2006 -- 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 (Meendering) in 1999. 4.25 kills per game over K-State’s last five matches.

The 2006 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  • 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. The Huskers had NU’s career kills list and six kills from passing Cris Hall won 43 straight conference matches before Texas for eighth place. Year-by-Year Record ended that streak in the 2005 regular-season finale in Scouting Kansas State (Overall: 367-86, .810) Austin. Kansas State enters Saturday’s match with a 9-13 (Nebraska: 206-13, .941, Big 12: 127-4) •-The Huskers are hitting .309 since Kori Cooper (Wisconsin: 161-73, Big Ten: 89-51) record and have won once in Big 12 action. The Wildcats, moved into the starting lineup six matches ago. Cooper, who have made 10 straight appearances in the NCAA Year Record Pct. League Pct. Place a freshman from Amarillo, Texas, is hitting .412 in that 1992 (UW) 14-17 .452 9-11 .450 7th Tournament, got off to an 8-1 start, highlighted by 1993 (UW) 19-13 .593 11-9 .550 5th span, averaging 1.94 kills and 1.22 blocks per game in a win over then-No. 23 Notre Dame. Since then, KSU 1994 (UW) 21-12 .636 11-9 .550 5th a stretch that features three wins over top-16 teams. has been snakebit, losing six matches in five games, 1995 (UW) 22-15 .595 9-11 .450 7th •-Another Husker who has emerged in recent weeks including contests against nationally ranked Texas, 1996 (UW) 25-8 .758 13-7 .650 5th is senior outside hitter Dani Mancuso, who is hitting Oklahoma and Missouri, among others. 1997 (UW) 30-3 .909 19-1 .950 t1st .297 over the last four contests after hitting just .182 The Wildcats are led by outside hitter Sandy Werner, 1998 (UW) 30-5 .857 17-3 .850 2nd in NU’s first 15 matches. who leads KSU with 3.59 kills per game. Werner is the 2000 (NU) 34-0 1.000 20-0 1.000 1st •-NU has opened the season with at least 19 straight only senior on an otherwise youthful Wildcat roster. 2001 (NU) 31-2 .940 20-0 1.000 1st wins for the sixth time in school history. The following 2002 (NU) 31-2 .940 20-0 1.000 1st Junior Angie Lastra has moved from libero to outside chart lists the other quick starts in school annals. 2003 (NU) 28-5 .875 17-3 .850 2nd hitter, providing a spark for the KSU attack. She is 2004 (NU) 30-2 .938 20-0 1.000 1st Husker Fast Starts averaging better than 4.25 kills per game over the 2005 (NU) 33-2 .943 19-1 .950 1st No. Year Matches Before 1st Loss Final Record last five contests, including four double-doubles in 2006 (NU) 19-0 1.000 11-0 1.000 -- 1. 1976 36-0 49-13 that stretch. Junior Stacey Spiegelberg averages 12.31 Totals 367-86 .810 216-55 .797 -- 2. 1994 31-0 31-1 assists, 2.07 digs and 0.94 blocks per game from the 3. 2000 34-0 34-0 Coaching Honors setter spot. 4. 2005 28-0 33-2 The Huskers lead the all-time series, 71-3, including • Two-time AVCA National Coach of the Year (2000, 2005) 5. 1998 25-0 32-2 a 31-1 advantage in Manhattan. The Huskers have won • One of only four coaches in NCAA history to be a two-time 6. 2006 19-0 -- AVCA National Coach of the Year the last five meetings, including a 3-0 sweep in Lincoln • Two-time Big 12 Coach of the Year (2001, 2005) •-With the No. 1 ranking in Monday’s AVCA poll, the earlier in the month. • Two-time AVCA Central Regional Coach of the Year Huskers have spent 64 weeks all-time at No. 1, the (2000, 2005) most of any Division I program. UCLA is second with 51 Last Meeting vs. Kansas State • 1997 Big Ten Co-Coach of the Year weeks. NU has been ranked No. 1 in 24 of the last 25 Jordan Larson totaled a career-high 20 kills and • 1997 NACDA/USOC Collegiate Coaches Award polls dating back to the start of 2005. added 10 digs, while Nebraska’s floor defense keyed the Coaching Ledger Weeks Ranked No. 1 in AVCA Poll top-ranked Huskers to a 30-17, 30-22, 30-17 sweep of Seasons at Nebraska No. School Weeks K-State on Oct. 4. • Head Coach, 2000-present 1. Nebraska 63 While Larson paced a solid offensive attack with • Associate Head Coach, 1999 2. UCLA 51 five players totaling at least eight kills, NU’s floor • Assistant Coach, 1988-91 3. Hawaii 48 defense sparked the Huskers’ 11th sweep holding KSU Other Coaching Experience •-The Big 12 Conference features four teams in the to season-low .061 hitting. NU totaled 72 digs, setting • U.S. A2 National Team, 2004 top 25 this week: No. 1 Nebraska, No. 8 Texas, No. 16 a Big 12-high for a three-game match this season. • University of Wisconsin Head Coach, 1992-98 Missouri and No. 20 Oklahoma. Dani Busboom led the defensive effort with 19 digs, • U.S. Men’s National Team, 1992 •-NU has been stout on the defensive end, holding 11 while Larson, Sarah Pavan (13 kills and 10 digs) and • San Diego VB Club, 1986-88 of its last 13 opponents to under .200 hitting and leads Rachel Holloway (46 assists and 11 digs) all recorded • UC-San Diego, 1983-84 the Big 12 in opponent hitting percentage at .137. double-doubles. In addition, Rachel Schwartz matched • Francis Parker High School, 1981-88 her career high in digs for the fourth straight match More About Cook with 14 digs. University of San Diego, 1979 (Bachelor’s Degree, History) Statistical Comparison San Diego State University, 1991 Team Record Conf. Record K/Gm Pct. Opp Pct. A/Gm SA/Gm D/Gm B/gm (Master’s Degree, Teaching and Coaching Effectiveness) Nebraska 19-0 11-0 17.58 (1) .301 (1) .137 (1) 16.60 (1) 1.50 (7) 17.18 (1) 3.13 (2) Kansas State 9-13 1-11 15.08 (8) .223 (10) .209 (8) 13.91 (8) 1.70 (2) 15.78 (7) 2.94 (5)

Oct. 24 - Tues. Oct. 25- Wed. Oct. 26- Thurs. Oct. 27 - Fri. Oct. 28 - Sat. Oct. 29 - Sun. Oct. 30 - Monday Practice Match Day Practice Practice Match Day OFF DAY Practice 3:30-6:30 p.m. vs. Missouri, W, 3-0 2:30-5 p.m. 3:30-6 p.m. at Kansas State, 7 p.m. No player availability 3:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Television: Television: None Depart for Manhattan FSN Midwest Radio: B107.3 FM Following Practice Radio: B107.3 FM Huskers.com Huskers.com Video: HuskersNside Video: None Nebraska Volleyball Weekly Release #13 • Page  • Oct. 27, 2006 • Huskers.com

