smoky Hill to a state title and two third-place Class 5-A state finishes, as she First-Team All-Big 12 averaged 3.83 kills, 4.83 assists, 1.15 aces and 2.79 digs per game in 2004 Holiday Inn Downtown Classic All-Tournament Team • Selected as the 2004 Gatorade Player of the Year, as well as the Sportswoman of Ameritas Players Challenge All-Tournament Team the Year in the state for her athletic and academic accomplishments • Holloway guides one of the most prolific offensive attacks in college volleyball, piloting • Her older sister (Sarah) started at Texas as a freshman in 2004, while her older an offense that leads the country in kills (17.91) and assists (16.55) per game and brother (Tillman) was a four-year letterwinner and All-American offensive lineman ranks third in hitting percentage (.331) at Texas while her late grandfather (Bud McFadin) was a two-time All-American at • Averages 13.66 assists, 2.28 digs and 0.98 kills per game, as she ranks second in Texas and a member of the College Football Hall of Fame the Big 12 and ninth nationally in assists per game Season GP K K/G E TA .Pct A SA D BS BA TB B/G • Has helped Nebraska hit .300 or better 24 times in 30 matches against one of the 2005 0 0 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 most difficult schedules in the country, as NU has also eclipsed the .400 mark in five 2006 112 124 1.11 45 285 .277 1503 22 279 7 56 63 0.56 contests 2007 92 90 0.98 21 235 .294 1257 25 210 3 39 42 0.46 TOTAL 204 214 1.05 66 520 .285 2760 47 489 10 95 105 0.51 • Her 13.66 assists-per-game average is the highest by a Husker since Fiona Nepo in 1998 • Already ranks eighth on NU’s career assist list with 2,760, while her career average of 13.53 assists per game is the highest in school history • Put up a solid performance against South Dakota State in NU’s NCAA Tournament opener on Nov. 30 with 36 assists, three blocks and five kills on seven swings to help the Huskers hit .378 as a team • Totaled 35 assists, four digs and an ace on match point in a sweep at Baylor on Nov. 21 • Enjoyed one of her best matches of the year at Iowa State on Nov. 11, dishing out 39 assists and matching her season best with seven kills on nine swings. • Turned in an exceptional effort at No. 12 Kansas State on Nov. 3, totaling a career-high 72 assists, six blocks and 13 digs for her fourth double-double of the year. • Dished out 64 assists and added 13 digs and seven kills in a win over Missouri on Oct. 31 • Totaled 55 assists - the most in a three-game match by a Husker since 1998 - in guiding NU to a .458 hitting percentage at Missouri on Oct. 17. • Had 43 assists and eight digs against No. 17 K-State on Oct. 3, helping the Huskers hit .387 against the Wildcats • Helped Nebraska hit .500 as a team against Baylor on Sept. 29 with 39 assists, three aces and six digs • Played one of the best matches of her career vs. No. 7 Texas on Sept. 11, dishing out 39 assists, as NU hit .400 as a team while adding six kills and six digs. • Collected double-doubles against Creighton (35 assists and 12 digs) and No. 5 UCLA (61 assists and 16 digs). •Became the first Husker freshman to start at setter in a 5-1 offense in the NCAA era, piloting an offense that led the nation in assists (16.20/gm) and kills (17.40/gm) and ranked second in hitting percentage (.295) • Earned third-team AVCA All-America honors after averaging 13.43 assists, 2.49 digs and 1.11 kills per game • Finished third in the Big 12 and 11th nationally in assists as a redshirt freshman • Totaled 13 double-doubles and totaled 50-or-more assists in 11 matches • Selected to the NCAA Championship All-Tournament team, totaling 110 assists in wins over No. 4 UCLA and No. 2 Stanford • Redshirted in 2005 • Originally committed to Nebraska for the 2006 season but graduated high school a year early to play college volleyball • Captained the U.S. Youth National Team to a fourth-place finish at the 2005 Under- 18 World Championships in Macau, - equaling the USA’s best ever finish in

Holloway’s Miscellaneous Stats (Career Matches With) Double-Doubles:...... 17 .450 or Better Hitting Pct.:...... 3 50 or More Assists:...... 16 60 or More Assists:...... 4 70 or More Assists:...... 1 15 or More Digs:...... 2 8 or More Blocks:...... 0 4 or More Aces:...... 0 * Hitting percentage marks based on min. 10 attempts. 2007 Nebraska Bio Updates • Huskers.com #15 Kori Cooper #17 Amanda Gates 6-2 • So. • Middle Blocker • Amarillo, Texas (Amarillo) 6-2 • Jr. • Middle Blocker • Columbus, Neb. (Columbus)

2007 Honors 2007 Honors First-team Academic All-Big 12 Big 12 Good Works Team Husker Power Lifter of the Year • Cooper is in her second year starting at the M-2 position for the Huskers, averaging 2.30 kills and 1.05 blocks per game, while ranking ninth in the Big 12 in hitting • Gates backs up middle blockers Tracy Stalls and Kori Cooper and has avered 1.29 percentage (.349) kills and 0.81 blocks per game in 16 matches • Been in double figures in kills six times in 2007, including a career-high 14 kills on • Started the final game against South Dakota State in NU’s NCAA opener, coming up .385 hitting against Missouri on Oct. 31 • Had six kills on 13 swings and a pair of blocks in a sweep against Wichita State with three kills and a block on Dec. 1 • Played the final two games against No. 22 Oklahoma on Nov. 17, coming up with • Had eight kills on .389 hitting and three blocks in a sweep at Iowa State on Nov. 11 four kills and matching her season high with three blocks • Finished with nine kills on .500 hitting and a team-high four blocks in a sweep of • Saw extensive action in game two at No. 12 Kansas State on Nov. 3, totaling two kills Colorado on Nov. 7 on .333 hitting, a pair of digs and a block in NU’s comeback win over the Wildcats • Established a season high with seven blocks against No. 17 Kansas State on Oct. • Recorded four kills and three blocks in a sweep at Kansas on Sept. 26 3, while also contributing 11 kills on .688 hitting • Made her first start of the year against Texas A&M on Sept. 22, and finished with a • Was dominant against Baylor on Sept. 29, setting a then-personal best with 12 kills career-high eight kills on .429 hitting and a pair of blocks against the Aggies on 17 swings for a career-best .706 hitting • Totaled three kills on three swings in the finale against No. 17 Cal Poly on Sept. 3 • Led NU in kills for the first time in her career with 11 kills on .579 hitting and three • Appeared in 23 matches, including 11 starts during NU’s national championship blocks in a sweep of Texas Tech on Sept. 15. campaign, averaging 1.27 kills and 1.18 blocks per game • Keyed the Huskers’ sweep of seventh-ranked Texas on Sept. 12 with nine kills on • Was an unsung hero in NU’s national title win over No. 2 Stanford, coming off the .692 hitting and three blocks against the Longhorns. • Totaled 10 kills on .350 hitting in a sweep of third-ranked Penn State on Sept. 2 bench to deliver three key blocks, including two key blocks in game three to help NU • Sparked NU to a four-game win over UCLA at the AVCA Showcase by chipping in 10 overcome a 27-25 deficit kills on .526 hitting and four blocks against the Bruins. • Had her best match of the season in NU’s Big 12 clinching win at Kansas on Nov. 22, • Started at one of the middle blocker spots as a true freshman, averaging 1.67 kills delivering a season-high seven kills on .778 hitting and two blocks in two games and 0.95 blocks per game in 30 matches, ashe she finished fourth in the Big 12 in • Established a career high with 10 blocks in her first career start against San Diego hitting percentage (.344). on Aug. 29 • Came up with a strong performance against No. 4 UCLA in the NCAA national • Was one of NU’s top reserves at middle blocker in 2005, averaging 0.94 kills and semifinals with eight kills on .389 hitting and a team-high six blocks 0.81 blocks in nine matches • Had her best match of the season at Iowa State on Nov. 8, setting career highs in • Was a Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 selection after totaling 1,232 kills during her kills (12) and attempts (21) while hitting .429 and adding five blocks career at Columbus High School • Enjoyed one of her best matches of the year at No. 9 Texas on Oct. 18, recording a • Garnered first-team All-Nebraska and Super-State honors in 2004, leading Columbus career-high eight blocks and seven kills on 15 swings against the Longhorns HS to a 38-3 record and a runner-up state finish in Class A • Was considered one of the elite players in the class of 2006 before suffering a knee • Topped Class A in hitting percentage (.451) while drilling 476 kills and adding 97 injury that forced her to miss nearly her entire senior season • Tabbed a Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 pick and was the No. 12 player in the country blocks despite missing several matches with an ankle injury according to Prepvolleyball.com • Earned All-America honors while helping the team to a third-place finish in the • Co-captained the U.S. Youth National Team to a fourth-place finish at the 2005 18-Open Division at the 2005 Junior Olympics in Salt Lake City Under-18 World Championships in 2005 in Macau, China, and a first-place showing Season GP K K/G E TA .Pct A SA D BS BA TB B/G at the 2004 NORCECA Girls’ Youth Championships 2005 16 15 0.94 8 32 .219 5 0 1 0 13 13 0.81 • Was a three-year starter for Coach Jan Barker at Amarillo High School, leading 2006 45 57 1.27 24 134 .246 6 0 7 4 49 53 1.18 her team to a state title in 2001, a regional finals appearance and two regional 2007 21 27 1.29 15 73 .164 2 0 6 1 16 17 0.81 semifinals TOTAL 82 99 1.21 47 239 .218 13 0 14 5 78 83 1.01 • Earned first-team all-state honors for the second straight year in 2004, totaling 439 kills, 103 block assists and 55 block solos • Possesses a strong athletic pedigree, as her mother (Janie) played college basketball at Texas and Wayland Baptist, her father (Rick) played college basketball at Wayland Baptist and her brother (Tyler) currently plays basketball at West Texas A&M, where Rick is in his 15th season as head coach

Season GP K K/G E TA .Pct A SA D BS BA TB B/G 2006 83 139 1.67 36 299 .344 17 0 27 9 70 79 0.95 2007 83 191 2.30 47 413 .349 41 0 20 15 72 87 1.05 TOTAL 166 330 1.99 83 712 .347 58 0 47 24 142 166 1.00

Cooper’s Miscellaneous Stats (Career Matches With) Gates’s Miscellaneous Stats (Career Matches With) Double-Doubles:...... 0 Double-Doubles:...... 0 .450 or Better Hitting Pct.:...... 10 .450 or Better Hitting Pct.:...... 1 15 or More Kills:...... 0 15 or More Kills:...... 0 15 or More Digs:...... 0 15 or More Digs:...... 0 8 or More Blocks:...... 1 8 or More Blocks:...... 1 10 or More Blocks:...... 0 10 or More Blocks:...... 1 4 or More Aces:...... 0 4 or More Aces:...... 0 * Hitting percentage marks based on min. 10 attempts. * Hitting percentage marks based on min. 10 attempts. 2007 Nebraska Bio Updates • Huskers.com #19 Tara Mueller #6 Jordan Wilberger 6-0 • Fr. • Outside Hitter • Scottsdale, Ariz. (Desert Mountain) 6-1 • Fr. • Middle Blocker • Scottsbluff, Neb. (Scottsbluff)

2007 Honors • Wilberger is a walk-on who is redshirting this year after a steller prep career playing 2007 U.S. Junior National Team Member at Scottsbluff High School for Coach Heidi Huck 2007 Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 Selection • Was a three-year starter in volleyball, totaling 727 kills and 514 blocks during her prep career • Former two-time Arizona state Player of the Year who serves as NU’s primary backup • Garnered second-team Class B all-state honors as a senior, recording 311 kills, at outside hitter 158 blocks 187 digs and 26 aces as a senior as SHS finished with a 25-9 record and • Appeared in 12 matches this season, averaging 1.33 kills and 1.00 digs per game a state tournament appearance • Played a key role in NU’s NCAA Tournament, averaging 2.33 kills and 0.50 blocks per • Named the 2007 Scottsbluff Star-Herald Female High School Athlete of the Year as game during the first two rounds she starred in volleyball, basketball and track in high school • Placed in the state track meet in three events (high jump, fourth; 200 meters, • Turned in her finest performnace as a Husker in a second-round win over Wichita sixth; 4x100 relay, second) in helping Scottsbluff to its first state track championship State, totaling a career-high nine kills on .316 hitting and her first career solo block since 1978 • Started at outside hitter against South Dakota State in NU’s NCAA opener, turning • Looked at Creighton, Colorado State, Tulsa, Oral Roberts and Kansas State before in a then-career high five kills and two blocks in a 3-0 Husker sweep deciding to walk-on at Nebraska. • Made her college debut against Creighton on Aug. 31, totaling a pair of kills and three blocks in the final two games of a 3-0 sweep of the Bluejays Season GP K K/G E TA .Pct A SA D BS BA TB B/G • Started against New Mexico State at libero on Sept. 8, finishing with eight digs and 2007 Redshirt - No Matches Played three assists while helping NU hold the Aggies to .161 hitting • Shined in the finale against Baylor on Sept. 29, totaling four kills without an error (pronounced De-Lano-O) on eight swings, as NU hit .500 as a team against the Bears #8 Brooke Delano 6-4 • Fr. • Middle Blocker • Bellevue, Neb. (West) • Matched her season high with four kills on eight swings and added a pair of digs in two games against Iowa State on Oct. 10 • Delano is a talented prospect who is redshirting this year after a decorated career • Came off the bench for the final two kills in a sweep at Missouri on Oct. 17. at Bellevue West High School • Spent the summer with the U.S. Junior National Team where she played in the U-20 • Was a two-time All-Nebraska pick who led Bellevue West to four straight Class A World Championships in Thailand in July of 2007 titles and a 170-10 record • Started at libero and helped Team USA to a fourth-place finish, ranking third among • Rated No. 25 nationally on Prepvolleyball.com’s Senior Aces list and was a Volleyball all players with 36 digs Magazine’s Fab 50 selection in 2007 • Led Desert Mountain High School to Class 5A-II back-to-back titles in 2005 and • Selected to the AVCA High School Senior All-America Team after totaling 487 kills 2006 and four state tournament appearances during her career on .356 hitting while adding 107 blocks in leading Bellevue West to a 43-1 record • Ranked No. 12 nationally on Prepvolleyball.com’s Senior Aces list and was a Volleyball and a No. 7 national ranking in 2006 Magazine Fab 50 selection in 2007 • Collected first-team Super-State accolades from the Lincoln Journal Star in each • Totaled 304 kills, 218 digs, 46 blocks and 45 aces in just 22 matches as a senior of her final three years • Multi-sport athlete who was the only athlete in the state to earn first-team All- • Selected as the Arizona Player of the Year in both 2005 and 2006 by the Scottsdale Nebraska honors from the Omaha World-Herald in both volleyball and basketball in East Valley Tribune and garnered first-team All-Arizona accolades from both the East 2005-06 Valley Tribune and Arizona Republic • Started all four seasons in basketball and earned all-state accolades in each of • Named Gatorade Player of the Year in 2005 after leading Desert Mountain to its her last three campaigns first state title • Guided BWHS to a 26-3 record and the school’s first Class A state title as a senior, • Comes from an athletic background, as her father played football at Wyoming, while averaging 11.5 points and 7.0 rebounds per game en route to second-team Super- her aunt (Linda Mueller Jensen) played volleyball at Oklahoma. State honors • Recruited to play both volleyball and basketball by a number of programs including Season GP K K/G E TA .Pct A SA D BS BA TB B/G Missouri, Iowa State and Creighton and also looked at Duke and Kansas State at 2007 21 28 1.33 13 70 .214 5 1 21 1 7 8 0.38 basketball before committing to Nebraska TOTAL 21 28 1.33 13 70 .214 5 1 21 1 7 8 0.38 • Her father (Bill) played basketball at Nebraska-Omaha.

