NEBRASKA VOLLEYBALL TWITTER FACEBOOK INSTAGRAM NO. 1 IN AVCA ALL-AMERICANS • NO. 1 IN ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS @HUSKERVBALL HUSKERVOLLEYBALL HUSKERVOLLEYBALL SID: NATE POHLEN | OFFICE: (402) 472-7781 | EMAIL: [email protected] 2015 SCHEDULE (24-4, 15-3 B1G) #5 Nebraska vs. #18 Illinois TULSA W, 3-0 Aug. 28 / Devaney Center 25-22, 25-14, 25-16 Wednesday, Nov. 25 • 7 p.m. GRAND CANYON W, 3-0 NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS Bob Devaney Sports Center (7,907) ILLINOIS FIGHTING ILLINI Aug. 29 / Devaney Center 25-21, 25-8, 25-11 • Record: 24-4 (15-3 Big Ten) TV: NET | Internet: BTN2GO.com • Record: 19-10 (10-8 Big Ten) PITTSBURGH W, 3-1 • AVCA Rank: 5 • AVCA Rank: 18 Aug. 29 / Devaney Center 25-9, 25-20, 27-29, 25-19 Radio: Husker Sports Network • Coach: John Cook • Coach: Kevin Hambly @ #3 TEXAS L, 2-3 Live Audio: Huskers.com Sept. 4 / Austin, Texas 17-25, 25-21, 15-25, 25-23,11-15 • At NU: 460-62 (16th year) • At ILL: 159-69 (7th year) • Career: 621-135 (23rd year) Live Stats: Huskers.com • Career: Same vs. #11 OREGON W, 3-2 Sept. 5 / Austin, Texas 21-25, 21-25, 25-23, 25-20,15-12 UC DAVIS W, 3-0 NEBRASKA-ILLINOIS SERIES HISTORY Sept. 11 / Devaney Center 25-17, 25-11, 25-17 All-Time: Nebraska leads 20-7-1 Cook vs. (As Coach at NU): 7-2 USF W, 3-0 Home: 8-2 Cook vs. (Career): 17-6 Sept. 12 / Devaney Center 25-13, 25-21, 27-25 Away: 6-5 Last Time: NU, 3-0 (25-22, 25-18, 25-19) GEORGIA TECH W, 3-0 Sept. 12 / Devaney Center 25-13, 25-15, 25-21 Neutral: 6-0-1 Oct. 17, 2015 in Champaign @CREIGHTON W, 3-0 As Big Ten Opponents: 5-2 Trend: W1 Sept. 15 / Omaha, Neb. (CenturyLink) 25-17, 25-19, 25-22 @IOWA STATE W, 3-1 THE MATCHUP Sept. 19 / Ames, Iowa 25-23, 21-25, 25-23, 25-11 The fifth-ranked Nebraska volleyball team enters the final week of the regular season with an eight-match win @IOWA W, 3-0 Sept. 23 / Iowa City, Iowa 25-23, 25-20, 25-23 streak and will look to continue it against No. 18 Illinois on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. IOWA W, 3-0 The match will be televised on NET and streamed online at BTN2GO.com. John Baylor and Diane Mendenhall will Sept. 26 / Devaney Center 25-10, 25-21, 25-18 have the radio call on Husker Sports Network (107.3 FM in Lincoln and 105.9 FM in Omaha). A free live audio @#1 PENN STATE W, 3-2 stream and live stats are available at Huskers.com. Oct. 2 / University Park, Pa. 12-25, 24-26, 25-14, 25-20, 15-11 @#13 OHIO STATE L, 2-3 Oct. 3 / Columbus, Ohio 25-22, 18-25, 22-25, 25-17, 10-15 Nebraska (24-4, 15-3 Big Ten) is riding an eight-match win streak dating back to Oct. 30. The Huskers already have MICHIGAN STATE W, 3-1 surpassed last year’s win totals (23 overall, 14 Big Ten) but are looking for more. The Huskers are in second place Oct. 7 / Devaney Center 23-25, 25-15, 28-26, 25-15 in the Big Ten standings, one match behind Minnesota. The Gophers can clinch at least a share of the Big Ten title #24 MICHIGAN W, 3-1 with a win at home vs. Ohio State on Wednesday. Nebraska completed the road portion of its Big Ten schedule Oct. 10 Devaney Center / 25-18, 25-19, 20-25, 25-17 with a 9-1 record after a 3-1 win at Michigan last Saturday. It marks the best conference road record by the Huskers @NORTHWESTERN W, 3-0 Oct. 16 / Evanston, Ill. 25-13, 25-19, 25-19 since joining the Big Ten and the best road record by a Big Ten team this season. The Huskers’ only road loss of the @#16 ILLINOIS W, 3-0 Big Ten season was in five sets at Ohio State on Oct. 3. Oct. 17 / Champaign, Ill. 25-22, 25-18, 25-19 #9 MINNESOTA L, 1-3 ¨ Illinois (19-10, 10-8 Big Ten) started Big Ten play 2-4 but is 8-4 since. The Fighting Illini most recently swept Oct. 23 / Devaney Center 23-25, 22-25, 26-24, 25-27 Indiana at home last Saturday. Illinois is 5-5 on the road this season and 4-4 in Big Ten road matches. #16 WISCONSIN L, 1-3 Oct. 24 / Devaney Center 25-22, 17-25, 19-25, 22-25 RUTGERS W, 3-0 Series History: Nebraska is 20-7-1 all-time against Illinois and 8-2 in matches played in Lincoln. The Huskers Oct. 30 / Devaney Center 25-11, 25-17, 25-14 posted a sweep at Illinois on Oct. 17, 25-22, 25-18, 25-19. Nebraska had 13 blocks in that match - eight by Amber MARYLAND W, 3-0 Rolfzen - while Mikaela Foecke had 12 kills and five aces. Oct. 31 / Devaney Center 25-9, 25-11, 25-12 @#16 PURDUE W, 3-0 Nov. 4 / West Lafayette, Ind. 30-28, 25-20, 25-17 Up Next: Nebraska closes the regular season on Senior Night against Penn State at the Devaney Center on @INDIANA W, 3-0 Saturday at 8:30 p.m. The match will air on BTN. Nov. 7 / Bloomington, Ind. 25-20, 25-18, 25-20 NEBRASKA VOLLEYBALL TOP 10 @MICHIGAN STATE W, 3-2 Nov. 11 / East Lansing, Mich. 25-19, 27-29, 23-25, 25-18,16-14 • Nebraska leads the nation in both AVCA All-Americans (77) and CoSIDA Academic All-Americans (37) @MARYLAND W, 3-1 • Nebraska has won three NCAA national titles (1995, 2000, 2006) Nov. 14 / College Park, Md. 25-21, 23-25, 25-21, 25-18 • The Cornhuskers have won 32 conference championships in the Big Eight, Big 12 and Big Ten INDIANA W, 3-0 Nov. 18 / Devaney Center / 7 p.m. 25-16, 25-19, 25-19 • Nebraska is one of two programs to be ranked in every AVCA Poll since its formation in 1982 (Stanford) @MICHIGAN W, 3-1 • Nebraska is 1,237-231-12 all-time, one of three schools with 1,200 wins Nov. 21/ Ann Arbor, Mich. 25-19, 22-25, 25-22, 25-19 • The Huskers have sold out every regular-season match since midway through 2001, a streak of 202 consecutive ILLINOIS TV: NET sellouts Nov. 25 / Devaney Center / 7 p.m. Internet: BTN Plus • Nebraska led the nation in attendance in both 2014 and 2013 PENN STATE TV: BTN Nov. 28 / Devaney Center / 8:30 p.m. Internet: BTN2GO.com • Three former Huskers were on the U.S. Women’s National Team that won the 2014 FIVB World Championship NCAA FIRST AND SECOND ROUNDS TV: TBA in Italy and Dec. 4-5 / TBA / TBA Internet: TBA 2015 FIVB World Grand Prix in Omaha (Kayla Banwarth, Jordan Larson-Burbach, Kelsey Robinson) NCAA REGIONALS TV: TBA • Nebraska has made 33 straight trips to the NCAA Tournament and is second in all-time NCAA wins (92) Dec. 11-12 / TBA / TBA Internet: TBA • Four Huskers have won National Player of the Year (Sarah Pavan, Christina Houghtelling, Greichaly Cepero, NCAA SEMIFINALS AND FINAL TV: TBA Dec. 17-19 / CenturyLink Center Omaha Internet: TBA Allison Weston) 2015 NEBRASKA VOLLEYBALL 1995, 2000, 2006 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS QUICK FACTS 2015 NEBRASKA HUSKERS ROSTER GENERAL INFORMATION No. Name Pos. Ht. Yr. Hometown (Previous School) Name of School University of Nebraska 2 Mikaela Foecke OH 6-3 Fr. West Point, Iowa (Holy Trinity Catholic) City, Zip Lincoln, NE 68588 3 Kelly Hunter S 5-11 So. Papillion, Neb. (Papillion-La Vista South) Founded 1869 4 Justine Wong-Orantes L 5-6 Jr. Cypress, Calif. (Los Alamitos) Enrollment 25,260 5 Amber Rolfzen MB 6-3 Jr. Papillion, Neb. (Papillion-La Vista South) Nickname Cornhuskers, Huskers 6 Kadie Rolfzen OH 6-3 Jr. Papillion, Neb. (Papillion-La Vista South) School Colors Scarlet and Cream 7 Sydney Townsend DS/L 5-8 So. Lincoln, Neb. (Pius X) Affiliation NCAA Division I 8 Brooke Smith S 5-10 Fr. Weatherford, Texas (Azle) Conference Big Ten 9 Cecilia Hall MB 6-3 Sr. Linkoping, Sweden (Allebergsgymnasiet) President Dr. Hank M. Bounds 10 Alicia Ostrander OH 6-3 Sr. Gordon, Neb. (Gordon-Rushville) Chancellor Harvey Perlman, J.D. 11 Kenzie Maloney DS/L 5-8 Fr. Louisville, Ky. (Assumption) Director of Athletics Shawn Eichorst 13 Briana Holman* MB 6-1 Jr. DeSoto, Texas (LSU/Cedar Hill) Facility (Capacity) Bob Devaney Sports Center (7,907) 14 Kelsey Fien OH 6-3 Sr. Bakersfield, Calif. (Frontier) Athletic Department Phone 402-472-4224 17 Annika Albrecht OH 6-0 So. North Aurora, Ill. (Home Schooled) Ticket Office Phone (402) 472-3111 20 Meghan Haggerty MB 6-3 Sr. Glen Ellyn, Ill. (Benet Academy) (800-8-BIG-RED) 22 Tiani Reeves# OH 6-1 Fr. Gothenburg, Neb. (Gothenburg) 27 Olivia Boender OH 6-2 RFr. Waverly, Neb. (Waverly) VOLLEYBALL HISTORY *Can not play due to NCAA transfer rules #Redshirting First Year of Volleyball 1975 Overall All-Time Record 1,237-231-12 COACHING STAFF Conference All-Time Record 536-47 Head Coach: John Cook (16th year; San Diego, 1979) NCAA Tournament Years 33 straight Assistant Coach: Dani Busboom Kelly (4th year; Nebraska, 2007) NCAA Tournament Record 92-30 Assistant Coach: Chris Tamas (1st year; Pacific, 2003) NCAA Semifinal Appearances 11 (Last, 2008) Volunteer Assistant: Jen Tamas (1st year; Pacific, 2004) NCAA Final Appearances 6 (Last, 2006) Director of Operations: Lindsay Peterson (10th year; Nebraska, 2003) National Championships 3 (2006, 2000, 1995) Athletic Trainer: Jolene Emricson (14th Year; Metro State, 2001) Conference Titles 32 (Last, 2011) Strength Coach: Brian Kmitta (7th Year; Anderson University, 2004) COACHING STAFF PRONUNCIATION GUIDE RETURNING AWARD WINNERS Head Coach John Cook (16th year; San Diego, 1979) ANNIKA ALBRECHT ON-ick-uh ALL-bright Kadie Rolfzen AVCA Third-Team All-American Career Record 621-135 (23rd year) Olivia BOENDER BOON-der AVCA All-North Region Nebraska Record 460-62 (16th year) Kelsey FIEN FEEN All-Big Ten Assistant Coach Dani Busboom Kelly (4th year; Nebraska, 2007) Mikaela FOECKE FECK-ee Kelsey Fien AVCA All-America Hon.