Husker Probable Starters 4.29 kills and 3.61 digs per game, ranking in the Big CSTV/AVCA Coaches Poll (Oct. 23) MB - #15 Kori Cooper: 6-2, Fr., Amarillo, Texas - 12’s top 10 in aces (0.52/gm, third), points (5.27, third), Rk. Team (No. 1 votes) Pts. Record Last Cooper splits time with Amanda Gates at middle blocker, kills (fourth) and digs (eighth). She has a team-high 14 1. Nebraska (43) 1480 18-0 1 averaging 1.68 kills and 0.88 blocks per game, while double-doubles, including a stretch of 10 in a row that 2. Penn State (17) 1457 21-0 2 was snapped against Missouri on Oct. 25. Larson had 3. Stanford 1379 17-2 3 hitting a Big 12-high.434. Cooper, who has started NU’s 4. UCLA 1321 21-1 4 15 kills on .458 hitting and six digs in Wednesday’s win last six matches, turned in a solid effort against No. 16 5. Southern California 1230 18-2 5 Missouri, totaling six kills on 10 swings and three blocks over MU and had 17 kills and 10 digs against Colorado 6. Washington 1213 17-3 6 against the Tigers. She had one of her best matches of on Oct. 15 She earned the Big 12 weekly honor after 7. Florida 1148 18-2 7 the year at No. 9 Texas on Oct. 18, totaling seven kills averaging 5.17 kills and 4.17 digs in two matches, 8. Texas 1066 13-5 9 while adding a career-high eight blocks against the including a career-high 20 kills against Kansas State 9. Utah 987 19-2 10 Longhorns. Against Kansas State on Oct. 4, she set on Oct. 4. Against No. 20 Louisville, she set a career 10. LSU 827 17-3 T-12 high with five aces while adding 14 kills on .440 hitting. 11. California 824 15-5 8 then-career bests in both kills (eight) and blocks (five). 12. Minnesota 785 15-5 17 As a freshman, Larson averaged 2.82 kills, 2.79 digs At Texas A&M on Oct. 7, she also totaled eight kills and 13. Purdue 748 17-4 14 three blocks while hitting .615. A Volleyball Magazine and 0.38 service aces per game, topping all conference 14. Wisconsin 737 15-5 11 Fab 50 pick, Cooper enrolled at NU in January after freshmen in kills, digs, hitting percentage and service 15. Hawaii 578 15-5 16 graduating from Amarillo High School a semester early. aces. She was rated the No. 2 player in the country by 16. Missouri 546 14-6 T-12 Cooper was a co-captain of the 2005 U.S. Youth National Prepvolleyball.com and spent two years on the U.S. 17. BYU 512 18-2 18 Team, helping Team USA to a fourth-place finish. Junior National Team. 18. San Diego 491 17-4 20 19. Cal Poly 477 16-4 19 MB - #11 Tracy Stalls: 6-3, Jr., Denver, Colo. - Stalls DS - #5 Rachel Schwartz: 5-9, So., Lincoln, Neb. - Schwartz is a former walk-on who is used as a defensive 20. Oklahoma 432 17-4 23 has been one of the Big 12’s top middle blockers, 21. Santa Clara 387 14-5 15 averaging 2.69 kills and 1.34 blocks per game. She is specialist and averages 2.40 digs per game. She has 22. Ohio 286 18-3 21 fifth nationally in hitting percentage at .433 and is sixth tied or set career highs in digs seven times this season, 23. New Mexico State 252 24-1 22 in the Big 12 in blocks. Stalls has had eight matches and has been in double figures in digs in seven of the 24. Ohio State 140 15-5 24 where she has hit at least .500, including a season- last nine matches. Schwartz came up with a career- 25. Duke 72 18-2 NR best of .727 (9-1-11) with six blocks against Texas Tech high 15 digs in NU’s win at No. 9 Texas on Oct. 18. She Others receiving points and listed on two or more ballots: Oregon 47; on Sept. 24. She has recorded double figures in kills enjoyed her best match of the year at Baylor on Sept. 30, St John’s 29; Long Beach State 21; Sacramento State 13; San Francisco six times in 2006. At No. 9 Texas, Stalls had 13 kills totaling a then-career high14 digs and a career-high 7; Bowling Green 5. on .417 hitting, while posting 12 kills and hitting .571 three aces. She also had 14 digs in a win over Creighton Dropped out: Tennessee (25) against Colorado on Oct. 14. She keyed NU’s win over on Sept. 24 and 12 digs against Texas Tech on Sept. No. 15 Missouri on Oct. 11 with nine kills and matched 23. Schwartz appeared in 30 matches as a freshman her season high with eight blocks. Stalls has matched as NU’s defensive specialist, finishing with 18 digs USA Today/CSTV Coaches Poll Weekly Totals her career high in kills twice, including a 14-kill effort and five aces. She was a first-team all-state selection Date...... Rank 10/23...... 1 at Minnesota on Sept. 10 and 14 kills on .600 hitting at outside hitter at Lincoln East High School in 2004. Preseason (8/9)...... 1 10/30...... __ -or- OH - #7 Dani Mancuso: 6-2, Sr., Omaha, Neb. 9/4...... 1 11/6...... __ against Long Beach State on Sept. 3. Last season, 9/11...... 1 11/13...... __ Stalls ranked third in the Big 12 with 1.59 blocks per - Mancuso moved into the outside hitter position 9/18...... 1 11/20...... __ game and ranked 11th nationally in blocking as a vacated after Christina Houghtelling’s season-ending 9/25...... 1 11/27...... __ freshman at 1.65 blocks per game. Before enrolling at injury. Mancuso averages 2.45 kills, 0.68 blocks and 10/2...... 1 12/4...... __ 10/9...... 1 Final...... NU, Stalls was a two-year member of the U.S. National 0.68 digs per game, primarily playing the front row. 10/16...... 1 Developmental Program and a member of Team USA. She has notched at least eight kills in nine of NU’s OPP - #9 Sarah Pavan: 6-5, Jr., Kitchener, Ontario last 11 matches and comes off her best hitting night 2006 NCAA Attendance Leaders (Oct. 23) - A two-time first-team AVCA All-American, Pavan leads of the year, totaling nine kills on .438 hitting against No. 16 Missouri on Oct. 25. Mancuso had nine kills No. School Avg. Total Matches the Big 12 in both kills (5.19) and points per game 1. Hawaii 7,017 112,275 16 (6.15), ranking 11th nationally in kills. She had four and matched her career best with six blocks in NU’s 2. Wisconsin 4,341 39,068 9 20-kill performances this season, including a 22-kill win over No. 9 Texas on Oct. 18 and nine kills on .400 3. Nebraska 4,133 49,592 12 effort at No. 9 Texas on Oct. 18. Pavan had one of her hitting against Missouri on Oct. 11. She had 11 kills 4. Minnesota 3,954 31,632 8 best performances of the year against No. 16 Missouri in wins over Creighton and Saint Mary’s. In 2005, 5. Missouri 2,917 20,417 7 on Oct. 25, totaling 18 kills on .424 hitting, six digs and Mancuso was NU’s backup at all three outside hitter 6. Florida 2,630 28,929 11 three blocks against the Tigers. Pavan has two double- spots, averaging 1.38 kills, 1.15 digs and 0.68 blocks 7. Penn State 2,615 28,764 11 per game. She shared the outside hitter spot with 8. BYU 2,147 21,468 10 doubles on the year, with her most recent coming with 9. Wichita State 2,146 19,316 9 13 kills and 10 digs against Kansas State on Oct. 4. Houghtelling in 2004, averaging 2.77 kills and 0.29 10. Texas A&M 2,105 16,838 8 She earned tournament MVP honors in both of NU’s service aces per game, including a career-high 22 kills early-season tournaments and was the Big 12 Player of in a win at Kansas State. NCAA Winningest Active Coaches (as of Oct. 26) the Week on Sept. 11, averaging 6.70 points and 5.90 S - #12 Rachel Holloway: 5-10, R-Fr., Franklin, Tenn. - Holloway is the first Husker freshman to start in a 5-1 No. Coach, School Record Pct. kills (.409 hitting percentage) in three matches. She 1. Russ Rose, Penn St. 880-154 .8511 had one of the best matches of her career against Long system in the NCAA era (1981-present). She averages 2. Dave Shoji, Hawaii 912-162 .8492 Beach State on Sept. 9, totaling 24 kills on .400 hitting 13.41 assists, 2.75 digs and 1.22 kills per game, 3. Mary Wise, Florida 592-116 .8362 against the 49ers, including eight kills on eight swings ranking third in the Big 12 and 11th nationally in 4. John Dunning, Stanford 600-130 .8219 in the opener. Pavan was the 2005 Big 12 Player of the assists. Holloway had seven double-doubles, including 5. Brian Gimmillaro, Long Beach St. 594-139 .8104 Year, averaging 3.82 kills, 1.66 digs and 1.25 blocks 48 assists and 12 digs against No. 16 Missouri on Oct. 6. John Cook, Nebraska 367-86 .8102 per game. She established her career high in kills as a 25, a match NU hit .425 as a team. Holloway, who had 7. Mick Haley, Southern California 671-161-1 .8061 55 assists and eight kills in NU’s win at No. 9 Texas, 8. Andy Banachowski, UCLA 1025-267 .7933 freshman with 35 in the NCAA Regional against USC. 9. Leonid Yelin, Louisville 384-109 .7789 Pavan, who carries a 4.0 GPA in biochemistry, was a was selected as the Big 12’s Player of the Week on Oct. 10. Bobbi Petersen, UNI 170-49 .7763 16, after averaging 16.00 assists per game in sweeps of member of the Canadian National Team at age 16. (Min. 5 years as a Division I head coach; includes record at four-year OH - #10 Jordan Larson: 6-2, So., Hooper, Neb. - Colorado and Missouri. She has seven double-doubles, colleges only) Larson is a returning starter at outside hitter who was including a 54-assist, 15-dig, seven-kill effort at Baylor the Big 12 Freshman of the Year in 2005. She averages on Sept. 30. Holloway, who leads all freshmen nationally Nebraska Volleyball Weekly Release #13 • Page  • Oct. 27, 2006 • Huskers.com in assists, played one of her best matches of the year •-NU sold out its entire season ticket package prior against Minnesota on Sept. 10, with a career-high 57 to the season for the second straight year, needing less assists, eight digs and seven kills, while helping NU than two weeks to sell out all 17 home matches. hit .337 against the Golden Gophers. Over the summer, •-The Huskers are 6-0 against ranked opponents, Holloway captained the U.S. Youth National Team to a including five sweeps (No. 20 San Diego, No. 20 gold medal at the NORCECA Junior Championships in Louisville, No. 25 Cal Poly and Missouri, which was Mexico. Holloway, who graduated high school a year ranked 15th and 16th in both matches. NU is also 7-0 early, was the Colorado Gatorade High School Player of against teams ranked in this week’s top 25. the Year in 2004. •-NU held Middle Tennessee to -.088 hitting, the L - #18 Dani Busboom: 5-11, Sr., Cortland, Neb. third-lowest percentage by a Husker opponent since 2006 Volleyball Quick Facts - Busboom makes the shift to libero after sharing the 2000 campaign. time at setter in her first three years at NU. She leads •-Nebraska’s victory over Long Beach State on Sept. First Year of Volleyball...... 1975 the Big 12 with 5.03 digs per game and has reached 3 snapped a three-match losing streak to the 49ers Overall All-Time Record...... 985-182-1 double figures in digs 18 times in 19 matches. dating back to 1985. Conference All-Time Record...... 380-19 Busboom, who is in eighth place on NU’s career charts, •-Nebraska held No. 20 Louisville to 13 points in two NCAA Tournament Years...... 24 straight reached the 1,000-dig plateau against Missouri on of the three games - the Cardinals’ lowest-ever total in NCAA Tournament Record...... 64-22 Oct. 25. She has totaled 20-or-more digs four times, rally scoring. In addition, it was the eighth and ninth Final Four Appearances...... Eight including a career-high 23 against Creighton on Sept. times that NU held a ranked opponent to 15 points or (2001, 2000, 1998, 1996, 1995, 1990, 1989, 1986) 24. She also turned in 20+ dig efforts against No. 25 less (not counting game five). National Championships...... Two (2000, 1995) Cal Poly on Sept. 3, No. 20 San Diego on Aug. 29 and •-The Huskers opened the season with six straight Facility (Capacity)...... Nebraska Coliseum (4,030) at Oklahoma on Sept. 15. Against No. 20 Louisville on sweeps for the first time since 1976. 2006 Team Information Sept. 8, Busboom had 14 digs and three aces while •-Sarah Pavan earned Big 12 Player-of-the-Week Head Coach...... John Cook (San Diego, '79) helping to hold Louisville to .044 hitting. Last season, honors for her performance at the Ameritas Players she averaged 6.45 assists and 1.82 digs in NU’s 6-2 Challenge. In three matches, she averaged 6.70 points, Nebraska Record/Years...... 206-13/7th offense, helping NU hit .322 as a team. She is seventh 5.90 kills on .409 hitting and 2.30 digs per game. Career Record/Years...... 367-86/13th on NU’s career assists list with 2,884 and is the second •-Nebraska dropped only one game in its first 11 Head Asst. Coach...... Lee Maes (Long Beach State, '94) player in school history on top-10 lists in both assists matches, the first time that has happened at NU since Assistant Coach...... Charlene Johnson-Tagaloa (BYU, '99) and digs, joining former NU All-American Val Novak. 1988 and only the fourth time in school history. Volleyball Office Phone...... (402) 472-2399 •-Nebraska wrapped up an unbeaten non- 2005 Overall Record...... 33-2 Last Time Out: No. 1 Nebraska 3, No. 16 MU 0 conference slate with its win over Creighton on Sept. 2005 Big 12 Record (Finish)...... 19-1 (First) Sarah Pavan’s match-high 18 kills on .424 hitting 24. It marked the third time under John Cook (also Final AVCA Ranking...... Second led an explosive attack, as No. 1 Nebraska swept No. 2000 and 2005) that NU completed the non-conference Starters Returning/Lost...... 4/2 16 Missouri, 30-27, 30-23, 30-16 at the NU Coliseum schedule unblemished. Letterwinners Returning/Lost...... 9/3 on Oct. 25. •-Nebraska totaled 72 digs against Kansas State on The Huskers (19-0, 11-0 Big 12) put together one of Oct. 4, its highest three-game total in the rally-scoring Husker Volleyball by the Numbers their best offensive performances of the year, hitting era. Five Huskers had at least 10 digs, including 19 by .429 as a team, while four NU attackers - Pavan, Dani Busboom. .844 All-time winning percentage of Kori Cooper, Dani Mancuso and Jordan Larson - all •-On Oct. 9, Jordan Larson was named Big 12 Player Nebraska volleyball (985-182-1 record) hit over .400 in the sweep. It was NU’s best offensive of the Week, as she averaged 5.17 kills and 4.17 digs .952 All-time winning percentage of performance since hitting .487 against Saint Mary’s in per game in sweeps of Kansas State and Texas A&M. Nebraska in conference matches (380-19) early September and best against a ranked opponent •-On Oct. 16, redshirt freshman Rachel Holloway since the 2005 NCAA semifinals. 2 National Titles (1995 and 2000) was named the Big 12 Player of the Week, averaging While Pavan had a match-high 18 kills, she was 16.00 assists, 2.00 digs, 1.17 kills and 0.83 blocks per 3 Number of Huskers who have been in the one of four Huskers to record at least eight kills. Larson game in a pair of wins. She is the first Husker setter to Olympic Games (Lori Endicott, Allison totaled 15 kills on .458 hitting, but saw her streak earn the Big 12’s weekly honor since 2002. Weston and Nancy Metcalf) of consecutive double-doubles end at 10 matches. •-Nebraska became the first Big 12 team since 9 NCAA Volleyball Semifinal Appearances Mancuso also enjoyed another strong performance, 2004 to win at Gregory Gym, defeating No. 9 Texas, 3-2 (1986, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2005) hitting a season-high .438 with eight kills, while Tracy on Oct. 18. Stalls also chipped in eight kills. Cooper rounded out 24 Number of consecutive NCAA appearances the Huskers’ attack, posting six kills on just 10 swings Husker Attack on Record-Breaking Pace 27 Number of Big Eight/Big 12 titles in while also tying Pavan and Stalls with a team-high Despite losing three All-Americans and breaking in school history (30 years, including 2005) three blocks. a trio of first-year starters, Nebraska’s offensive output 28 Nebraska’s nation-leading total of is on track for a record-breaking year. volleyball academic all-Americans The CliffsNotes Season in Review The Huskers rank in the top-two nationally in both Nebraska takes a 19-0 record and a No. 1 ranking 53 AVCA All-American certificates won by kills and assists per game, putting together numbers into Saturday’s match at Kansas State. In honor of that would easily top the school records in both 26 Husker volleyball players CliffsNotes (which was founded in Lincoln in 1958), categories. NU also ranks third nationally in hitting 63 Number of weeks that Nebraska has been here is a quick refresher of the season to date. percentage (.301). ranked No. 1 in the national polls •-The Huskers graduated two AVCA All-Americans in middle blocker Melissa Elmer and outside hitter Setting a Record Pace 84 Consecutive sellouts at the NU Coliseum Category 2006 NCAA Rank NU Record Year Jennifer Saleaumua from last year’s NCAA runner-up (NCAA Volleyball record) Assists/Gm 16.60 1st 15.72 2005 squad, while reigning AVCA National Player of the Kills/Gm 17.58 2nd 17.20 2004 344 Consecutive weeks ranked in the AVCA Poll Year Christina Houghtelling underwent season-ending 5,969 Nebraska’s average attendance in 2005, an shoulder surgery in July. Pavan & Larson Cause Double Trouble for Foes average that was second nationally •-The Huskers opened No. 1 in the AVCA preseason Nebraska’s Sarah Pavan and Jordan Larson are in 15,119 Nebraska’s 2005 NCAA regional final crowd, poll for the third time in school history (2001 & 2005) rare company among Husker outside hitting duos at the largest in NCAA postseason history and have remained No. 1 for the first nine polls. this point in the season. Nebraska Volleyball Weekly Release #13 • Page  • Oct. 27, 2006 • Huskers.com The pair are looking to join the 1995 duo of All- fourth), services aces (0.52, third), digs (3.61, eighth) American Allison Weston and Lisa Reitsma as the only and points per game (5.27, third) and is the only player group to both average more than 4.00 kills per game. in the Big 12 on the top-10 list for both kills and digs. In fact, two Huskers have totaled 3.80 kills in the The Hooper, Neb., native has 14 double-doubles same season only four other times. (kills-digs) in NU’s 19 contests, nearly tripling her total Husker Duos with 4.00 Kills Per Game of five as a freshman. She saw her string of consecutive Year Husker No. Husker No, double-doubles snapped at 10 in Wednesday’s win over 2006 Sarah Pavan 5.19 Jordan Larson 4.29 No. 16 Missouri. The streak was the longest by a Husker 1995 Allison Weston 4.59 Lisa Reitsma 4.08 in the Big 12 era and included a career-high 20 kills Big 12 Standings (as of Oct. 23) 1988 Linda Barsness 4.08 Virginia Stahr 3.94 and 10 digs against Kansas State on Oct. 4, a 14- Team Big 12 Pct. Overall Pct. 1989 Eileen Shannon 4.24 Janet Kruse 3.89 kill, 14-dig effort at No. 15 Missouri on Oct. 11 and a Nebraska 11-0 1.000 19-0 1.000 1991 Stephanie Thater 3.87 Cris Hall 3.80 13-kill, 13-dig performance at No. 9 Texas on Oct. 18. Oklahoma 10-2 .833 18-4 .818 Pavan Produces Points at Prolific Pace Nebraska is 19-0 in Larson’s career when she totals a Texas 9-3 .750 14-5 .737 double-double. Junior All-American Sarah Pavan is producing kills Missouri 8-4 .667 14-7 .667 at a record-breaking pace in 2006. The 6-foot-5 right Comparing Larson - 2005 & 2006 Colorado 8-4 .667 12-7 .632 side hitter from Kitchener, Ontario, leads the Big 12 Year K/Gm Hitting Pct. D/Gm SA/Gm Iowa State 7-5 .583 15-7 .682 by nearly a half kill per game (Texas Tech’s Philister 2005 2.82 .277 2.79 0.38 Texas A&M 3-9 .250 10-10 .500 2006 4.29 .285 3.62 0.52 Sang is second with 4.60 kills per game) with 5.19 kills Texas Tech 3-9 .250 10-11 .476 per game. She also leads the conference in points per Busboom Digs in at Libero Kansas 3-9 .250 10-11 .476 game (6.15) and is hitting .310. At this pace, Pavan After not playing with a libero during the 2005 Baylor 2-9 .182 13-10 .565 is on track to re-write the Husker record books this season, Nebraska can still claim a returning starter Kansas State 1-11 .083 9-13 .409 season. at the position, as Dani Busboom has made the shift • She will look to become the first Husker to lead the from setter to libero. The senior shared setting duties Upcoming Big 12 Schedule Big 12 in kills since Lisa Reitsma in 1996 - the only last year in NU’s 6-2 offense and was a three-year Wed., Oct. 25 Colorado def. Texas A&M* 3-2 time a Husker led the Big 12 in that category. performer at setter, guiding NU to a 63-4 mark the last Iowa State def. Kansas State 3-1 Oklahoma def. Kansas* 3-1 • She would easily top NU’s single-season record two seasons. Texas def. Texas Tech* 3-1 for kills per game, a mark that was set in 1999 by U.S. Busboom has adapted quickly, leading the Big 12 Missouri def. Nebraska* 3-0 Olympian Nancy Metcalf. In fact, Pavan would become the with 5.03 digs per game, a fact that is more impressive third Husker to average more than 5.00 kills per game. when you consider the league also returns its Libero Fri., Oct. 27 Missouri at Baylor 7 p.m. • Pavan’s 5.19 kills per game would rank seventh on of the Year in both 2004 (KSU’s Angie Lastra) and 2005 (MU’s Tatum Ailes). NU Head Coach John Cook Sat., Oct. 28 Nebraska at Kansas State* 7 p.m. the Big 12’s all-time single-season list. Texas A&M at Oklahoma* 7 p.m. credits Busboom’s performance for NU’s Big 12 leading NU Single-Season Kills Per Game Texas Tech at Kansas* 7 p.m. defensive performance, holding foes to a .137 hitting Texas at Colorado* 8 p.m. No. K/Gm Name Year percentage. Busboom is on pace to become only the - 5.19 Sarah Pavan 2006 1. 5.09 Nancy Metcalf 1999 second player in Big 12 history to average over 5.00 Tue., Oct. 31 TCU at Oklahoma 7 p.m. 2. 5.05 Lisa Reitsma 1996 digs per game. 3. 4.99 Allison Weston 1994 Busboom has reached double figures in digs 18 Wed., Nov. 1 Baylor at Texas A&M* 6:30 p.m. times in 19 matches, including four matches with at Iowa State at Missouri* 6:30 p.m. Pavan already set one milestone on Sept. 8 against Kansas at Texas* 6:30 p.m. least 20 digs. She totaled a career-high 23 digs in a No. 20 Louisville, when she reached 1,000 career kills Nebraska at Texas Tech* 7 p.m. four-game win against Creighton on Sept. 20, while Kansas State at Colorado* 8 p.m. quicker than any other Husker in school history. Pavan all three of her other 20-dig matches came in Husker needed 236 games to reach 1,000 kills, eclipsing sweeps. The only match Busboom didn’t reach double Sat., Nov. 4 Colorado at Missouri* 6:30 p.m. Metcalf’s mark of 238 games set in 1999. figures came against a Middle Tennessee team that hit Kansas at Iowa State* 6:30 p.m. -.088 against NU. Texas A&M at Kansas State* 7 p.m. Fastest Husker Players to 1,000 Kills Texas at Baylor* 7 p.m. No. Player Games Busboom, who ranks seventh on NU’s all-time assist Oklahoma at Nebraska* TBA 1. Sarah Pavan 236 chart with 2,884 assists, will finish her career as one 2. Nancy Metcalf (Meendering) 238 of only two players ranked in the top 10 in both assists Mon., Nov. 6 Texas A&M Corpus-Christi at Baylor 7 p.m. 3. Allison Weston 258 and digs (also Val Novak). On Wednesday, Busboom A two-time AVCA All-American, Pavan already ranks became the eighth Husker in school history to record 10th on NU’s all-time kills list, passing Melissa Elmer 1,000 digs and is five digs away from passing Maria The Big 12 vs. Nebraska (1996-2006) for 10th place after her 22-kill performance at No. 9 Hedbeck for seventh place on NU’s career digs list. School Record Missouri 1-21 Baylor 0-21 Texas. Pavan enters Saturday’s match at Kansas State Oklahoma 1-20 Nebraska’s Single-Season Record for Digs per Game Colorado 2-19 Texas 3-18 needing six kills to jump into sole possession of eighth No. Player D/Gm Iowa State 0-21 Texas A&M 2-19 place on NU’s career list. - Dani Busboom, 2006 5.03 Kansas 0-21 Texas Tech 1-20 1. Amanda McCormick, 2004 4.53 Kansas State 3-18 Totals 13-198 Nebraska’s All-Time Kills List 2. Jennifer Saleaumua, 2003 3.90 No. Player Kills 1. Allison Weston 1,778 Big 12 Record for Digs per Game 8. Cris Hall, 1988-91 1,251 No. Player D/Gm 9. Jennifer Saleaumua, 2002-05 1,247 1. Laura Downey-Wallace, KSU, 2002 5.47 10. Sarah Pavan, 2004-present 1,246 - Dani Busboom, 2006 5.03 2. Jill Dorsey, KU, 2004 4.64 Larson’s All-Around Game Shines 3. Amanda McCormick, NU, 2004 4.53 One of the reasons for Nebraska’s continued success Nebraska’s All-Time Digs List is the improved all-around play of outside hitter Jordan No. Player Digs Larson. The Big 12 Freshman of the Year in 2005, Larson 5. Val Novak, 1987-90 1,068 is enjoying an All-America-caliber year this fall. 6. Billie Winsett, 1992-95 1,032 7. Maria Hedbeck, 1993-96 1,018 She ranks in the top 10 in the Big 12 in kills (4.29, 8. Dani Busboom, 2003-pres. 1,013 Nebraska Volleyball Weekly Release #13 • Page  • Oct. 27, 2006 • Huskers.com 2006 Husker Honors No Stalling Stalls Holloway, who was named the Big 12 Player of the Team Honors Traditionally, Nebraska’s strength has been the Week on Oct. 16, has been named to a pair of all- • Ameritas Players Challenge Champions play of its middle blockers, and junior Tracy Stalls has tournament teams and is second on the squad with • Nebraska Invitational Champions continued the excellence at the position in 2006. seven double-doubles. She averaged 16.00 assists Jordan Larson The Denver, Colo., native is enjoying the best in wins over No. 15 Missouri and Colorado to earn • Big 12 Player of the Week (Oct. 9) offensive stretch of her career this season, averaging her first Big 12 honor. Holloway comes off one of her • Ameritas Players Challenge All-Tournament Team 2.69 kills per game and 1.34 blocks while hitting .433. best performances of the year, totaling 48 assists and • Nebraska Invitational All-Tournament Team She leads the Big 12 in hitting percentage and ranks 13 digs as Nebraska hit .425 in a sweep of No. 16 • Preseason First-Team All-Big 12 fifth nationally in the latest NCAA rankings, while Missouri. Sarah Pavan ranking sixth in the league in blocks. After a debut that saw NU hit just .191 in a sweep • Ameritas Players Challenge Most Valuable Player Stalls’ .433 hitting percentage is threatening not of No. 20 San Diego, Holloway helped the Huskers hit • Nebraska Invitational Most Valuable Player .356 over a six-match stretch, including a string of four • Big 12 Player of the Week (Sept. 11) only the NU’s single-season record (Virginia Stahr, • Ameritas Players Challenge All-Tournament Team .440, 1989), but Big 12 single-season record of .415 straight contests where they hit .350 or better - the first • Nebraska Invitational All-Tournament Team set by Missouri’s Nicole Wilson in 2005. time that has happened at NU since 2002. • Preseason First-Team All-Big 12 Against Minnesota on Sept. 10, Holloway totaled Nebraska Single-Season Hitting Pct. career highs in assists (57), kills (seven) and blocks Rachel Holloway No. Player, Year Pct. (two). Against Saint Mary’s on Sept. 1, Holloway guided • Big 12 Player of the Week (Oct. 16) 1. Virginia Stahr, 1989 .440 • Ameritas Players Challenge All-Tournament Team - Tracy Stalls, 2005 .433 the Huskers to a .487 hitting percentage - NU’s highest • Nebraska Invitational All-Tournament Team 2. Amber Holmquist, 2000 .406 single-match performance since 2002. Holloway, who also averages 2.75 digs and 1.22 Tracy Stalls 3. Virginia Stahr, 1988 .404 • Nebraska Invitational All-Tournament Team 4. Amber Holmquist, 2002 .402 kills per game, led NU to a win at No. 9 Texas, totaling 5. Cathy Noth, 1984 .398 55 assists and a career-high seven kills against the Big 12 Single-Season Hitting Pct. Longhorns, moving past Dani Busboom and Lindsay 2006 Double-Doubles (23 by 3 players) No. Player, Year Pct. Wischmeier to top NU’s all-time freshman assist list. She also posted a triple-double at Baylor on Sept. 30 - 2006 (7) - Career (7) - Tracy Stalls, 2005 .433 Rachel Holloway 1. Nicole Wilson, MU, 2005 .415 2006 Opponent K A D B with seven kills, 54 assists and 15 digs, setting season 2. Lauren Goehring, KSU, 2003 .409 San Diego - 36 11 - bests in both kills and digs at the time. Holloway, 3. Amber Holmquist, NU, 2000 .406 Long Beach State - 53 11 - who redshirted last season, spent part of the summer Kelly Campbell, CU, 1998 .406 Cal Poly - 44 11 - leading the U.S. Junior National Team to a gold medal 5. Amber Holmquist, NU, 2002 .402 Kansas - 35 14 - at the NORCECA Junior Championships. Baylor - 54 15 - Kansas State - 46 11 - NCAA Hitting Percentage Leaders (as of Oct. 25) Husker Freshman Assist Chart Missouri - 48 12 - No. Player, Year Pct. No. Player Asst. Year 1. Nana Meriwether, UCLA .486 1. Rachel Holloway 791 2006 Jordan Larson - 2006 (14) - Career (19) 2. Lindsey Ensign, Princeton .470 2. Lindsay Wischmeier 724 1999 2006 Opponent K A D B 3. Faye Barhorst, Dayton .460 3. Dani Busboom 700 2003 Saint Mary’s 13 - 12 - 4. Kelsey Bowers, Florida .441 Middle Tennessee St. 10 - 19 - 5. Tracy Stalls, Nebraska .433 Huskers No Strangers to Big Crowds Cal Poly 16 - 13 - Stalls, who missed part of last season after knee Nebraska is used to playing in front of the biggest Minnesota 17 - 11 - surgery, has reached double figures in kills six times crowds in college volleyball. Not only have the Huskers Oklahoma 17 - 11 - after accomplishing the feat once in 2005, including sold out their last 84 home matches at the 4,030-seat Iowa State 11 - 11 - Nebraska Coliseum, but they also have their fingerprints Texas Tech 10 - 10 - 12 kills without an error against Colorado on Oct. 14. Stalls totaled a season-best 14 kills against Long on the NCAA attendance marks. Creighton 18 - 13 - Over the last two years, there have been five matches Baylor 17 - 16 - Beach State on Sept. 3 and against Minnesota on Sept. Kansas State 20 - 10 - 10. She had 13 kills and three blocks at No. 9 Texas on in NCAA that have had crowds of at least 10,000 fans Texas A&M 11 - 15 - Oct. 18 and played one of her best matches of the year - and Nebraska has been a part of all five. Missouri 14 - 14 - at No. 15 Missouri, totaling nine kills and eight blocks. Largest Crowds in College Volleyball Since 2005 Colorado 17 - 10 - No. Attend. Match Date Texas 13 - 13 - The Set-Up on Holloway 1. 15,119 Nebraska vs. Florida 12/10/05 Rachel Holloway made Husker history in the season 2. 14.489 Nebraska vs. UCLA 12/9/05 Sarah Pavan opener against San Diego on Aug. 29, becoming the 3 11,112 Nebraska at Creighton 9/24/06 - 2006 (2) - Career (8) - Triple-Doubles (1) first NU freshman in the NCAA era (1981-present) 4. 10,576 Nebraska vs. Stanford 8/27/05 2006 Opponent K A D B to start a match under the 5-1 system. NU had two 5. 10,028 Nebraska vs. Hawaii 8/26/05 Minnesota 23 - 11 - Kansas State 13 - 10 - other freshmen split time in the 6-2 offense (Lindsay Drawing a Crowd - Husker Style Wischmeier-1999; Dani Busboom-2003), but neither Number Attend. Match, Date started their first match as a Husker. Largest Crowd of 2006 12,112 at Creighton, 9/24/06 The Franklin, Tenn., native has been impressive NCAA Postseason Record 15,119 vs. Florida, 12/10/05 2005 Regular-Season Crowd 10,576 vs. Stanford, 8/27/05 during her first season, averaging 13.41 assists per NCAA Regular-Season Record* 12,504 vs. Colorado, 11/4/00 Husker Pronunciation Guide game to rank third in the Big 12 and 11th nationally, AVCA Showcase Record 10,576 vs. Stanford, 8/27/05 Name...... Pronunciation while helping the Huskers lead the Big 12 in hitting *-volleyball match only; not in conjuction with other event Christina Houghtelling...... HOTEL-ing percentage (.301). Holloway’s total tops all freshmen Cook’s Winning Ways nationally. Dani Mancuso...... Man-CUE-so Nebraska Coach John Cook has been amazingly Sarah Pavan...... (PAV-in, rhymes with HAVE-in) National Freshman Leaders in Assists (as of Oct. 25) successful during his seven seasons at the helm, Rank Name, Team A/Gm posting a 206-13 record (.940 winning percentage). Charlene Johnson-Tagaloa...... SHAR-leen Ton-ga-LOE-uh 1. Rachel Holloway, Nebraska 13.41 All 13 losses have come against teams that advanced 2. Kaylee Manns, Iowa St. 13.12 Lee Maes...... MAYS to the NCAA Tournament, including the eventual NCAA 3. Dominique Fradella, Portland St. 13.04 champion in 2001 (Stanford), 2002 (USC) and 2005 4. Cassie Chesney, Murray St. 12.92 (Washington). Cook picked up his 200th career win at Nebraska Volleyball Weekly Release #13 • Page  • Oct. 27, 2006 • Huskers.com