Season GP K K/G E TA .Pct A SA D BS BA TB B/G 2007 Redshirt - No Matches Played

Mueller’s Miscellaneous Stats (Career Matches With) Double-Doubles:...... 0 .450 or Better Hitting Pct.:*...... 0 50 or More Assists:...... 0 15 or More Kills:...... 0 15 or More Digs:...... 0 8 or More Blocks:...... 0 4 or More Aces:...... 0 * Hitting percentage marks based on min. 10 attempts. Nebraska Volleyball Game Notes • 2007 Boxscores & Recaps

#1 Nebraska vs. #5 UCLA #1 Nebraska vs. Creighton #1 Nebraska vs. Tennessee (Aug. 31, 2007 at Lincoln, Neb.) (Aug. 24, 2007 at Omaha, Neb.) (Aug. 25, 2007 at Omaha, Neb.) GAME SCORES 1 2 3 RECORDS GAME SCORES 1 2 3 RECORDS GAME SCORES 1 2 3 4 RECORDS Creighton 23 18 26 3-2 Tennessee 15 19 18 0-1 UCLA 23 30 18 21 1-1 Nebraska 30 30 30 3-0 Nebraska 30 30 30 1-0 Nebraska 30 22 30 30 2-0 Creighton K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Tennessee K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA UCLA K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Cvejdlik, Amanda 5 9 26 -.154 0 0 1 0 0 Yuliya Stoyanova 6 3 16 .188 0 1 4 0 0 Spicer, Nellie 3 2 10 .100 55 0 21 0 2 Oelke, Allie 5 3 21 .095 2 0 5 0 0 Jena Berg 1 0 3 .333 29 1 9 0 0 Daley, Ali 19 7 59 .203 1 0 18 0 1 Houts, Jessica 13 4 34 .265 1 0 6 3 1 Leah Hinkey 6 2 12 .333 1 0 1 0 0 McGraw, Dicey 12 5 39 .179 0 0 4 0 1 Mehal, Katie 0 0 0 .000 2 0 2 0 0 Milan Clarke 8 9 27 -.037 0 0 3 0 0 Johnson, Rachell 19 2 34 .500 2 2 6 0 4 Lebeda, Korie 5 1 8 .500 26 1 2 0 1 Farren Powe 9 1 14 .571 0 0 0 0 1 Schoen, Meghan 8 4 20 .200 0 0 0 0 2 Schulze, Sarah 2 0 4 .500 1 0 1 0 1 Nikki Fowler 1 5 18 -.222 1 0 2 0 2 Clements, Emily 5 4 29 .034 3 0 1 0 2 Rivera, Bianca 0 0 0 .000 0 0 15 0 0 Mindy Flynn 2 4 9 -.222 0 0 0 2 2 Machado, Jade 0 0 0 .000 0 0 15 0 0 Decker, Carolyn 0 0 2 .000 0 0 2 0 0 Chloe Goldman 0 0 0 .000 0 0 8 0 0 Fine, Jessica 0 0 0 .000 0 0 9 0 0 Bloemke, Lauren 4 3 16 .062 2 4 2 0 1 Kylie Marshall 0 0 3 .000 1 0 3 0 0 Piggott, Juliane 0 1 5 -.200 1 0 1 0 0 Totals 34 20 111 .126 34 5 36 3 4 Lauren LaFlamme 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Machado, Jazmin 0 0 0 .000 0 0 11 0 0 Jaye Loyd 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 66 25 196 .209 62 2 86 0 12 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Totals 33 24 102 .088 32 2 30 2 5 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Game K E TA .Pct 1 12 4 38 .211 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Game K E TA .Pct 2 9 8 37 .027 Game K E TA .Pct 1 16 4 50 .240 3 13 8 36 .139 1 11 5 36 .167 2 21 7 48 .292 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 5.0 2 12 10 32 .062 3 11 7 43 .093 3 10 9 34 .029 4 18 7 55 .200 Nebraska K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 4.5 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 6.0 Houghtelling, Chris 5 0 12 .417 0 0 11 0 0 Pavan, Sarah 18 5 33 .394 0 1 7 1 1 Nebraska K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Nebraska K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Larson, Jordan 15 5 29 .345 0 4 8 2 1 Houghtelling, Chris 8 3 22 .227 1 2 12 1 3 Houghtelling, Chris 10 4 38 .158 2 1 23 0 2 Stalls, Tracy 4 3 10 .100 0 0 0 1 3 Pavan, Sarah 14 4 24 .417 0 2 2 0 4 Pavan, Sarah 25 6 52 .365 0 1 12 0 3 Holloway, Rachel 1 1 4 .000 35 2 12 0 0 Larson, Jordan 13 1 23 .522 1 3 9 0 1 Larson, Jordan 11 3 35 .229 2 0 15 2 3 Cooper, Kori 3 3 9 .000 4 0 0 0 0 Stalls, Tracy 4 1 7 .429 3 0 1 0 3 Stalls, Tracy 16 0 25 .640 0 0 6 0 4 Griffin, Maggie 0 0 0 .000 9 0 1 0 0 Holloway, Rachel 1 0 2 .500 34 1 7 0 0 Holloway, Rachel 4 2 15 .133 61 1 16 0 0 Licht, Lindsey 4 2 8 .250 0 0 3 0 0 Cooper, Kori 4 1 7 .429 1 0 0 0 3 Cooper, Kori 10 0 19 .526 3 0 1 0 4 Schwartz, Rachel 0 0 0 .000 0 0 7 0 0 Griffin, Maggie 0 0 0 .000 4 0 1 0 0 Griffin, Maggie 0 0 0 .000 2 0 1 0 0 Gates, Amanda 1 1 5 .000 1 0 0 0 2 Banwarth, Kayla 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Licht, Lindsey 0 2 4 -.500 0 0 0 0 0 Mueller, Tara 2 0 7 .286 1 0 1 0 3 Licht, Lindsey 3 1 6 .333 0 0 0 1 0 Schwartz, Rachel 0 0 0 .000 2 0 17 0 0 Totals 53 20 117 .282 50 7 50 4 10 Schwartz, Rachel 0 0 0 .000 0 0 6 0 0 Totals 76 17 188 .314 72 3 91 2 16 Gates, Amanda 1 2 6 -.167 0 0 0 0 2 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Totals 48 13 97 .361 44 8 38 2 16 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Game K E TA .Pct Game K E TA .Pct 1 21 5 47 .340 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME 1 21 5 47 .340 1 22 5 42 .405 Game K E TA .Pct 2 13 7 48 .125 2 16 9 39 .179 1 17 1 31 .516 3 21 3 40 .450 3 15 6 36 .250 2 13 6 30 .233 4 21 2 53 .358 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 9.0 3 18 6 36 .333 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 10.0 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 10.0 NU Takes AVCA Showcase Title NU Tops ‘Jays in In-State Showdown Huskers Sweep Tennessee to Open 2007 Omaha –Behind dominating performances from its Lincoln – Sarah Pavan and Jordan Larson combined for Omaha – The Huskers opened defense of their title in middle blockers, the Huskers claimed the AVCA Showcase 33 kills, lifting No. 1 Nebraska to a 30-23, 30-18, 30-26 grand fashion, rolling to a 30-15, 30-19, 30-18 sweep of title with a 30-23, 22-30, 30-18, 30-21 victory over fifth- sweep of Creighton the NU Coliseum. Tennessee in the opening round of the AVCA Showcase. ranked UCLA in front of an event record-crowd of 11,076 The Huskers used strong performances from their first- The Huskers, who never trailed in the first two games, were at Qwest Center Omaha. team All-Americans to pick up their 10th win in as many dominant on both ends of the court. NU hit .361 as a team Tracy Stalls and Kori Cooper combined for 26 kills matches against their in-state rival. while holding Tennessee to .088 hitting. Sarah Pavan paced on only 44 swings. Stalls hit a blistering .640, putting Pavan finished with a match-high 18 kills on .394 hitting the Huskers with 14 kills on .417 hitting and four blocks, down 16 kills without an error in 25 attacks. Cooper was and seven digs, while Larson totaled 15 kills on .345 hitting, while Jordan Larson chipped in 13 kills on .522 hitting and also error-free, totaling 10 kills in 19 attacks for a .526 four service aces, three blocks and eight digs. nine digs.The season opener also saw the return of Christina percentage. The strong performances lifted the Huskers to Larson stepped up in the finale, delivering four kills Houghtelling, who totaled eight kills and a team-high 12 a .314 team hitting percentage, including a .450 mark in and served the final four points to help NU close game digs in her first action since the 2005 season. a decisive game three. three with a 5-0 run after falling behind 26-25. Her four The win was Nebraska’s 1,000th all-time victory, as Sarah Pavan, the reigning AVCA National Player of the aces give her 101 in her career, putting her 10 away from the Huskers became only the third program to reach that Year, recorded a match-high 25 kills to lead five Huskers Nebraska’s top-10 list. milestone. in double-figures in kills and earn MVP honors. Outside Nebraska out-hit Creighton, .282-.125 and totaled 50 hitters Jordan Larson (11 kills and 15 digs) and Christina digs, including a team-high 12 by Rachel Holloway. The Houghtelling (10 kills and 23 digs) both finished with sophomore setter led NU in digs for the first time in her double-doubles, while Rachel Holloway totaled 61 assists career and also chipped in 35 digs and a pair of aces en and a career-high 16 digs. route to her second straight double-double. The Huskers received contributions from their talented class of freshmen as well, as Lindsey Licht and Tara Mueller combined for six kills and three blocks. Licht had four kills and three digs, while Mueller had a pair of kills and three blocks in her Husker debut. Nebraska Volleyball Game Notes • 2007 Boxscores & Recaps

#1 Nebraska vs. #3 Penn State #1 Nebraska vs. #17 Cal Poly #1 Nebraska vs. #11 Duke (Sept. 2, 2007 at Omaha, Neb.) (Sept. 3, 2007 at Lincoln, Neb.) (Sept. 7, 2007 at Lincoln, Neb.)

