Nebraska Cornhuskers volleyball
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| Year founded: 1975 | |||
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| City | Lincoln, NE | ||
| Team Mascot | Herbie Husker; Lil' Red | ||
| Team Colors | Scarlet and Cream | ||
| Head Coach | John Cook | ||
| Home Stadium | Nebraska Coliseum | ||
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| Team history as of March 14, 2008:
All-Time Record
Conference Record
NCAA Tournament Record
Big 8 Championships (19)
Big 12 Championships (10)
NCAA Tournament Appearances (26)
NCAA National Championships (3)
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[edit] History
Nebraska is home to one of the nation's top volleyball programs. The Nebraska women's volleyball team has won three national titles, in 1995, 2000, and 2006. In 1995 the Cornhuskers capped off a 32-1 season by defeating the Texas Longhorns 3 games to 1 in the national championship game. The second national championship came in 2000, when the Huskers completed a 34-0 season by beating the Wisconsin Badgers for the championship 3 games to 2. The Huskers won their third national championship in 2006 with at 33-1 record by beating the Stanford Cardinal in 4 sets.
Nebraska volleyball is a popular spectator sport in the state. In 2005, an NCAA volleyball-record 13,252 tickets were presold for the NCAA regionals. The vast majority of these sales are attributed to Nebraska volleyball fans, as the games were played at the Qwest Center in Omaha. On December 16, 2006, this record was broken when Nebraska played Stanford in the National Championship game with 17,209 in attendance. The Nebraska Coliseum was sold out for the 2007 season in 45 minutes of the box office opening.
The team plays their home matches in the Nebraska Coliseum. During the 2004 season, the Huskers averaged a home attendance of 4,336. Nebraska has an all-time record of 419-30 in the Coliseum.
Team records The Nebraska Cornhuskers Women's Volleyball team holds 4 NCAA team records:
- Assists in a Five-Game Match (116) Nebraska vs Texas, November 15, 1988 (Record is a combined total, shared with Texas)
- Winning Percentage (1.000) Nebraska, 2000 (34-0), shared with Long State Beach and Southern California
- Consecutive Winning Seasons (27) Shared with Hawaii, Pacific, Penn State, Stanford, UCLA
- Consecutive Non-Losing seasons (27) Shared with Hawaii, Pacific, Penn State, Stanford, UCLA
[edit] 2007 Season
The Nebraska Cornhuskers finished off the season 30-2, as they were upset by the California Golden Bears in the regional finals. Their other loss came to Texas Longhorns, a 3-0 sweep in late October, which knocked them out of top spot of the coaches poll for virtually the first time in over 2 seasons. They shared the Big 12 title with Texas. The class of the seniors overall four year record is 126-7.
The final coaches poll has them as ranked #5. They had a school-record 5 All-Americans, with Sarah Pavan earning her fourth consecutive first team selection.