Nebraska on Sept. 30, against Baylor. 1986, 1998, 2000, 2001 and 2004) and fourth time Husker Volleyball on the Radio A two-time AVCA National Coach of the Year, Cook under Head Coach John Cook. The Husker Sports Network had an 18-station network has enjoyed greater success in the Big 12, going 127-4 for Husker volleyball, including B107.3 FM in Lincoln and in conference play. The Huskers have won five Big 12 Johnson-Tagaloa Inducted into BYU Hall of Fame Omaha. The games can also be heard live on the Internet Nebraska assistant coach Charlene Johnson-Tagaloa titles over the last six seasons (2000-02, 2004-05) and by accessing Nebraska’s home page at Huskers.com. received a special honor last month - induction into have dropped just 45 of the 433 conference games they In addition to broadcasting every Husker volleyball have played over the past seven years. BYU’s Athletic Hall of Fame. Johnson-Tagaloa was a two-time All-American during her playing career at BYU match, the Husker Sports Network also provides a daily, Winningest Programs Since 2000 (as of Oct. 25) from 1991-94, earning Western Athletic Conference live call-in show focusing on NU athletics and other area No. Team W-L Pct. Player-of-the-Year honors when she guided the Cougars sports, which airs from 6-9 p.m. Central. 1. Nebraska 206-13 0.940 Coach Cook’s radio show can be heard statewide on 2. Florida 206-22 0.904 to an NCAA semifinal appearance in 1994. 3. Hawaii 202-24 0.894 Following her BYU career, she was a member of the Tuesday nights throughout the season from 7 to 7:30 4. USC 178-27 0.868 U.S. National Team from 1997 to 2001, representing the p.m. and on Huskers.com 5. Penn State 187-33 0.850 United States at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. Coach Cook is also heard weekly on B107.3 FM on Friday mornings during the 8 a.m. hour. Rank and File How I Spent My Summer Vacation Nebraska is one of two teams to be ranked in the Several Husker players and head assistant coach The Husker Sports Volleyball Network USA Today/AVCA Coaches poll for all 344 weeks of its Lee Maes were busy during the summer helping out the City Affiliate Signal existence. The Huskers have been ranked in the top 10 USA Volleyball Program. Ainsworth KBRB-AM 1400 AM for 310 of the 344 weeks, which ranks second behind • Maes coached the A2 Red team to a gold Alliance* KCOW-AM 1400 AM Stanford’s 315. medal at the USA Volleyball Girls’ High Performance Aurora* KRGY-FM 97.3 FM Championships in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Beatrice KWBE-AM 1450 AM Broken Bow KCNI-AM 1280 AM Additional Television Time for the Huskers • Tracy Stalls and Maggie Griffin trained with the Nebraska volleyball has been annually among the Chadron * KCSR-AM 610 AM USA National Program in Colorado Springs during July. Falls City KTNC-AM 1230 AM nation’s most televised programs and the 2006 season • Rachel Holloway captained the U.S. Junior is no exception. The Huskers will make nine televised Fremont* KHUB-AM 1340 AM National Team to a gold medal at the NORCECA Junior Grand Island* KRGI-AM 1430 AM appearances in 2006, including matches on CSTV, Championships in Monterrey, Mexico, in early August. FSN and ESPNU. Wednesday’s match against Missouri Holdrege KUVR-AM 1380 AM Kearney* KGFW-AM 1340 AM will be NU’s second FSN Midwest appearance, as the Volleyball Tickets Sold Out for 2006 Season Lexington* KRVN-AM 880 AM match in Columbia was also covered by the network. For Husker volleyball, one record-setting streak is Lincoln KBBK-FM 107.3 FM The Huskers are 6-0 on TV in 2006, including a pair of guaranteed to continue this fall, as the Nebraska Ticket North Platte KODY-AM 1240 AM wins over ranked foes. Office announced on Aug. 16 that the entire regular- Scottsbluff* KNEB-AM 960 AM 2006 Husker Volleyball Television Schedule season home schedule was officially sold out. Sidney* KSID-AM 1340 AM Date Opponent Time NET CSTV/ESPNU FSN Single-match tickets went on sale on Aug. 3, with Valentine KVSH-AM 940 AM Sept. 10 Minnesota W, 3-1 Live Live -- fans camped out overnight waiting for tickets. In fact, York* KAWL-AM 1370 AM Sept. 13 Kansas W, 3-0 Live Live -- 11 of the first 17 matches sold out within three hours *Stations will only broadcast select games. Sept. 23 Texas Tech W, 3-0 Live 9/24, 7 p.m. -- of the ticket windows opening. Oct. 4 Kansas State W, 3-0 Live Live -- Oct. 11 at Missouri W, 3-0 -- -- Live NU Picked to Repeat as Big 12 Champs Husker Volleyball on the HuskerNside Oct. 18 at Texas W, 3-0 -- ESPNU -- Nebraska was the preseason favorite to win the Big Fans can watch Nebraska’s volleyball matches live Oct. 25 Missouri W, 3-0 -- -- Live 12 title for the 10th consecutive season in a vote of the on HuskersNside throughout the 2006 season. Beacause Nov. 4 Oklahoma TBA Live 11/5, 7 p.m. -- league head coaches, the conference office announced Nov. 25 Texas 7 p.m. Live 11/26, 7 p.m. -- of Big 12 contractual obligations, Wednesday’s match on Aug. 3. The Huskers received eight of the 11 possible against Missouri cannot be shown on HuskersNside. first-place votes and 98 points overall, while coaches Huskers in the NCAA Rankings Eight of Nebraska’s final nine regular-season matches were not allowed to vote for their own teams. Nebraska is well represented in the NCAA rankings will be carried on the sight, including four of the Huskers’ In 2005, NU finished the season as the national released on Wednesday. The Huskers rank in the top 10 final road contests. For more information on HuskersN- nationally in three categories, while four Huskers are runner-up to Washington, tallying a 33-2 overall record side, visit Huskers.com also in the individual rankings lists. and 19-1 conference mark. The Huskers also claimed their eighth Big 12 crown (1996, 1998-02, 2004-05). Nebraska’s matches against Oklahoma and Texas will Huskers in the NCAA Rankings (Oct. 25) Coach John Cook earned AVCA Division I National be carried for free on Huskers.com, while the rest will be Team Category Rank Actual shown on HuskersNside. Assists Per Game 1 16.47 Coach-of-the-Year honors for the second time in his Blocks Per Game 20 3.15 career, in addition to being named Big 12 Coach of the 2006 HuskersNside Volleyball Schedule Hitting Percentage 6 0.295 Year (2001, 2005). Date Match Start Time Kills Per Game 2 17.47 Texas was second behind NU with 93 points, Oct. 28 at Kansas State 7 p.m. Individual Category Player Rank Total including three first-place votes. The Longhorns were Nov. 1 at Texas Tech^ 7 p.m. Assists Per Game Rachel Holloway 13 13.27 followed by Missouri, Kansas State and Texas A&M Nov. 4 Oklahoma^ (Huskers.com) TBA Hitting Percentage Tracy Stalls 5 .441 filling the top five spots. Colorado was sixth with Nov. 8 at Iowa State^ 6:30 p.m. Kills Per Game Sarah Pavan 11 5.15 Kansas, Iowa State, Baylor, Oklahoma and Texas Tech Nov. 11 at Colorado^ 8 p.m. rounding out the poll. Nov. 15 Texas A&M^ 7 p.m. Nov. 18 Baylor^ 2 p.m. Huskers Strong on the Block Husker Time Change Announced Nebraska volleyball has been traditionally known for Nov. 25 Texas^ (Huskers.com) 7 p.m. Nebraska volleyball coach John Cook announced that its blocking attack, and the 2006 squad is looking to (Huskers.com) - free video matches; others are subscriber only Nebraska’s match against Baylor on Saturday, Nov. 18 continue NU’s blocking reputation. The Huskers, who has been moved from 7 p.m. to 2 p.m. have led the nation in blocks in five of the last six The move not only allows Nebraska fans a chance to seasons, are second in the Big 12, averaging 3.13 per see the Huskers take on Baylor in a key Big 12 match, game. but it allows fans to also see the highly-anticipated Last season, Nebraska averaged a nation-leading men’s basketball game between Nebraska and 4.12 blocks per game, topping the 4.00 blocks per Creighton that evening at the Devaney Center game mark for the sixth time in school history (also Nebraska Volleyball Weekly Release #13 • Page  • Oct. 27, 2006 • Huskers.com

Big 12 Team Rankings as of 10/26 (all matches) The only volleyball home match that is currently TBA players at Lincoln Northeast High School and rated the Category Rank NU Leader is the Saturday, Nov. 4, showdown between the Huskers No. 13 player nationally by PrepVolleyball.com and a Hitting Percentage 1st .301 -- and No. 20 Oklahoma. That time will be announced Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 Recruit. A four-year starter, Opponent Hitting Pct. 1st .137 -- after the Husker football team against Missouri is Bartek was the Gatorade Player of the Year in Nebraska Assists 1st 16.60 -- determined. in 2005 and finished her career with 337 blocks and Kills 1st 17.58 -- 1,190 kills at Lincoln Northeast. Blocks 2nd 3.13 ISU-3.33 Houghtelling to Miss 2006 Season Cooper was one of the nation’s top seniors despite Service Aces 7th 1.50 TTU-1.77 Nebraska Head Coach John Cook announced on missing nearly all of her senior year with a knee injury. Digs 1st 17.18 -- Aug. 8 that AVCA National Player of the Year Christina She was a Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 pick and was Houghtelling will miss all of the 2006 season following Big 12 Individual Rankings (all matches) rated the No. 12 player in the country by PrepVolleyball. Category Player Avg. Rank shoulder surgery. com. As a junior, she co-captained the U.S. Youth Hitting Percentage Cooper .434 1st Houghtelling, a first-team All-American in 2005, National Team to a fourth-place finish at the 2005 Stalls .433 2nd underwent surgery on her right shoulder on July 13, Under-18 World Championships in 2005 in Macau, Assists Holloway 13.41 3rd and underwent arthroscopic surgery on her right knee China. A two-time all-state performer at Amarillo High Kills Pavan 5.19 1st later that month. Last season, Houghtelling averaged School, Cooper totaled 439 kills, 103 block assists and Larson 4.29 4th 3.69 kills, 2.49 digs and 1.03 blocks per game, ranking 55 block solos during her junior campaign in 2004. Blocks Stalls 1.34 6th among the Big 12 leaders in kills (10th) and hitting Service Aces Larson 0.52 3rd percentage (.375, fifth). Husker Volleyball Television show Digs Busboom 5.03 1st With a new season underway, the Husker volleyball Larson 3.71 8th Omaha Hosts 2006 NCAA Championships For college volleyball teams around the country, show has a new air time for this fall. The show will be Big 12 Team Rankings (League Matches only) Omaha is the destination, as the University of Nebraska shown state-wide on Nebraska Educational Television Category Rank NU Leader and Qwest Center Omaha play host to the 2006 NCAA (NET-2, Ch. 17 in Lincoln) every Monday at 9 p.m., Hitting Percentage 1st .281 -- Championship this December. beginning on Sept. 11. Opponent Hitting Pct. 1st .145 -- Join host Diane Mendenhall and Coach John Cook, Assists 1st 16.39 -- The NCAA semifinals take place on Thursday, Dec. 14, with the national championship match taking as they look back on last week’s matches, along with Kills 1st 17.25 -- special features and player profiles throughout the Blocks 2nd 3.10 ISU-3.12 place on Saturday, Dec. 16. Husker fans have come out year during this half hour show devoted to Husker Service Aces 5tg 1.39 MU-1.57 in full force, selling out the arena in just four hours the Digs 1st 17.25 -- day tickets went on sale in January. volleyball. The Qwest Center hosted an NCAA Regional for Big 12 Individual Rankings (League Matches only) Husker Volleyball Show Stations the first time in 2005 to record-setting numbers. The Station Location Day Time Category Player Avg. Rank two-day event drew an NCAA postseason record of NET-2 Statewide Mon. 9 p.m.* Hitting Percentage Cooper .432 1st 29,608 fans, including a near sellout of 15,119 for Time Warner Cable Lincoln On-Demand Stalls .385 2nd the regional final. The two crowds were the largest of Time Warner Cable Lincoln Thurs. 10 p.m. (Ch. 13) Assists Holloway 13.35 4th KNOP/KIIT North Platte Sat. Noon Kills Pavan 5.06 1st the 2005 season and easily topped the previous NCAA My TV (Time Warner Channel 110, DirecTV channel 25) Larson 4.33 5th postseason marks for single match (13,194) and all- Lincoln Mon. 10 p.m. Blocks Stalls 1.25 5th session (23,978) both set by Wisconsin in 1998. My TV (Time Warner Channel 110, DirecTV channel 25) Service Aces Pavan 0.36 4th Grand Island Mon. 10 p.m. Great Plains Cable Western Neb. Tues. 6:00 p.m. Larson 0.36 4th Huskers Honored by AVCA The University of Nebraska volleyball team was Fri. 5:30 p.m. Digs Busboom 4.92 1st WOWT-DT (Ch. 248 on Cox Cable) Larson 3.53 10th honored earlier this fall for its achievements in the Omaha Sat. Noon classroom, receiving the Game Plan/AVCA Team Academic Award for the 2005-06 season. Up Next: Huskers Continue Road Trip at Texas Tech The award recognizes college teams that displayed Following Saturday’s match, the Huskers hit the road excellence in the classroom by maintaining at least a once again, as they travel to Texas Tech on Wednesday, Volleyball Magazine Poll (10/23) 3.30 cumulative team GPA on a 4.0 scale during the Nov. 1. First serve from the United Spirit Arena is set Rk. Team Pts. Last Week previous school year. Nebraska finished the year with for 7 p.m. and the match will be carried on the Husker 1. Nebraska 18-0 1 a 3.48 team GPA for the 2005-06 academic year, Sports Network and on Huskers.com. 2. Penn State 21-0 2 including an impressive 3.74 GPA during the spring 3. Stanford 17-2 3 semester. 4. Washington 17-3 4 Nebraska was one of 54 Division I programs honored 5. UCLA 21-1 5 6. Florida 18-2 7 nationally and one of only three Big 12 teams honored 7. USC 18-2 6 during the year, joining Kansas and Kansas State. The 8. Utah 19-2 9 Huskers, who finished 33-2 and were national runner- 9. Texas 13-5 8 up in 2005, were also the only Division I program in 10. BYU 18-2 13 the country to reach the national semifinals and be 11. Minnesota 15-5 14 recognized for high achievement in the classroom. 12. Wisconsin 15-5 10 It is the 11th time that Nebraska has received the 13. Cal 15-5 11 14. Purdue 17-4 15 AVCA Team Academic Award – the most of any Division 15. Hawaii 15-5 16 I program nationally. 16. LSU 17-3 17 Recruiting Class Ranked Among Nation’s Best 17. Cal Poly 16-4 18 Nebraska’s incoming volleyball class received honors 18. San Diego 17-4 NR from two national publications, as both Volleyball 19. Santa Clara 14-5 12 20. New Mexico St. 24-1 NR Magazine and PrepVolleyball.com rated the Huskers’ recruiting class as one of the 10 best classes in the country. The class of Brooke Bartek and Kori Cooper was ranked 10th nationally by both publications Bartek was one of the nation’s top high school Nebraska Volleyball Weekly Release #13 • Page 10 • Oct. 27, 2006 • Huskers.com

#1 Maggie Griffin Category No. Opponent Category No. Opponent Kills: 3 vs. Texas Tech, 9/23 Kills: Same Attacks: 9 vs. Texas Tech, 9/23 Attacks: Same vs. Hawaii, 8/26 Hitting Pct: 1.000 vs. Middle Tennessee, 9/2 Hitting Pct: 1.000 (1-0-1) 3x, last vs. Middle Tennessee, 9/2/06 Assists: 43 vs. Texas Tech, 9/23 Assists: Same Aces: 1 (2x) vs. Middle Tennessee, 9/2; at Baylor, 9/30 Aces: 3 at Minnesota, 9/5 Block Assists: 1 vs. Texas Tech, 9/23 Block Assists: Same Total Blocks: 1 vs. Texas Tech, 9/23 Total Blocks: Same Digs: 9 (2x) vs. Texas Tech, 9/23; vs. Creighton 9/24 Digs: 15 at Missouri, 10/5

#3 Christina Houghtelling (pronounced Hotel-ing) Category No. Opponent Category No Opponent Kills: 0 Kills: 20 at Oklahoma, 9/28/05 Attacks: 0 Attacks: 47 vs. USC, 12/11/04 Hitting Pct: 0 Hitting Pct: .739 (17-0-23) at Missouri, 11/17/04 Aces: 0 Aces: 4 (twice) at Texas, 9/20/03; vs. Texas, 11/24/04 Block Assists: 0 Block Assists: 6 (3x) last, vs. Washington, 11/17/05 Total Blocks: 0 Total Blocks: 6 (3x) last, vs. Washington, 11/17/05 Digs: 0 Digs: 20 vs. Kansas State, 11/19/05 #4 Brooke Bartek Category No. Opponent Kills: 2 vs. Louisville, 9/8 Attacks: 2 vs. Louisville, 9/8 Hitting Pct: 1.000 (2-0-2) vs. Louisville, 9/8 Aces: 1 vs. Louisville, 9/8 Block Assists: 0 Total Blocks: 0 Digs: 0 #5 Rachel Schwartz Category No. Opponent Category No. Opponent Kills: 0 Kills: 0 Attacks: 4 vs. Kansas, 9/13 Attacks: Same Hitting Pct: 0 Hitting Pct: 0 Aces: 1 vs. Louisville, 9/8; at Oklahoma, 9/16 Aces: 2 vs. Penn State, 9/11/05 Block Assists: 0 Block Assists: 0 Total Blocks: 0 Total Blocks: 0 Digs: 15 at Texas, 10/18 Digs: Same #7 Dani Mancuso (pronounced Man-CUE-so) Category No. Opponent Category No Opponent Kills: 11 (2x) vs. St. Mary’s 9/1; at Creighton, 9/24 Kills: 22 at Kansas State, 10/13/04 Attacks: 34 at Baylor, /30 Attacks: 44 vs. FAMU, 9/10/04 Hitting Pct: .438 (8-1-16) vs. Middle Tennessee, 9/2 Hitting Pct: .688 (22-3-34) at Kansas State, 10/13/04 Aces: 0 Aces: 5 vs. Kansas, 11/19/03 Block Assists: 5 vs. USD, 8/29; at Texas, 10/18 Block Assists: 6 vs. Michigan, 9/3/05 Total Blocks: 6 at Texas, 10/18 Total Blocks: 6 vs. Michigan, 9/3/05; at Texas, 10/18/06 Digs: 4 (2x) vs. Long Beach State, 9/3; vs. Kansas State, 10/4 Digs: 16 at Colorado, 11/26/03

#9 Sarah Pavan (pronounced Pav-in, rhymes with have-in) Category No. Opponent Category No. Opponent Kills: 24 (2x) vs. Long Beach State, 9/3; at Baylor, 9/30 Kills: 35 vs. USC, 12/11/04 Attacks: 57 at Baylor, 9/30; at Texas, 10/18 Attacks: 90 vs. USC, 12/11/04 Hitting Pct.: .600 (19-1-30) vs. St. Mary’s 9/1 Hitting Pct: .667 (14-0-21) at Baylor, 11/14/05 Aces: 3 (4x) last, at Texas A&M, 10/7 Aces: 4 (2x) vs. Creighton, 10/10/04; vs. Oklahoma, 11/3/05 Block Assists: 8 vs. USD, 8/29 Block Assists: 11 at Ohio State, 9/2/05 Total Blocks: 8 vs. USD, 8/29 Total Blocks: 12 at Ohio State, 9/2/05 Digs: 11 vs. Minnesota, 9/10 Digs: 15 vs. FAMU, 9/10/04

#10 Jordan Larson Category No. Opponent Category No. Opponent Kills: 20 vs. Kansas State, 10/4 Kills: Same Attacks: 53 at Creighton, 9/24; at Texas, 10/18 Attacks: Same Hitting Pct: .522 (13-1-23) vs. St. Mary’s 9/1 Hitting Pct: .667 (14-0-21) vs. Baylor, 10/1/05 Aces: 5 vs,. Louisville, 9/8 Aces: Same Block Assists: 2 vs. USD, 8/29 Block Assists: 4 vs. Stanford, 8/27/05 Total Blocks: 5 at Texas, 10/18 Total Blocks: 6 vs. Stanford, 8/27/05 Digs: 19 vs. Middle Tennessee, 9/2 Digs: 19 at Minnesota, 9/5/05; vs. Middle Tennessee, 9/2 Nebraska Volleyball Weekly Release #13 • Page 11 • Oct. 27, 2006 • Huskers.com

#11 Tracy Stalls Category No. Opponent Category No. Opponent Kills: 14 vs. Long Beach State, 9/3; vs. Minnesota, 9/10 Kills: 14 (3x) last, vs. Minnesota, 9/10/06 Attacks: 30 vs. Minnesota, 9/10 Attacks: Same Hitting Pct.: .714 (9-1-11) vs. Middle Tennessee, 9/2 Hitting Pct: .824 (14-0-17) vs. Iowa State, 10/16/04 Aces: 1 (4x) last, at Missouri, 10/11 Aces: 3 (2x) at Western Michigan, 9/6/04; vs. Creighton, 10/10/04 Block Assists: 7 vs. Iowa State, 9/20 Block Assists: 9 (2x) at Texas Tech, 10/2; vs. Washington, 12/17 Total Blocks: 8 (3x) vs. Iowa St., 9/20; at Creighton, 9/24; at Missouri, 10/11 Total Blocks: 12 Same Digs: 7 vs. Iowa State, 9/20 Digs: 10 at Baylor, 10/23/04

#12 Rachel Holloway Category No. Opponent Kills: 8 at Texas, 10/18 Attacks: 13 (2x) at Missouri, 10/11; at Texas, 10/18 Hitting Pct: .750 (3-0-4) vs. Long Beach State, 9/3 Assists: 57 vs. Minnesota, 9/10 Aces: 2 (2x) vs. San Diego, 8/29; at Texas, 10/18 Block Assists: 3 vs. Iowa State, 9/20 Total Blocks: 3 vs. Iowa State, 9/20 Digs: 15 at Baylor, 9/30

#15 Kori Cooper Category No. Opponent Kills: 8 (2x) vs. Kansas State, 10/4; at Texas A&M, 10/7 Attacks: 20 vs. Kansas State, 10/4 Hitting Pct: .615 (8-0-13) vs. Missouri, 10/25 Assists: 2 (2x) vs. Kansas State, 10/4; at Texas A&M, 10/7 Aces: 0 Block Assists: 7 at Texas, 10/18 Total Blocks: 8 at Texas, 10/18 Digs: 2 (2x) vs. Middle Tennessee, 9/2; vs. Iowa State, 9/20

#17 Amanda Gates Category No. Opponent Category No. Opponent Kills: 6 (2x) vs. Long Beach State, 9/3; vs. Kansas, 9/13 Kills: Same ttacks: 12 vs. Kansas, 9/13 Attacks: Same Hitting Pct: .455 (6-1-11) vs. Long Beach State, 9/3 Hitting Pct: .750 (3-0-4) vs. Michigan, 9/3/05 Aces: 0 Aces: 0 Block Assists: 10 vs. USD, 8/29 Block Assists: Same Total Blocks: 10 vs. USD, 8/29 Total Blocks: Same Digs: 1 (6x) last, vs. Creighton, 9/24 Digs: 1 (7x) last, vs. Creighton, 9/24/06