GAME SCORES 1 2 3 RECORDS GAME SCORES 1 2 3 RECORDS GAME SCORES 1 2 3 RECORDS Penn State 20 21 27 3-1 Cal Poly 20 19 18 3-3 Duke 24 20 23 5-2 Nebraska 30 30 30 4-0 Nebraska 30 30 30 5-0 Nebraska 30 30 30 6-0

Penn State K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Cal Poly K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Duke K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Fawcett, Nicole 6 6 26 .000 0 0 3 0 6 Mort, Alison 0 0 0 .000 0 0 5 0 0 Ali Hausfeld 4 0 6 .667 35 0 6 1 2 Walbridge, Melissa 5 0 11 .455 0 0 1 0 5 Waller, Ali 8 6 36 .056 0 0 6 0 0 Juliana Traut 3 1 10 .200 0 0 1 0 0 Harmotto, Christa 11 4 24 .292 1 0 1 1 5 Atherstone, Kylie 9 6 34 .088 0 0 8 0 1 Rachael Moss 10 8 29 .069 2 1 5 0 0] Glass, Alisha 0 1 2 -.500 11 0 2 0 0 Houston, Jaclyn 4 0 9 .444 0 0 1 0 3 Sue Carls 4 3 20 .050 3 0 1 1 0 Hodge, Megan 15 9 48 .125 1 0 7 0 0 Hayes, Chelsea 0 0 2 .000 29 0 6 0 2 Jourdan Norman 8 2 18 .333 0 0 1 1 2 Price, Kate 1 0 3 .333 1 0 7 0 1 Rivera, Gaby 7 1 15 .400 0 0 3 0 2 Carrie DeMange 15 4 25 .440 1 0 8 0 0 Holehouse, Roberta 0 0 0 .000 0 0 15 0 0 Olowolafe, Dominique 2 2 5 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Becci Burling 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 D’Errico, Alyssa 0 0 0 .000 0 0 6 0 0 Jackson, Kristin 0 0 0 .000 0 0 14 0 0 Claire Smalzer 0 0 0 .000 0 0 7 0 0 Ream, Kelsey 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Bertoni, Ashleigh 4 5 16 -.062 0 0 1 0 1 Jenny Shull 0 0 6 .000 1 2 8 0 0 Brown, Blair 0 2 6 -.333 0 0 0 1 0 Fithian, Hailey 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 Brittany Staffeil 0 0 0 .000 0 0 3 0 0 Yanz, Jessica 1 0 6 .167 22 0 2 0 4 Suttich, Caitlin 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 44 18 114 .228 42 3 40 3 4 Naylor, Ann 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 34 20 117 .120 31 0 44 0 9 Totals 39 22 127 .134 36 0 44 2 21 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Game K E TA .Pct TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Game K E TA .Pct 1 16 7 39 .231 Game K E TA .Pct 1 13 6 45 .156 2 11 5 32 .188 1 13 5 47 .170 2 11 9 37 .054 3 17 6 43 .256 2 10 10 41 .000 3 10 5 35 .143 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 5.0 3 16 7 39 .231 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 4.5 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 12.5 Nebraska K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Nebraska K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Houghtelling, Chris 10 1 16 .562 1 2 9 0 1 Nebraska K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Houghtelling, Chris 12 1 29 .379 1 1 8 0 0 Pavan, Sarah 12 4 27 .296 0 1 6 1 0 Houghtelling, Chris 10 6 26 .154 3 1 12 0 1 Pavan, Sarah 17 3 29 .483 0 1 5 0 0 Larson, Jordan 16 5 33 .333 3 1 14 0 1 Pavan, Sarah 12 6 36 .167 0 1 7 0 1 Larson, Jordan 11 5 28 .214 1 1 13 0 2 Stalls, Tracy 9 1 13 .615 0 0 3 0 2 Larson, Jordan 11 5 25 .240 1 1 13 0 2 Stalls, Tracy 8 1 14 .500 0 0 4 0 1 Holloway, Rachel 2 0 6 .333 38 0 6 0 3 Stalls, Tracy 5 2 12 .250 1 1 1 2 2 Holloway, Rachel 1 1 6 .000 51 0 7 1 1 Cooper, Kori 4 4 18 .000 3 0 1 0 3 Holloway, Rachel 4 0 10 .400 43 1 8 0 1 Cooper, Kori 6 1 8 .625 2 0 1 0 2 Griffin, Maggie 0 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 Cooper, Kori 10 3 20 .350 2 0 2 1 3 Griffin, Maggie 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 Licht, Lindsey 2 1 3 .333 0 0 0 0 0 Schwartz, Rachel 0 0 0 .000 1 0 14 0 0 Banwarth, Kayla 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Schwartz, Rachel 0 0 0 .000 1 0 6 0 0 Totals 52 22 129 .233 51 5 57 3 10 Licht, Lindsey 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Gates, Amanda 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Schwartz, Rachel 0 0 0 .000 0 0 17 0 0 Totals 55 16 116 .336 49 4 45 1 10 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Gates, Amanda 3 0 3 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 Game K E TA .Pct Totals 58 12 117 .393 56 3 55 1 6 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME 1 20 3 45 .378 Game K E TA .Pct 2 14 10 39 .103 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME 1 18 5 35 .371 3 18 9 45 .200 Game K E TA .Pct 2 19 5 40 .350 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 8.0 1 21 2 40 .475 3 18 6 41 .293 2 16 5 39 .282 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 6.0 3 21 5 38 .421 Huskers Take Down No. 3 Nittany Lions TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 4.0 Omaha –Top-ranked Nebraska relied on a strong Huskers Bedevil Duke Behind a double-double from Jordan Larson, defensive performance and took advantage of a raucous NU Wins Downtown Classic with Sweep Lincoln – crowd at Qwest Center Omaha, sweeping No. 3 Penn State, the Huskers opened the Ameritas Players Challenge with a Lincoln – Top-ranked Nebraska avoided a letdown after a 3-0 sweep of No. 11 Duke a the NU Coliseum. 30-20, 30-21, 30-27 in front of a crowd of 13,081 - the largest win over No 3 Penn State with a 30-20, 30-19, 30-18 sweep regular-season crowd in NCAA volleyball history. Larson led the Huskers with 16 kills and 14 digs, propelling of No. 17 Cal Poly. NU to its fifth sweep of the season. It was Larson’s fourth The Huskers held Penn State to just .134 hitting, a The Huskers put together their most complete effort of mark over .150 points below its season average. Nebraska double-double in the Huskers’ last five contests, all of which the year, hitting .393 as a team and holding Cal Poly to have come against ranked foes. received double-figure dig efforts from outside hitters just .120 hitting and out-digging the Mustangs, 55-44. Christina Houghtelling and Jordan Larson, who totaled 12 Larson was one of three Huskers to finish in double figures, Nebraska never trailed and had three players finish with as All-Americans Sarah Pavan and Christina Houghtelling digs apiece, as well as libero Rachel Schwartz, who totaled at least 10 kills. a team-high 14 digs. chipped in 12 and 10 kills, respectively. Houghtelling fell Tournament MVP Sarah Pavan led a potent Husker one dig shy of a double-double, totaling 10 kills on .562 NU also held Penn State All-American outside hitters offense with a match-high 17 kills on .483 hitting, while and in check for most of the hitting and nine digs along with a pair of aces. Christina Houghtelling (12 kills on .379 hitting and eight The Huskers hit .336 as a team against Duke, as match, as the duo combined for 21 kills on .081 hitting digs) and Jordan Larson (11 kills and 13 digs) joined Pavan on 74 swings. Houghtelling and Tracy Stalls (nine kills on .615 hitting) in double figures. combined for most of the damage Balance was also crucial in the win, as four Huskers The Huskers also received strong performances from finished with at least 10 kills, including a match-high the middle blocking trio of Tracy Stalls, Kori Cooper and 12 from Sarah Pavan. NU’s left side attack of Larson and Amanda Gates, who combined for 17 kills on .600 hitting. Houghtelling totaled 11 and 10 kills, respectively, while Rachel Holloway joined Pavan and Larson as NU’s third middle blocker Kori Cooper stepped up with 10 kills – the all-tournament selection, dishing out 51 assists and third time in her career she reached double figures – and adding seven digs. a team-high four blocks. Nebraska Volleyball Game Notes • 2007 Boxscores & Recaps

#1 Nebraska vs. New Mexico State #1 Nebraska vs. #7 Texas #1 Nebraska at Texas Tech (Sept. 8, 2007 at Lincoln, Neb.) (Sept. 12, 2007 at Lincoln, Neb.) (Sept. 15, 2007 at Lubbock, Texas)

GAME SCORES 1 2 3 RECORDS GAME SCORES 1 2 3 RECORDS GAME SCORES 1 2 3 RECORDS New Mexico State 17 25 22 7-2 Texas 24 17 25 4-3, 0-1 Big 12 Nebraska 30 30 30 9-0, 2-0 Big 12 Nebraska 30 30 30 7-0 Nebraska 30 30 30 8-0, 1-0 Big 12 Texas Tech 19 15 20 7-4, 1-1 Big 12

New Mexico State K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Texas K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Nebraska K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Callis, Anna 6 6 22 .000 1 0 0 0 1 Faucette, Juliann 20 7 37 .351 0 0 1 0 0 Houghtelling, Chris 6 1 19 .263 0 0 15 1 2 Oguh, Kim 5 4 13 .077 0 0 1 0 0 Paolini, Lauren 9 6 25 .120 0 0 1 0 3 Pavan, Sarah 8 4 22 .182 0 4 4 0 3 Gintant, Alyssa 0 0 1 .000 24 0 3 0 0 Moriarty, Michelle 1 0 2 .500 37 0 7 0 0 Larson, Jordan 8 3 27 .185 2 1 7 0 1 Yon, Lindsey 17 6 33 .333 0 1 4 1 0 Doris, Jennifer 2 0 7 .286 0 0 3 0 1 Stalls, Tracy 10 1 15 .600 4 0 1 1 4 Altermatt, Krista 8 3 26 .192 0 0 8 0 0 Kisner, Heather 1 0 1 1.000 1 0 3 0 0 Holloway, Rachel 4 1 9 .333 33 1 7 0 1 Simpson, Amber 8 4 20 .200 0 0 1 0 2 Magee, Brandy 3 2 11 .091 0 1 1 0 1 Cooper, Kori 11 0 19 .579 2 0 1 0 5 Torres, Krystal 0 0 0 .000 1 0 17 0 0 Klein, Chelsey 0 0 0 .000 0 0 5 0 0 Griffin, Maggie 0 0 0 .000 5 0 1 0 0 Rodgers, Brynja 0 0 0 .000 16 0 3 0 0 Hall, Kiley 2 0 5 .400 0 0 1 0 0 Licht, Lindsey 2 0 3 .667 0 0 0 0 1 Phillips, Whitney 2 2 5 .000 0 0 0 0 1 Christian, Jen 3 3 17 .000 0 0 2 0 1 Schwartz, Rachel 0 0 0 .000 2 3 10 0 0 Akrie, Briana 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Jennings, Alyson 0 0 1 .000 2 0 8 0 0 Mueller, Tara 2 1 3 .333 0 0 1 0 1 Bostic, Jordan 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 41 18 106 .217 40 1 32 0 6 Totals 51 11 117 .342 48 9 47 2 18 Goodan, Kelli 0 0 3 .000 0 0 1 0 0 Steinmetz, Alex 0 1 1 -1.000 0 0 0 0 0 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Totals 46 26 124 .161 42 1 38 1 4 Game K E TA .Pct Game K E TA .Pct 1 13 4 31 .290 1 18 4 40 .350 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME 2 12 6 34 .176 2 17 3 38 .368 Game K E TA .Pct 3 16 8 41 .195 3 16 4 39 .308 1 11 8 36 .083 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 3.0 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 11.0 2 20 7 46 .283 3 15 11 42 .095 Nebraska K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Texas Tech K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 3.0 Houghtelling, Chris 8 6 26 .077 1 2 9 1 1 Gandy, Amy 4 9 24 -.208 3 0 8 0 1 Pavan, Sarah 16 3 25 .520 3 1 5 0 2 Ziegler, Emily 3 0 10 .300 19 1 6 0 0 Nebraska K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Larson, Jordan 7 3 16 .250 1 0 9 0 0 Flores, Michelle 10 5 25 .200 1 0 2 0 0 Houghtelling, Chris 15 1 27 .519 2 0 9 2 1 Stalls, Tracy 7 1 13 .462 0 1 3 1 2 Louis, Lindsey 0 0 0 .000 0 0 3 0 0 Pavan, Sarah 13 5 31 .258 0 2 4 0 2 Holloway, Rachel 6 0 9 .667 39 1 6 0 1 Ostmeyer, Alicia 3 3 16 .000 0 0 1 1 1 Larson, Jordan 7 1 16 .375 2 0 10 0 0 Cooper, Kori 9 0 13 .692 1 0 0 1 2 Courtney, Caroline 3 1 12 .167 0 0 0 0 0 Stalls, Tracy 9 0 13 .692 0 0 1 1 4 Griffin, Maggie 0 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 Vincent, Jackie 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 0 Holloway, Rachel 6 1 9 .556 39 0 8 1 3 Licht, Lindsey 2 0 3 .667 0 0 0 0 0 Spearman, Jaclyn 0 1 2 -.500 1 0 12 0 0 Cooper, Kori 5 1 9 .444 1 0 2 1 1 Schwartz, Rachel 0 0 0 .000 4 0 12 0 0 Harrell, Jenn 0 0 2 .000 1 0 12 0 0 Griffin, Maggie 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 55 13 105 .400 52 5 44 3 8 Hood, Brandi 7 2 12 .417 0 0 3 0 0 Licht, Lindsey 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Sbragia, Amanda 0 1 3 -.333 0 0 1 0 0 Gates, Amanda 0 1 4 -.250 0 0 0 0 1 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Totals 30 22 106 .075 25 1 49 1 2 Mueller, Tara 0 0 1 .000 3 0 8 0 0 Game K E TA .Pct Totals 55 10 110 .409 47 2 42 5 12 1 17 7 33 .303 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME 2 21 3 33 .545 Game K E TA .Pct TEAM ATTACK PER GAME 3 17 3 39 .359 1 12 6 38 .158 Game K E TA .Pct TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 7.0 2 8 8 34 .000 1 18 5 37 .351 3 10 8 34 .059 2 18 1 32 .531 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 2.0 3 19 4 41 .366 Nebraska Tops No. 7 Texas in Big 12 Opener TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 11.0 Lincoln –Behind 16 kills from AVCA National Player of the Huskers Roll Past Red Raiders Year Sarah Pavan, Nebraska opened Big 12 action with a 3-0 Lubbock, Texas –While the location was different, Nebraska is Up to the Challenge vs. NMSU sweep over No. 7 Texas, winning 30-24, 30-17, 30-25 in front the result was the same as the No. 1 ranked Nebraska Lincoln –Behind a season-high 15 kills from tournament of a national television audience Wednesday evening. volleyball team improved to 9-0 on the season with a 30- MVP Christina Houghtelling, Nebraska improved to 7-0 on Pavan hit a blistering .520 on 25 swings and keyed a 19, 30-15, 30-20 victory over Texas Tech on Sept. 15. the year with a 30-17, 30-25, 30-22 sweep of New Mexico Husker attack that hit .400 against the Longhorns, the second The Huskers used a strong performance from middle State at the Nebraska Coliseum. straight match that Nebraska eclipsed the .400 mark as a blockers Tracy Stalls and Kori Cooper, who combined Houghtelling was dominant against the Aggies, hitting team. It was the highest NU hit against a top-10 foe since for 21 kills on .588 hitting in propelling Nebraska to its .519 on 27 swings and adding three blocks and nine digs. hitting .400 against fifth-ranked Hawaii in 2001. seventh consecutive sweep. For the weekend, she averaged 4.17 kills per game on .535 While Pavan was the only Husker to reach double figures, Cooper recorded a season-best 11 kills on .579 hitting and 3.00 digs per game. Nebraska enjoyed superb offensive balance against Texas in hitting and five blocks, marking the first time the Houghtelling was joined by teammates Tracy Stalls posting its 60th consecutive home win. All-American setter sophomore has led the Huskers in kills. Stalls totaled 10 and Rachel Holloway on the seven-member all-tournament Rachel Holloway guided an attack that hit .300 in all three kills on 15 swings and matched Cooper for team-high squad. Stalls finished with nine kills and set season bests games and featured all six starters with at least six kills. honors with five stuffs, keying a defensive performance in both hitting percentage (.692) and blocks (five) while The sophomore from Franklin, Tenn., had six kills on nine that held Texas Tech to .075 hitting. Holloway guided the Huskers to a season-high .409 hitting swings and added six digs in one of her best all-around Behind the duo, Nebraska hit .342 as a team and against the Aggies and recorded season bests in both kills performances of the year. matched season bests in both blocks (11) and service (six) and blocks (four). Middle blockers Tracy Stalls and Kori Cooper both enjoyed aces. Both Rachel Schwartz and Sarah Pavan tied big nights, as Stalls had seven kills on .462 hitting and three career bests against the Red Raiders. blocks, while Cooper totaled nine kills on a career-high .692 Schwartz, who did not record an ace in NU’s first hitting and three stuffs. eight matches, finished with three aces and 10 digs, while Pavan matched her NU best with four aces and added eight kills and four blocks. Nebraska Volleyball Game Notes • 2007 Boxscores & Recaps

