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NEBRASKA VOLLEYBALL TWITTER FACEBOOK INSTAGRAM NO. 1 IN AVCA ALL-AMERICANS • NO. 1 IN ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS @HUSKERVBALL HUSKERVOLLEYBALL HUSKERVOLLEYBALL SID: NATE POHLEN | OFFICE: (402) 472-7781 | EMAIL: [email protected] 2015 SCHEDULE Nebraska Invitational • Lincoln, Neb. • Bob Devaney Sports Center (7,907) TULSA TV: None Friday: 4:30 p.m.-Grand Canyon vs. Pittsburgh | 7 p.m.-Nebraska vs. Tulsa Aug. 28 Devaney Center 7 p.m. Internet: BTN Plus / / Saturday: 10 a.m.-Pittsburgh vs. Tulsa | Noon-Nebraska vs. Grand Canyon | 5 p.m.-Tulsa vs. Grand Canyon | 7 p.m.-Nebraska vs. Pittsburgh GRAND CANYON TV: None Aug. 29 / Devaney Center / Noon Internet: BTN Plus WATCHWATCH TV: NoneTV: None | Internet | Internet Broadcast: Broadcast: BTN PlusBTN (subscriptionPlus (subscription required) required) PITTSBURGH TV: None LISTENLISTEN Radio:Radio: Husker HSN Sports (Lincoln Network - B107.3 (Lincoln FM, Omaha - B107.3 - 105.9 FM, OmahaFM Friday, - AM AM 590) 590 Saturday)| Live Audio: | Live Huskers.com Audio: Huskers.com Aug. 29 / Devaney Center / 7 p.m. Internet: BTN Plus FOLLOWFOLLOW LiveLive Stats: Stats: Huskers.com Huskers.com | Twitter: | Twitter: @HuskerVball @HuskerVball | Facebook: | Facebook: HuskerVolleyball HuskerVolleyball @TEXAS TV: Longhorn Network Sept. 4 / Austin, Texas / 6 p.m. Internet: ESPN3.com Head Coach: John Cook vs. OREGON TV: Longhorn Network NEBRASKA HUSKERS School Record: 436-58 (16th year) Sept. 5 / Austin, Texas / 5 p.m. Internet: ESPN3.com Record: 0-0, 0-0 B1G AVCA Rank: T-5 Career Record: 597-131 (23rd year) UC DAVIS TV: None Sept. 11 / Devaney Center / 6 p.m. Internet: BTN Plus TULSA GOLDEN HURRICANE Head Coach: Ryan Wills USF TV: None School Record: 22-9 (2nd year) Sept. 12 / Devaney Center / 10 a.m. Internet: HuskersNSide Record: 0-0, 0-0 AAC AVCA Rank: NR Career Record: Same GEORGIA TECH TV: None Series Record: Tied 0-0 Last Meeting: N/A Sept. 12 / Devaney Center / 3:30 p.m. Internet: HuskersNSide @CREIGHTON TV: None Head Coach: Kris Naber Sept. 15 / Omaha, Neb. (CenturyLink) / 7 p.m. Internet: GoCreighton.com GRAND CANYON ANTELOPES School Record: 325-273 (21st year) @IOWA STATE TV: None Record: 0-0, 0-0 WAC AVCA Rank: NR Career Record: Same Sept. 19 / Ames, Iowa / 4 p.m. Internet: Cyclones.com Series Record: Tied 0-0 Last Meeting: N/A @IOWA TV: None Sept. 23 / Iowa City, Iowa / 7 p.m. Internet: BTN Plus Head Coach: Dan Fisher IOWA TV: None PITTSBURGH PANTHERS School Record: 44-20 (3rd year) Sept. 26 Devaney Center 7 p.m. Internet: HuskersNSide / / Record: 0-0, 0-0 ACC AVCA Rank: NR Career Record: 119-22 (5th year) @PENN STATE TV: BTN Oct. 2 / University Park, Pa. / 6 p.m. Internet: BTN2GO.com Series Record: Nebraska leads 11-0 Last Meeting: Nebraska 3-0 (Aug. 31, 2002) @OHIO STATE TV: None NOTES TO KNOW Oct. 3 / Columbus, Ohio / 6 p.m. Internet: BTN Plus MICHIGAN STATE TV: BTN The No. 5 Nebraska volleyball team opens the 2015 regular season with the Nebraska Invitational at the Bob Devaney Sports Oct. 7 / Devaney Center / 7 p.m. Internet: BTN2GO.com Center this weekend. MICHIGAN TV: NET The Huskers will host Tulsa on Friday night at 7 p.m. in the season opener. NU will then play Grand