#18 Dani Busboom Category No. Opponent Category No Opponent Kills: 1 (8x) last, at Missouri, 10/11 Kills: 4 vs. Missouri, 9/15/04 Attacks: 2 (2x) vs. Kansas, 9/13; vs. Kansas State, 10/4 Attacks 8 vs. Missouri, 9/15/04 Assists: 4 (3x) vs. Minnesota, 9/10; vs. Kansas, 9/13; at Missouri, 10/11 Assists: 66 at Kansas State, 10/13/04 Aces: 3 (2x) vs. Louisville, 9/8; vs. Minnesota, 9/10 Aces: 4 at Oklahoma, 11/20/04 Block Assists: 0 Block Assists: 5 (twice) vs. Maryland, 9/12/04; vs. Oklahoma, 10/8/04 Total Blocks: 0 Total Blocks: 5 (twice) vs. Maryland, 9/12/04; vs. Oklahoma, 10/9/04 Digs: 23 at Creighton, 9/24 Digs: Same Nebraska Volleyball Weekly Release #13 • Page 12 • Oct. 27, 2006 • Huskers.com

Huskers by the Numbers Overall 2006 Match-by-Match Totals 2006 Record:...... 19-0 Team Match-by-Match Totals At Home:...... 13-0 Date Opponent GP K E TA .Pct A SA SE DIG BS BA BE Total BHE Points At the NU Coliseum:...... 13-0 Aug 29 SAN DIEGO 3 45 20 131 .191 43 7 12 49 2 28 3 16.0 3 68.0 Away:...... 6-0 Sept. 1 SAINT MARY’S 3 64 9 113 .487 59 3 12 47 1 14 0 8.0 1 75.0 Neutral:...... 0-0 Sept. 2 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 3 45 10 92 .380 39 6 11 43 2 22 1 13.0 1 64.0 Non-conference:...... 0-0 Sept. 3 LONG BEACH STATE 3 64 19 126 .357 59 5 5 59 3 15 0 10.5 1 79.5 Sept, 8 LOUISVILLE 3 53 14 98 .398 51 10 9 44 3 8 0 7.0 0 70.0 Big 12:...... 11-0 Sept. 9 CAL POLY 3 57 20 136 .272 53 5 8 59 5 12 3 11.0 1 73.0 Big 12 home: ...... 6-0 Sept. 10 MINNESOTA 4 73 18 163 .337 70 5 8 62 2 10 2 7.0 3 85.0 Big 12 away: ...... 5-0 Sept. 13 KANSAS 3 44 23 132 .159 42 5 6 53 5 18 3 14.0 2 63.0 On television: ...... 7-0 Sept. 16 at Oklahoma 3 50 18 121 .264 47 5 10 51 2 8 1 6.0 0 61.0 NCAA Tournament:...... 0-0 Sept, 20 IOWA STATE 3 52 18 136 .250 48 2 9 50 3 20 4 13.0 0 67.0 Sept, 23 TEXAS TECH 3 54 16 120 .317 52 5 6 58 3 12 6 9.0 5 68.0 Sept. 24 at Creighton 4 68 18 177 .282 65 2 11 81 3 14 0 10.0 2 80.0 Against Ranked Teams Sept. 30 at Baylor 4 67 24 168 .256 65 11 12 70 3 9 2 7.5 4 85.5 Top five:...... 0-0 Oct. 4 KANSAS STATE 3 60 21 134 .291 56 2 7 72 1 14 3 8.0 1 70.0 Top 10: ...... 1-0 Oct. 7 at Texas A&M 3 51 11 117 .342 47 8 7 48 3 8 2 7.0 0 66.0 Top 25: ...... 6-0 Oct. 11 at Missouri 3 56 15 121 .339 56 2 11 57 1 21 2 11.5 2 69.5 Unranked: ...... 13-0 Oct. 14 COLORADO 3 56 19 129 .287 52 5 7 50 4 16 3 12.0 0 73.0 Oct. 18 at Texas 5 72 29 187 .230 68 5 10 62 5 21 2 15.5 1 92.5 Oct 25, 2006 MISSOURI 3 59 14 106 .425 57 0 5 50 2 12 1 8.0 2 67.0 By Games Nebraska 62 1090 336 2507 .301 1029 93 166 1065 53 282 38 194.0 29 1377.0 Three-game: ...... 15-0 Opponent 62 789 449 2478 .137 747 45 149 931 31 173 46 117.5 40 951.5 Four-game: ...... 3-0 Five-game: ...... 1-0 Opponent Match-by-Match Totals Date Opponent GP K E TA .Pct A SA SE DIG BS BA BE Total BHE Points By Kills Aug. 29 SAN DIEGO 3 33 31 126 .016 31 3 5 52 1 8 0 5.0 3 41.0 Leading in kills: ...... 18-0 Sept. 1 SAINT MARY’S 3 32 13 100 .190 30 2 9 34 2 4 3 4.0 1 38.0 Trailing in kills: ...... 1-0 Sept. 2 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 3 21 30 102 -.088 19 1 6 30 1 6 0 4.0 2 26.0 Sept. 3 LONG BEACH STATE 3 43 15 128 .219 38 1 6 38 1 12 1 7.0 1 51.0 Tied in kills:...... 0-0 Sept. 8 LOUISVILLE 3 24 20 90 .044 23 2 4 29 1 6 6 4.0 3 30.0 Sept. 9 CAL POLY 3 37 18 119 .160 36 2 8 45 1 16 2 9.0 2 48.0 By Digs Sept. 10 MINNESOTA 4 66 25 160 .256 62 2 14 63 2 10 2 7.0 1 75.0 Leading in digs: ...... 13-0 Sept. 13 KANSAS 3 36 31 131 .038 34 2 8 57 2 8 0 6.0 2 44.0 Sept. 16 at Oklahoma 3 46 23 132 .174 44 2 11 43 1 10 0 6.0 0 54.0 Trailing in digs: ...... 6-0 Sept, 20 IOWA STATE 3 38 28 121 .083 37 1 7 56 1 8 3 5.0 2 44.0 Tied in digs:...... 0-0 Sept. 23 TEXAS TECH 3 38 25 125 .104 37 3 4 39 1 8 4 5.0 2 46.0 Sept. 24 at Creighton 4 51 29 181 .122 47 3 12 79 5 12 7 11.0 3 65.0 By Blocks Sept. 30 at Baylor 4 55 24 161 .193 53 2 11 67 2 19 1 11.5 5 68.5 Leading in blocks: ...... 15-0 Oct. 4 KANSAS STATE 3 26 18 131 .061 24 1 6 48 0 14 3 7.0 4 34.0 Oct. 7 at Texas A&M 3 45 19 118 .220 45 6 11 47 0 6 2 3.0 0 54.0 Trailing in blocks: ...... 2-0 Oct. 11 at Missouri 3 42 22 130 .154 38 6 7 48 3 8 5 7.0 4 55.0 Tied in blocks:...... 2-0 Oct. 14 COLORADO 3 38 23 116 .129 37 2 4 51 0 4 2 2.0 1 42.0 Oct. 18 at Texas 5 75 33 176 .239 73 2 11 75 4 10 3 9.0 2 86.0 By Hitting Percentage Oct. 25 MISSOURI 3 43 22 131 .160 39 2 5 30 3 4 2 5.0 2 50.0 Leading in hitting pct.: ...... 18-0 Opponent totals 62 789 449 2478 .137 747 45 149 931 31 173 46 117.5 40 951.5 Trailing in hitting pct.: ...... 1-0 Nebraska 62 1090 336 2507 .301 1029 93 166 1065 53 282 38 194.0 29 1377.0 Tied in hitting percentage:...... 0-0

Hitting .400 or better...... 2-0 Hitting .300 or better: ...... 9-0 Hitting below .300: ...... 10-0 Hitting below .200: ...... 2-0

Opponents Hitting above .200...... 4-0 Holding opponent below .200: ...... 15-0 Holding opponent below .100: ...... 6-0 Holding opponent below .000...... 1-0

By Service Aces Leading in service aces: ...... 16-0 Trailing in service aces: ...... 3-0 Tied in service aces:...... 0-0 Nebraska Volleyball Weekly Release #13 • Page 13 • Oct. 27, 2006 • Huskers.com 2006 Misc. Statistics .450 or Better Hitting Percentage (Min.10 attempts) Oct. 4 Larson/Kansas State...... 20 Aug. 29 Busboom/San Diego...... 20 Date Player/Opponent...... Hitting Pct. (K-E-TA) Sept. 23 Pavan/Texas Tech...... 19 Oct. 18 Busboom/Texas...... 19 Sept. 23 Stalls/Texas Tech...... 727 (9-1-11) Sept. 1 Pavan/Saint Mary’s...... 19 Oct. 4 Busboom/Kansas State...... 19 Sept. 2 Stalls/Middle Tennessee...... 714 (10-0-14) Oct. 25 Pavan/Missouri...... 18 Sept. 13 Busboom/Kansas...... 19 Sept. 30 Holloway/Baylor...... 636 (7-0-11) Sept. 24 Larson/Creighton...... 18 Sept. 2 Larson/Middle Tennessee...... 19 Sept. 8 Stalls/Louisville...... 636 (8-1-11) Sept. 24 Pavan/Creighton ...... 18 Sept. 10 Busboom/Minnesota...... 18 Oct. 7 Cooper/Texas A&M...... 615 (8-0-13) Sept. 9 Pavan/Cal Poly...... 18 Sept. 3 Busboom/Long Beach State...... 17 Sept. 1 Stalls/Saint Mary’s...... 615 (9-1-13) Sept. 8 Pavan/Louisville...... 18 Eight or More Total Blocks Oct. 7 Pavan/Texas A&M...... 17 Oct. 25 Cooper/Missouri...... 600 (6-1-10) Date Player/Opponent...... Blocks (BS/BA) Oct. 14 Larson/Colorado...... 17 Sept. 3 Stalls/Long Beach State...... 600 (14-2-20) Aug. 29 Gates/San Diego...... 10 (0-10) Sept. 10 Larson/Minnesota...... 17 Sept. 1 Pavan/Saint Mary’s...... 600 (19-1-30) Oct. 18 Cooper/Texas...... 8 (1-7) Sept. 16 Larson/Oklahoma...... 17 Oct. 7 Stalls/Texas A&M...... 583 (7-0-12) Oct. 11 Stalls/Missouri...... 8 (0-8) Oct. 11 Pavan/Missouri...... 16 Sept. 1 Larson/Saint Mary’s...... 522 (13-1-23) Sept. 24 Stalls/Creighton...... 8 (2-6) Oct. 14 Stalls/Colorado...... 571 (12-0-17) 50 or More Assists Sept. 20 Stalls/Iowa State...... 8 (1-7) Sept. 10 Holloway/Minnesota...... 500 (7-1-12) Date Player/Opponent...... Assists Aug. 29 Pavan/San Diego...... 8 (0-8) Aug. 29 Stalls/San Diego...... 500 (8-1-14) Sept. 10 Holloway/Minnesota...... 57 Sept. 2 Larson/Middle Tennessee...... 471 (10-2-17) Oct. 18 Holloway/Texas...... 55 Oct. 11 Pavan/Missouri...... 467 (16-2-30) Sept. 30 Holloway/Baylor...... 54 Oct. 18 Holloway/Texas...... 462 (8-2-13) Sept. 3 Holloway/Long Beach State...... 53 Oct. 25 Larson/Missouri...... 458 (15-4-24) Sept. 1 Holloway/Saint Mary’s...... 50 Sept. 23 Cooper/Texas Tech...... 455 (5-0-11) Sept. 3 Gates/Long Beach State...... 455 (6-1-11) Four or More Service Aces Sept. 8 Pavan/Louisville...... 452 (18-4-31) Date Player/Opponent...... Service Aces Sept. 24 Stalls/Creighton ...... 450 (11-2-20) Sept. 8 Larson/Louisville...... 5 Sept. 3 Larson/Long Beach State...... 4 16 or More Kills 17 or More Digs Date Player/Opponent...... Kills Date Player/Opponent...... Digs Sept. 30 Pavan/Baylor...... 24 Sept. 24 Busboom/Creighton...... 23 Sept. 3 Pavan/Long Beach State...... 24 Sept. 16 Busboom/Oklahoma...... 21 Sept. 11 Pavan/Minnesota...... 23 Sept. 9 Busboom/Cal Poly...... 20 Oct. 18 Pavan/Texas...... 22

2006 Individual and Team Match Highs Individual Match Highs Team Match Highs Category Total Player Match Category Total Match Kills (three games) 24 Pavan vs. Long Beach State, 9/3 Kills (three games) 64 vs. Long Beach State, 9/3 Kills (four games) 24 Pavan at Baylor, 9/30 Kills (four games) 73 vs. Minnesota, 9/10 Kills (five games) 22 Pavan at Texas, 10/18 Kills (five games) 72 at Texas, 10/18 Attempts (three games) 44 Pavan vs. Long Beach State, 9/3 Attempts (three games) 136 (2x) vs. Cal Poly, 9/9; vs. Iowa State, 9/20 Attempts (four games) 57 Pavan at Baylor, 9/30 Attempts (four games) 177 at Creighton, 9/24 Attempts (five games) 57 Pavan at Texas, 10/18 Attempts (five games) 187 at Texas, 10/18 Hitting Pct. (three games) .727 Stalls vs. Texas Tech, 9/23 Hitting Pct. (three games) .487 vs. St. Mary’s, 9/1 Hitting Pct. (four games) .636 Holloway at Baylor, 9/30 Hitting Pct. (four games) .337 vs. Minnesota, 9/10 Hitting Pct. (five games) .462 Holloway at Texas, 10/18 Hitting Pct. (five games) .230 at Texas, 10/18 Assists (three games) 53 Holloway vs. Long Beach State, 9/3 Assists (three games) 59 (2x) vs. St. Mary’s, 9/1; vs. Long Beach State, 9/3 Assists (four games) 57 Holloway vs. Minnesota, 9/10 Assists (four games) 70 vs. Minnesota, 9/10 Assists (five games) 55 Holloway at Texas, 10/18 Assists (five games) 68 at Texas, 10/18 Digs (three games) 21 Busboom at Oklahoma, 9/16 Digs (three games) 72 Kansas State, 10/4 Digs (four games) 23 Busboom at Creighton, 9/24 Digs (four games) 81 at Creighton, 9/24 Digs (five games) 19 Busboom at Texas, 10/18 Digs (five games) 62 at Texas, 10/18 Blocks (three games) 10 Gates vs. San Diego, 8/29 Blocks (three games) 15.0 vs. San Diego, 8/29 Blocks (four games) 8 Stalls at Creighton, 9/24 Blocks (four games) 10.0 at Creighton, 9/24 Blocks (five games) 8 Cooper at Texas, 10/18 Blocks (five games) 15.5 at Texas, 10/18 Service Aces 5 Larson vs. Louisville, 9/8 Service Aces 11 at Baylor, 9/30 Nebraska Volleyball Weekly Release #13 • Page 14 • Oct. 27, 2006 • Huskers.com Match-by-Match Leaders Date Opponent Result Kills Blocks Assists Digs Aug. 29 vs. No. 20 San Diego W, 3-0 Larson (13) Gates (10) Holloway (36) Busboom (20) Sept. 1 vs. St. Mary’s W, 3-0 Pavan (19) Stalls (4) Holloway (50) Busboom (16) Sept. 2 vs. Middle Tennessee W, 3-0 Stalls, Larson, Mancuso (10) Pavan (7) Holloway (19) Larson (19) Sept. 3 vs. Long Beach State W, 3-0 Pavan (24) Stalls, Pavan (4) Holloway (53) Busboom (17) Sept. 8 vs. No. 20 Louisville W, 3-0 Pavan (18) Stalls (4) Holloway (40) Busboom (14) Sept. 9 vs. No. 25 Cal Poly W, 3-0 Pavan (18) Stalls (6) Holloway (44) Busboom (20) Sept. 10 vs. Minnesota W, 3-1 Pavan (23) Stalls (5) Holloway (57) Busboom (18) Sept. 13 vs. Kansas W, 3-0 Pavan (12) Gates (7) Holloway (34) Busboom (19) Sept. 16 at Oklahoma W, 3-0 Larson (17) Gates (3) Holloway (41) Busboom (21) Sept. 20 vs. Iowa State W, 3-0 Pavan (15) Stalls (8) Holloway (41) Busboom (14) Sept. 23 vs. Texas Tech W, 3-0 Pavan (19) Stalls (6) Griffin (43) Busboom (14) Sept. 24 at Creighton W, 3-1 Pavan, Larson (18) Stalls (8) Holloway (38) Busboom (23) Sept. 30 at Baylor W, 3-1 Pavan (24) Stalls, Pavan, Mancuso (3) Holloway (54) Busboom (19) Oct. 4 vs. Kansas State W, 3-0 Larson (20) Cooper, Pavan (5) Holloway (46) Busboom (19) Oct. 7 at Texas A&M W, 3-0 Pavan (17) Pavan (4) Holloway (38) Larson (15) Oct. 11 at No. 15 Missouri W, 3-0 Pavan (16) Stalls (8) Holloway (49) Larson (14) Oct. 14 vs. Colorado W, 3-0 Larson (17) Pavan (6) Holloway (47) Busboom (13) Oct. 18 at No. 9 Texas W, 3-2 Pavan (22) Cooper (8) Holloway (55) Busboom (19) Oct. 25 vs. No. 16 Missouri W, 3-0 Pavan (18) Stalls, Cooper, Pavan (3) Holloway (48) Busboom (14)

2006 Nebraska Volleyball Results Date Opponent Result Score-by-game Overall Big 12 Time Attend Aug. 29 vs. #20 San Diego W, 3-0 30-18, 30-25, 31-29 1-0 0-0 1:30 4,107 Sept. 1 vs. St. Mary’s W, 3-0 30-23, 30-19, 30-14 2-0 0-0 1:25 4,177 Sept. 2 vs. Middle Tennessee W, 3-0 30-14, 30-15, 30-15 3-0 0-0 1:23 4,270 Sept. 3 vs. Long Beach State W, 3-0 30-15, 31-29, 30-25 4-0 0-0 1:35 4,102 Sept. 8 vs. #20 Louisville W, 3-0 30-13, 30-24, 30-13 5-0 0-0 1:20 4,187 Sept. 9 vs. #25 Cal Poly W, 3-0 30-23, 30-23, 30-22 6-0 0-0 1:32 4,170 Sept. 10 vs. Minnesota W, 3-1 28-30, 30-25, 30-22, 30-22 7-0 0-0 2:00 4,114 Sept. 13 vs. Kansas W, 3-0 30-24, 30-21, 30-24 8-0 1-0 1:35 4,128 Sept. 16 at Oklahoma W, 3-0 30-27, 30-18, 34-32 9-0 2-0 1:44 703 Sept. 20 vs. Iowa State W, 3-0 31-29, 30-20, 30-17 10-0 3-0 1:29 4,079 Sept. 23 vs. Texas Tech W, 3-0 30-27, 30-17, 30-24 11-0 4-0 1:25 4,111 Sept. 24 at Creighton W, 3-1 27-30, 30-24, 30-13, 30-18 12-0 4-0 1:55 12,112 Sept. 30 at Baylor W, 3-0 30-32, 30-18, 30-21, 30-24 13-0 5-0 2:03 1,038 Oct. 4 vs. Kansas State W, 3-0 30-17, 30-22, 30-17 14-0 6-0 1:28 4,101 Oct. 7 at Texas A&M W, 3-0 30-25, 30-24, 30-20 15-0 7-0 1:33 2,118 Oct. 11 at #15 Missouri W, 3-0 30-25, 30-22, 31-29 16-0 8-0 1:39 6,105 Oct. 14 vs. Colorado W, 3-0 30-27, 30-18, 30-21 17-0 9-0 1:24 4,046 Oct. 18 at #9 Texas W, 3-2 27-30, 30-22, 22-30, 30-22, 15-13 18-0 10-0 2:25 3,822 Oct. 25 vs. #16 Missouri W, 3-0 30-27, 30-23, 30-16 19-0 11-0 1:30 4,139 Nebraska Volleyball Weekly Release #13 • Page 15 • Oct. 27, 2006 • Huskers.com 2006 Nebraska Cornhuskers No. Name Pos. Ht. Cl. Hometown (High School/Last School) 1 Maggie Griffin S 6-0 Jr. St. Charles, Ill. (Rosary/Michigan State) 3 Christina Houghtelling (C) OH 6-2 Sr. Cambridge, Neb. (Cambridge) 4 Brooke Bartek OH 6-2 Fr. Lincoln, Neb. (Northeast) 5 Rachel Schwartz L/DS 5-9 So. Lincoln, Neb. (East) 7 Dani Mancuso OH 6-2 Sr. Omaha, Neb. (Omaha Gross) 9 Sarah Pavan RS 6-5 Jr. Kitchener, Ontario (Forest Heights Collegiate Institute) 10 Jordan Larson OH 6-2 So. Hooper, Neb. (Logan View) 11 Tracy Stalls (C) MB 6-3 Jr. Denver, Colo. (Lakewood) 12 Rachel Holloway S 5-10 R-Fr. Franklin, Tenn. (Smoky Hill, Colo.) 15 Kori Cooper MB 6-2 Fr. Amarillo, Texas (Amarillo) 17 Amanda Gates MB 6-2 So. Columbus, Neb. (Columbus) 18 Dani Busboom (C) L 5-11 Sr. Cortland, Neb. (Freeman) (C) - 2006 Captains Coaching and Administrative Staff Head Coach: John Cook, Seventh Year (San Diego, 1979) Head Assistant Coach: Lee Maes, Second Year (Long Beach State, 1994) Assistant Coach: Charlene Tagaloa, Fourth Year (BYU, 1999) Director of Operations: Lindsay Wischmeier Athletic Trainer: Jolene Emricson Strength Coach: Laura Pilakowski Team Managers: Ben Boldt and Bill Egbert