#1 Nebraska vs. Texas A&M #1 Nebraska at Kansas #1 Nebraska vs. Baylor (Sept. 22, 2007 at Lincoln, Neb.) (Sept. 26, 2007 at Lawrence, Kan.) (Sept. 29, 2007 at Lincoln, Neb.)

GAME SCORES 1 2 3 RECORDS GAME SCORES 1 2 3 RECORDS GAME SCORES 1 2 3 RECORDS Texas A&M 14 20 25 11-3, 1-3 Big 12 Nebraska 30 30 30 11-0, 4-0 Big 12 Baylor 15 12 13 8-8, 1-5 Big 12 Nebraska 30 30 30 10-0,3-0 Big 12 Kansas 18 24 18 9-6, 2-3 Big 12 Nebraska 30 30 30 12-0, 5-0 Big 12

Texas A&M K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Nebraska K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Baylor K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Bryant, Kelsey 4 1 11 .273 1 0 2 0 0 Houghtelling, Chris 9 2 18 .389 0 0 8 0 2 Modglin, Amanda 3 1 8 .250 0 0 0 0 0 Stanton, Kelly 4 3 10 .100 0 0 1 0 1 Pavan, Sarah 12 5 26 .269 0 1 2 0 3 Barnes, Taylor 0 3 4 -.750 19 0 4 0 0 Schevikhoven,Kristen 5 0 13 .385 21 0 4 0 0 Larson, Jordan 17 3 36 .389 2 3 11 0 1 Breyfogle, Anna 3 2 13 .077 0 0 2 1 1 Phillips, Jillian 2 1 7 .143 0 0 1 1 2 Stalls, Tracy 6 1 13 .385 1 0 2 1 4 Thomas, Haley 1 2 15 -.067 0 0 1 0 1 Ammerman, Sarah 8 5 30 .100 0 1 10 0 1 Holloway, Rachel 3 1 7 .286 38 0 7 0 1 Sanders, Katie 10 4 27 .222 0 0 6 0 1 Batis, Mary 2 7 31 -.161 4 1 5 1 2 Gates, Amanda 4 4 11 .000 0 0 1 0 3 Christenson, Ashlie 4 2 16 .125 0 0 0 0 0 Moore, Jen 0 0 0 .000 0 0 8 0 0 Griffin, Maggie 0 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 Trice, Caitlin 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 0 Cadavid, Stephanie 0 0 0 .000 1 0 7 0 0 Banwarth, Kayla 0 0 0 .000 2 0 5 0 0 Byrd, Ashley 1 1 3 .000 0 0 1 0 1 Kelner, Jola 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 Licht, Lindsey 1 0 3 .333 0 0 1 0 0 Smith, Kelsey 0 1 7 -.143 0 0 2 0 0 Donaldson, Darla 6 0 11 .545 0 0 0 0 0 Schwartz, Rachel 1 0 1 1.000 1 0 7 0 0 Schramek, Kristen 0 0 1 .000 0 0 6 0 0 Banse, Jenny 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 53 16 115 .322 47 4 44 1 14 Bates, Mady 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 31 17 113 .124 28 2 38 2 6 Totals 22 16 94 .064 19 0 23 1 4 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Game K E TA .Pct TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Game K E TA .Pct 1 14 2 36 .333 Game K E TA .Pct 1 8 7 35 .029 2 21 6 43 .349 1 11 5 35 .171 2 10 3 32 .219 3 18 8 36 .278 2 5 4 27 .037 3 13 7 46 .130 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 8.0 3 6 7 32 -.031 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 5.0 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 3.0 Kansas K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Nebraska K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Martincich, Katie 1 0 3 .333 12 0 11 0 0 Nebraska K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Houghtelling, Chris 11 2 20 .450 2 0 8 1 0 Brown, Emily 6 4 19 .105 16 1 7 0 0 Houghtelling, Chris 12 2 19 .526 1 1 16 0 1 Pavan, Sarah 12 6 28 .214 1 2 10 0 3 Uhart, Natalie 7 4 24 .125 0 1 2 1 0 Pavan, Sarah 13 3 21 .476 0 3 6 1 2 Larson, Jordan 15 1 33 .424 0 1 10 1 1 Mahoney, Caitlin 1 2 4 -.250 0 0 1 1 0 Larson, Jordan 8 2 13 .462 2 1 6 0 0 Stalls, Tracy 8 1 16 .438 2 2 5 0 3 Kaiser, Jenna 8 4 24 .167 0 0 2 0 0 Stalls, Tracy 5 1 7 .571 2 0 3 1 1 Holloway, Rachel 2 2 9 .000 45 1 3 0 0 Garlington, Karina 4 3 16 .062 1 0 4 0 0 Holloway, Rachel 3 2 9 .111 39 3 6 0 0 Gates, Amanda 8 2 14 .429 1 0 1 1 1 Manda, Melissa 0 1 2 -.500 0 1 4 0 0 Cooper, Kori 12 0 17 .706 1 0 0 2 2 Schwartz, Rachel 0 0 0 .000 1 1 16 0 0 Grieb, Melissa 1 1 2 .000 0 0 5 0 0 Griffin, Maggie 0 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 Totals 56 14 120 .350 52 7 53 3 8 Mazour, Paige 0 1 1 -1.000 1 0 0 0 0 Banwarth, Kayla 0 0 0 .000 2 1 1 0 0 Lino, Flavia 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 1 0 Licht, Lindsey 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Noyes, Savannah 3 3 11 .000 1 0 1 0 0 Schwartz, Rachel 0 0 0 .000 1 0 11 0 0 Game K E TA .Pct Totals 31 23 109 .073 31 3 37 3 0 Mueller, Tara 4 0 8 .500 1 0 1 0 0 1 17 3 33 .424 Totals 57 10 94 .500 53 9 50 4 6 2 22 6 40 .400 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME 3 17 5 47 .255 Game K E TA .Pct TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 7.0 1 11 10 41 .024 Game K E TA .Pct 2 13 6 39 .179 1 18 3 29 .517 3 7 7 29 .000 2 22 4 33 .545 Huskers Move to 10-0 with Sweep of A&M TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 3.0 3 17 3 32 .438 Lincoln – Behind a career night from middle blocker TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 7.0 Amanda Gates, No. 1 Nebraska continued its winning ways Huskers Fly Past Jayhawks, 3-0 with a 30-14, 30-20, 30-25 sweep of Texas A&M. Lawrence, Kan. – Jordan Larson’s double-double Huskers Hit .500 in Sweep of Baylor Gates, making her first start in over a year, totaled eight propelled top-ranked Nebraska to a 30-18, 30-24, 30-18 Lincoln –The top-ranked Nebraska volleyball team kills on .429 hitting with a pair of blocks, as the Huskers sweep at Kansas on Sept. 26. Larson totaled her sixth welcomed the return of sophomore Kori Cooper to the lineup held Texas A&M to a season-low .124 hitting. Gates, who double-double of the season with a season-high 17 kills with an emphatic statement, sweeping Baylor, 30-15, 30-12, had just five kills in NU’s first nine matches, established on .389 hitting, 11 digs and a trio of aces, as the Huskers 30-13 at the Nebraska Coliseum. personal bests in both kills and attacks (13) in her first improved to 11-0 overall and 4-0 in Big 12 action. Cooper matched her career high with 12 kills without start of 2007. The Huskers relied on strong efforts from their outside an error on 17 swings, good for a career-high .706 hitting Gates led a Husker attack that hit .350 as a team and hitters against Kansas, as Larson and Christina Houghtelling percentage. Cooper was one of three Huskers to record at received strong efforts from Jordan Larson and Christina combined for 26 kills on .389 hitting. Houghtelling, who least 10 kills against the Bears. Sarah Pavan led NU with Houghtelling. Larson totaled a match-high 15 kills and totaled five of her nine kills in game three, also hit .389 while 13 kills on .476 hitting and three aces, while Christina 10 digs for her team-best fifth double-double, while adding eight digs in the win. Sarah Pavan joined Larson in Houghtelling totaled 12 kills and a match-high 16 digs for Houghtelling added 11 kills on .450 hitting. Sarah Pavan double figures in kills with 12 kills and three blocks. her third double-double. also chipped in a double-double with 12 kills and 10 digs, Nebraska earned the win on the defensive end, out- The Huskers (12-0, 5-0 Big 12) hit an eye-popping .500 helping the Huskers to their 20th straight win dating back blocking Kansas, 8-3, and holding Kansas to .073 hitting as a team on 94 swings with every starting attacker hitting to last November. – the lowest by a Husker opponent this season. Tracy Stalls over .450 in the process. Rachel Holloway dished out 39 topped the Huskers with a season-high five blocks, as assists and added a career-high three service aces, six she became the 11th Husker to ever reach the 500-block digs and three kills in helping NU to its best single-match plateau. hitting night since 2001. Nebraska Volleyball Game Notes • 2007 Boxscores & Recaps

#1 Nebraska vs. #17 Kansas State #1 Nebraska at Colorado #1 Nebraska vs. Iowa State (Oct. 3, 2007 at Lincoln, Neb.) (Oct. 6, 2007 at Boulder, Colo.) (Oct. 10, 2007 at Lincoln, Neb.)

