V-ball broadcast

[Eric the Red]

Nebraska’s NCAA Women’s Volleyball Action Broadcast Live on NET

 

Courtesy: NU Media Relations

Release: 11/30/2005

Courtesy: R.J. Meyer/NU Media Relations

Watch Dani Busboom and the No. 1 ranked Huskers take on Alabama A&M on Friday night.

 

LINCOLN, Neb. (Dec. 1, 2005) -- When the No. 1 ranked Nebraska Huskers take on the Alabama A&M Bulldogs in the first round of the NCAA Division 1 Women’s Volleyball Tournament, the action will be broadcast live statewide on NET1 (Ch. 12 in Lincoln) and in high-definition on NET-HD Friday, Dec. 2, at 7 p.m. CT.

The match will be telecast from the Nebraska Coliseum with sportscaster Kevin Kugler and former University of Nebraska All-American volleyball standout Kathi Wieskamp calling the action.

 

If the Huskers advance in NCAA tournament play, NET1 will broadcast live their second round match against either the American University Eagles or the Duke Blue Devils on Saturday, Dec. 3, at 7 p.m. CT.

“NCAA Regional Volleyball Championship” is a production of NET Sports, Nebraska’s Home for Sports, for broadcast on NET Television. Joe Turco is executive producer with Brad Pace as producer/director.

 

NET1 and NET-HD are part of NET Television, a service of NET (Nebraska Educational Telecommunications). For a complete program schedule, visit NET’s Web site (netNebraska.org) and click on Television.

[NamelessHusker]

For those of you who don't follow volleyball, check it out tonight. You won't be dissapointed. There is nothing more relazing then watching some gorgeous women in tight shorts beat up on other teams, specially when that team is the number 1 team in the nation and the home team.

[NamelessHusker]

 

Now's the time for NU volleyball

 

LINCOLN - John Cook had to have known it was coming. That doesn't mean the coach had to like it

 

After the NCAA tournament's 64-team field was unveiled Sunday, college volleyball analyst Cathy Nelson revealed her pick to win the national championship.

 

Nelson said it clear, for everybody coast to coast to hear: Cook's top-ranked, top-seeded Nebraska Cornhuskers will win it all.

 

"Great," Cook could be heard muttering. "Just what we need."

 

Reached this week at her home in Eugene, Ore., Nelson chuckled when she heard about Cook's reaction. But Nelson, the head coach at Oregon from 1995 to 1999, said she certainly wasn't out to jinx the Huskers.

 

Nelson simply said it's hard to pick against Cook and his club, based on how well the Huskers have played, the teams they have defeated this year and the route they can ride to the Final Four.

 

So let's break down the road to the championship for these 2005 Huskers.

 

How might they make it to the Dec. 17 title match? What teams might they have to defeat to get there? And which of those teams might represent the biggest threat to derail them along the way?

 

We asked Nelson for a more in-depth explanation why she thinks the Huskers are going to win their first national title since 2000. After re-evaluating her pre-tournament math, she said the equation remains the same: NU = No. 1.

 

The first huge advantage, she said, is that NU won't have to leave its home state for the first four rounds of the tournament.

 

Cook certainly won't argue that point.

 

Lincoln to Omaha to San Antonio. Coliseum to Qwest Center Omaha to Alamodome. Nebraska's players won't have to miss extra class time to travel the next two weeks, and the Huskers know they could have their fans cheering them on all the way to Texas.

 

"It's exciting to know that the Husker Nation gets to be a part of it," Cook said. "As long as we win in the first four matches, they get to be a big part of it."

 

Nelson doesn't expect the 28-1 Huskers to have much difficulty getting out of the opening rounds in Lincoln. They play Alabama A&M at 7 tonight, and a victory would pit them against either Duke or American at 7 p.m. Saturday.

 

The Omaha regional's four seeded teams - No. 1 NU, eighth-seeded Florida, No. 9 Louisville and No. 16 UCLA - all should advance to the Qwest Center, Nelson said. But the analyst did see a potentially dangerous second-round match for UCLA against either San Diego or Long Beach State.

 

If the seeds do hold true, Nebraska will play the Bruins on Dec. 9 in Omaha.

 

UCLA could be a scary team for the Huskers to face, because the Bruins were the only team this year to defeat third-ranked Washington. And it was UCLA that bounced NU out of the tournament in the third round of the 2003 NCAAs. But Nelson said she doesn't see NU falling to UCLA again this year.