Pronunciation Guide Name Pronunciation Christina Houghtelling HOE-tell-ing Dani Mancuso Man-CUE-so Sarah Pavan PAV (rhymes with Have) - in Lee Maes MAYS Charlene Johnson-Tagaloa Ton-ga-LOE-uh Lindsay Wischmeier WISH-my-er Hoooper, Neb. HUP-Purr 2006 Nebraska Bio Updates • Huskers.com

#1 Maggie Griffin #3 Christina Houghtelling (pronounced HOTEL-ing) 6-0 • Jr. • Setter • St. Charles, Ill. (Rosary/Michigan State) 6-2 • Sr. • Outside Hitter • Cambridge, Neb. (Cambridge) • Junior who backs up Rachel Holloway at setter while also being used as NU’s 2006 Honors serving specialist 2006 Tri-Captain • Averages 3.42 assists and 0.88 digs per game in 13 matches, while totaling Returning First-Team Academic All-American (3.94 GPA in Elementary Education) three service aces • Houghtelling will miss the 2006 season after off-season surgeries on her right • Made a pair of starts against Texas Tech and Creighton, totaling 43 assists, nine shoulder and right knee digs and three kills against the Red Raiders on Sept. 23 • Chosen as the AVCA National Player of the Year in 2005 after averaging 3.69 kills, • Matched her season high with nine digs against Creighton on Sept. 24 2.49 digs and 1.03 blocks per game • Had four assists and a kill against No. 20 Louisville on Sept. 8 • Earned first-team All-America and All-Big 12 laurels after ranking among the Big • Saw extensive action against Middle Tennessee on Sept. 2, totaling 16 assists 12 leaders in kills (10th) and hitting percentage (.375, fifth) and two digs against the Blue Raiders • Tied for the team lead with six double-doubles - including a 19-kill, 20-dig • Spent part of the summer in Colorado Springs, training with the USA Volleyball program performance against Kansas State on Nov. 19 • Started at setter in 2005 when NU used a 6-2 offense, averaging 7.49 assists and • Topped NU in kills 13 times and hit .400 or better 19 times in 35 matches 1.59 digs per game in helping NU rank fourth nationally in hitting percentage (.322) • Was at her best in Nebraska’s toughest matches in 2005, averaging 4.00 kills, 2.54 and kills per game (17.12) and eighth in assists per game (15.72) digs and 1.29 blocks per game in seven matches against top-10 teams • Helped the Huskers hit .350 or better 16 times, including eight matches above .400 • Spent the summer of 2005 competing for the USA Volleyball A2 National Team, • Totaled 30 or more assists seven times, including a season-high 37 at No. 7 Missouri traveling to Switzerland to compete in the Montreux Volleymasters on Oct. 5 and had four double-doubles in 2005 • Started most of 2004 at outside hitter, averaging 2.90 kills and 2.34 digs per game, • Spent her freshman season starting at Michigan State, ranking fifth in the league while ranking seventh in the Big 12 with 0.34 service aces per game with 12.98 assists per game to earn all-freshman honors • Played middle blocker at NU during her freshman year, appearing in 17 matches • Was a Fab 50 recruit from Rosary High School and was the No. 12 prospect despite missing most of the year with a knee injury nationally by Prepvolleyball.com • Two-time all-state selection in volleyball at Cambridge High School where she had • Was the first player in the more than 25 years of Junior Olympic Volleyball 434 kills and hit .539 as a senior...Also starred in basketball, averaging 27.1 points Championship history to be awarded MVP in the same division (U-18) two years in a and 13.5 rebounds as a senior, and track, where she won the all-class state titles in row at the Junior Olympic Nationals both the high jump and triple jump • Was the first athlete from Cambridge HS to earn a Division I volleyball scholarship, Season GP K K/G E TA .Pct A SA D BS BA TB B/G as the school is best known for producing former Husker WNBA First-Round draft 2005 116 3 0.03 7 14 -.286 869 9 185 0 0 0 0.00 2006 24 4 0.17 2 12 .167 82 3 21 0 2 2 0.08 pick Nicole Kubik TOTAL 140 7 0.05 9 26 -.077 951 12 206 0 2 2 0.01 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 2004 77 223 2.90 87 594 .229 8 26 180 7 33 40 0.52 2005 116 428 3.69 107 882 .364 31 24 289 7 112 119 1.03 TOTAL 232 716 3.09 220 1628 .305 45 65 497 18 172 190 0.82 2006 Nebraska Bio Updates • Huskers.com #4 Brooke Bartek #5 Rachel Schwartz 6-2 • Fr. • Outside Hitter • Lincoln, Neb. (Northeast) 5-9 • So. • Defensive Specialist • Lincoln, Neb. (East)

• Bartek is NU’s top backup at all three outside hitter positions, appearing in six • Schwartz is the Huskers’ defensive specialist and has appeared in all 18 matches, matches this season as a true freshman making 15 starts for the nation’s No. 1 club • Picked up a kill on match point against Colorado on Oct. 14 • Averages 2.40 digs and 0.29 assists per game in 52 games, as she is on scholarship • Had two kills on two swings and a service ace against No. 20 Louisville on Sept. 8 this season after walking on to the team in 2005 • Rated the No. 13 player nationally in the 2006 recruiting class by Prepvolleyball. • Has reached double figures in digs eight times this season, including seven of the com and a Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 Recruit last nine matches, where she has averaged 3.23 digs per game • Started all four years at Lincoln Northeast, setting a school record with 337 blocks • Has established her career high in digs seven times, including a career-high 15 and ranking second all-time with 1,190 kills for Coach Michelle Leising digs in a win over No. 9 Texas on Oct. 18 • Named the 2005 Nebraska Gatorade Player of the Year after totaling 406 kills on • Had 10 digs in a sweep of Colorado on Oct. 14 .359 hitting with 74 blocks, 33 aces and 290 digs • Totaled 10 digs in NU’s sweep at No. 15 Missouri on Oct. 11 • Captained the Lincoln Journal Star’s Super-State team in 2005 and garnered • Tied her career high with 14 digs against Kansas State on Oct. 4 first-team all-state accolades from the Journal Star and the Omaha World-Herald • Set career bests in both service aces (three) and digs (14) in NU’s win over Baylor in 2004 and 2005 on Sept. 30 • Played club volleyball for the Nebraska Juniors squad that finished third at the 2005 • Established a career high with 14 digs in NU’s win at Creighton on Sept. 24 Junior Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah • Totaled 12 digs and a service ace in a sweep of Texas Tech on Sept. 23 • Also ran track and played basketball at Lincoln Northeast, helping the school to an • Had seven digs and sparked several key scoring runs at Oklahoma on Sept. 16 undefeated record and a Class A state basketball title in 2004-05 • Totaled a season-high 11 digs in the win over Minnesota on Sept. 10 • Her father (Steve) was an All-American basketball player at Doane College, while • Totaled a then-career-high five digs in a sweep of Long Beach State on Sept. 3 her mother (JoAnne) played college volleyball and track, earning All-America honors • Walked on to the Husker program and was valuable as a serving and defensive in the high jump at Midland Lutheran specialist in helping NU to 33 wins and an appearance in the national finals in 2005 • Her grandfather (Bertyl Gissler) played football at NU in 1943. • 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 Season GP K K/G E TA .Pct A SA D BS BA TB B/G • Earned Prepvolleyball.com All-America honors as a senior, as she finished her prep 2006 6 3 0.50 2 5 .200 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 career as Lincoln East’s all-time leader in kills, digs and hitting percentage TOTAL 6 3 0.50 2 5 .200 0 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 • 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’ last national championship season in 2000 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 62 0 0.00 2 13 -.154 18 9 149 0 0 0 0.00 TOTAL 139 0 0.00 2 13 -.154 18 14 167 0 0 0 0.00 2006 Nebraska Bio Updates • Huskers.com

#7 Dani Mancuso (pronounced Man-CUE-so) #9 Sarah Pavan (pronounced Pav-in, rhymes with have-in) 6-2 • Sr. • Outside Hitter • Omaha, Neb. (Gross) 6-5 • Jr. • Right Side Hitter • Kitchener, Ontario (Forest Hts. Collegiate Institute)

2006 Honors 2006 Honors Academic All-America Candidate (3.46 GPA in Communication Studies) National Player of the Year Candidate Big 12 Player of the Week (Sept. 11) • Senior starter at outside hitter who averages 2.45 kills, 0.68 blocks and 0.68 digs Ameritas Players Challenge MVP per game, as she exclusively plays in the front row Nebraska Invitational MVP • Has reached double digits in kills three times in 2006 and has had at least six kills Ameritas Players Challenge All-Tournament Team in 17 of NU’s 19 matches Nebraska Invitational All-Tournament Team • Keyed NU’s sweep of No. 16 Missouri on Oct. 25, totaling eight kills on a season-best Returning First-Team Academic All-American (4.00 GPA in Biochemistry) .438 hitting against the Tigers • Sparked NU’s win over No. 9 Texas on Oct. 18 with nine kills while tying her career • Two-time AVCA first-team All-American who is on pace for one of the most high with six blocks against the Longhorns distinguished careers in NU history, ranking 10th in school history with 1,246 kills • Enjoyed her best match of the season at No. 15 Missouri on Oct. 11, finishing with • Leads the Big 12 in kills (5.19) and points per game (6.15), while hitting .310 and nine kills on .400 hitting, three digs and two blocks against the Tigers averaging 1.16 blocks and 0.32 service aces per game • Totaled nine kills and tied for the team lead with five blocks at Baylor on Sept. 30 • Ranks 11th nationally in kills per game and has reached double figures in kills in • Matched her season high with 11 kills in a win over Creighton on Sept. 24 18 of NU’s 19 matches, including a four of 20-kill performances • Recorded eight kills, four blocks and tied a seaon best with four digs in a sweep • Reached 1,000 kills in 236 games, the fastest by any Husker in school history, of Texas Tech on Sept. 23 bettering the previous best of 238 by 2004 Olympian Nancy Metcalf (Meendering) • Totaled eight kills and two blocks in a sweep of Iowa State on Sept. 20 • Paced NU’s sweep of No. 16 Missouri by recording a match-high 18 kills on .424 • Had nine kills on 22 swings at Oklahoma on Sept. 16 hitting while chipping in three blocks and six digs against the Tigers • Tallied a season-high 11 kills against Saint Mary’s on Sept. 1 • Led NU with 22 kills, including six kills on 10 swings in game five, of NU’s win at • Totaled seven kills and a season-high five blocks in a sweep of No. 20 San Diego No. 9 Texas on Oct. 18 on Aug. 29 • Recorded a match-high 16 kills on .467 hitting, eight digs and four blocks in a • Mancuso served as the Huskers’ top reserve at all three outside hitter positions, sweep of No. 15 Missouri on Oct. 11 averaging 1.38 kills, 1.15 digs and 0.62 blocks per game in 26 matches • Made her only start of 2005 at Michigan, recording 10 kills on .348 hitting while • Totaled a match-high 17 kills on .394 hitting and three aces at Texas A&M on Oct. 7 adding eight digs and a career-high six blocks in a three-game sweep of the Wolverines • Picked up her second double-double of the season with 13 kills and 10 digs against on Sept. 3 Kansas State on Oct. 4 • Split time at outside hitter in 2004, averaging 2.77 kills and 2.27 digs per game • Matched her season high with 24 kills and added a pair of aces at Baylor on Sept. 30 in 24 matches • Led NU with 19 kills on .357 hitting and tied her season high with three aces against • Enjoyed her best match of the 2004 season at No. 16 Kansas State, totaling a Texas Tech on Sept. 23 career-high 22 kills on .559 hitting with two aces and three blocks • Totaled 15 kills and added five blocks in a sweep of Iowa State on Sept. 20 • Appeared in 29 matches as a freshman in 2003, averaging 2.01 kills and 1.72 • Named MVP of both of NU’s tournaments and was chosen as the Big 12 Player of digs per game the Week on Sept. 11, after averaging 6.70 points, 5.90 kills (.409 hitting percentage) • Captained the Lincoln Journal Star and Omaha World-Herald all-state teams as a and 2.30 digs in the Ameritas Players Challenge senior, setting a state Class B record with 621 kills as a senior • Totaled her first double-double of 2006 against Minnesota on Sept. 10 with 23 kills on .426 hitting and 11 digs Season GP K K/G E TA .Pct A SA D BS BA TB B/G 2003 71 143 2.01 78 423 .154 19 24 122 5 26 31 0.44 • Had one of the best matches of her career against Long Beach State on Sept. 9, 2004 56 155 2.77 60 390 .244 4 16 127 10 30 40 0.71 totaling 24 kills on .400 hitting against the 49ers, including eight kills on eight 2005 39 54 1.38 22 136 .235 4 7 45 3 21 24 0.62 swings in the opener 2006 62 152 2.45 64 436 .202 6 0 42 9 33 42 0.68 TOTAL 228 504 2.21 224 1385 .202 33 47 336 27 110 137 0.60 • Selected MVP of the Nebraska Invitational, hitting .457 and averaging 5.67 kills and 1.56 blocks per game • Tabbed the Big 12 Player of the Year in 2005 after averaging 3.82 kills, 1.24 blocks, 1.66 digs and 0.31 aces per game • Ranked among the conference leaders in hitting percentage (.357, seventh), kills (seventh), blocks (1.24, 10th) and points per game (fifth, 4.79) • Reached double figures in kills 31 times, including a season-high 22 in a win over No. 12 Missouri on Nov. 13 • Totaled four double-doubles, including a triple-double of 11 kills, 11 blocks and 10 digs against Pepperdine on Sept. 9, the first triple-double by a Husker outside hitter since current U.S. National Team member Nancy Metcalf in 1999 • Hit .400 or better 13 times, including the national semifinal against Santa Clara (11 kills on .500 hitting) and the championship match against Washington (16 kills on .429 hitting) • Became the first freshman to earn first-team AVCA All-America honors since Stanford’s in 1999 and was named AVCA National Freshman of the Year • Was a member of the Canadian National Team at age 16 - the youngest player in Canadian history • Comes from a volleyball family as her mother (Cindy) was a member of the Canadian National Team, while her father (Paul) is a club coach in Canada • Is only the fourth player in program history to hail from outside the United States Season GP K K/G E TA .Pct A SA D BS BA TB B/G 2004 106 481 4.54 150 1,027 .322 32 19 151 12 112 124 1.17 2005 116 443 3.82 120 904 .357 28 36 192 9 135 144 1.24 2006 62 322 5.19 101 713 .310 16 20 89 7 65 72 1.16 TOTAL 284 1246 4.39 371 2644 .331 76 75 432 28 312 340 1.20 2006 Nebraska Bio Updates • Huskers.com #10 Jordan Larson #11 Tracy Stalls 6-2 • So. • Outside Hitter • Hooper, Neb. (Logan View) 6-3 • Jr. • Middle Blocker • Denver, Colo. (Lakewood) 2006 Honors 2006 Honors Big 12 Player of the Week (Oct. 9) Nebraska Invitational All-Tournament Team Ameritas Players Challenge All-Tournament Team 2006 Tri-Captain Nebraska Invitational All-Tournament Team Academic All-America Candidate (3.96 GPA in Individualized Program of Studies) • Three-year veteran at middle blocker who is healthy and enjoying the best year of • Larson has developed into one of the Big 12’s top performers during the 2006 her career season, averaging 4.29 kills and 3.61 digs per game and is the only Big 12 player in • Averages 2.69 kills and 1.34 blocks per game, ranking second in the Big 12 and fifth the top-10 for both kills and digs per game nationally in hitting percentage (.433) and sixth in the Big 12 in blocks • Ranks in the top-10 in the Big 12 in service aces (0.52, third), points per game • Ranks fifth nationally in hitting percentage in the latest NCAA rankings and is on (5.27, third), kills (fourth) and digs (eighth) pace to threaten the school (.440 by Virginia Stahr, 1990) and Big 12 record (.415 by • Has a team-high 14 double-doubles and had 10 straight double-doubles - the Nicole Wilson, Missouri, 2005) for highest hitting percentage longest streak by a Husker in the Big 12 era - before it was snapped against Missouri • Hit .500 or better eight times, including a team-high .727 (9-1-11) against Texas on Oct. 25 Tech on Sept. 23 • Has been selected to the all-tournament team in both of NU’s tournaments this season • Has reached double figures in kills six times, including 14 kills against Minnesota • Recorded 15 kills on .458 hitting and six digs in a sweep of No. 16 Missouri on Oct. 25 and Long Beach State • Finished with 13 kills, 13 digs and a season-high five blocks in NU’s win at No. 9 Texas • Totaled 13 kills on .417 hitting and three blocks in a win at No. 9 Texas on Oct. 18 on Oct. 18 • Had 12 kills without an error on .571 hitting against Colorado on Oct. 14 • Toppped NU with 17 kills and added 10 digs against Colorado on Oct. 14 • Nearly totaled a double-double with nine kills and eight blocks in a sweep of • Totaled 14 kills on .344 hitting and a match-high 14 digs in a sweep of No. 15 Missouri Missouri on Oct. 11 on Oct. 11 • Led NU’s victory over Creighton on Sept. 24 with 11 kills on .450 hitting and matched • Named Big 12 Player of the Week on Oct. 9, averaging 5.17 kills and 4.17 digs per game, her season high with eight blocks while hitting .382 in sweeps of Kansas State and Texas A&M • Played one of her best all-around matches of the year against Iowa State on Sept. 16, totaling eight kills, a season-high eight blocks and seven digs in a sweep of the • Led NU with 15 digs while chipping in 11 kills in a victory at Texas A&M on Oct. 7 Cyclones • Enjoyed her best match of the year against Kansas State on Oct. 4, totaling a career- • Totaled 14 kills on 20 swings against Long Beach State on Sept. 3 while adding four high 20 kills on .400 hitting and 10 digs in a sweep of the Wildcats blocks and three digs in a sweep of the 49ers • Had 17 kills, 16 digs, five assists and two aces in NU’s win at Baylor on Sept. 30 • Was efficient against Middle Tennessee on Sept. 2, totaling 10 kills on 14 swings • Totaled a season-high 18 kills and added 12 digs and a pair of blocks in a win over and three blocks against the Blue Raiders Creighton at the Qwest Center on Sept. 24 • Tied or set career highs in kills (14) and attempts (30) while adding a team-high • Led NU with 17 kills on .316 hitting and added 11 digs in a sweep at Oklahoma five blocks in a four-game win over Minnesota on Sept. 10 on Sept. 16 • Spent part of the summer training with the USA Volleyball Program in Colorado • Helped NU to a win over Minnesota with a 17-kill, 11-dig effort on Sept. 10 Springs • Set a career high with five service aces against No. 20 Louisville on Sept. 8 while • Averaged 1.43 kills on .244 hitting and 1.59 blocks per game in 2005, ranking third adding 14 kills on .440 hitting against the Cardinals in the Big 12 in blocks despite missing six matches after knee surgery • Totaled a match-high 13 kills, four blocks and three aces in a sweep of No. 20 San • Topped NU in blocking nine times, including the NCAA title match against Washington, Diego on Aug. 29 where she totaled a match-high nine blocks, along with three kills and four assists • Had 10 kills and matched her career high with 19 digs in a sweep of Middle • Enjoyed her best offensive match of the season at No. 11 Texas on Nov. 26, hitting Tennessee on Sept. 2 .400 while recording season bests in both kills (11) and attempts (20) • Picked up a double-double against Saint Mary’s on Sept. 1 with 13 kills and 12 digs • Recorded a career-high 12 blocks, including five solo stuffs, versus Kansas State • Named the Big 12 and AVCA Central Region Freshman of the Year, averaging 2.82 on Nov. 19 • Started 30 matches at middle blocker as a freshman, setting single-season freshman kills, 2.79 digs and 0.71 blocks per game records for total blocks (160) and block assists (148) • Topped all Big 12 freshmen in kills, digs, hitting percentage (.277) and service • Ranked third in the Big 12 and 11th nationally in blocks (1.65 per game) and was aces (0.38 per game) eighth in the league with a .322 hitting percentage • Was the first Husker freshman to total more than 300 kills and 300 digs in a season, • Spent two years after graduating high school with the USA Volleyball National and finished among NU’s all-time freshman leaders in both digs (304, second) and Developmental Program kills (307, third) • Traveled with the U.S. National Team in several international competitions, including • Was a Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 pick and was rated the No. 2 player in the country the 2003 Pan American Games in the Dominican Republic and the 2004 Yeltsin Cup by Prepvolleyball.com in Russia • Established a C-1 record with 501 kills, hitting .490 with 49 blocks as a senior • Played club volleyball for the Front Range Volleyball Club, helping the program to • Set a state all-class record with 179 aces en route to Gatorade Player-of-the-Year a national title in 2002 honors in 2004 • Brother (Jon) plays beach volleyball and was in the finals of the 2004 King of the • Led the U.S. Junior National Team to a gold medal at the 2004 NORCECA Continental Beach Tournament, while her father (Dave) played eight seasons in the National Junior Championships, earning MVP, Best Receiver and All-Tournament honors Football League and also had a stint in the USFL • Named to the all-tournament team in the 2003 Under-18 World Championships Season GP K K/G E TA .Pct A SA D BS BA TB B/G while also being named the tournament’s top server 2004 97 219 2.26 73 454 .322 26 21 86 12 148 160 1.65 2005 88 126 1.43 51 307 .244 23 1 28 11 129 140 1.59 • Played club volleyball for the Nebraska Juniors, earning All-America honors at the 2006 62 167 2.69 35 305 .433 13 4 52 11 72 83 1.34 USA Volleyball Junior Olympics from 2003 to 2005 TOTAL 247 512 2.07 159 1066 .331 62 26 166 34 349 383 1.55