GAME SCORES 1 2 3 RECORDS GAME SCORES 1 2 3 RECORDS GAME SCORES 1 2 3 RECORDS Kansas State 16 16 25 13-4, 5-2 Big 12 Nebraska 30 30 30 14-0, 7-0 Big 12 Iowa State 31 19 20 11-7, 5-3 Big 12 Nebraska 30 30 30 13-0, 6-0 Big 12 Colorado 25 18 20 5-10, 0-7 Big 12 Nebraska 33 30 30 15-0, 8-0 Big 12

Kansas State K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Nebraska K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Iowa State K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Farr, Megan 6 2 15 .267 0 0 0 1 1 Houghtelling, Chris 19 3 39 .410 1 0 11 2 1 Cady, Laura 0 0 0 .000 0 0 11 0 0 Mathewson, Lauren 0 0 0 .000 1 0 5 0 0 Pavan, Sarah 13 3 29 .345 0 0 3 0 1 Manns, Kaylee 4 0 8 .500 29 0 8 0 2 Korobkova, Natalya 19 10 49 .184 1 2 6 0 1 Larson, Jordan 13 4 27 .333 0 3 14 3 2 Boeve, Erin 4 3 22 .045 3 0 4 1 4 Jantsch, Jenny 1 2 7 -.143 0 0 2 0 2 Stalls, Tracy 5 1 14 .286 1 0 1 1 5 Bisenius, Mary 6 3 21 .143 0 0 2 0 1 Chipman, Kelsey 1 2 9 -.111 1 0 1 0 3 Holloway, Rachel 1 0 6 .167 50 0 5 0 3 Henson, Victoria 8 6 26 .077 0 0 1 1 3 Spiegelberg, Stacey 2 1 5 .200 30 1 10 0 1 Cooper, Kori 7 3 18 .222 2 0 1 0 0 Cummings, Lauren 12 3 24 .375 0 0 1 0 1 Liliom, Rita 6 4 16 .125 0 0 5 0 0 Banwarth, Kayla 0 0 0 .000 0 0 2 0 0 Mass, Ashley 0 0 0 .000 0 0 13 0 0 Townsend, Leslie 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 0 Licht, Lindsey 0 2 2 -1.000 0 0 0 0 0 Ferrie, Meghan 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Lastra, Angie 0 0 0 .000 1 0 8 0 0 Schwartz, Rachel 0 0 0 .000 1 1 13 0 0 Vos, Amy 0 0 0 .000 2 0 13 0 0 Rosenthal, Lauren 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 58 16 135 .311 55 4 50 6 12 Malcom, Jen 3 1 13 .154 0 0 1 0 2 Chisholm, JuliAnne 2 3 10 -.100 1 0 1 0 0 Totals 37 16 114 .184 34 0 54 2 13 Totals 37 24 111 .117 35 3 40 1 8 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Game K E TA .Pct TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TEAM ATTACK PER GAME 1 18 9 58 .155 Game K E TA .Pct Game K E TA .Pct 2 16 4 37 .324 1 17 6 51 .216 1 9 8 32 .031 3 24 3 40 .525 2 11 8 34 .088 2 11 6 33 .152 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 12.0 3 9 2 29 .241 3 17 10 46 .152 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 5.0 Colorado K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 8.5 Sisco, Emilee 7 3 19 .211 0 0 1 0 2 Nebraska K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Edelman, Schylur 10 5 22 .227 0 0 0 1 4 Nebraska K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Houghtelling, Chris 7 2 22 .227 0 3 13 0 1 Schaefer, Lauren 9 3 18 .333 0 0 0 0 0 Houghtelling, Chris 12 3 23 .391 0 0 10 0 2 Pavan, Sarah 16 4 33 .364 1 1 5 0 5 Buth, Alex 8 5 30 .100 1 0 9 0 2 Pavan, Sarah 18 5 36 .361 0 1 9 0 1 Larson, Jordan 10 2 20 .400 2 1 7 0 3 VenHorst, Ashley 0 0 0 .000 1 0 11 0 0 Larson, Jordan 11 8 32 .094 4 2 13 1 1 Stalls, Tracy 8 3 15 .333 1 0 0 0 2 Burkett, Kaitlyn 1 0 5 .200 33 0 3 1 0 Stalls, Tracy 8 1 15 .467 3 0 0 0 4 Holloway, Rachel 2 0 5 .400 43 1 8 0 1 Webster, Callie 0 0 0 .000 0 2 18 0 0 Holloway, Rachel 4 2 13 .154 41 0 4 0 2 Cooper, Kori 11 0 16 .688 1 0 0 0 7 Wicks, Kirsten 0 1 7 -.143 0 0 1 0 0 Cooper, Kori 3 2 15 .067 1 0 2 2 2 Schwartz, Rachel 0 0 0 .000 2 0 12 0 0 Loop, Kelsey 0 1 4 -.250 0 0 0 0 0 Schwartz, Rachel 0 0 0 .000 3 1 11 0 0 Totals 54 11 111 .387 50 6 45 0 19 Karlik, Kristen 0 0 0 .000 0 0 3 0 0 Gates, Amanda 1 0 2 .500 0 0 0 0 0 Henry, Ellen 0 0 0 .000 0 0 5 0 0 Mueller, Tara 4 1 8 .375 0 1 2 0 0 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Gibson, Mallori 1 3 9 -.222 0 0 2 0 0 Totals 61 22 144 .271 52 5 51 3 12 Game K E TA .Pct Totals 36 21 114 .132 35 2 53 2 8 1 18 4 33 .424 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME 2 19 3 35 .457 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Game K E TA .Pct 3 17 4 43 .302 Game K E TA .Pct 1 23 10 68 .191 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 9.5 1 15 8 48 .146 2 16 5 36 .306 2 10 9 35 .029 3 22 7 40 .375 3 11 4 31 .226 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 9.0 Huskers Match Home Mark with Win over KSU TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 6.0 Lincoln –Sarah Pavan’s 16 kills led three Huskers in double figures, as the top-ranked Nebraska volleyball Houghtelling Leads Huskers Sweep Cyclones Houghtelling Leads Huskers to Win at Colorado Lincoln – Behind a match-high 18 kills from AVCA Player team rolled to a 30-16, 30-16, 30-25 sweep of No. 17 Boulder, Colo. – Christina Houghtelling recorded a Kansas State. of the Year Sarah Pavan, the top-ranked Nebraska volleyball season-high 19 kills, leading No. 1 Nebraska to a 30-25, team held off a game Iowa State squad, 33-31, 30-19, 30-20 Pavan totaled 16 kills on .364 hitting and a season-high 30-18, 30-20 victory at Colorado on Oct. 6. five blocks, as the Huskers improved to 13-0 overall and 6-0 Wednesday night at the NU Coliseum. The Huskers, who have won their last 24 matches Pavan ht .351 on 36 swings and added nine digs to lead in Big 12 action with their 11th consecutive sweep. Pavan’s dating back to last year, relied on the senior outside hitter, 16 kills also matched her highest total in conference play. three Huskers (15-0, 8-0 Big 12) with at least 10 kills in the who finished with a match-high 19 kills on .410 hitting, sweep. Former AVCA National Player of the Year Christina Wednesday’s win was NU’s 63rd straight home triumph, 11 digs and three blocks. Nebraska needed a strong effort matching the school mark originally set between 1999 Houghtelling totaled 12 kills on .391 hitting and 10 digs and leadership from the senior from Cambridge, as it fell for her fifth double-double of the year, while All-American and 2002. behind 17-9 before making a charge. Pavan, the reigning AVCA National Player of the Year, was Jordan Larson totaled 11 kills and a team-high 13 digs for Houghtelling led the Huskers back in front of a boisterous her team-high eighth double-double performance. one of three Huskers to eclipse season bests against K-State. pro-Nebraska crowd of 3,708 that turned the Coors Event Sophomore Kori Cooper continued her string of impressive The victory was Nebraska’s 64th consecutive home win, Center into Coliseum West. She ran off nine straight points breaking the school record of 63 established between 1999 efforts, as she totaled 11 kills without an error on 16 swings from the service line in a 10-0 Husker run, as Nebraska and paced NU with a team-high seven blocks. Cooper’s blocks and 2002, and the Huskers’ 25th straight triumph overall regained its footing and posted its 12th straight sweep. dating back to last November. The 64 straight home wins is were not only a season best, but the highest total by any Jordan Larson totaled 13 kills, a team-high 14 digs and Husker in 2007. In addition, Christina Houghtelling paced now the third-longest streak in NCAA volleyball history. a season-high five blocks, including a trio of solo stuffs. The Huskers were given a stern test by the Cyclones NU with a season-high three aces and paced the Huskers Pavan also finished with 13 kills, including eight kills on with 13 digs while adding seven kills in the victory. (11-7, 5-2 Big 12). ISU held NU to .271 hitting, snapping a 10 swings in game three, as the Huskers hit .525 as a streak of 11 straight matches over .300, while out-digging team. Nebraska (14-0, 7-0 Big 12) hit .311 as a team and NU, 54-51. totaled a season-high 12 blocks while holding Colorado to .132 hitting. Nebraska Volleyball Game Notes • 2007 Boxscores & Recaps

#1 Nebraska at #25 Oklahoma #1 Nebraska at Missouri #1 Nebraska vs. Kansas (Oct. 13, 2007 at Norman, Okla.) (Oct. 17, 2007 at Columbia, Mo.) (Oct. 20, 2007 at Lincoln, Neb.)

GAME SCORES 1 2 3 RECORDS GAME SCORES 1 2 3 RECORDS GAME SCORES 1 2 3 RECORDS Nebraska 30 30 30 16-0, 9-0 Big 12 Nebraska 31 30 30 17-0, 10-0 Big 12 Kansas 16 25 26 10-11, 3-8 Big 12 Oklahoma 25 21 25 15-4, 7-2 Big 12 Missouri 29 18 14 12-7, 5-5 Big 12 Nebraska 30 30 30 18-0, 11-0 Big 12

Nebraska K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Nebraska K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Kansas K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Houghtelling, Chris 14 0 23 .609 0 1 19 2 0 Houghtelling, Chris 11 1 26 .385 0 3 7 1 1 Martincich, Katie 0 1 2 -.500 18 0 9 0 0 Pavan, Sarah 16 3 37 .351 0 1 2 0 2 Pavan, Sarah 18 2 31 .516 0 1 5 0 4 Brown, Emily 9 7 24 .083 19 0 9 0 1 Larson, Jordan 10 8 36 .056 1 1 8 1 2 Larson, Jordan 9 6 16 .188 1 1 18 0 1 Uhart, Natalie 5 2 17 .176 0 0 0 0 2 Stalls, Tracy 9 1 14 .571 1 0 2 0 2 Stalls, Tracy 15 1 19 .737 1 0 0 1 5 Kaiser, Jenna 10 6 32 .125 0 0 1 0 0 Holloway, Rachel 0 0 2 .000 49 0 8 0 1 Holloway, Rachel 4 0 7 .571 55 0 5 0 1 Garlington, Karina 8 5 26 .115 0 1 13 0 0 Cooper, Kori 8 4 20 .200 2 0 1 0 4 Cooper, Kori 7 1 18 .333 0 0 0 1 2 Noyes, Savannah 1 0 5 .200 0 0 0 0 1 Griffin, Maggie 0 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 Griffin, Maggie 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 Manda, Melissa 0 0 0 .000 1 0 11 0 0 Banwarth, Kayla 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Banwarth, Kayla 0 0 0 .000 0 1 1 0 0 Grieb, Melissa 0 0 1 .000 0 1 4 0 0 Licht, Lindsey 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 Licht, Lindsey 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Americo, Carol 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Schwartz, Rachel 0 0 0 .000 1 0 15 0 0 Schwartz, Rachel 0 0 0 .000 1 1 11 0 0 Mahoney, Caitlin 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 58 16 133 .316 56 3 55 3 12 Mueller, Tara 2 0 3 .667 0 0 0 0 0 Lino, Flavia 8 2 12 .500 2 0 1 0 2 Totals 66 11 120 .458 59 7 47 3 14 Totals 41 23 119 .151 40 2 48 0 6 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Game K E TA .Pct TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TEAM ATTACK PER GAME 1 14 6 44 .182 Game K E TA .Pct Game K E TA .Pct 2 20 3 41 .415 1 24 6 45 .400 1 8 4 30 .133 3 24 7 48 .354 2 20 3 36 .472 2 19 9 47 .213 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 9.0 3 22 2 39 .513 3 14 10 42 .095 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 10.0 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 3.0 Oklahoma K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Chester, Julie 2 1 3 .333 24 0 6 0 0 Missouri K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Nebraska K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Stadel, Anna 7 5 21 .095 0 1 3 0 3 Wang, Lei 1 2 11 -.091 20 0 5 0 0 Houghtelling, Chris 10 2 26 .308 0 1 9 0 1 Weiland, Sarah 7 4 22 .136 2 0 2 0 0 Vann, Caitlyn 0 0 0 .000 1 1 4 0 0 Pavan, Sarah 17 4 32 .406 0 2 4 1 2 Laplante, Bridget 10 6 39 .103 1 2 12 0 1 Hantouli, Amanda 4 2 19 .105 0 0 2 1 1 Larson, Jordan 9 3 28 .214 2 2 6 1 3 Ekwerekwu, Francie 6 1 13 .385 0 0 0 0 1 Yang, Na 6 3 23 .130 1 0 9 0 0 Stalls, Tracy 8 1 15 .467 1 0 1 0 2 Blum, Mariana 8 2 20 .300 2 0 11 0 3 Wang, Weiwen 11 2 17 .529 1 1 0 0 2 Holloway, Rachel 1 1 4 .000 42 2 6 0 1 Barnes, Lacy 0 0 0 .000 2 0 3 0 0 Wilson, Catie 3 0 4 .750 0 0 0 0 3 Cooper, Kori 6 1 12 .417 1 0 0 0 3 Arriaran, Samantha 1 0 2 .500 8 1 4 0 0 Meyer, Shayli 0 0 0 .000 0 0 3 0 0 Griffin, Maggie 0 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0 0 Disarro, Chrissy 0 0 4 .000 1 0 0 0 0 Ailes, Tatum 0 0 0 .000 1 1 9 0 0 Banwarth, Kayla 0 0 1 .000 0 0 5 0 0 Sharp, Hannah 0 0 0 .000 1 1 8 0 0 Wilson, Megan 11 4 26 .269 1 0 3 1 0 Licht, Lindsey 0 1 1 -1.000 0 0 0 0 0 Totals. 41 19 124 .177 41 5 49 0 8 Smith, Lindsay 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Schwartz, Rachel 0 0 0 .000 1 1 11 0 0 Jarocka, Luiza 0 0 1 .000 11 0 2 0 0 Gates, Amanda 0 1 3 -.333 0 0 1 0 2 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Totals 36 13 101 .228 36 3 37 2 6 Totals 51 14 122 .303 48 8 44 2 14 Game K E TA .Pct 1 16 10 44 .136 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TEAM ATTACK PER GAME 2 12 8 39 .103 Game K E TA .Pct Game K E TA .Pct 3 13 1 41 .293 1 16 2 35 .400 1 19 3 30 .533 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 4.0 2 13 6 34 .206 2 19 4 52 .288 3 7 5 32 .062 3 13 7 40 .150 Huskers Storm Past Sooners, 3-0 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 5.0 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 9.0 Norman, Okla. – Behind an sterling performance from outside hitter Christina Houghtelling, Nebraska remained Huskers Can Tigers, 3-0 Pavan Breaks School Mark vs. Kansas undefeated with a 30-25, 30-21, 30-25 sweep of No. 25 Columbia, Mo. – It was too much Tracy Stalls, as top- Lincoln –One a night where the Husker volleyball program Oklahoma. ranked Nebraska continued its winning ways with a 31-29, reached one milestone, Sarah Pavan reached another, helping Houghtelling recorded her third straight double-double 30-18, 30-14 victory over Missouri in front of a crowd off No. 1 Nebraska remained undefeated with a 30-16, 30-25, with 14 kills on a season-best .609 hitting and 19 digs. The 6,059 at the Hearnes Center. 30-26 sweep of Kansas Saturday night. .609 hitting was Houghtellling’s highest hitting percentage Stalls, who is second nationally in hitting percentage, The Huskers, who were celebrating their 100th consecutive since hitting .615 against Florida in the 2005 NCAA Omaha hammered home 15 kills on just 19 swings for the Huskers home sellout in the historic NU Coliseum, rolled to their 65th Regional. (17-0, 10-0 Big 12). The senior middle blocker set season consecutive home win, while Pavan passed Allison Weston Nebraska Coach John Cook said that setter Rachel bests in both hitting percentage (.737) and blocks (six) to for NU’s all-time lead in career kills. Holloway continually put Houghtelling in opportune positions power a potent Husker attack. Pavan, who now has 1,780 career kills, passed Weston to put shots away against OU. Holloway dished nearly Sarah Pavan led Nebraska with 18 kills on .516 hitting with her 16th kill of the night, a shot down the line that recorded a double-double of her own with 49 assists and and four stuffs, while outside hitter Christina Houghtelling gave the Huskers the lead for good in the finale at 22-21. eight digs, while helping NU hit .350 or better in the final was the third Husker to finish in double figures in kills with She finished with a match-high 17 kills on .406 hitting, two two games. 11 while adding three service aces. aces and three blocks. Sarah Pavan led NU (16-0, 9-0 Big 12) with 16 kills, Rachel Holloway guided the Huskers to .458 hitting Weston, a three-time All-American at Nebraska and while Jordan Larson totaled 10 kills and eight digs as the percentage, totaling 55 assists – her best three-game total national player of the year as a senior, totaled 1,778 kills Huskers remained one of only two undefeated teams in the of her career – and adding five digs and four kills on seven between 1992 and 1995. country and became the first team to win in Norman since swings of her own. She helped NU hit over .400 in all three Pavan’s kill highlighted a run of five unanswered September of 2006. The Huskers also collected their 14th games, including at a .513 clip in the finale, as NU posted points for NU, helping to turn a 21-20 deficit into a 25-21 consecutive sweep, while snapping a 15-match home win its 15th consecutive sweep. advantage. That would be all the Huskers (18-0, 11-0 Big streak for Oklahoma. 12) would as they collected their 16th consecutive sweep and picked up their 80th win in 81 all-time meetings with the Jayhawks. Nebraska Volleyball Game Notes • 2007 Boxscores & Recaps