 

Florida is Nelson's pick to be playing Nebraska on Dec. 10 in Omaha with a trip to the Final Four at stake. The Gators have only two losses this year, falling to Top 25 teams Notre Dame and Tennessee.

 

"Florida is so athletic, to me that would be a match Nebraska should be concerned about if things play out that way," said Nelson, who thinks the fourth-ranked Gators deserved a higher seed than No. 8.

 

But to beat the Huskers, the Gators must do what Stanford and Hawaii couldn't even come close to doing in August - compete with NU in front of 10,000-plus Big Red rowdies at the Qwest Center.

 

The Huskers swept both No. 5 Stanford and No. 7 Hawaii in Omaha at the season-opening AVCA/NACWAA Showcase.

 

Advantage, NU.

 

Nelson picks both No. 3 Washington and No. 2 Penn State to reach San Antonio, and if that's the case, those two teams will face off in one of the Dec. 15 national semifinals.

 

It's less clear, Nelson said, which team might face the Omaha winner Dec. 15 out of the Palo Alto, Calif., regional.

 

Defending national champion Stanford is the region's host. But the Cardinal have been hit hard by injuries since playing in Omaha in August, losing standout setter Bryn Kehoe and star hitter Cynthia Barboza.

 

Other seeded teams in the Stanford regional include No. 12 Southern California, No. 13 Ohio State and No. 4 Arizona.

 

Regardless of which team Nebraska might face in the national semifinals, Nelson envisions the Huskers and Huskies playing for the big prize Dec. 17.

 

Nelson said she thinks that's the matchup most fans want to see - physically imposing Nebraska vs. smaller, speedier Washington. NU and the 26-1 Huskies were the last remaining undefeated teams this year, and UW senior Sanja Tomasevic already has guaranteed that her squad will "crush" Nebraska should the teams meet.

 

Nelson likes Nebraska's chances to be the crusher instead of the crushee.

 

"From the beginning of the season, a lot of people felt Nebraska was the team to beat," Nelson said. "I don't think they've done anything to change that. They've got all the pieces, and they really don't have any weakness."

 

 

 

Elmer one block away from record

 

Nebraska senior Melissa Elmer's first block tonight against Alabama A&M will be a record-breaker. She enters the match with 728 career blocks, tied with former Husker Amber Holmquist for the Big 12 and Nebraska record.

 

"I think it will be a relief to finally get it," said Elmer, who already has surpassed Holmquist in career block assists. "Because, after every game lately it's been, like, 'So, you didn't get the blocking record today?' and that kind of stuff."

 

With 211 total blocks this year, Elmer also is just 10 away from breaking Holmquist's single-season school record.

 

Link

[Blackshirt]

Or its available to watch on the net for free here:

http://www.huskers.com/liveEvents/liveEven...BER_CONTENT=YES

[Eric the Red]

Is it me or do you want to scream everytime Elmer gets one of those thunderous kills. She hurts the damn ball. A&M doesn't have answersand it's not helping their caused that they keep making unforced errors.

 

NU recorded 9 service aces in gm 1. 9 points without a rally

 

NU takes game one 30-15

[Eric the Red]

Okay I'm not a volleyball historian, but NU just won 30-7...that's got to be some kind of record. If not, what is???

 

Nu simply dominated the game. A&M is having problems getting close enough to the net to get a spike. NU girls simply tower the A&M girls.

[Eric the Red]

[hskrfannnwk]

Thanks for the LINKS... I can't say I have watched a v-ball game since I played in HS... and that has been oh....... several years ago!

[nu4everfan15]

total domination!!!! GBR! i love this live video stuff... wish they would do this for other sport like football and bball...

[Eric the Red]

NU finished them off ...30-15. Husker will beat Duke tomorrow at 7pm on NETV or the internet like a few of you watched tonight. Be careful if your lucky enough to head to Lincoln tomorrow with the snow expected.

[AR Husker Fan]

Thanks for the LINKS... I can't say I have watched a v-ball game since I played in HS... and that has been oh....... several years ago!

How many decades?

 

Image of AR Husker Fan turning, ducking, and running...

[hskrfannnwk]

only ONE! but that is PLENTY... RIGHT??!??!

[NamelessHusker]

There isn't a standard record yet Eric. The new rally point system (first team to 30) was implimented in 2002 from the old system standard of touchbacks (first team to 15). Although beating A&M 30-7 is like destroying a low level DIV-A team 70-10 in football