NCAA VB Tournament Elite Eight Results / Final Four Matchups

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at Champaign, IL
#3 Illinois def. Wisconsin (25-19, 15-25, 25-22, 25-23)

at Minneapolis, MN
#7 Nebraska vs. #15 Oregon (25-22, 25-23, 25-17)

at Provo, UT
#4 BYU def. #5 Texas (25-23, 25-23, 25-21)

at Palo Alto, CA
#1 Stanford def. #8 Penn State (18-25, 25-23, 25-20, 25-16)

 

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NCAA Tournament - Minneapolis, MN

all times Central

National Semifinals
#1 Stanford (32-1) vs. #4 BYU (31-1) - 6:00 p.m. (ESPN)
#3 Illinois (32-3) vs. #7 Nebraska (28-6) - 8:00 p.m. (ESPN)

 

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Post-Match Notes (Huskers.com)

- Nebraska improved to 28-6 overall and won its 12th straight match. The win was Nebraska's 10th consecutive NCAA Tournament win dating back to an NCAA Semifinal loss to Texas in 2016. The 10-match postseason win streak is tied for the longest NCAA Tournament winning streak in program history (NU also won 10 straight matches from 2000-01 and 2015-16).

- Nebraska advanced to the NCAA Semifinals for the fourth straight year, a first in program history. Nebraska became the sixth program in NCAA history to reach at least four straight final fours, joining Stanford (1982-87, 1994-97), Pacific (1983-86), UCLA (1988-92), Penn State (2007-10) and Texas (2012-16). Only Penn State, Texas and Nebraska have accomplished the feat since the field expanded to 64 teams in 1998.

- The Huskers will make their 15th NCAA Semifinals appearance of all-time, second most behind only Stanford (who has 21 entering Saturday's regional final match against Penn State)

- Nebraska's all-time NCAA Tournament record is now 112-31. It's .783 winning percentage in the NCAA Tournament is second only to Stanford (.797 entering Saturday)

- Nebraska improved to 15-13 all-time in NCAA Regional Finals

- John Cook is taking Nebraska to the NCAA Semifinals for the ninth time in his 19 seasons as head coach. Cook's nine NCAA Semifinal appearances are tied for the sixth-most by any coach in NCAA history

- Cook is just the fifth coach in NCAA history to make nine NCAA Semifinal appearances at one school, joining Andy Banachowski (UCLA, retired), Russ Rose (Penn State), Don Shaw (Stanford, retired) and Dave Shoji (Hawaii, retired)

- Cook improved to 71-14 in the NCAA Tournament at Nebraska and 79-18 overall in his NCAA Tournament career, including his time at Wisconsin

- Nebraska's two seniors who have been with the program all four years -- Mikaela Foecke and Kenzie Maloney -- are 20-1 in their NCAA Tournament careers, and the duo is a combined 51-2 all-time in the months of November and December. Their 20 postseason victories are the most in a four-year span in Nebraska history

- Foecke and Maloney each played in their 21st NCAA Tournament match at Nebraska, tying for the most postseason matches played by any player in program history. The duo have also each played in 72 career NCAA Tournament sets, trailing only Annika Albrecht (75 sets) and Jordan Larson (73 sets) for most career postseason sets played in Nebraska history

- Freshman setter Nicklin Hames had her 23rd double-double of the season with 41 assists and 15 digs. That broke Jordan Larson's school record for single-season double-doubles in the rally-scoring era

- Foecke had 16 kills, passing Lisa Reitsma (1,633) for third place on Nebraska's all-time kills list with 1,638.

- Foecke has 263 career kills in the NCAA Tournament, which moved her past Nancy Metcalf (Meendering) to No. 2 on Nebraska's career postseason kills list

- Maloney has 1,369 career digs, which moved her into the top five on Nebraska's all-time digs list

- Nebraska's sweep of Oregon marked the fourth time the Huskers have made it to the NCAA Semifinal without losing a set (also happened in 1990, 2005 and 2016).

 

[Red_Alert]

NCAA Tournament - Minneapolis, MN

all times Central

National Semifinals
#1 Stanford (32-1) vs. #4 BYU (31-1) - 6:00 p.m. (ESPN)
#3 Illinois (32-3) vs. #7 Nebraska (28-6) - 8:00 p.m. (ESPN)

Yeah. What day?

 

[NU_FTW]

Yeah. What day?

Dec. 13

 

[HuskerinBig10]

VB is going on right now.

Stanford blows out BYu.

 

[Smotis]

Illinois took the first set.

 

[Smotis]

and the second set...ain't looking good

 

[Smotis]

Took third set, 4th set close!

 

[Smotis]

Going to 5th set!

 

[Smotis]

MATCH POINT

 

[Smotis]

What a comeback!

 

[it'sHuskers4me]

Winning after being down in sets 0-2, just coming back like that isn't easy. Volleyball is a huge game of momentum. Good to see you @Smotis. We got more game..er match to play.