#1 Nebraska vs. #11 Hawaii #1 Nebraska at #5 Texas #2 Nebraska vs. Missouri (Oct. 21, 2007 at Lincoln, Neb.) (Oct. 24, 2007 at Austin, Texas) (Oct. 31, 2007 at Lincoln, Neb.)

GAME SCORES 1 2 3 RECORDS GAME SCORES 1 2 3 RECORDS GAME SCORES 1 2 3 4 5 RECORDS Hawai’i 22 16 24 16-4 Nebraska 22 25 20 19-1 (11-1 Big 12) Missouri 19 34 11 30 10 13-10, 6-8 Big 12 Nebraska 30 30 30 19-0 Texas 30 30 30 15-3 (11-1 Big 12) Nebraska 30 32 30 24 15 20-1, 12-1 Big 12

Hawaii K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Nebraska K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Missouri K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Sanders, Juliana 6 1 12 .417 0 0 2 0 3 Houghtelling, Chris 9 4 25 .200 1 0 10 0 2 Wang, Lei 7 3 20 .200 35 0 13 0 1 Kaufman, Amber 2 2 10 .000 1 0 0 0 1 Pavan, Sarah 17 9 44 .182 0 0 3 1 1 Vann, Caitlyn 0 0 1 .000 0 2 16 0 0 Hittle, Tara 2 3 15 -.067 0 0 12 0 1 Larson, Jordan 4 5 22 -.045 2 0 10 0 0 Hantouli, Amanda 10 6 35 .114 0 0 3 0 3 Houston, Jamie 16 8 38 .211 0 0 8 0 1 Stalls, Tracy 8 6 26 .077 1 0 1 0 2 Yang, Na 20 9 60 .183 0 0 4 1 0 Brandt, Stephanie 0 0 1 .000 27 0 4 0 1 Holloway, Rachel 5 2 13 .231 33 1 6 0 0 Jarocka, Luiza 0 0 0 .000 15 0 5 0 0 Cubi-Otineru, Aneli 9 8 25 .040 0 0 8 0 1 Cooper, Kori 5 1 14 .286 1 0 0 2 2 Wilson, Catie 3 0 8 .375 0 0 2 0 0 Gregory, Kari 2 0 5 .400 0 0 1 0 0 Griffin, Maggie 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Ailes, Tatum 2 0 3 .667 4 0 22 0 0 Keefe, Jessica 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 0 Banwarth, Kayla 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Wilson, Megan 8 4 26 .154 0 1 4 2 2 Ka`aihue, Elizabeth 0 0 0 .000 1 0 11 0 0 Licht, Lindsey 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Smith, Lindsay 0 0 0 .000 0 1 9 0 0 Mafua, Dani 0 0 1 .000 7 0 0 0 0 Schwartz, Rachel 0 0 0 .000 2 0 12 0 0 Wang, Weiwen 10 7 40 .075 0 1 7 1 2 Lee, Jayme 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Mueller, Tara 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 1 Totals 60 29 193 .161 54 5 85 4 8 Totals 37 22 107 .140 36 0 47 0 8 Totals 48 27 145 .145 40 1 43 3 8 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Game K E TA .Pct TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TEAM ATTACK PER GAME 1 9 7 37 .054 Game K E TA .Pct Game K E TA .Pct 2 20 6 42 .333 1 12 9 38 .079 1 15 11 47 .085 3 6 8 38 -.053 2 9 6 28 .107 2 20 6 52 .269 4 18 4 49 .286 3 16 7 41 .220 3 13 10 46 .065 5 7 4 27 .111 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 4.0 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 7.0 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 8.0

Nebraska K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Texas K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Nebraska K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Houghtelling, Chris 7 3 18 .222 0 2 7 1 0 Faucette, Juliann 13 5 31 .258 1 0 7 1 2 Houghtelling, Chris 14 7 41 .171 2 0 22 0 1 Pavan, Sarah 11 4 26 .269 0 1 4 0 3 Paolini, Lauren 6 1 11 .455 0 0 3 4 2 Pavan, Sarah 22 5 49 .347 3 3 14 1 1 Larson, Jordan 8 2 20 .300 2 1 15 0 1 Moriarty, Michelle 2 0 4 .500 41 1 14 0 1 Larson, Jordan 17 4 44 .295 4 1 16 1 1 Stalls, Tracy 13 1 23 .522 1 0 0 0 2 Engle, Ashley 8 3 23 .217 6 0 10 2 2 Stalls, Tracy 10 4 24 .250 4 0 0 2 2 Holloway, Rachel 3 0 9 .333 39 2 4 0 2 Kisner, Heather 0 0 0 .000 1 0 9 0 0 Holloway, Rachel 7 0 14 .500 64 0 13 0 0 Cooper, Kori 9 4 19 .263 1 0 0 0 4 Magee, Brandy 8 0 14 .571 0 0 0 1 2 Cooper, Kori 14 4 26 .385 1 0 2 0 1 Griffin, Maggie 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 Doris, Jennifer 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 0 Griffin, Maggie 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Banwarth, Kayla 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 0 Hall, Kiley 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 0 Banwarth, Kayla 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 0 Licht, Lindsey 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Jennings, Alyson 0 0 0 .000 3 0 14 0 0 Licht, Lindsey 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Schwartz, Rachel 0 0 0 .000 1 0 10 0 0 Hooker, Destinee 17 2 33 .455 0 1 5 0 0 Schwartz, Rachel 0 0 0 .000 0 0 21 0 0 Totals 51 14 115 .322 45 6 41 1 12 Totals 54 11 116 .371 52 2 64 8 9 Gates, Amanda 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Mueller, Tara 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Totals 84 24 198 .303 78 5 88 4 6 Game K E TA .Pct Game K E TA .Pct 1 18 7 44 .250 1 15 4 40 .275 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME 2 13 3 30 .333 2 21 3 44 .409 Game K E TA .Pct 3 20 4 41 .390 3 18 4 32 .438 1 18 5 43 .302 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 7.0 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 12.5 2 21 7 44 .318 3 18 2 39 .410 4 17 7 47 .213 Huskers Sweep Hawaii in front of 13,396 Huskers Fall to Longhorns 5 10 3 25 .280 Lincoln –The venue was different but the result was the Austin, Texas – Sarah Pavan totaled a match-high 17 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 7.0 same as top-ranked Nebraska swept past No. 11 Hawaii, kills, but fifth-ranked Texas snapped the Huskers’ 29-match 30-22, 30-16, 30-24, in front of an NCAA regular-season win streak with a 30-22, 30-25, 30-20 victory over top-ranked Huskers Survive Tiger Scare record crowd of 13,396 at the Bob Devaney Sports Center Nebraska on Oct. 24, in Austin. Lincoln –Sarah Pavan totaled four of her match-high 22 on Oct. 21. Destinee Hooker and Juliann Faucette combined for kills in a game five, lifting No. 2 Nebraska to a 30-19, 32-34, Nebraska (19-0) remained the lone unbeaten team in 30 kills, as Texas became the first Big 12 team to sweep 30-11, 24-30, 15-10 victory Missouri on Oct. 31. the country while extending its home court winning streak the Huskers since the Longhorns accomplished the feat Pavan recorded her third double-double of the year with to 66 matches with its 17th consecutive sweep. Hawaii fell in 1997. 22 kills on .347 hitting and 14 digs, and came up big in to 16-4 with the loss and saw its 13-match winning streak With the win, Texas forged into a tie with Nebraska at game five with four kills, including each of the final two snapped at the hands of the Huskers. the top of the Big 12 standings. The Huskers swept the first points, and four digs. Her effort helped the Huskers extend The crowd of 13,396 broke the NCAA regular-season meeting between the teams in Lincoln on Sept. 12. The their home winning streak to 67 matches and bounce back attendance mark of 13,081 set earlier in the year between Huskers fell for the first time since Nov. 11, 2006, at Colorado, from their first loss of the year on Oct. 24. NU and Penn State at Qwest Center Omaha. a span of 30 matches Since then, NU had dropped only six Pavan was one of five Huskers with at least 10 kills, as Middle blocker Tracy Stalls led NU with 13 kills on a match- games and none in their previous 17 matches. Nebraska improved to 20-1 on the season and 12-1 in the high .522 hitting. It marked the first time Stalls had led NU Pavan finished with 17 kills, but the Huskers hit a Big 12. Jordan Larson totaled 17 kills and 16 digs for her in kills since September of 2006. Fellow middle blocker Kori season-low .145, nearly .200 points below their national-best ninth double-double of the year, becoming the 19th Husker Cooper added nine kills, while senior Sarah Pavan put down .343 hitting entering Wednesday’s contest and were swept to reach the 1,000-plateau. 11 kills. Hawaii’s Jamie Houston recorded a match-high 16 for the first time since the 2005 NCAA title match. Hooker Four Huskers finished with double-doubles, including kills, but also committed a match-high eight errors. tied Pavan for match-high honors, while hitting .455 on Houghtelling (14 kills, 22 digs) and Rachel Holloway (64 NU hit .322 for the match, while Hawaii managed a 33 swings. Faucette finished with 13 kills, seven digs and assists, 13 digs), while Stalls totaled 10 kills and four hitting percentage of just .140. NU also totaled six aces three blocks, as UT out-blocked the Huskers 12.5-7 and hit blocks, including a pair of solo stuffs. NU’s middle blockers and held the Rainbow Wahine without an ace. .371 against the Big Red. combined for 24 kills, including a career-high 14 from Kori Cooper on .385 hitting. Rachel Schwartz also enjoyed a career night, totaling 21 digs in helping NU post an 88-85 advantage in digs and limit the Tigers to .161 hitting, well under the .228 clip they hit in the first matchup. Nebraska Volleyball Game Notes • 2007 Boxscores & Recaps

#1 Nebraska at #12 Kansas State #2 Nebraska vs. Colorado #2 Nebraska at Iowa State (Nov. 3, 2007 at Manhattan, Kan.) (Nov. 7, 2007 at Lincoln, Neb.) (Nov. 11, 2007 at Ames, Iowa)

GAME SCORES 1 2 3 4 5 RECORDS GAME SCORES 1 2 3 RECORDS GAME SCORES 1 2 3 RECORDS Nebraska 24 27 30 30 15 21-1; 13-1 Big 12 Colorado 17 22 20 6-18, 1-15 Big 12 Nebraska 30 30 30 23-1, 15-1 Big 12 Kansas State 30 30 25 19 8 18-7; 10-5 Big 12 Nebraska 30 30 30 22-1, 14-1 Big 12 Iowa State 20 19 16 15-10, 9-7 Big 12

