While playing Wichita State for a spot at regionals, the Nebraska women’s volleyball team did exactly what it is supposed to do, win.  Playing in the Coliseum for for their final time, 3 time National Player of the Year, Sara Pavin put down 15 kills while hitting .481 and Tracy Stalls added 10 kills and 4 blocks.  Jordan Larsen registered 11 kills 9 digs and had 5 aces.  The Huskers tallied 15 total aces while beating the Shockers 30-22  30-19, 30-19 in front of a crowd of 4,056.  

Nebraska is now headed to Madison, Wisconsin , for their NCAA record 14th straight regional, against Michigan State on Friday

There’s a lot of Husker content on MySpace. Official stuff like the video above from Sarah Pavan. And personal things like players’ profiles. Here’s a quick list of football players with an active MySpace account:

Ben Eisenhart

Steve Octavien

Carl Nicks

Corey McKeon

Larry Asante

Octavien and Asante use their pages to promote The Lord. Nicks tells us he’s from Cali and not to mess with him. Eisenhart’s page is probably the best of the lot, although his taste in music is not good. His interestes include: “Nebraska football, Partyin, maybe going to class once in awhile and just hanging out.” I’m not bustin’ on him. It’s college. Time to enjoy.

At any rate, I took an interest in this today because I wanted to see if the fans, in many cases fellow students at NU, were supportive or not. From what I’ve seen, they are indeed. Of course, that’s the nature of “friending” someone on MySpace, which you must do in order to leave a comment.

Single-match volleyball tickets for the 2007 season will go on sale at 8:00 a.m. Wednesday, August 1, 2007. Nebraska is the defending 2006 National Champion and tickets are always in short supply.

Single-match ticket prices for the upcoming season are set at $16 (floor and limited view seats), $10 (adult general admission) and $8 (youth/seniors general admission). Fans are limited to two tickets per regular-season home match at the NU Coliseum.

Tickets can be purchased on the Internet at Huskers.com, in person at the Athletic Ticket Office, located across the street from Memorial Stadium beginning at 8 a.m. or by calling (800) 8-BIGRED. Ticket Office hours are from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

Six-foot-five rightside hitter, Sarah Pavan, was awarded the 31st annual Honda-Broderick Cup as the NCAA female college athlete of the year on Monday.

The two-time conference player of the year–who maintained a 4.0 in biochemistry while leading the Cornhuskers to the national championship last season–plans to play professionally in Europe and become a pediatrician after graduation.

Does the junior from Kitchener, Ont., expect to repeat in her senior season?

“Yes,” she said without hesitation. “I came to Nebraska to win more than one national championship.”

[via Canada East]

Nebraska defeated Stanford 3-1 to win the 2006 National Championship. After dropping the first set 27-30, the Huskers rallied to take the next three, 30-26, 30-28, 30-27.

Congratulations!

The Husker Volleball team beat the UCLA Bruins tonight at the Qwest Center in Omaha to advance to the National Championship game. After dropping the first set 23-30, Nebraska rebounded to win the next three 30-28, 30-23. 30-28.

Nebraska will face the winner between Stanford and Washington; in progress at the time of publication.

The National Championship game is slated for 8:00 pm Central Saturday at the Qwest Center.

Update
The Huskers will face Stanford who defeated Washington 3-0.

The Husker volleyball team outlasted Minnesota to advance to the Final Four to take place in Omaha at the Qwest Center beginning Thursday.

On a side note, we don’t have the resources to cover the upcoming event but if any Husker volleyball fans want to help us out, drop us a line at huskers@huskerzone.com.

It an atmosphere that was predominantly red, the Washington Huskies stunned the Huskers and taking the Volleyball National Championship in a straight set victory.

Eric Gray (AP) caught the photo which conveys the Husker disapointment.

While I was jamming to U2 at the Qwest last night, the Husker’s trounced unseeded Santa Clara to advance to the National Championship Game in San Antonio. Thankfully, Saturday’s game will be televised on ESPN2 starting at 5:00 CST.

From Huskers.com:

Senior All-American Melissa Elmer led three players in double-figure kills by pounding a match-high 13 kills on .647 hitting – tying for the fourth-best postseason mark in NU history – as the No. 1 Nebraska volleyball team advanced to the fifth championship match in program history with a 3-0 sweep of Santa Clara (30-24, 30-19, 30-21) in front of 7,931 fans at the Alamodome Thursday evening.

The Huskers will look for their third national title and first since 2000 on Saturday at 5 p.m. in a match televised live on ESPN2. The Huskers – backed by over 4,000 fans who made the trip and another 2,500 at the Devaney Center in Lincoln, will look to become only the third team in NCAA history to be ranked No. 1 from wire to wire.

Hoping to catch Thursday’s Husker Volleyball game from the National Championship semi-finals in San Antonio? Think again.

ESPNU, ESPN’s upstart channel devoted to underexposed college sports, owns the TV rights to the game and isn’t available in Nebraska’s two largest markets (TimeWarner in Lincoln and Cox in Omaha). DirectTV subscribers do get ESPNU and several bars in the area should have it on screen.

Diehard fans would be wise to trek to the Devaney Center in Lincoln, where the game will be broadcast for free. Other than that, drive around the neighborhood looking for the telltale satellite dish and buddy up with your neighbors - bringing some Holiday Cheer of course. Or simply hit your local sports bar (you know, the ones with lots of TVs).