 

[corn train]

so Natty platter next?

 

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NCAA Tournament - Semifinals

#1 Stanford def. #4 BYU (25-15, 25-15, 25-18)
#7 Nebraska def. #3 Illinois (22-25, 16-25, 25-23, 25-20, 15-11)

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NCAA Tournament - National Championship Match

Saturday, December 15th - 8:00 p.m. | Minneapolis, MN | ESPN2
#1 Stanford (33-1) vs. #7 Nebraska (29-6)

 

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Nebraska vs. Illinois Post-Match Notes (Huskers.com)

- With the win, Nebraska (29-6) advanced to the NCAA Final for the ninth time in program history (third-most in NCAA history). The Huskers have made back-to-back NCAA Finals for only the second time in school history (2005 & 2006) and will play for the national title for the third time in the past four seasons

- The Huskers will go for their sixth national title and second in a row on Saturday. Nebraska has never won back-to-back national championships

- NU rallied from an 0-2 deficit for the first time ever in an NCAA Semifinal or Final. The Huskers had been 0-4 in NCAA Semifinals when losing the first two sets and 0-3 in NCAA Finals when losing the first two sets

- The Huskers became the first team to rally from an 0-2 deficit in an NCAA Semifinal or Final since Penn State came back to defeat Texas in the 2009 NCAA Final. The last time a team rallied from an 0-2 hole in an NCAA Semifinal match was in 2008, when Stanford defeated Texas

- Nebraska set a school record with its 11th consecutive NCAA Tournament victory. The 11-match postseason winning streak ranks sixth in NCAA history

- Nebraska improved its all-time NCAA Tournament record to 113-31. The Huskers' 113 victories and .785 winning percentage in the postseason rank second in NCAA history to Stanford (124-31)

- Nebraska improved to 9-6 all-time in NCAA Semifinal matches, including a 6-3 record under John Cook. Cook moved to 72-14 overall in NCAA Tournament play as Nebraska's head coach and 80-18 in his career, including his seven seasons at Wisconsin

- John Cook has taken a Husker team to the NCAA Final for the sixth time in his 19 seasons at Nebraska, winning four national championships. Cook's six finals appearances rank fifth among all coaches in NCAA history

- Cook improved to 8-1 against Big Ten teams in the NCAA Tournament at Nebraska

- The Huskers extended their winning streak to 12 matches with the win over third-ranked Illinois. Nebraska is 7-0 against ranked opponents during its win streak, including 3-0 vs. top-10 foes

- Illinois won five of the final six rallies in set one to hand Nebraska its first set loss of the NCAA Tournament, 25-22. The Huskers had won all 12 sets in the postseason and 22 straight sets dating back to Nov. 16

- Nebraska was held to 16 points in the second set, its third-fewest points in a set this season

- NU fell behind 0-2 for just the third time this season. The previous two times both occurred in the first six matches of the year. The Huskers are 2-1 when losing the first two sets of a match, with both wins coming over top-15 opponents (Creighton and Illinois)

- Nebraska's two seniors who have been with the program all four years -- Mikaela Foecke and Kenzie Maloney -- improved to 21-1 in their NCAA Tournament careers. The duo has won more postseason matches than any other players in Husker history

- Foecke and Maloney each played their 22nd NCAA Tournament match on Thursday, setting a school record for the most postseason matches by any player in program history. The duo have also each played 77 career sets in their NCAA Tournament careers, the most by any player in Nebraska history

- Foecke and Maloney are a combined 52-2 all-time in the months of November and December

- Foecke had 19 kills in the match, giving her 102 career kills in the NCAA Semifinals/Finals. She became just the 10th player in NCAA history to have 100 kills in NCAA Semifinals/Finals matches

- Foecke also had two aces, giving her eight in her career in NCAA Semifinals/Finals, which ties her for the 10th-most in NCAA history. Her two aces also moved her up to seventh on Nebraska's all-time list

- Maloney had a team-high 20 digs against Illinois to give her 519 digs this season. She became just the fourth Husker to have 500 digs in a season, and her 519 digs rank fifth in school history

- Nicklin Hames produced her 24th double-double of the season, extending her school record

- Hames also tied her career high with five kills

- Illinois' Jacqueline Quade had 28 kills, the most by a Husker opponent on the season. She had at least 22 kills in all three matches against Nebraska in 2018

- Illinois had nine aces in the match, the most the Huskers allowed in 2018. Nebraska had been aced only five times in its first four NCAA Tournament matches combined

 

[Skerpokes]

I vote we put Kenzie Maloney on the new banner.

what say ye?

 

[Smotis]

I vote we put Kenzie Maloney on the new banner.

what say ye?

Would not be opposed to a lil bit of Kenzie Maloney and Lexi Sun on it!

 

[HuskerinBig10]

Got my vote. plus, John Cook to replace Miles.