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2006 VOLLEYBALL -- Oct. 27, 2006 Contact: Shamus McKnight • Office Phone: (402) 472-7772 • Cell Phone: (402) 540-0268 • Fax Number: (402) 472-2005 • E-Mail: [email protected] 2006 Husker Volleyball Schedule Date Opponent/Tournament Time This Week in Husker Volleyball Aug. 29 No. 20 San Diego W, 3-0 Sept. 1-3 Nebraska Invitational 1st Match #20 No. 1 Nebraska (19-0, 11-0) at Kansas State (9-13, 1-11 Big 12) Sept. 1 vs. St. Mary’s W, 3-0 Saturday, Oct. 28 • Manhattan, Kan. (Ahearn Fieldhouse) • 7 p.m. Sept. 2 vs. Middle Tennessee W, 3-0 Radio: Husker Sports Network ( B107.3 FM in Lincoln and Omaha) and Huskers.com Live Stats: Huskers.com Sept. 3 vs. Long Beach State W, 3-0 Live Video Feed: HuskersNside Sept. 8-10 Ameritas Players Challenge 1st Sept. 8 vs. No. 20 Louisville W, 3-0 Sept. 9 vs. No. 25 Cal Poly W, 3-0 Match #21 No. 1 Nebraska at Texas Tech (10-11, 3-9 Big 12) Sept. 10 vs. Minnesota (NET/CSTV) W, 3-1 Wednesday, Nov. 1 • Lubbock, Texas (United Spirit Arena) • 7 p.m. Radio: Husker Sports Network ( B107.3 FM in Lincoln and Omaha) and Huskers.com Sept. 13 Kansas^ (NET/CSTV) W, 3-0 Live Stats: Huskers.com Sept. 16 at Oklahoma^ W, 3-0 Live Video Feed: HuskersNside Sept. 20 Iowa State^ W, 3-0 Sept. 23 Texas Tech^ (NET/CSTV) W, 3-0 Sept. 24 at Creighton W, 3-1 Sept. 30 at Baylor^ W, 3-1 No. 1 Huskers Head to Kansas State on Saturday Oct. 4 Kansas State^ (NET/CSTV) W, 3-0 Following a sweep of 16th-ranked Missouri on Wednesday night, the No. Oct. 7 at Texas A&M^ W, 3-0 1-ranked Nebraska volleyball team travels to Manhattan, Kan., to take on Did You Know? Oct. 11 at No. 15 Missouri^ (FSN) W, 3-0 a dangerous Kansas State squad this Saturday, Oct. 28. First serve between •-Nebraska’s .425 hitting percentage Oct. 14 Colorado^ W, 3-0 the Huskers (19-0, 11-0 Big 12) and Wildcats (9-13, 1-11 Big 12) is set for on Wednesday against No. 16 Oct. 18 at No. 9 Texas^ (ESPNU) W, 3-2 Missouri was its best peformance Oct. 25 No. 16 Missouri^ (FSN) W, 3-0 7 p.m. and will be carried on B107.3 FM in Lincoln and Omaha, and Huskers. against a ranked team since hitting Oct. 28 at Kansas State^ 7 p.m. com. HuskersNside subscribers can also watch Saturday’s match exclusively on .449 against Santa Clara in the 2005 Nov. 1 at Texas Tech^ 7 p.m. HuskersNside. Saturday’s match at Kansas State begins a challenging stretch NCAA semifinals. Nov. 4 No. 20 Oklahoma^ (NET/CSTV) TBA for NU, as it will play four of its next five matches away from the NU Coliseum. •-Wednesday’s match against Nov. 8 at Iowa State^ 6:30 p.m. The Huskers come off one of their best perfomances of the year, sweeping Missouri was the first time in 54 Nov. 11 at Colorado^ 8 p.m. the No. 16 Tigers with an impressive offensive barrage. Nebraska hit .425 as matches that NU did not record an Nov. 15 Texas A&M^ 7 p.m. a team and had four players - Sarah Pavan, Jordan Larson, Dani Mancuso and ace. The streak dated back to the Nov. 18 Baylor^ 2 p.m. 2005 season opener against Hawaii. Nov. 22 at Kansas^ 7 p.m. Kori Cooper - all hit above .400 in the win. Redshirt freshman Rachel Holloway Nov. 25 Texas^ (NET/CSTV) 7 p.m. totaled 48 assists and 12 digs, while libero Dani Busboom totaled 14 digs, as •-With a win on Saturday, the Nov. 30-Dec. 3 NCAA First/Second Rounds TBA Nebraska out-dug the Tigers, 50-30. With her 14 digs on Wednesday, Busboom Huskers will reach 20 wins for the Dec. 8 NCAA Regionals TBA became the eighth Husker to reach 1,000 career digs. With the win, the Huskers 32nd consective year - every season the program has been in existance. Dec. 9 NCAA Regionals TBA remained two matches up on Oklahoma, a 3-1 winner at Kansas, and three Dec. 14 NCAA Semifinals 6/8:30 p.m. matches ahead of Texas, which defeated Texas Tech in four games in Lubbock. •-Jordan Larson saw her streak of Dec. 16 NCAA Finals 8 p.m. Kansas State comes into Saturday’s match looking to break a two-match double-doubles end at 10 with 15 All times listed are Central. ^- Denotes Big 12 Conference match. losing streak after falling at Iowa State in four games on Wednesday. The kills and six digs vs. Missouri. She has 14 double-doubles on