Season GP K K/G E TA .Pct A SA D BS BA TB B/G 2005 109 307 2.82 100 746 .277 34 41 304 9 68 77 0.71 2006 62 266 4.29 83 643 .285 44 32 224 19 20 39 0.63 TOTAL 171 573 3.35 183 1389 .281 78 73 528 28 88 116 0.68 2006 Nebraska Bio Updates • Huskers.com #12 Rachel Holloway #15 Kori Cooper 5-10 • R-Fr. • Setter • Franklin, Tenn. (Smoky Hill, Colo.) 6-2 • Fr. • Middle Blocker • Amarillo, Texas (Amarillo) 2006 Honors • Cooper enrolled at Nebraska in January and alternates with Amanda Gates at one of Big 12 Newcomer of the Year Candidate the middle blocker spots, averaging 1.68 kills and 0.88 blocks per game Big 12 Player of the Week (Oct. 16) • Leads the Big 12 in hitting percentage both overall (.434) and in league matches Ameritas Players Challenge All-Tournament Team only (.432) Nebraska Invitational All-Tournament Team • Has started eight matches, including each of the last six contests, where she is averaging 1.92 kills and 1.22 blocks per game while hitting .412 • First Husker freshman to start at setter in a 5-1 offense in the NCAA era, piloting an • Turned in a solid performance against No. 16 Missouri, totaling six kills on 10 swings offense that leads the country in assists (16.60/gm), ranks second in kills (17.58/gm) and tying for team-high honors with three blocks and third in hitting percentage (.301). • Enjoyed one of her best matches of the year at No. 9 Texas, recording a career-high • Averages 13.41 assists, 2.75 digs and 1.22 kills per game, ranking third in the eight blocks and seven kills on 15 swings against the Longhorns Big 12 • Tied her career high with eight kills and chipped in three blocks against Texas A&M • Ranks 11th nationally in assists, a total that leads all freshmen nationally on Oct. 7 • Has seven double-doubles this season (vs. No. 20 San Diego, vs. Long Beach State, • Set career highs in kills (eight) and blocks (five) against Kansas State on Oct. 4 vs. Cal Poly, vs. Kansas, at Baylor, against Kansas State and vs. No. 16 Missouri) and • Made her first career start against Texas Tech on Sept. 23, finishing with five kills has recorded 50-or-more assists five times on .455 hitting and a block in a sweep of the Red Raiders • Picked up her seventh double-double of the year against No. 16 Missouri, • Had two kills on two swings and a pair of blocks in game three against Iowa State finishing with 48 assists and 12 digs, while guiding the Huskers to a .425 hitting on Sept. 20 percentage • Played all of game three against Middle Tennessee on Sept. 2, totaling three blocks • Played a solid match in NU’s win at No. 9 Texas nearly recording a triple-double and a pair of kills in the Husker win with 55 digs, a career-high eight kills and seven digs • Was considered one of the elite players in the class of 2006 before suffering a knee injury that forced her to miss nearly her entire senior season • Named Big 12 Player of the Week after averaging 16.00 assists, 2.00 digs and 0.83 • Tabbed a Volleyball Magazine Fab 50 pick and was the No. 12 player in the country blocks per game in sweeps of No. 15 Missouri and Colorado according to Prepvolleyball.com • Sparked NU’s sweep of No. 15 Missouri with 49 assists, eight digs and a career- • Co-captained the U.S. Youth National Team to a fourth-place finish at the 2005 high three blocks Under-18 World Championships in 2005 in Macau, China, and a first-place showing • Totaled five kills and 38 assists, helping NU hit .343 at Texas A&M on Oct. 7 at the 2004 NORCECA Girls’ Youth Championships • Picked up her second straight double-double with 46 assists and 11 digs against • Participated in the USA Volleyball High Performance Camp for two years KSU on Oct. 4 • Was a three-year starter for Coach Jan Baker at Amarillo High School, leading her team • Nearly recorded a triple-double at Baylor with 54 assists, seven kills on .636 hitting to a state title in 2001, a regional finals appearance and two regional semifinals and 15 digs, tying or setting career bests in both digs and kills • Earned first-team all-state honors for the second straight year in 2004, totaling 439 • Came off the bench to nearly record a double-double against Creighton on Sept. kills, 103 block assists and 55 block solos 24 with 38 assists, nine digs and four kills • Played club volleyball for Coach Tom Paszko on the Colorado Juniors, leading her • Set career bests in digs (14) and blocks (three) while adding 34 assists in a sweep team to a 17th-place finish at the 2005 18-open nationals of Kansas on Sept. 13 • Possesses a strong athletic pedigree, as her mother (Janie) played college basketball • Played one of her best matches of the year against Minnesota on Sept. 10, with a at Texas and Wayland Baptist, her father (Rick) played college basketball at Wayland career-high 57 assists, eight digs and seven kills, while helping NU hit .337 against Baptist and her brother (Tyler) currently plays basketball at West Texas A&M, where the Golden Gophers. Rick is in his 14th season as head coach • Helped Nebraska hit .488 against Saint Mary’s on Sept. 1, its best single-match Season GP K K/G E TA .Pct A SA D BS BA TB B/G total since the 2002 season 2006 34 57 1.68 8 113 .434 7 0 7 2 27 29 0.85 • Captained the U.S. Junior National team to a gold medal at the 2006 NORCECA TOTAL 34 57 1.68 8 113 .434 7 0 7 2 27 29 0.85 Junior Championships in Mexico in August of 2006 • 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, China - equaling the USA’s best ever finish in that tournament • Was named “Best Setter” at the 2004 NORCECA Continental Championships in San Juan, P.R., leading the U.S. Youth National team to a gold medal • Earned Mizuno and Prepvolleyball.com All-America honors and was named the Colorado Player of the Year by three publications • Led Smoky Hill to a state title and two third-place Class 5-A state finishes, as she averaged 3.83 kills, 4.83 assists, 1.15 aces and 2.79 digs per game in 2004 • Selected as the 2004 Gatorade Player of the Year, as well as the Sportswoman of the Year in the state for her athletic and academic accomplishments • Her older sister (Sarah) started at Texas as a freshman in 2004, while her older brother (Tillman) was a four-year letterwinner and All-American offensive lineman at Texas while her late grandfather (Bud McFadin) was a two-time All-American at Texas and a member of the College Football Hall of Fame

Season GP K K/G E TA .Pct A SA D BS BA TB B/G 2006 56 69 1.23 18 141 .362 743 11 150 2 22 24 0.43 TOTAL 56 69 1.23 18 141 .362 743 11 150 2 22 24 0.43 Nebraska Volleyball Weekly Release • 2006 Boxscores & Recaps

#1 Nebraska vs. San Diego #1 Nebraska vs. Saint Mary’s #1 Nebraska vs. Middle Tennessee (Aug. 29, 2006 at Lincoln, Neb.) (Sept. 1, 2006 at Lincoln, Neb.) (Sept. 2, 2006 at Lincoln, Neb.)

GAME SCORES 1 2 3 4 5 RECORDS GAME SCORES 1 2 3 RECORDS GAME SCORES 1 2 3 RECORDS San Diego 18 25 29 3-0 Saint Mary’s 23 19 14 3-1 Middle Tennessee 14 15 15 3-1 Nebraska 30 30 31 0-0 Nebraska 30 30 30 2-0 Nebraska 30 30 30 3-0

San Diego K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Saint Mary’s K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Middle Tennessee K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Degroot, Amy 0 1 1 -1.000 0 0 0 0 0 Thompson, Erin 0 0 0 .000 1 0 8 0 0 Asberry,Ashley 3 12 21 -.429 0 0 0 0 1 Dawson, Christie 9 8 36 .028 1 1 8 0 1 Stidham, Missie 9 4 34 .147 3 1 14 1 0 Sumrell, Megan 0 0 1 .000 7 0 3 0 0 Abrahamson, Laurel 2 3 14 -.071 0 0 2 0 2 Barker, Brittany 4 2 11 .182 0 0 0 0 2 Robinson,Jessica 2 4 11 -.182 0 0 0 1 1 Nyrop, Jessica 3 2 7 .143 26 0 5 0 1 Bible, Mandy 4 1 7 .429 24 0 4 0 2 Adams,Ashley 4 7 26 -.115 0 1 1 0 2 Carlson, Kristen 13 13 47 .000 1 1 12 1 1 Kirk, Christina 6 1 12 .417 0 1 0 1 0 Scott,Quanshell 3 1 12 .167 0 0 0 0 2 Andersen, Jessica 1 1 4 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Gonzalez, Nikki 0 0 0 .000 0 0 2 0 0 Monasterolo,Victoria 6 3 21 .143 0 0 2 0 0 McCarthy, Moira 2 2 8 .000 0 0 1 0 2 Jaeckel, Lauren 4 4 17 .000 0 0 1 0 0 Carter,Megan 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Murphy, Laura 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 Groess, Taylor 3 1 14 .143 1 0 0 0 0 Waugh, Ashley 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 0 Webster, Kayleen 0 0 0 .000 2 1 15 0 0 Holland, Lauren 2 0 5 .400 0 0 0 0 0 Slowik, Theresa 0 0 0 .000 0 0 2 0 0 Wiskar, Erin 3 1 9 .222 0 0 5 0 1 Burton, Megan 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Lemau’u,Alicia 0 0 1 .000 0 0 16 0 0 Csaszi, Andrea 0 0 0 .000 0 0 4 0 0 Parker, Lyndsey 0 0 0 .000 1 0 5 0 0 Clark, Leslie 0 0 1 .000 12 0 5 0 0 Totals 33 31 126 .016 31 3 52 1 8 Totals 32 13 100 .190 30 2 34 2 4 McGlothin,Sasha 2 2 5 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Mead,Ashley 1 1 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Totals 21 30 102 -.088 19 1 30 1 6 Game K E TA .Pct Game K E TA .Pct 1 10 10 36 .000 1 12 3 36 .250 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME 2 10 10 42 .000 2 13 5 35 .229 Game K E TA .Pct 3 13 11 48 .042 3 7 5 29 .069 1 8 9 32 -.031 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 5.0 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 4.0 2 7 9 38 -.053 3 6 12 32 -.188 Nebraska K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Nebraska K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 4.0 Schwartz, Rachel 0 0 1 .000 0 0 2 0 0 Schwartz, Rachel 0 0 1 .000 1 0 3 0 0 Pavan, Sarah 12 8 38 .105 1 0 2 0 8 Pavan, Sarah 19 1 30 .600 1 0 2 0 3 Nebraska K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Larson, Jordan 13 5 35 .229 2 3 8 2 2 Larson, Jordan 13 1 23 .522 3 2 12 0 1 Mancuso, Dani 10 3 26 .269 0 0 3 0 3 Stalls, Tracy 8 1 14 .500 0 0 2 0 3 Stalls, Tracy 9 1 13 .615 2 0 4 0 4 Pavan, Sarah 8 2 18 .333 1 3 2 0 7 Holloway, Rachel 3 1 11 .182 36 2 11 0 0 Holloway, Rachel 5 1 6 .667 50 0 7 0 1 Larson, Jordan 10 2 17 .471 0 1 19 1 1 Gates, Amanda 2 3 12 -.083 2 0 1 0 10 Gates, Amanda 5 1 11 .364 0 0 1 0 3 Stalls, Tracy 10 0 14 .714 1 0 0 1 3 Mancuso, Dani 7 2 20 .250 0 0 3 0 5 Griffin, Maggie 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Holloway, Rachel 1 0 1 1.000 19 1 4 0 0 Busboom, Dani 0 0 0 .000 2 2 20 0 0 Bartek, Brooke 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Gates, Amanda 2 2 8 .000 0 0 0 0 5 Totals 45 20 131 .191 43 7 49 2 28 Mancuso, Dani 11 4 27 .259 0 0 2 1 2 Griffin, Maggie 1 0 1 1.000 16 1 2 0 0 Cooper, Kori 2 0 2 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 Bartek, Brooke 0 1 1 -1.000 0 0 0 0 0 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Busboom, Dani 0 0 0 .000 2 1 16 0 0 Schwartz, Rachel 0 0 0 .000 1 0 4 0 0 Game K E TA .Pct Totals 64 9 113 .487 59 3 47 1 14 Cooper, Kori 2 0 5 .400 0 0 2 0 3 1 15 4 29 .379 Busboom, Dani 1 0 1 1.000 1 0 7 0 0 2 15 8 51 .137 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Totals 45 10 92 .380 39 6 43 2 22 3 15 8 51 .137 Game K E TA .Pct TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 16.0 1 23 2 35 .600 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME 2 19 5 39 .359 Game K E TA .Pct 3 22 2 39 .513 1 13 4 32 .281 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 8.0 2 16 3 30 .433 Huskers Open Year with Sweep of USD 3 16 3 30 .433 Lincoln – Behind a career-high 10 blocks from sophomore NU Sweep Saint Mary’s TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 13.0 Amanda Gates, No. 1 Nebraska opened the season with Lincoln – All-American Sarah Pavan’s 19-kill night led a a 30-18, 30-25, 31-29 victory over No. 20 San Diego on potent offensive attack, as No. 1 Nebraska turned in one of Husker Stuff Middle Tennessee Aug. 29. its best hitting nights in school history in a 30-23, 30-19, Lincoln – Jordan Larson’s second double-double in as Gates, making her first career start, put on a blocking 30-14 sweep of previously unbeaten Saint Mary’s at the many nights sparked an outstanding defensive performance, clinic against the Toreros, establishing a career high after Nebraska Invitational. leading No. 1 Nebraska to a sweep of Middle Tennessee State, totaling just 13 in nine matches as a freshman. Pavan totaled a match-high 19 kills on .600 hitting, 30-14, 30-15, 30-15 at the Nebraska Invitational. Gates led a stifling Husker defense that held San Diego marking the third time in her career that the Kitchener, Larson totaled 19 digs, including 10 in the opening game, (3-1) to just .016 hitting after the Toreros hit .307 in their Ontario, native hit over .600 in a match. as the 6-foot-2 sophomore matched her career high set in first three wins. All-American Sarah Pavan had eight blocks The junior was one of three Huskers that finished in a five-game win last September in Minnesota. Larson also and 12 kills, while outside hitter Dani Mancuso had five double figures in kills, as NU’s .489 hitting was its best in tied for match-high honors with 10 kills on .471 hitting, as blocks – one off her career high – and seven kills. any match since 2002 and the highest in a non-conference the Huskers improved to 3-0 on the season. The Huskers, who started three players who had one or match in seven seasons. Behind Larson’s effort and a stifling Husker block, fewer career starts, were led by their veterans against the Sophomore Jordan Larson finished with 13 kills on .522 Nebraska held Middle Tennessee State (3-2) to negative .088 Toreros. Senior Dani Busboom totaled a match-high 20 digs, hitting and 12 digs for her sixth career double-double, while hitting, the third-lowest total by a Husker opponent since including several in spectacular fashion, in her first career Danu Mancuso added 11 kills and three blocks. Pavan, John Cook took over the Husker program in 2000. Four players start at libero, while Pavan, Jordan Larson and Tracy Stalls Larson and middle blocker Tracy Stalls, who had nine kills had at least three blocks, including seven by All-American combined for 33 kills. on .615 hitting, combined for just three errors all evening Sarah Pavan and five by sophomore Amanda Gates Larson, a preseason All-Big 12 pick, tied USD’s Kristen and one in the first two games, . Dani Mancuso and Tracy Stalls tied Larson for match- Carlson for match-high honors with 13 kills, while also Freshman Rachel Holloway keyed the attack with 50 high honors with 10 kills apiece, as the Huskers hit .380 chipping in three aces, eight digs and four blocks, while Stalls assists, seven digs and five kills on six swings against on the match and .433 in both games two and three while had eight kills on .500 hitting and a trio of blocks. the Gaels. shuttling players in and out of the lineup. Nebraska Volleyball Weekly Release • 2006 Boxscores & Recaps

#1 Nebraska vs. Long Beach State #1 Nebraska vs. #20 Louisville #1 Nebraska vs. #25 Cal Poly (Sept. 3, 2006 at Lincoln, Neb.) (Sept. 8, 2006 at Lincoln, Neb.) (Sept. 9, 2006 at Lincoln, Neb.)

GAME SCORES 1 2 3 RECORDS GAME SCORES 1 2 3 RECORDS GAME SCORES 1 2 3 RECORDS Long Beach St. 15 29 25 5-2 Louisville 13 24 13 4-3 Cal Poly 23 23 22 5-3 Nebraska 30 31 30 4-0 Nebraska 30 30 30 5-0 Nebraska 30 30 30 6-0

Long Beach State K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Louisville K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Cal Poly K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Hudson, Sarah 2 1 5 .200 0 0 1 0 0 Liu, Rui 4 2 7 .286 0 0 7 0 1 Waller, Alicia 13 3 31 .323 0 1 10 0 0 Washington, Naomi 8 0 20 .400 0 0 2 0 2 Marsh, Stephanie 7 6 21 .048 4 0 6 1 1 Milton, Candace 3 0 10 .300 0 0 0 1 2 Hasalikova, Michaela 7 1 14 .429 0 0 0 1 3 Brown, Lecia 1 1 7 .000 0 0 0 0 2 Bertoni, Ashleigh 8 3 26 .192 1 0 0 0 5 Vargas, Nicole 4 1 9 .333 31 1 10 0 3 Dabbs, Samantha 1 1 6 .000 16 0 4 0 0 Houston, Jaclyn 3 6 11 -.273 0 0 0 0 5 Miramontes, Robin 6 6 30 .000 4 0 7 0 1 Kolesnikova,Tatyana 5 2 16 .188 0 1 2 0 1 Hayes, Chelsea 0 1 3 -.333 34 0 13 0 0 Crimes, Alexis 5 2 18 .167 0 0 2 0 3 Matiasovska, Jana 2 3 12 -.083 0 0 2 0 1 Fithian, Haley 10 5 37 .135 1 1 7 0 4 Buggs, Cynthia 0 0 2 .000 2 0 1 0 0 Wetterer, Kristie 0 0 0 .000 0 1 3 0 0 Riviere, Sarah 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Murray, Iris 0 0 0 .000 0 0 13 0 0 Dukule, Svetlana 0 1 2 -.500 0 0 0 0 0 Jackson, Kristin 0 0 1 .000 0 0 11 0 0 Whitfield, Talaya 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Yartseva Stewart, Ana 0 0 0 .000 0 0 2 0 0 Hinkle, Katherine 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 0 Verdin, Quincy 11 4 30 .233 1 0 2 0 0 Pilnikova, Elena 1 0 3 .333 3 0 0 0 0 Suttich, Caitlin 0 0 0 .000 0 0 3 0 0 Totals 43 15 128 .219 38 1 38 1 12 Landi, Justine 3 4 16 -.062 0 0 3 0 0 Totals 37 18 119 .160 36 2 45 1 16 Totals 24 20 90 .044 23 2 29 1 6 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Game K E TA .Pct TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Game K E TA .Pct 1 12 4 32 .250 Game K E TA .Pct 1 13 8 39 .128 2 18 4 50 .280 1 4 7 25 -.120 2 10 3 44 .159 3 13 7 46 .130 2 12 8 43 .093 3 14 7 36 .194 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 7.0 3 8 5 22 .136 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 9.0 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 4.0 Nebraska K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Nebraska K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Schwartz, Rachel 0 0 0 .000 1 0 5 0 0 Nebraska K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Mancuso, Dani 9 3 24 .250 2 0 2 0 0 Pavan, Sarah 24 6 44 .409 1 0 4 0 4 Schwartz, Rachel 0 0 0 .000 2 1 3 0 0 Pavan, Sarah 18 5 37 .351 0 3 7 1 4 Larson, Jordan 9 5 25 .160 1 4 14 2 0 Pavan, Sarah 18 4 31 .452 0 0 5 0 1 Larson, Jordan 16 8 40 .200 3 2 13 1 1 Stalls, Tracy 14 2 20 .600 1 1 3 0 4 Larson, Jordan 14 3 25 .440 3 5 8 3 0 Stalls, Tracy 5 2 14 .214 1 0 1 2 4 Holloway, Rachel 3 0 4 .750 53 0 11 0 1 Stalls, Tracy 8 1 11 .636 1 0 4 0 4 Holloway, Rachel 4 1 7 .429 44 0 11 1 1 Gates, Amanda 6 1 11 .455 0 0 1 0 3 Holloway, Rachel 2 0 5 .400 40 0 7 0 0 Gates, Amanda 2 1 8 .125 0 0 1 0 2 Mancuso, Dani 8 5 22 .136 1 0 4 1 3 Gates, Amanda 1 3 5 -.400 0 0 1 0 0 Schwartz, Rachel 0 0 0 .000 1 0 4 0 0 Busboom, Dani 0 0 0 .000 1 0 17 0 0 Griffin, Maggie 0 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 Cooper, Kori 2 0 5 .400 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 64 19 126 .357 59 5 59 3 15 Bartek, Brooke 2 0 2 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 Busboom, Dani 1 0 1 1.000 2 0 20 0 0 Mancuso, Dani 6 2 15 .267 0 0 2 0 3 Totals 57 20 136 .272 53 5 59 5 12 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Cooper, Kori 2 1 4 .250 1 0 0 0 0 Game K E TA .Pct Busboom, Dani 0 0 0 .000 0 3 14 0 0 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME 1 21 0 27 .778 Totals 53 14 98 .398 51 10 44 3 8 Game K E TA .Pct 2 23 8 47 .319 1 17 5 43 .279 3 20 11 52 .173 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME 2 20 12 53 .151 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 10.5 Game K E TA .Pct 3 20 3 40 .425 1 17 4 32 .406 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 11.0 Huskers Topple Long Beach State 2 18 8 42 .238 3 18 2 24 .667 Huskers Win Defensive Battle Lincoln – Tracy Stalls matched her career high with 14 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 7.0 kills, leading No. 1 Nebraska to a 3-0 victory (30-15, 31-29, Lincoln – Dani Busboom led a strong defensive effort 30-25) over Long Beach State at the Nebraska Invitational with 20 digs, leading top-ranked Nebraska to a 30-23, 30-23, Pavan Reaches Milestone in NU Win 30-22 victory over No. 25 Cal Poly Saturday evening. Sunday on Sept. 3. Lincoln – ll-American Sarah Pavan totaled a match-high The Huskers out-dug Cal Poly, 59-45 while holding the A 6-foot-3 middle blocker from Denver, Stalls totaled 14 18 kills, including the 1,000th of her career, as top-ranked Mustangs to .160 hitting en route to its second win over a kills on just 20 swings and added a match-high four blocks, Nebraska rolled to a 30-13, 30-24, 30-13 victory over No. ranked opponent this weekend. as the Huskers improved to 4-0 on the season and extended 20 Louisville at the Ameritas Players Challenge. The Huskers relied on their outside hitters against the their home winning streak to 38 matches. Pavan needed only 236 games to reach that plateau, Mustangs, as Sarah Pavan, Larson and Dani Mancuso Stalls was one of four Huskers selected to the all- just ahead of the previous mark of 238 set by U.S. Olympian combined for 43 kills, seven blocks and five service aces. tournament team, joining tournament MVP Sarah Pavan, Nancy Metcalf (Meendering). Pavan, who hit .452 on 31 Pavan led all players with 18 kills on .351 hitting while setter Rachel Holloway and Jordan Larson after a perfect swings, reached the milestone midway through game two, adding five blocks and a season-high seven digs. Larson 3-0 weekend. as her 13th kill of the match highlighted a decisive 4-0 run posted her third double-double of the year with 16 kills and Pavan totaled a match-high 24 kills, including 18 in for Nebraska (5-0). 13 digs, while Mancuso had nine kills in helping the Huskers the first two games, on .409 hitting and added four blocks. Pavan’s performance was one of several highlights for improve to 6-0 on the season. Holloway posted her second double-double of the season with the Big Red, as the Huskers hit .398 en route to upping 53 assists and 11 digs and helped NU hit .350 or better for their record to 5-0, including two wins over ranked teams. the third straight match. Larson narrowly missed out on her Jordan Larson turned in a strong effort, totaling 14 kills on third double-double of the weekend with nine kills and 14 .440 hitting and a career-high five aces. Tracy Stalls hit digs, but tied her career high with four aces, including three .636 with eight kills and a match-high four blocks, as the straight in the openers, sparking NU’s decisive run. Huskers held Louisville to .044 hitting. The Huskers out-hit the 49ers, .357-.219, en route to The Huskers, who held Louisville to its two lowest game picking up NU’s first win against the 49ers since 1985. totals in the rally-scoring era, totaled a season-high 10 Dani Busboom tallied a match-high 17 digs, as NU out-dug aces, including five by Larson and three by Dani Busboom, Long Beach State, 59-38, and held the 49ers to just .219 who also chipped in a match-high 14 digs. hitting in the match between two of the country’s long-time volleyball powers. Nebraska Volleyball Weekly Release • 2006 Boxscores & Recaps