Nebraska K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Colorado K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Nebraska K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Houghtelling, Chris 7 3 27 .148 1 1 26 1 3 Edelman, Schylur 8 0 22 .364 0 0 0 0 3 Houghtelling, Chris 7 2 17 .294 1 0 13 0 0 Pavan, Sarah 31 7 64 .375 0 1 10 0 2 Buth, Alex 1 2 16 -.062 0 2 7 0 2 Pavan, Sarah 16 2 29 .483 0 2 8 0 2 Larson, Jordan 12 4 33 .242 0 1 7 1 3 Steinhaus, Rosie 1 1 7 .000 0 0 2 1 2 Larson, Jordan 9 3 21 .286 0 1 10 1 2 Stalls, Tracy 15 3 25 .480 0 0 1 1 8 VenHorst, Ashley 0 0 1 .000 0 0 5 0 0 Stalls, Tracy 8 2 19 .316 2 0 3 1 1 Holloway, Rachel 3 2 17 .059 72 2 13 1 5 Burkett, Kaitlyn 0 0 5 .000 29 0 9 0 1 Holloway, Rachel 7 1 9 .667 39 1 6 0 0 Cooper, Kori 6 2 14 .286 2 0 1 0 2 Gibson, Mallori 6 2 30 .133 0 1 3 0 2 Cooper, Kori 8 1 18 .389 3 0 0 0 3 Griffin, Maggie 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Sisco, Emilee 13 9 35 .114 0 0 2 0 0 Banwarth, Kayla 0 0 0 .000 5 1 19 0 0 Banwarth, Kayla 0 0 0 .000 0 1 4 0 0 Webster, Callie 0 0 0 .000 0 0 10 0 0 Gates, Amanda 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Licht, Lindsey 0 1 1 -1.000 0 0 0 0 0 Henry, Ellen 0 0 0 .000 0 0 2 0 0 Totals 55 11 113 .389 50 5 59 2 8 Schwartz, Rachel 0 0 0 .000 0 2 16 0 0 Totals 29 14 116 .129 29 3 40 1 10 Gates, Amanda 2 0 6 .333 0 0 2 0 0 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Mueller, Tara 0 3 5 -.600 0 0 4 0 0 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Game K E TA .Pct Totals 76 25 192 .266 75 8 84 4 23 Game K E TA .Pct 1 16 5 39 .282 1 13 1 39 .308 2 19 3 39 .410 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME 2 8 8 39 .000 3 20 3 35 .486 Game K E TA .Pct 3 8 5 38 .079 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 6.0 1 14 6 37 .216 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 6.0 2 15 10 53 .094 Iowa State K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA 3 21 5 47 .340 Nebraska K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Vos, Amy 0 0 0 .000 2 0 10 0 0 4 15 4 36 .306 Houghtelling, Chris 11 3 19 .421 2 0 16 0 2 Manns, Kaylee 2 0 6 .333 28 0 9 0 0 5 11 0 19 .579 Pavan, Sarah 12 3 25 .360 0 1 10 0 4 Boeve, Erin 6 4 22 .091 0 0 3 1 2 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 15.5 Larson, Jordan 17 5 29 .414 1 2 17 0 0 Bisenius, Mary 8 4 24 .167 0 0 1 0 2 Stalls, Tracy 9 1 17 .471 0 0 0 0 3 Henson, Victoria 11 6 34 .147 0 0 2 0 0 Kansas State K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Holloway, Rachel 3 0 8 .375 47 0 5 0 1 Malcom, Jen 2 1 11 .091 0 0 0 0 1 Farr, Megan 10 3 26 .269 0 0 2 0 6 Cooper, Kori 9 1 16 .500 1 0 0 1 3 Cady, Laura 0 0 0 .000 1 0 5 0 0 Korobkova, Natalya 22 12 62 .161 0 1 9 0 5 Griffin, Maggie 0 0 0 .000 5 0 2 0 0 Mass, Ashley 1 0 1 1.000 2 0 12 0 0 Jantsch, Jenny 7 9 39 -.051 1 2 6 0 6 Banwarth, Kayla 0 0 0 .000 0 0 4 0 0 Kieger, Diane 2 1 7 .143 0 0 0 0 1 Rosenthal, Lauren 0 0 0 .000 2 0 6 0 0 Licht, Lindsey 1 1 5 .000 0 0 1 0 0 Cummings, Lauren 5 4 20 .050 1 0 3 0 3 Chipman, Kelsey 12 1 23 .478 0 0 5 0 6 Schwartz, Rachel 0 0 0 .000 0 0 6 0 0 Williams, Rachel 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Spiegelberg, Stacey 5 2 10 .300 61 0 10 0 3 Gates, Amanda 0 1 2 -.500 0 0 1 0 1 Totals 37 20 126 .135 34 0 45 1 9 Mathewson, Lauren 0 0 0 .000 1 0 6 0 0 Mueller, Tara 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Liliom, Rita 14 5 43 .209 0 0 4 0 1 Totals 62 15 121 .388 56 3 62 1 14 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Townsend, Leslie 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Game K E TA .Pct Lastra, Angie 0 0 0 .000 3 0 32 0 0 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME 1 14 7 41 .171 Totals 70 32 203 .187 68 3 80 0 27 Game K E TA .Pct 2 13 7 46 .130 1 23 3 37 .541 3 10 6 39 .103 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME 2 16 6 38 .263 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 5.5 Game K E TA .Pct 3 23 6 46 .370 1 20 6 41 .341 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 8.0 2 14 8 49 .122 Banwarth Shines in Husker Sweep of ISU 3 16 4 47 .255 Ames, Iowa – Kayla Banwarth enjoyed a successful 4 15 11 44 .091 Larson Powers Huskers Past Colorado homecoming, totaling a career-high 19 digs in her first 5 5 3 22 .091 Lincoln – Jordan Larson’s 17 kills and 17 digs led career start, leading No. 2 Nebraska to a 30-20, 30-19, TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 13.5 three Husker double-doubles, as No. 2 Nebraska rolled 30-16 victory over Iowa State on Nov. 11. past Colorado, 30-17, 30-22, 30-20, on Nov. 7 Banwarth, playing in front of nearly 40 family and Huskers Top ‘Cats in Five Larson paced a blistering NU attack, hitting .414 on friends who made the drive from Dubuque, keyed the Manhattan, Kan. – Behind a season-high 31 kills from 29 swings, as she matched her season best in kills and Huskers’ defensive efforts, as Nebraska (23-1, 15-1 Sarah Pavan, No. 2 Nebraska overcame a 2-0 deficit to fell one shy of a season high in digs en route to posting Big 12) held Iowa State to. 135 hitting and out dug the rally for a 3-2 victory against No. 12 Kansas State, 24-30, her team-best 10th double-double. It was also the first Cyclones, 59-45. The all-around effort silenced the Hilton 27-30, 30-25, 30-19, 15-8 at Ahearn Field House. time in 12 matches that Larson paced NU (22-1, 14-1 Coliseum crowd of 6,705 – the largest collegiate crowd Pavan blistered the Wildcats for a Big 12-high 31 to ever see a volleyball match in Iowa. Banwarth also kills on .375 hitting – the second-highest performance Big 12) in kills, while she also chipped in a pair of aces of her career - and added 10 digs, as the Huskers in the win. chipped in five assists and a service ace as Nebraska improved to 21-1 on the season and moved into a tie Fellow outside hitters Christina Houghtelling and totaled five aces and held Iowa State (15-11, 9-7 Big with Texas for the Big 12 lead, Sarah Pavan joined Larson in posting double-doubles 12) without an ace. Pavan’s effort led the comeback, as the Huskers hit against the Buffaloes. Houghtelling totaled 11 kills on While Banwarth keyed NU’s defensive efforts, Rachel over .300 in each of the final three contests, including .421 hitting and 16 digs, while Pavan chipped in 12 kills, Holloway guided a potent Husker attack by totaling 39 .579 in the finale, as NU played error-free ball. Tracy 10 digs and four blocks. assists and seven kills to help NU hit .388 against Stalls totaled 15 kills on .480 hitting and a season- Rachel Holloway guided the Huskers to a .388 hitting a team that was third in the conference in opponent high nine blocks, while Jordan Larson chipped in 12 percentage – their best effort in over a month, as she hitting percentage. NU hit over .400 in each of the final two games, including .486 in the finale. Sarah Pavan kills and four blocks, as NU out-blocked the Wildcats, totaled 47 assists and helped all five primary attackers paced the Huskers’ offensive efforts with a match-high 15.5-13.5. hit over .350 in NU’s 19th sweep of the year. 16 kills on .483 hitting and two aces, as six Huskers Rachel Holloway established career highs in assists While NU’s offensive effort was sharp, NU Coach John (72) and blocks (six) while adding 13 digs to help totaled at least seven kills in the sweep, the Huskers’ Cook was more pleased with the Huskers’ work on the 20th in 24 matches. NU out-hit KSU, .266-187. Outside hitter Christina defensive side of the net, recording 62 digs and holding Houghtelling also turned in another career high with CU to .129 hitting. 26 digs and added seven kills and four blocks. Nebraska Volleyball Game Notes • 2007 Boxscores & Recaps

#2 Nebraska at Texas A&M #2 Nebraska vs. #22 Oklahoma #2 Nebraska at Baylor (Nov. 14, 2007 at College Station, Texas) (Nov. 17, 2007 at Lincoln, Neb.) (Nov. 21, 2007 at Waco, Texas)

GAME SCORES 1 2 3 RECORDS GAME SCORES 1 2 3 RECORDS GAME SCORES 1 2 3 RECORDS Nebraska 30 30 30 24-1, 16-1 Big 12 Oklahoma 18 25 20 20-8, 12-6 Big 12 Nebraska 30 30 30 26-1, 18-1 Big 12 Texas A&M 26 23 22 18-10, 7-10 Big 12 Nebraska 30 30 30 25-1, 17-1 Big 12 Baylor 11 18 26 14-16, 6-13 Big 12