Canyon at Noon and Oct. 10 / Devaney Center / 7 p.m. Internet: BTN Plus Pittsburgh at 7 p.m. on Saturday. Each team will play three matches in the round-robin tournament. Nebraska’s matches will @NORTHWESTERN TV: None not be televised but will be streamed online at BTN2GO.com with a BTN Plus subscription. Oct. 16 / Evanston, Ill. / 7 p.m. Internet: BTN Plus Saturday’s matches are split into two sessions, a 10 a.m./Noon session and 5 p.m./7 p.m. session. Fans will have to clear @ILLINOIS TV: BTN the arena between the Noon and 5 p.m. matches and re-enter with a separate ticket for the evening session. Doors open Oct. 17 Champaign, Ill. 7:30 p.m. Internet: BTN2GO.com / / 60 minutes before matches not involving Nebraska, and 90 minutes before Husker matches. New this year, a shuttle bus MINNESOTA TV: NET ¨ will transport students to and from the arena. The shuttle will run 90 minutes before Husker matches and will run every 20 Oct. 23 / Devaney Center / 7 p.m. Internet: BTN Plus minutes, making stops at the same locations as for basketball. WISCONSIN TV: TBA Oct. 24 / Devaney Center / 7 p.m. Internet: TBA Nebraska Head Coach John Cook enters the 2015 season three wins away from number 600 for his career. Cook is 597-131 entering his 23rd season as a head coach. With three wins, he will become the 15th active Division I head coach to reach 600 RUTGERS TV: NET Oct. 30 / Devaney Center / 7 p.m. Internet: BTN Plus career wins. MARYLAND TV: NET Oct. 31 / Devaney Center / 7 p.m. Internet: BTN Plus Experienced Huskers Set for 2015 @PURDUE TV: BTN One year after rolling out the youngest team in school history, the Nebraska volleyball team enters 2015 with an experienced Nov. 4 / West Lafayette, Ind. / 6 p.m. Internet: BTN2GO.com group that has been to three straight NCAA regional finals. The Huskers had just one senior last season but have four this year. @INDIANA TV: None Additionally, the Huskers have three juniors who have started nearly every match the past two seasons. Nov. 7 / Bloomington, Ind. / 6 p.m. Internet: BTN Plus Junior outside hitter Kadie Rolfzen is a two-time All-American and All-Big Ten selection who recorded 3.55 kills per set last @MICHIGAN STATE TV: None season. Senior outside hitter Kelsey Fien is also coming off All-Big Ten honors after 3.21 kills per set last year. Junior libero Nov. 11 / East Lansing, Mich. / 6 p.m. Internet: BTN Plus Justine Wong-Orantes is the first player to lead the Huskers in digs as both a freshman and a sophomore after recording @MARYLAND TV: None Nov. 14 / College Park, Md. / 6 p.m. Internet: BTN Plus 3.85 per set last year. Sophomores Annika Albrecht and Sydney Townsend are back after solid freshman seasons in the back row. NU has great depth at middle blocker with seniors Meghan Haggerty and Cecilia Hall, as well as junior Amber INDIANA TV: TBA Nov. 18 / Devaney Center / 7 p.m. Internet: TBA Rolfzen in the fold. @MICHIGAN TV: None The Huskers are reloading at setter, where sophomore Kelly Hunter takes the reins after redshirting last season. Hunter Nov. 21/ Ann Arbor, Mich. / 6:30 p.m. Internet: BTN Plus was the nation’s top high school setter in 2012-13 by PrepVolleyball.com and played in 16 matches as a freshman in 2013. She ILLINOIS TV: TBA and