the year. All matches can be heard live on B107.3 FM in Lincoln and selected Wildcats, who have been to 10 straight NCAA Tournaments, have played their best in the league against the Big 12’s top teams, taking Oklahoma, Texas, •-With 5.15 kills per game, Sarah Husker Sports Network Stations (complete list on page 7) Pavan is on pace to break the school Home matches in bold and at the NU Coliseum unless otherwise noted Missouri and Iowa State to five games. The Huskers will see a different Wildcat record for most kills per game, TV Guide: NET-Nebraska Educational Television; FSN - Fox Sports Net team from the first meeting, a 3-0 Husker win in Lincoln on Oct. 4, as All-Big CSTV - College Sports Television currently held by U.S. Olympian 12 libero Angie Lastra has moved to outside hitter and is averaging better than Nancy Metcalf (Meendering) in 1999. 4.25 kills per game over K-State’s last five matches. The 2006 Nebraska Cornhuskers No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Hometown K/G B/G A/GM D/G SA/G Worth Noting 1 Maggie Griffin S 6-0 Jr. St. Charles, Ill. .17 .08 3.42 0.88 .12 43 assists and nine digs vs. Texas Tech; Spent part of summer w/ USA Volleyball Program 3 Christina Houghtelling (C) OH 6-2 Sr. Cambridge, Neb. -- -- -- -- -- 2005 AVCA National Player of the Year who will redshirt after shoulder surgery in July 4 Brooke Bartek OH 6-2 Fr. Lincoln, Neb. .50 .00 .00 .00 .17 Totaled first two kills vs. No. 20 Louisville; ‘05 Nebraska Gatorade Player of the Year 5F Rachel Schwartz DS 5-9 So. Lincoln, Neb. .00 .00 .29 2.40 .15 3.23 digs/gm over NU’s last nine matches; 15 digs at No. 9 Texas on Oct. 18 7 Dani Mancuso OH 6-2 Sr. Omaha, Neb. 2.45 .68 .10 .68 .00 8+ kills in 11 of last 14 matches; season-high .438 (8-1-16) vs. No. 16 MU on 10/25 9F Sarah Pavan RS 6-5 Jr. Kitchener, Ontario 5.19 1.16 .26 1.44 .32 2-Time All-American; 12 career matches with 20+ kills; Leads Big 12 in kills & points (6.15/gm) 10F Jordan Larson OH 6-2 So. Hooper, Neb. 4.29 .63 .71 3.61 .52 Big 12 POW (10/9); 14 double-doubles; Big 12 top-10 in kills, aces, digs and points per game 11F Tracy Stalls (C) MB 6-3 Jr. Denver, Colo. 2.69 1.34 .21 .84 .06 2nd in Big 12 and 5th in NCAA in hitting (.433); 6 matches with 10+ kills, including 13 at UT 12F Rachel Holloway S 5-10 R-Fr. Franklin, Tenn. 1.22 .44 13.41 2.75 .19 Big 12 POW (10/16); 3rd in Big 12 in assists; 2006 U.S. Junior Natl. Team captain 15F Kori Cooper MB 6-2 Fr. Amarillo, Texas 1.68 .85 .21 .21 .00 2005 U.S. Youth National Team Co-captain; leads Big 12 in hitting (.434); 6 kills vs. MU 17 Amanda Gates MB 6-1 So. Columbus, Neb. 1.22 1.31 .16 .23 .00 Totaled 10 blocks in first career start vs. USD; 2005 Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 Pick 18F Dani Busboom (C) L 5-11 Sr. Cortland, Neb. .13 .00 .76 5.03 .21 Leads Big 12 in digs (5.03); Career-high 23 digs vs. CU; Reached 1,000 digs vs. MU (10/25) (C) - Denotes 2006 captains; F-Starters in NU’s last match Head Coach: John Cook, Seventh Year (San Diego, 1979), 206-13 Overall at Nebraska, 127-4 Big 12 Assistant Coaches: Lee Maes, Second Year (Long Beach State, 1994), Charlene Johnson-Tagaloa, Fourth Year (Brigham Young, 1999) Nebraska Volleyball Weekly Release #13 • Page 2 • Oct. 27, 2006 • Huskers.com Worth Noting Chart Watching John Cook •-After Wednesday’s win over Missouri, Nebraska is •-After reaching 1,000 career digs on Wednesday, (San Diego, 1979) 32-3 (.914) against ranked opponents since the start Busboom is quickly climbing the NU record books • Head Coach of the 2004 season and 69-11 (.863) since John Cook in digs. The senior has 1,013 digs and needs six on • Seventh Season took over the Husker program in 2000. Saturday to move past Maria Hedbeck (1,018, 1993- • 367-86 (overall) •-Nebraska is 63-2 (.969) on the road in Big 12 play 96) for sole possession of seventh place on NU’s career • 206-13 (at NU) since the start of 2000, losing at Kansas State in 2003 list. and at Texas in 2005. •-Sarah Pavan enters Saturday’s match needing •-Nebraska has won 54 of its last 55 Big 12 matches two kills to pass Jennifer Saleaumua for ninth place on since its 2003 loss at Kansas State.