#1 Nebraska vs. Minnesota #1 Nebraska vs. Kansas #1 Nebraska at Oklahoma (Sept. 10, 2006 at Lincoln, Neb.) (Sept. 13, 2006 at Lincoln, Neb.) (Sept. 16, 2006 at Norman, Okla.)

GAME SCORES 1 2 3 4 RECORDS GAME SCORES 1 2 3 RECORDS GAME SCORES 1 2 3 RECORDS Minnesota 30 25 22 22 2-4 Kansas 24 21 24 7-3 Nebraska 30 30 34 9-0, 2-0 Big 12 Nebraska 28 30 30 30 7-0 Nebraska 30 30 30 8-0 Oklahoma 27 18 32 9-3, 1-1 Big 12

Minnesota K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Kansas K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Nebraska K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Bowman, Kelly 10 3 26 .269 4 1 10 1 0 Martincich, Katie 2 1 5 .200 24 0 11 0 0 Schwartz, Rachel 0 0 0 .000 1 1 7 0 0 Cumpston, Meghan 2 2 12 .000 0 1 3 0 0 Correa, Jana 14 7 45 .156 1 0 10 0 1 Pavan, Sarah 14 5 38 .237 1 0 3 0 2 Nelson, Meredith 7 4 26 .115 0 0 0 0 1 Brown, Emily 5 5 24 .000 7 1 10 0 1 Larson, Jordan 17 5 38 .316 0 3 11 1 0 Hartmann, Rachel 1 2 6 -.167 58 0 15 0 2 Williams, Brittany 3 6 20 -.150 0 0 2 2 1 Stalls, Tracy 3 1 8 .250 1 1 1 1 1 Jones, Jessy 10 2 20 .400 0 0 2 1 3 Hill, Megan 4 3 12 .083 0 0 2 0 2 Holloway, Rachel 3 0 6 .500 41 0 8 0 2 Roehrig, Kyla 19 3 33 .485 0 0 1 0 3 Noyes, Savannah 8 8 22 .000 1 0 0 0 3 Gates, Amanda 3 2 8 .125 0 0 0 0 3 Schmidt, Kelly 0 1 1 -1.000 0 0 0 0 1 Morningstar, Linsey 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Griffin, Maggie 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Hagerty, Rachelle 0 1 1 -1.000 0 0 0 0 0 Mathewson, Jamie 0 0 0 .000 1 0 15 0 0 Mancuso, Dani 9 5 22 .182 0 0 0 0 0 Wilber, Michele 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Grieb, Melissa 0 0 1 .000 0 1 7 0 0 Busboom, Dani 1 0 1 1.000 3 0 21 0 0 Chin, Krista 0 0 1 .000 0 0 10 0 0 Mazour, Paige 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Totals 50 18 121 .264 47 5 51 2 8 Tan, Christine 0 0 0 .000 0 0 21 0 0 Mahoney, Caitlin 0 1 2 -.500 0 0 0 0 0 Vatterrodt, Katie 17 7 34 .294 0 0 1 0 0 Wittman, Dani 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Totals 66 25 160 .256 62 2 63 2 10 Totals 36 31 131 .038 34 2 57 2 8 Game K E TA .Pct 1 14 5 34 .265 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TEAM ATTACK PER GAME 2 20 7 41 .317 Game K E TA .Pct Game K E TA .Pct 3 16 6 46 .217 1 20 3 39 .436 1 12 10 39 .051 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 6.0 2 17 8 45 .200 2 12 9 49 .061 3 14 9 39 .128 3 12 12 43 .000 Oklahoma K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA 4 15 5 37 .270 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 6.0 Jackson, Rachel 3 0 5 .600 38 2 12 0 2 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 7.0 Tomes, Laura 10 3 21 .333 1 0 1 0 1 Nebraska K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Weiland, Sarah 7 3 12 .333 0 0 0 0 2 Nebraska K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Schwartz, Rachel 0 2 4 -.500 1 0 6 0 0 Schmitt, Joanna 17 10 48 .146 1 0 6 0 1 Schwartz, Rachel 0 0 0 .000 0 0 11 0 0 Pavan, Sarah 12 5 35 .200 1 0 4 0 4 Laplante, Bridget 6 5 26 .038 1 0 4 0 0 Pavan, Sarah 23 3 47 .426 2 1 11 0 1 Larson, Jordan 11 8 39 .077 0 2 8 1 2 Santos, Eliane 3 2 19 .053 0 0 1 1 4 Larson, Jordan 17 5 35 .343 6 1 11 0 1 Stalls, Tracy 6 3 15 .200 0 1 2 1 4 Chester, Julie 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 Stalls, Tracy 14 3 30 .367 0 0 2 1 4 Holloway, Rachel 3 0 7 .429 35 1 14 0 3 Stadel, Anna 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Holloway, Rachel 7 1 12 .500 57 0 8 0 2 Gates, Amanda 6 3 12 .250 0 0 0 2 5 Monsen, Anna 0 0 0 .000 1 0 11 0 0 Gates, Amanda 1 0 5 .200 0 0 0 0 1 Griffin, Maggie 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Blum, Mariana 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Mancuso, Dani 8 5 28 .107 0 0 0 1 1 Mancuso, Dani 6 2 18 .222 1 0 0 1 0 Sharp, Hannah 0 0 0 .000 1 0 8 0 0 Cooper, Kori 2 1 5 .200 1 0 1 0 0 Busboom, Dani 0 0 2 .000 4 1 19 0 0 Totals 46 23 132 .174 44 2 43 1 10 Busboom, Dani 1 0 1 1.000 4 3 18 0 0 Totals 44 23 132 .159 42 5 53 5 18 Totals 73 18 163 .337 70 5 62 2 10 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Game K E TA .Pct TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Game K E TA .Pct 1 15 10 45 .111 Game K E TA .Pct 1 15 9 43 .140 2 8 4 34 .118 1 14 5 34 .265 2 16 6 46 .217 3 23 9 53 .264 2 20 4 46 .348 3 13 8 43 .116 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 6.0 3 20 5 46 .326 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 14.0 4 19 4 37 .405 Huskers Top OU, 3-0 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 7.0 Huskers Sweep KU to Open Big 12 Slate Norman, Okla. – Jordan Larson’s fifth double-double of Lincoln –Behind seven blocks from Amanda Gates, top- the season lifted top-ranked Nebraska to a 3-0 sweep of Huskers Top Gophers for Tourney Title ranked Nebraska remained perfect on the season, posting Oklahoma (30-27, 30-18, 34-32) at the McCasland Field Lincoln – Behind double-doubles from Sarah Pavan and a 30-24, 30-21, 30-24 victory over Kansas in its Big 12 House on Sept. 16 Jordan Larson, No. 1 Nebraska survived Minnesota’s upset opener on Wednesday in front of a sold-out crowd of 4,128 Larson paced the Huskers with 17 kills and 11 digs and bid, posting a 28-30, 30-25, 20-22, 30-22 victory over the and a national television audience. three aces as Nebraska (9-0, 2-0 Big 12) went on the road Golden Gophers to win the Ameritas Players Challenge on The Huskers, who improved to 8-0 on the season, for the first time in 2006. The Huskers held Oklahoma to .174 Sept. 10. recorded 14 blocks and held Kansas (7-3, 0-1 Big 12) to hitting – more than 100 points below its season average The Huskers (7-0) took their own tournament title just .038 hitting. With the sweep - NU’s seventh in eight – while snapping the Sooners’ seven-match win streak. for the second consecutive weekend, as Pavan totaled a matches – the Huskers extended their home winning streak Dani Busboom established a career-high with 21 digs, match-high 23 kills on. 407 hitting and 11 digs for her first to 41 matches. her third 20-plus dig match of the season, as the Huskers double-double of the year and seventh of her career. Pavan Gates, who also totaled six kills, provided an early spark, out-dug OU (9-3, 1-1 Big 12), 51-43. Sarah Pavan also earned tournament MVP honors, as the 6-foot-5 right side totaling six blocks and four kills in game one alone, as finished with 14 kills, while Dani Mancuso added nine kills hitter averaged 5.90 kills on .409 hitting, 2.30 digs and her blocking total was her best since recording 10 in NU’s for the Huskers. 0.70 blocks in three victories, including a pair of sweeps season opener on Aug. 29. Tracy Stalls also had five blocks, over ranked teams. as Kansas hit .061 or lower in all three games and fell to Larson joined Pavan on the all-tournament team after NU for the 77th straight time. posting her fifth double-double of the year with 17 kills Sarah Pavan paced NU with 12 kills and chipped in four and 11 digs. Larson totaled 12 of her kills in the final two blocks, while Jordan Larson added 11 kills, two aces and games, including five kills on nine swings in the finale. eight digs. Rachel Holloway totaled her fourth double-double Rachel Holloway was the third Husker on the all-tournament with 35 assists and a career-high 14 digs. team, as the setter totaled a career-best 57 assists, eight digs and seven kills. Holloway helped the Huskers hit .337 as a team, including .405 in game four. Tracy Stalls was the third Husker to finish in double figures in kills, as the junior tied or set career highs in kills (14) and attempts (30) while leading NU with five blocks. Nebraska Volleyball Weekly Release • 2006 Boxscores & Recaps

#1 Nebraska vs. Iowa State #1 Nebraska vs. Texas Tech #1 Nebraska at Creighton (Sept. 20, 2006 at Lincoln, Neb.) (Sept. 23, 2006 at Lincoln, Neb.) (Sept. 24, 2006 at Omaha, Neb.)

GAME SCORES 1 2 3 RECORDS GAME SCORES 1 2 3 RECORDS GAME SCORES 1 2 3 4 RECORDS Iowa State 29 20 17 9-3, 1-1 Big 12 Texas Tech 27 17 24 8-6, 0-4 Big 12 Nebraska 27 30 30 30 12-0 Nebraska 31 30 30 10-0, 3-0 Big 12 Nebraska 30 30 30 11-0, 4-0 Big 12 Creighton 30 24 13 18 11-3

Iowa State K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Texas Tech K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Nebraska K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Cady, Laura 0 1 1 -1.000 1 0 4 0 0 Charlebois, Amy 8 2 21 .286 0 0 2 0 1 Griffin, Maggie 0 1 2 -.500 17 1 9 0 1 Manns, Kaylee 0 2 6 -.333 36 0 15 0 1 Sang, Philister 13 5 38 .211 1 0 10 1 2 Schwartz, Rachel 0 0 1 .000 0 0 14 0 0 Boeve, Erin 7 4 17 .176 0 0 2 1 2 Lyons, Kiley 9 5 28 .143 0 2 5 0 0 Pavan, Sarah 18 5 50 .260 1 0 7 0 4 Klein, Jessica 5 3 20 .100 0 0 1 0 2 Ziegler, Emily 0 2 6 -.333 21 0 8 0 0 Larson, Jordan 18 2 53 .302 2 1 12 1 1 Lorenzen, Nicole 8 8 29 .000 0 0 11 0 1 Ostmeyer, Alicia 1 3 8 -.250 0 0 1 0 3 Stalls, Tracy 11 2 20 .450 2 0 4 2 6 Jessen, Katie 12 7 31 .161 0 1 12 0 1 Gottschalk, Laura 1 2 6 -.167 1 0 0 0 0 Cooper, Kori 3 0 4 .750 1 0 0 0 0 Churm, Katie 0 0 0 .000 0 0 10 0 0 Pauley, Jamye 2 1 3 .333 0 0 3 0 0 Bartek, Brooke 0 1 1 -1.000 0 0 0 0 0 Kieger, Diane 0 1 1 -1.000 0 0 0 0 0 Hicks, Holly 1 0 3 .333 12 0 2 0 1 Mancuso, Dani 11 5 31 .194 0 0 2 0 0 Cummings, Lauren 6 2 16 .250 0 0 1 0 1 Bucy, Robyn 2 2 8 .000 0 0 1 0 1 Holloway, Rachel 4 2 11 .182 38 0 9 0 1 Totals 38 28 121 .083 37 1 56 1 8 Harrell, Jenn 0 0 0 .000 1 1 6 0 0 Gates, Amanda 2 0 3 .667 1 0 1 0 1 Hiller, Amanda 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 0 Busboom, Dani 1 0 1 1.000 3 0 23 0 0 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Flores, Michelle 1 3 4 -.500 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 68 18 177 .282 65 2 81 3 146 Game K E TA .Pct Louis, Lindsey 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 9 38 .132 Totals 38 25 125 .104 37 3 39 1 8 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME 2 12 10 48 .042 Game K E TA .Pct 3 12 9 35 .086 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME 1 19 5 55 .255 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 5.0 Game K E TA .Pct 2 20 3 48 .354 1 14 10 44 .091 3 17 4 39 .333 Nebraska K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA 2 11 5 40 .150 4 12 6 35 .171 Schwartz, Rachel 0 0 1 .000 1 0 4 0 0 3 13 10 41 .073 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 10.0 Pavan, Sarah 15 6 35 .257 0 1 3 0 5 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 5.0 Larson, Jordan 11 3 32 .250 3 1 11 1 1 Creighton K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Stalls, Tracy 8 2 20 .300 1 0 7 1 7 Nebraska K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Cvejdlik, Amanda 11 2 23 .391 0 0 6 1 3 Holloway, Rachel 5 3 10 .200 41 0 8 0 3 Griffin, Maggie 3 1 9 .222 43 0 9 0 1 Baumann, Abby 9 7 39 .051 1 0 10 0 1 Gates, Amanda 2 2 7 .000 0 0 0 0 1 Schwartz, Rachel 0 0 0 .000 1 1 12 0 0 Houts, Jessica 7 3 28 .143 1 0 2 1 5 Mancuso, Dani 8 2 28 .214 0 0 1 1 1 Pavan, Sarah 19 6 37 .351 2 3 1 1 0 Goc, Kelly 12 6 48 .125 1 0 5 1 1 Cooper, Kori 2 0 2 1.000 0 0 2 0 2 Larson, Jordan 10 4 24 .250 3 1 13 1 1 Lebeda, Korie 6 4 15 .133 38 0 12 2 2 Busboom, Dani 1 0 1 1.000 2 0 14 0 0 Stalls, Tracy 9 1 11 .727 1 0 4 1 5 Schulze, Sarah 6 6 27 .000 3 2 7 0 0 Totals 52 18 136 .250 48 2 50 3 20 Cooper, Kori 5 0 11 .455 0 0 1 0 1 Greisch, Emily 0 0 0 .000 1 0 13 0 0 Mancuso, Dani 8 4 28 .143 1 0 4 0 4 Jackson, Julianne 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Holloway, Rachel 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Bloemke, Lauren 0 1 1 -1.000 0 0 0 0 0 Game K E TA .Pct Busboom, Dani 0 0 0 .000 1 0 14 0 0 Mehal, Katie 0 0 0 .000 2 1 24 0 0 1 17 10 49 .143 Totals 54 16 120 .317 52 5 58 3 12 Totals 51 29 181 .122 47 3 79 5 12 2 18 6 53 .226 3 17 2 34 .441 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 13.0 Game K E TA .Pct Game K E TA .Pct 1 16 9 47 .149 1 18 4 48 .292 2 22 3 36 .528 2 16 5 46 .239 Huskers Sweep Cyclones, 3-0 3 16 4 37 .324 3 8 7 43 .023 Lincoln – All-American Sarah Pavan had a match-high TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 9.0 4 9 13 44 -.091 15 kills and five blocks, as top-ranked Nebraska swept Iowa TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 11.0 State, 31-29, 30-20, 30-17, on Wednesday. Huskers Power Past Texas Tech The Huskers (10-0, 3-0 Big 12) relied on a balanced Lincoln – Middle blockers Tracy Stalls and Kori Cooper Huskers Top ‘Jays at Qwest Center offense with four players totaling at least eight kills. combined for 14 kills and seven blocks, as top-ranked Omaha – Jordan Larson’s 18 kills led four Huskers Sophomore Jordan Larson turned in her sixth double-double Nebraska posted a 30-27, 30-17, 30-24 sweep of Texas in double figures, as No. 1 Nebraska survived an early of the season with 11 kills and 11 digs, while Tracy Stalls Tech on Saturday. scare to top Creighton, 27-30, 30-24, 30-13, 30-18 in and Dani Mancuso also chipped eight kills apiece in the The Huskers, who improved to 11-0 on the season and front of a frenzied crowd of 12,112 at Qwest Center victory. Stalls totaled six of her seven kills in the finale, and 3-0 in Big 12 play, used a revamped lineup, starting Maggie Omaha on Sept. 24. set season bests with eight blocks and seven digs. Griffin at setter and Kori Cooper at middle blocker for the Larson, whose 18 kills were one off a career high, The Huskers, who improved to 69-0 all-time against first time this season. The results paid off as Cooper totaled add 12 digs en route to her sixth double-double in ISU, wore down the Cyclones, who entered the match five kills on .455 hitting and a block in her first career start, NU’s last seven matches and team-best eighth of match leading the Big 12 in blocks and opponent hitting while Griffin nearly posted a double-double with 43 assists the season. All-American Sarah Pavan tied Larson percentage. NU out-hit ISU, .250-.083, while totaling 13 and nine digs. NU hit .317 as a team, its best performance for match-high honors with 18 kills and added four blocks, compared to only five for the visitors. It marked the in four matches. blocks, while Omaha native Dani Mancuso and Tracy fifth time in 10 matches this season that the Huskers have Stalls keyed NU’s middle blocker attack, as the junior Stalls rounded out the quartet with 11 kills apiece for held an opponent to under .100 hitting. totaled nine kills on .727 hitting also added six blocks as four the Huskers (12-0). Huskers totaled at least eight kills in the win. All-American Stalls, who hit .450 and led the Huskers with eight Sarah Pavan led NU with 19 kills on .351 hitting, while Jordan blocks, turned the match around for Nebraska at the end Larson totaled her team-best seventh double-double with of game two, delivering three consecutive kills to erase a 10 kills and 13 digs. Dani Mancuso also totaled eight kills, 23-22 deficit after the Huskers dropped the opener. From four blocks and four digs for NU, which posted its 10th that point, Nebraska took control of the match, holding sweep in 11 matches. Creighton (11-3) to negative hitting over the final two The Huskers held Texas Tech (8-6, 0-4 Big 12) to just games in posting double-digit wins .104 hitting and out-dug the Red Raiders, 58-39, as Dani Busboom recorded a match-high 14 digs, while Rachel Schwartz established a career high with 12 digs. Nebraska Volleyball Weekly Release • 2006 Boxscores & Recaps