senior outside hitter Alicia Ostrander will captain the 2015 squad. Outside hitter Olivia Boender is ready to step on the Nov. 25 / Devaney Center / 7 p.m. Internet: TBA court for the Big Red after redshirting in her first year at NU. PENN STATE TV: TBA Aug. 28 / Devaney Center / 7 p.m. Internet: TBA Talented Newcomers Join the Fray NCAA FIRST AND SECOND ROUNDS TV: TBA NU welcomes one of the nation’s top recruiting classes, including outside hitter Mikaela Foecke (West Point, Iowa), the No. Dec. 4-5 / TBA / TBA Internet: TBA 2 overall prospect by PrepVolleyball.com, and Kenzie Maloney (Louisville, Ky.), the publication’s top-ranked libero. Setter NCAA REGIONALS TV: TBA Brooke Smith (Weatherford, Texas) and middle blocker Tiani Reeves (Gothenburg, Neb.) also come highly acclaimed, Dec. 11-12 / TBA / TBA Internet: TBA though Reeves is set for a redshirt season. Junior middle blocker Briana Holman, a first-team All-American at LSU and NCAA SEMIFINALS AND FINAL TV: TBA Dec. 17-19 / CenturyLink Center Omaha Internet: TBA January transfer, must sit out 2015 without her scholarship release from LSU. 2015 NEBRASKA VOLLEYBALL 1995, 2000, 2006 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS QUICK FACTS 2015 NEBRASKA HUSKERS ROSTER GENERAL INFORMATION No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown (Previous School) Name of School University of Nebraska 2 Mikaela Foecke MB/OH 6-3 Fr. West Point, Iowa (Holy Trinity Catholic) City, Zip Lincoln, NE 68588 3 Kelly Hunter S 5-11 So. Papillion, Neb. (Papillion-La Vista South) Founded 1869 4 Justine Wong-Orantes L 5-6 Jr. Cypress, Calif. (Los Alamitos) Enrollment 25,006 5 Amber Rolfzen MB/OH 6-3 Jr. Papillion, Neb. (Papillion-La Vista South) Nickname Cornhuskers, Huskers 6 Kadie Rolfzen OH 6-3 Jr. Papillion, Neb. (Papillion-La Vista South) School Colors Scarlet and Cream 7 Sydney Townsend DS/L 5-8 So. Lincoln, Neb. (Pius X) Affiliation NCAA Division I 8 Brooke Smith S 5-10 Fr. Weatherford, Texas (Azle) Conference Big Ten 9 Cecilia Hall MB 6-3 Sr. Linkoping, Sweden (Allebergsgymnasiet) President Dr. Hank M. Bounds 10 Alicia Ostrander OH 6-3 Sr. Gordon, Neb. (Gordon-Rushville) Chancellor Harvey Perlman, J.D. 11 Kenzie Maloney DS/L 5-8 Fr. Louisville, Ky. (Assumption) Director of Athletics Shawn Eichorst 13 Briana Holman* MB 6-1 Jr. DeSoto, Texas (LSU/Cedar Hill) Facility (Capacity) Bob Devaney Sports Center (7,907) 14 Kelsey Fien OH 6-3 Sr. Bakersfield, Calif. (Frontier) Athletic Department Phone 402-472-4224 17 Annika Albrecht OH 6-0 So. North Aurora, Ill. (Home Schooled) Ticket Office Phone (402) 472-3111 20 Meghan Haggerty MB 6-3 Sr. Glen Ellyn, Ill. (Benet Academy) (800-8-BIG-RED) 22 Tiani Reeves MB/OH 6-1 Fr. Gothenburg, Neb. (Gothenburg) 27 Olivia Boender OH 6-2 RFr. Waverly, Neb. (Waverly) VOLLEYBALL HISTORY *Can not play due to NCAA transfer rules First Year of Volleyball 1975 Overall All-Time Record 1,213-227-12 (.840) COACHING STAFF Conference All-Time Record 522-46 (.919) Head Coach: John Cook (16th year; San Diego, 1979) NCAA Tournament Years 33 straight Assistant Coach: Dani Busboom Kelly (4th year; Nebraska, 2007) NCAA Tournament Record 92-30 Assistant Coach: Chris Tamas (1st year; Pacific, 2003) NCAA Semifinal Appearances 11 (Last,