Nebraska K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Oklahoma K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Nebraska K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Houghtelling, Chris 7 4 17 .176 1 2 10 2 1 Chester, Julie 3 1 8 .250 27 0 2 0 0 Houghtelling, Chris 8 1 17 .412 1 1 17 0 1 Pavan, Sarah 20 6 40 .350 1 2 10 0 2 Barnes, Lacy 0 0 0 .000 0 0 4 0 0 Pavan, Sarah 10 3 23 .304 0 5 4 0 3 Larson, Jordan 11 5 30 .200 3 4 6 1 1 Weiland, Sarah 13 8 33 .152 2 0 8 0 2 Larson, Jordan 12 3 36 .250 3 2 9 3 1 Stalls, Tracy 7 1 13 .462 3 0 3 0 4 Laplante, Bridget 7 5 30 .067 2 0 10 0 1 Stalls, Tracy 10 2 16 .500 0 0 1 0 2 Holloway, Rachel 3 2 8 .125 40 1 9 0 2 Ekwerekwu, Francie 5 2 16 .188 0 0 0 0 0 Holloway, Rachel 2 0 4 .500 35 1 4 0 0 Cooper, Kori 3 2 14 .071 0 0 1 2 1 Disarro, Chrissy 7 3 19 .211 0 0 1 2 6 Cooper, Kori 6 1 15 .333 0 0 1 0 4 Banwarth, Kayla 0 0 0 .000 3 0 11 0 0 Sharp, Hannah 0 0 0 .000 3 0 16 0 0 Griffin, Maggie 0 0 0 .000 7 0 0 0 0 Totals 51 20 122 .254 51 9 50 5 11 Fotu, Jackie 2 4 9 -.222 0 0 1 0 3 Banwarth, Kayla 0 0 0 .000 1 0 14 0 0 Totals 37 23 115 .122 34 0 42 2 12 Licht, Lindsey 1 2 5 -.200 0 0 0 0 1 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Schwartz, Rachel 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Game K E TA .Pct TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Totals 49 12 116 .319 47 9 50 3 12 1 19 7 46 .261 Game K E TA .Pct 2 16 7 32 .281 1 13 10 42 .071 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME 3 16 6 44 .227 2 12 6 41 .146 Game K E TA .Pct TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 10.5 3 12 7 32 .156 1 14 1 27 .481 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 8.0 2 18 5 45 .289 Texas A&M K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA 3 17 6 44 .250 Bryant, Kelsey 6 1 12 .417 1 0 3 0 0 Nebraska K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 9.0 Stanton, Kelly 4 4 14 .000 0 0 1 0 1 Houghtelling, Chris 11 3 24 .333 1 0 16 2 1 Schevikhoven,Kristen 2 2 9 .000 27 1 5 0 1 Pavan, Sarah 12 7 30 .167 0 1 3 0 2 Baylor K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Phillips, Jillian 3 3 12 .000 1 0 3 1 1 Larson, Jordan 11 4 26 .269 0 2 5 0 2 Modglin, Amanda 7 3 18 .222 0 0 0 0 3 Ammerman, Sarah 8 8 35 .000 0 0 8 1 1 Stalls, Tracy 11 0 13 .846 1 1 3 0 3 Barnes, Taylor 5 1 10 .400 22 0 8 0 2 Batis, Mary 13 6 32 .219 2 0 9 0 0 Holloway, Rachel 2 0 7 .286 37 0 7 0 2 Smith, Kelsey 4 5 25 -.040 1 1 9 0 1 Moore, Jen 0 0 0 .000 1 0 13 0 0 Cooper, Kori 3 2 8 .125 1 0 0 1 1 Breyfogle, Anna 4 1 9 .333 1 0 1 0 1 Cadavid, Stephanie 0 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0 0 Griffin, Maggie 0 0 0 .000 10 0 0 0 0 Thomas, Haley 3 6 18 -.167 0 0 2 0 0 Donaldson, Darla 1 2 5 -.200 0 0 1 0 0 Banwarth, Kayla 0 0 1 .000 1 0 13 0 0 Schramek, Kristen 0 0 0 .000 0 0 5 0 0 Banse, Jenny 1 0 2 .500 1 0 1 0 0 Licht, Lindsey 2 0 2 1.000 0 0 1 1 0 Grace, Sarah 0 0 0 .000 3 0 13 0 0 Totals 38 26 121 .099 34 1 45 2 4 Gates, Amanda 4 2 9 .222 0 0 0 0 3 Elliott, Mandy 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 56 18 120 .317 51 4 48 4 14 Bates, Mady 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 0 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Christenson, Ashlie 7 5 25 .080 2 0 6 0 1 Game K E TA .Pct TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Totals 30 21 105 .086 29 2 44 0 8 1 18 7 44 .250 Game K E TA .Pct 2 13 3 30 .333 1 16 4 33 .364 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME 3 20 4 41 .390 2 18 11 50 .140 Game K E TA .Pct TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 7.0 3 22 3 37 .514 1 6 9 29 -.103 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 11.0 2 9 4 33 .152 3 15 8 43 .163 Larson, Huskers Ace Texas A&M TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 4.0 College Station, Texas - Jordan Larson had four of Stalls, Huskers Sweep Sooners Huskers Carve Up Bears Lincoln – Tracy Stalls delivered 11 kills on just 13 the Huskers’ season-high nine service aces, leading Waco, Texas – Behind a career-high five service aces swings, as No. 2 Nebraska swept No. 22 Oklahoma, second-ranked Nebraska to a 30-26, 30-23, 30-22 sweep from Sarah Pavan, second-ranked Nebraska picked up 30-18, 30-25, 30-20 on Nov. 17. at Texas A&M at G. Rollie White Coliseum. its 23rd sweep of the year with a 30-11, 30-18, 30-26 Larson matched her season best with four aces, as Stalls, a senior middle blocker from Denver, Colo., victory over Baylor. the Huskers improved to 24-1 on the season and 16-1 paced the Husker attack with 11 kills on .846 hitting, Pavan led a potent serving attack for the Big Red, as in the Big 12. Sarah Pavan and Christina Houghtelling the best night of her career and the third-highest hitting the Huskers carved up Baylor with nine aces to match also added two aces, as NU tied its season high in aces percentage in school history. Stalls was successful on NU’s season high in that category. Pavan, whose previous for the third time this year. her first seven attempts en route to reaching double career high was four, matched that total in game one Pavan led the Huskers with her third double-double figures in kills for the seventh time this season. She alone, while Rachel Holloway’s ace on match point in four matches, leading NU with 20 kills on .350 also chipped in three blocks, as the Huskers improved provided the exclamation point for Nebraska. hitting, 10 digs and a pair of blocks. Jordan Larson to 25-1 overall and 17-1 in the Big 12. While the Husker servers feasted on the Bears, totaled 11 kills and a pair of stuffs, as Nebraska held Sarah Pavan led four Huskers in double figures with Nebraska turned in a solid effort on both ends of the the Aggies (18-10, 7-10 Big 12) to .099 hitting and 12 kills, while Christina Houghtelling, Jordan Larson court, hitting .319 as a team and placing three players totaled 10.5 blocks, including four by Tracy Stalls and and Stalls added 11 kills apiece, helping NU out-hit the in double figures in kills. Jordan Larson paced a balanced three by both Houghtelling and Kori Cooper. Sooners .317 to .122. Houghtelling collected her ninth attack with 12 kills, nine digs, four blocks and two aces, double-double of the year with a match-high 16 digs, while Pavan and Tracy Stalls chipped in 10 kills apiece. while also adding three blocks, including a pair of solo Stalls hit .500 on 16 swings and chipped in a pair of stuffs. blocks. Christina Houghtelling nearly enjoyed a double- double of her own with eight kills on .412 hitting and a match-high 17 digs. Nebraska Volleyball Game Notes • 2007 Boxscores & Recaps

#2 Nebraska vs. Texas Tech #2 Nebraska vs. South Dakota State #2 Nebraska vs. Wichita State (Nov. 24, 2007 at Lincoln, Neb.) (Nov. 30, 2007 at Lincoln, Neb.) (Dec. 1, 2007 at Lincoln, Neb.)

GAME SCORES 1 2 3 RECORDS GAME SCORES 1 2 3 RECORDS GAME SCORES 1 2 3 RECORDS Texas Tech 18 10 11 7-22, 1-19 Big 12 South Dakota State 13 14 13 25-11 Wichita State 22 19 19 27-6 Nebraska 30 30 30 27-1, 19-1 Big 12 Nebraska 30 30 30 28-1 Nebraska 30 30 30 29-1

Texas Tech K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA South Dakota State K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Wichita State K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Gandy, Amy 11 5 38 .158 1 0 2 0 1 Melia Iwamoto 0 1 2 -.500 14 0 5 0 0 Stockman, Emily 9 8 38 .026 2 0 7 0 0 Vincent, Jackie 0 0 0 .000 0 0 3 0 0 Mackenzie Angner 5 10 33 -.152 1 0 4 0 0 Lungren, Sara 12 5 26 .269 1 0 9 0 2 Flores, Michelle 7 4 16 .188 0 0 2 0 0 Kristina Martin 4 5 20 -.050 0 2 8 0 0 Harsh, Abby 2 1 9 .111 27 1 9 0 0 Ostmeyer, Alicia 2 1 10 .100 0 0 0 0 2 Amy Anderson 7 1 13 .462 0 0 0 0 0 Tokarz, Stephanie 5 1 14 .286 0 0 0 0 2 Courtney, Caroline 2 3 10 -.100 0 0 0 0 0 Emily Rooney 2 2 12 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Granville, Melissa 0 0 2 .000 0 0 6 0 0 Dunnam, Kourtney 0 0 3 .000 19 0 3 0 1 Annie Adams 1 4 11 -.273 0 0 0 0 0 Jakubov, Angela 2 0 5 .400 0 0 1 0 0 Spearman, Jaclyn 0 0 0 .000 0 0 4 0 0 Nicole Peters 0 1 2 -.500 3 0 0 0 0 Broussard, Kelly 0 0 1 .000 0 0 12 0 0 Harrell, Jenn 0 0 0 .000 1 1 7 0 0 Rachel Dahl 0 0 0 .000 0 1 2 0 0 Moore, Amanda 0 1 3 -.333 0 0 0 0 0 Hood, Brandi 1 3 9 -.222 0 0 1 0 2 Justine Olsen 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Eckenrode, Lindsey 5 4 14 .071 1 0 1 0 0 Sbragia, Amanda 0 0 3 .000 0 0 1 0 0 Stacey Wernert 0 0 0 .000 0 0 3 0 0 Anderson, Kaitlyn 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 23 16 89 .079 21 1 23 0 6 Samantha Pearson 0 0 0 .000 1 1 11 0 0 Niggemeyer, Katie 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 1 0 Mackenzie Osadchuk 0 0 3 .000 0 0 2 0 0 Keys, Taylor 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Totals 19 24 96 -.052 19 4 35 0 0 McGee, Sarah 0 1 2 -.500 0 0 0 0 0 Game K E TA .Pct Totals 35 21 115 .122 31 1 45 1 4 1 11 5 34 .176 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME 2 5 4 21 .048 Game K E TA .Pct TEAM ATTACK PER GAME 3 7 7 34 .000 1 6 8 33 -.061 Game K E TA .Pct TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 3.0 2 9 10 36 -.028 1 16 5 39 .282 3 4 6 27 -.074 2 19 3 39 .410 Nebraska K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 0.0 3 20 3 35 .486 Griffin, Maggie 1 2 4 -.250 40 0 9 0 3 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 6.0 Houghtelling, Chris 10 3 20 .350 0 3 10 1 2 Nebraska K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Pavan, Sarah 18 2 25 .640 1 5 5 0 1 Pavan, Sarah 10 0 25 .400 0 1 4 0 1 Nebraska K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Larson, Jordan 6 2 17 .235 1 1 6 0 1 Larson, Jordan 8 0 12 .667 3 5 7 2 2 Houghtelling, Chris 0 2 4 -.500 0 0 2 0 0 Stalls, Tracy 13 0 13 1.000 0 0 3 0 3 Stalls, Tracy 11 2 16 .562 0 1 2 2 4 Pavan, Sarah 15 2 27 .481 0 1 8 1 2 Cooper, Kori 5 2 10 .300 2 0 1 1 3 Holloway, Rachel 5 0 7 .714 36 1 6 0 3 Larson, Jordan 11 2 28 .321 3 5 9 2 0 Banwarth, Kayla 0 0 0 .000 2 0 8 0 0 Cooper, Kori 1 1 8 .000 1 0 0 0 3 Stalls, Tracy 10 3 18 .389 0 0 3 0 4 Gates, Amanda 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Mueller, Tara 5 5 16 .000 0 0 0 0 2 Holloway, Rachel 1 0 7 .143 40 2 8 0 4 Totals 53 11 89 .472 46 9 42 2 13 Griffin, Maggie 0 0 0 .000 3 0 2 0 0 Cooper, Kori 6 2 13 .308 1 0 2 0 2 Banwarth, Kayla 1 0 1 1.000 2 1 14 0 0 Griffin, Maggie 0 0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Licht, Lindsey 3 1 5 .400 0 0 1 0 0 Banwarth, Kayla 0 0 1 .000 1 1 13 0 0 Game K E TA .Pct Schwartz, Rachel 0 0 0 .000 1 1 9 0 0 Licht, Lindsey 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 20 5 33 .455 Gates, Amanda 3 1 8 .250 0 0 0 0 1 Schwartz, Rachel 0 0 0 .000 0 1 6 0 0 2 18 2 29 .552 Totals 47 10 98 .378 46 10 45 4 16 Mueller, Tara 9 3 19 .316 0 0 3 1 0 3 15 4 27 .407 Totals 52 14 117 .325 46 11 54 4 12 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 8.5 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Game K E TA .Pct TEAM ATTACK PER GAME 1 17 4 34 .382 Game K E TA .Pct Stalls, Seniors Lift Huskers to Big 12 Crown 2 16 3 34 .382 1 21 4 40 .425 Lincoln – Tracy Stalls tied an NCAA record by putting 3 14 3 30 .367 2 15 5 40 .250 down 13 kills on 13 swings for a perfect 1.000 attack 3 16 5 37 .297 percentage, as the Husker volleyball team sent Stalls TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 12.0 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 10.0 and NU’s three other seniors out in style with a 30-18, 30-10, 30-11 sweep of Texas Tech. Huskers Advance with Sweep of SDSU NU Sweeps Shockers; Advances to Regionals Stalls’ perfect evening marked the second time Lincoln – Tracy Stalls totaled 11 kills and six blocks, Lincoln – Sarah Pavan totaled a match-high 15 kills, in school history that a Husker had enjoyed a perfect while Jordan Larson added eight kills on .667 hitting and while Jordan Larson totaled five of NU’s season-high 11 attack percentage, as Megan Korver was a perfect 10- five service aces to help No. 2 Nebraska to a 3-0 sweep aces in propelling the Huskers to a 3-0 sweep of Wichita for-10 against Iowa State on Sept. 25, 1998. Only two of South Dakota State on Nov. 30. State on Saturday. players in NCAA history – Katie Silliman of Arkansas Nebraska hit at least .367 in every game, while South Pavan, one of four seniors playing their final match State (10/11/98) and Angie Jeffries of UMKC (10/8/99) Dakota State hit negative in each of the three games. The at the NU Coliseum, finished with 15 kills on .481 hitting – had more kills while hitting 1.000 in a match. Huskers also recorded 12 blocks, while the Jackrabbits to lead three Huskers with double figures in kills. Larson The Huskers’ senior class of Stalls, Maggie Griffin, were unable to record a single stuff. added 11 kills, nine digs and five aces, while Tracy Stalls Christina Houghtelling and Sarah Pavan all starred as On the match, NU hit .378, while SDSU committed 24 pounded 10 kills and had four blocks, as the seniors Nebraska clinched a share of the Big 12 title and the errors and recorded just 19 kills en route to a season-low wrapped up their 72nd consecutive home win. Nebraska automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament. -.052 attack percentage. also received a big contribution from freshman Tara With Griffin earning the starting nod for the first time Stalls and Sarah Pavan paced the potent Nebraska Mueller, who pounded out nine kills on a .316 hitting. this season, the Huskers were precise, hitting .472 on offense with 11 and 10 kills, respectively, while Larson Larson’s five aces led the Husker serving barrage, the match. Griffin totaled season highs in assists (40) added eight kills on 12 swings without an error. Larson as Nebraska reached double figures in aces for the and digs (nine) while recording her first three blocks also added a season-high five aces, as six different second straight match. The Huskers had an edge in and first kill of the year. Besides Stalls’ record-breaking performance, Huskers contributed for a season-high 10 aces. Larson nearly every statistical category, out-hitting the Shockers Pavan had a match-high 18 kills on only 25 swings, also totaled seven digs and became the third Husker to .325-to-.122, totaling 52 kills to WSU’s 35. Defensively, while tying a career high with five aces. Houghtelling record 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs in a career. the Huskers recorded 10 blocks to Wichita State’s three, collected her 10th double-double of the year with 10 while Nebraska out-dug the Shockers 54-45. kills on 20 swings and 10 digs while also matching her season high with three aces.