#1 Nebraska at Baylor #1 Nebraska vs. Kansas State #1 Nebraska at Texas A&M (Sept. 30, 2006 at Waco, Texas) (Oct. 4, 2006 at Lincoln, Neb.) (Oct. 7, 2006 at College Station, Texas)

GAME SCORES 1 2 3 4 RECORDS GAME SCORES 1 2 3 RECORDS GAME SCORES 1 2 3 RECORDS Nebraska 30 30 30 30 13-0, 5-0 Big 12 Kansas State 17 22 17 8-8, 0-6 Big 12 Nebraska 30 30 30 15-0, 7-0 Big 12 Baylor 32 18 21 24 13-4, 2-3 Big 12 Nebraska 30 30 30 14-0, 6-0 Big 12 Texas A&M 25 24 20 8-7, 1-6 Big 12

Nebraska K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Kansas State K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Nebraska K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Schwartz, Rachel 0 0 0 .000 0 3 14 0 0 Farr, Megan 1 2 13 -.077 1 0 0 0 0 Schwartz, Rachel 0 0 1 .000 3 2 4 0 0 Pavan, Sarah 24 11 57 .228 2 2 6 1 2 Werner, Sandy 6 1 24 .208 1 0 2 0 2 Pavan, Sarah 17 4 33 .394 0 3 4 2 2 Larson, Jordan 17 7 43 .233 5 2 16 1 0 Gabruseva, Ginta 5 3 19 .105 0 0 3 0 3 Larson, Jordan 11 1 28 .357 2 2 15 0 1 Stalls, Tracy 5 1 13 .308 0 0 1 0 3 Jantsch, Jenny 5 9 40 -.100 1 0 3 0 2 Stalls, Tracy 7 0 12 .583 0 0 3 0 1 Holloway, Rachel 7 0 11 .636 54 1 15 0 1 Spiegelberg, Stacey 2 1 7 .143 21 1 8 0 0 Holloway, Rachel 5 1 10 .400 38 1 7 0 0 Gates, Amanda 3 1 5 .400 2 0 0 0 0 Kroeker, Megan 3 1 18 .111 0 0 4 0 3 Cooper, Kori 8 0 13 .615 2 0 0 0 3 Griffin, Maggie 0 0 0 .000 0 1 0 0 0 Townsend, Leslie 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 0 Mancuso, Dani 3 5 20 -.100 1 0 2 1 1 Mancuso, Dani 9 4 34 .147 0 0 2 1 2 Lastra, Angie 0 0 0 .000 0 0 22 0 0 Busboom, Dani 0 0 0 .000 1 0 13 0 0 Cooper, Kori 2 0 5 .400 0 0 0 0 1 Chipman, Kelsey 4 1 9 .333 0 0 2 0 4 Totals 51 11 117 .342 47 8 48 3 8 Busboom, Dani 0 0 0 .000 2 2 16 0 0 Rosenthal, Lauren 0 0 1 .000 0 0 3 0 0 Totals 67 24 168 .256 65 11 70 3 9 Totals 26 18 131 .061 24 1 48 0 14 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Game K E TA .Pct TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TEAM ATTACK PER GAME 1 18 3 53 .283 Game K E TA .Pct Game K E TA .Pct 2 17 3 32 .438 1 14 10 51 .078 1 10 7 46 .065 3 16 5 32 .344 2 18 6 33 .364 2 9 3 41 .146 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 7.0 3 16 6 40 .250 3 7 8 44 -.023 4 19 2 44 .386 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 7.0 Texas A&M K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 7.5 Bryant, Kelsey 7 1 18 .333 2 1 2 0 1 Nebraska K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Stanton, Kelly 7 3 18 .222 0 0 0 0 2 Baylor K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Schwartz, Rachel 0 0 2 .000 1 0 14 0 0 Rhodes, Courtnee 2 1 6 .167 38 1 14 0 2 Modglin, Amanda 6 2 13 .308 2 0 3 0 4 Pavan, Sarah 13 5 30 .267 0 1 10 0 5 Ammerman, Sarah 14 4 34 .294 1 1 4 0 0 Barnes, Taylor 6 4 21 .095 43 0 15 1 1 Larson, Jordan 20 4 40 .400 2 0 10 1 1 Hahn, Christi 9 4 20 .250 0 3 0 0 1 Breyfogle, Anna 6 1 19 .263 0 0 2 0 4 Stalls, Tracy 8 3 14 .357 1 0 3 0 2 Batis, Mary 6 6 22 .000 2 0 11 0 0 LeBlanc, Nicole 11 7 42 .095 2 0 17 0 3 Holloway, Rachel 2 2 7 .000 46 1 11 0 1 Cadavid, Stephanie 0 0 0 .000 2 0 7 0 0 Sanders, Katie 15 5 36 .278 1 0 4 0 2 Cooper, Kori 8 3 20 .250 2 0 0 0 5 Castillo, Zanny 0 0 0 .000 0 0 9 0 0 Guilliard-Young, Des 10 4 24 .250 0 0 4 1 5 Griffin, Maggie 0 0 0 .000 1 0 1 0 0 Totals 45 19 118 .220 45 6 47 0 6 Renz, Amanda 0 0 0 .000 1 0 2 0 0 Mancuso, Dani 8 4 19 .211 0 0 4 0 0 Sweeney, Deja 1 1 5 .000 2 1 7 0 0 Busboom, Dani 1 0 2 .500 3 0 19 0 0 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Smith, Kelsey 0 0 1 .000 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 60 21 134 .291 56 2 72 1 14 Game K E TA .Pct Keeton, Lauren 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 6 52 .212 Schramek, Kristen 0 0 0 .000 2 1 12 0 0 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME 2 15 6 31 .290 Totals 55 24 161 .193 53 2 67 2 19 Game K E TA .Pct 3 13 7 35 .171 1 21 5 41 .390 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 3.0 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME 2 24 8 49 .327 Game K E TA .Pct 3 15 8 44 .159 Huskers Sweep Texas A&M 1 17 6 52 .212 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 8.0 2 11 5 29 .207 College Station, Texas – Sarah Pavan pounded a 3 11 7 37 .108 match-high 17 kills, while Jordan Larson recorded her 4 16 6 43 .233 Huskers Dig Wildcats, 3-0 seventh straight double-double, powering No. 1 Nebraska TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 11.5 Lincoln – Jordan Larson totaled a career-high 20 to a 30-25, 30-24, 30-20 sweep of Texas A&M at G. Rollie kills, while Nebraska’s floor defense keyed the top-ranked White Coliseum on Oct. 7. Huskers Claw Past Bears, 3-1 Huskers to a 30-17, 30-22, 30-17 sweep of Kansas State Pavan, who has averaged nearly six kills per game in Waco, Texas – Sarah Pavan matched a season-high with on Oct. 4. her career against Texas A&M, totaled 17 kills on .394 24 kills, while the top-ranked Huskers posted a season-high Larson posted her sixth consecutive double-double with hitting and four blocks to pace the Huskers to a .342 11 service aces to post a 3-1 victory (30-32, 30-18, 30-21, 20 kills on .400 hitting and 10 digs, as she eclipsed her hitting performance, their best offensive total in nearly 30-24) over Baylor on Sept. 30 previous career high of 19 kills set at Minnesota in 2005. a month. Pavan posted 24 kills, two aces, six digs and three blocks, While Larson placed a solid offensive attack with five Larson joined Pavan in double figures in kills with 11 as Nebraska (13-0, 5-0 Big 12) swept the final three games players totaling at least eight kills, NU’s floor defense and added a match-high 15 digs, as she became the after dropping the opener. sparked the Huskers’ 11th sweep in 14 matches, holding first Husker to record seven straight double-doubles Jordan Larson joined Pavan in double-figures in kills with KSU to season-low .061 hitting. since Jennifer Saleaumua in 2003. It was her team- 17 kills, 16 digs and a pair of aces for her ninth double-double NU totaled 72 digs, setting a Big 12-high for a three- best 11th double-double of the year. of the season and seventh in the last eight matches. game match this season and also matching its best three- The Huskers (15-0, 7-0 Big 12) also received strong match total of the rally scoring era. Larson was one of a pair of Huskers to post double-doubles performances from both middle blockers, as Tracy Dani Busboom led the defensive effort with 19 digs, as Rachel Holloway had 54 assists and a career-high 15 Stalls and Kori Cooper combined for 15 kills on just 25 while Larson, Sarah Pavan (13 kills and 10 digs) and Rachel digs, as the Huskers held Baylor to .193 hitting. NU, which swings. Cooper, returning to her home state, matched Holloway (46 assists and 11 digs) all recorded double- hit .350 or better in two of the four games, won the match at her career high with eight kills on .615 hitting and three doubles. In addition, Rachel Schwartz matched her career the service line, as Rachel Schwartz had a career high three blocks, while Stalls added seven kills on .583 hitting. high in digs for the fourth straight match with 14 digs. aces while Pavan, Larson and Busboom had two each. Larson was one of two Huskers to establish career bests in kills, as freshman Kori Cooper totaled eight kills and five blocks in the win. Nebraska Volleyball Weekly Release • 2006 Boxscores & Recaps

#1 Nebraska at #15 Missouri #1 Nebraska vs. Colorado #1 Nebraska at #9 Texas (Oct. 11, 2006 at Columbia, Mo.) (Oct. 14, 2006 at Lincoln, Neb.) (Oct. 18, 2006 at Austin, Texas)

GAME SCORES 1 2 3 RECORDS GAME SCORES 1 2 3 RECORDS GAME SCORES 1 2 3 4 5 RECORDS Nebraska 30 30 31 16-0, 8-0 Big 12 Colorado 27 18 21 9-7, 5-4 Big 12 Nebraska 27 30 22 30 15 18-0,10-0 Big 12 Missouri 25 22 29 13-5, 7-2 Big 12 Nebraska 30 30 30 17-0, 9-0 Big 12 Texas 30 22 30 22 13 12-5, 7-3 Big 12

Colorado K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Nebraska K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Nebraska K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Nu’u, Ashley 3 2 11 .091 30 0 14 0 1 Mancuso, Dani 9 4 24 .208 0 0 3 1 5 Schwartz, Rachel 0 0 1 .000 0 0 10 0 0 Schaefer, Lauren 6 2 17 .235 0 0 0 0 0 Pavan, Sarah 22 12 57 .175 1 0 2 0 2 Pavan, Sarah 16 2 30 .467 1 1 8 0 4 Zimmerman, Austin 7 4 17 .176 0 0 1 0 2 Larson, Jordan 13 6 53 .132 3 1 13 3 2 Larson, Jordan 14 3 32 .344 2 0 14 0 3 Buth, Alex 5 2 13 .231 2 2 6 0 0 Stalls, Tracy 13 3 24 .417 0 0 3 0 3 Stalls, Tracy 9 5 16 .250 0 1 1 0 8 Sutherland, Amber 9 10 30 -.033 1 0 7 0 1 Holloway, Rachel 8 2 13 .462 55 2 7 0 2 Holloway, Rachel 3 3 13 .000 49 0 8 1 2 Webster, Callie 0 0 0 .000 1 0 9 0 0 Cooper, Kori 7 2 15 .333 0 0 0 1 7 Cooper, Kori 4 1 8 .375 0 0 0 0 2 Nu’u, Amber 1 2 5 -.200 1 0 1 0 0 Griffin, Maggie 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Griffin, Maggie 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Bossow, Lara 1 0 3 .333 0 0 0 0 0 Bartek, Brooke 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Mancuso, Dani 9 1 20 .400 0 0 3 0 2 Karlik, Kristen 0 0 0 .000 2 0 11 0 0 Schwartz, Rachel 0 0 1 .000 4 1 15 0 0 Busboom, Dani 1 0 1 1.000 4 0 13 0 0 Gibson, Mallori 6 1 20 .250 0 0 2 0 0 Busboom, Dani 0 0 0 .000 5 1 19 0 0 Totals 56 15 121 .339 56 2 57 1 21 Totals 38 23 116 .129 37 2 51 0 4 Totals 72 29 187 .230 68 5 62 5 21

TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TEAM ATTACK PER GAME TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Game K E TA .Pct Game K E TA .Pct Game K E TA .Pct 1 19 6 44 .295 1 18 5 39 .333 1 15 6 44 .205 2 18 4 32 .438 2 7 9 37 -.054 2 17 5 44 .273 3 19 5 45 .311 3 13 9 40 .100 3 11 7 35 .114 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 11.5 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 2.0 4 19 8 40 .275 5 10 3 24 .292 Missouri K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Nebraska K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 15.5 Wang, Lei 4 1 8 .375 30 1 9 0 0 Schwartz, Rachel 0 0 0 .000 0 0 10 0 0 Vander Kooi, Jessica 11 5 32 .188 4 2 12 0 2 Pavan, Sarah 12 7 33 .152 0 2 2 2 4 Texas K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Hantouli, Amanda 3 3 13 .000 0 0 0 0 1 Larson, Jordan 17 7 37 .270 1 1 10 0 1 Moriarty, Michelle 3 2 7 .143 64 1 15 0 2 Klein, Julianna 6 3 21 .143 0 0 2 2 2 Stalls, Tracy 12 0 21 .571 1 0 3 1 3 Engle, Ashley 14 9 42 .119 2 0 15 0 1 Yang, Na 5 6 28 -.036 1 0 1 0 0 Holloway, Rachel 4 1 7 .429 47 2 4 0 2 Acevedo, Dariam 14 6 40 .200 0 1 7 1 1 Wilson, Nicole 13 3 26 .385 0 1 1 1 3 Cooper, Kori 2 0 4 .500 0 0 1 0 1 Kisner, Heather 1 0 1 1.000 2 0 19 0 0 Booth, Abbie 0 0 0 .000 0 0 4 0 0 Griffin, Maggie 0 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 Armstrong, Leticia 4 5 14 -.071 0 0 1 1 2 Herzog, Brittney 0 1 2 -.500 0 0 0 0 0 Bartek, Brooke 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 Todd, Jennifer 14 7 29 .241 1 0 3 2 2 Ailes, Tatum 0 0 0 .000 3 1 15 0 0 Mancuso, Dani 5 3 14 .143 0 0 4 0 1 Paolini, Lauren 1 1 3 .000 0 0 1 0 0 Wilson, Megan 0 0 0 .000 0 1 4 0 0 Gates, Amanda 3 1 11 .182 0 0 1 1 4 Hall, Kiley 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 0 0 Totals 42 22 130 .154 38 6 48 3 8 Busboom, Dani 0 0 1 .000 2 0 15 0 0 Christian, Jen 0 0 1 .000 1 0 0 0 1 Totals 56 19 129 .287 52 5 50 4 16 Jennings, Alyson 0 0 0 .000 3 0 12 0 0 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Hooker, Destinee 24 3 39 .538 0 0 1 0 1 Game K E TA .Pct TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Totals 75 33 176 .239 73 2 75 4 10 1 10 8 48 .042 Game K E TA .Pct 2 15 8 37 .189 1 21 6 47 .319 TEAM ATTACK PER GAME 3 17 6 45 .244 2 18 7 44 .250 Game K E TA .Pct TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 7.0 3 17 6 38 .289 1 22 8 48 .292 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 12.0 2 14 8 35 .171 3 20 6 37 .378 Huskers Sweep Tigers 4 10 7 35 .086 Columbia, Mo. – Sarah Pavan had a match-high 16 Huskers Stampede Buffaloes 5 9 4 21 .238 kills on .467 hitting, as No. 1 Nebraska posted a 30-25, TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 9.0 30-22, 31-29 sweep of No. 15 Missouri on Oct. 11 Lincoln – Jordan Larson’s 17 kills led three Huskers Pavan, the Big 12’s reigning player of the year, was in double figures in kills, as No. 1 Nebraska remained unbeaten with a 30-27, 30-18, 30-21 victory over Colorado Huskers Topple Longhorns dominant with 16 kills in 30 swings, while adding four Austin, Texas – Sarah Pavan totaled a team-high 22 kills, on Oct. 14. blocks and eight digs, as the Huskers handed Missouri including six in the decisive fifth game, as No. 1 Nebraska Larson totaled 17 kills and 10 digs, as the Huskers its first home loss of the season. overcame a 2-1 deficit to top No. 9 Texas, 27-30, 30-22, improved to 17-0 overall and 9-0 in the Big 12. Larson now Pavan was one of several offensive stars for 22-30, 30-22, 15-13 at Gregory Gymnasium on Oct. 18. has 13 double doubles on the season, including each of her Nebraska (16-0, 8-0 Big 12), which hit .339 as a team Pavan struggled offensively through the first four games, last nine contests. and out-digged and out-blocked the Tigers. Jordan but was clutch in the finale, totaling six kills on 10 swings, Larson totaled 14 kills and 14 digs for her eighth Sarah Pavan and Tracy Stalls joined Larson in double figures in the victory, totaling 12 kills apiece against the as the Huskers became the first Big 12 team to win in straight double-double and team-best 12th of the year, Gregory Gym since 2004. while Dani Mancuso and Tracy Stalls both totaled nine Buffaloes (9-7, 5-4 Big 12). Pavan totaled a team-high six blocks and had two aces, while Stalls enjoyed one of her While Pavan carried the Husker offense in game five, kills in the win. Mancuso hit a season-best .400 on 20 it was the rest of the squad that keyed the Huskers’ swings, while Stalls led all players with eight blocks, most efficient matches of the year, hitting .571 in reaching comeback performance. matching her season high. double figures in kills for the fifth time in 2006. All six of NU’s attackers had at least seven kills in the win, including three players in double figures. Tracy Stalls and Jordan Larson had 13 kills apiece, as Larson totaled her 10th straight double-double, while Stalls hit .417 and added three blocks. Dani Mancuso also came up big with nine kills and matched her career high with six blocks, while freshman Kori Cooper had seven kills and a career- best eight blocks. Rachel Holloway nearly posted a triple- double with 55 assists, a career-high eight kills on .462 hitting and seven digs. Nebraska Volleyball Weekly Release • 2006 Boxscores & Recaps

#1 Nebraska at #15 Missouri (Oct. 25, 2006 at Lincoln, Neb.)

GAME SCORES 1 2 3 RECORDS Missouri 27 23 16 14-7, 8-4 Big 12 Nebraska 30 30 30 19-0, 11-0 Big 12

Missouri K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Wang, Lei 1 2 6 -.167 38 0 6 0 1 Vander Kooi, Jessica 14 4 38 .263 0 1 11 0 0 Hantouli, Amanda 4 2 13 .154 0 0 0 0 2 Booth, Abbie 0 0 0 .000 1 0 5 0 0 Yang, Na 4 4 19 .000 0 0 1 2 1 Wilson, Nicole 13 1 29 .414 0 0 0 0 0 Klein, Julianna 3 4 14 -.071 0 1 0 0 0 Ailes, Tatum 0 0 0 .000 0 0 7 0 0 Wilson, Megan 4 5 12 -.083 0 0 0 1 0 Totals 43 22 131 .160 39 2 30 3 4

TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Game K E TA .Pct 1 16 7 40 .225 2 18 5 42 .310 3 9 10 49 -.020 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 5.0

Nebraska K E TA .PCT A SA DIG BS BA Schwartz, Rachel 0 0 0 .000 0 0 7 0 0 Pavan, Sarah 18 4 33 .424 1 0 6 0 3 Larson, Jordan 15 4 24 .458 3 0 6 0 1 Stalls, Tracy 8 4 15 .267 0 0 4 0 3 Holloway, Rachel 3 1 7 .286 48 0 12 0 2 Cooper, Kori 6 0 10 .600 0 0 0 1 2 Griffin, Maggie 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 0 0 Mancuso, Dani 8 1 16 .438 0 0 1 1 0 Gates, Amanda 1 0 1 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 Busboom, Dani 0 0 0 .000 5 0 14 0 0 Totals 59 14 106 .425 57 0 50 2 12

TEAM ATTACK PER GAME Game K E TA .Pct 1 20 5 35 .429 2 22 4 34 .529 3 17 5 37 .324 TOTAL TEAM BLOCKS: 8.0

Huskers Tame Tigers with 3-0 Sweep Lincoln – Sarah Pavan’s match-high 18 kills on .424 hitting led an explosive attack, as No. 1 Nebraska swept No. 16 Missouri, 30-27, 30-23, 30-16 at the NU Coliseum on Oct. 25. The Huskers (19-0, 11-0 Big 12) put together one of their best offensive performances of the year, hitting .429 as a team, while four NU attackers - Pavan, Kori Cooper, Dani Mancuso and Jordan Larson - all hit over .400 in the sweep. It was NU’s best offensive performance since hitting .487 against Saint Mary’s in early September and best against a ranked opponent since the 2005 NCAA semifinals. While Pavan had a match-high 18 kills, she was one of four Huskers to record at least eight kills. Larson totaled 15 kills on .458 hitting, but saw her streak of consecutive double-doubles end at 10 matches. Mancuso also enjoyed another strong performance, hitting a season-high .438 with eight kills, while Tracy Stalls also chipped in eight kills. Cooper rounded out the Huskers’ attack, posting six kills on just 10 swings while also tying Pavan and Stalls with a team-high three blocks.