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Nov. 21, 2001
Huskers sweep Buffs on Senior Night
Lincoln -- The No.
2 Nebraska volleyball team celebrated senior night with a 30-23, 30-17,
30-24, win over Colorado Wednesday before 4,223 fans at the NU Coliseum.
In their final regular-season home match, Nancy Metcalf led the Huskers
with 15 kills on a .406 hitting percentagewhile adding nine digs, and
Jenny Kropp led NU with seven blocks and added seven kills on a .636 hitting
percentage.
The Huskers honored Metcalf, a 6-foot-1
right side hitter, and Kropp, a 6-2 middle blocker, in a ceremony following
the match. NU Director of Athletics Bill Byrne also presented Nebraska
with the 2001 Big 12 Conference trophy. The championship is the Huskers’
fifth in six years.
“I thought everything about tonight
was really special,” Kropp said. “It was so nice for them
to do that for us.”
Junior outside hitter Laura Pilakowski
added 14 kills, and sophomore outside hitter Anna Schrad added 14 digs
for Nebraska, which improved to 26-1 overall and 19-0 in the Big 12
Conference. NU extended its winning streak to 24 straight, and its streak
of consecutive victories over conference teams to 49.
Sara Villwock tallied 13 kills for Colorado,
which fell to 17-10 overall and 12-7 in the league.
Nebraska led 24-16 in game one after Greichaly
Cepero slammed down a CU overpass for a kill, and Nancy Metcalf notched
a service aces. But Colorado cut the Husker lead to four with the help
of back-to-back kills by Villwock. Schrad reeled off three straight
from behind the service line to make it 28-21. The squads exchanged
points, as Amber Holmquist force a game-point situation with a kill.
Kropp secured the 30-23, first-game victory with a kill to the back
left corner of the Colorado side of the court.
Nebraska raced to an 18-7 lead in game
two behind four kills and a block by Pilakowski, who scorched the Buffaloes
for nine kills on nine attempts in the second game. Colorado cut it
to 20-13 after a Husker hitting error, but the Buffaloes would never
get closer than that. Pilakowski accounted for three straight points
in a 6-0 NU run that made it 27-14. Pilakowski provided points 28 and
29 with her eighth and ninth kills of the game, and Metcalf sealed the
30-17, second-game victory with a kill.
Trailing 16-13 in game three, Nebraska
tied things up after Holmquist and Cepero combined for back-to-back
blocks of Villwock. The score was tied three more times before NU used
another 3-0 run to take a 22-19 advantage. The Huskers never looked
back, as Metcalf provided two kills to give Nebraska a commanding 25-21
lead.
Nebraska returns to action Saturday, Nov.
24, when it travels to Ames, Iowa, for a 3:30 p.m. match with the Cyclones.
The contest marks the Huskers’ final regular-season match of the
year. NU will learn of its postseason fate Monday, Nov. 26, at 2 p.m.
when the NCAA announces its 2001 tournament field. NETV2 will air the
selection show live state wide.
Source: University of Nebraska Athletic Dept.
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