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Nebraska Volleyball Meets the Missouri Tigers in the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament for an Old Big 12 Matchup
Tournament time proved to be electric in the Bob last night. Husker fans really showed up and showed out for this amazing team and it was definitely a sight to see last night. Now, we turn the page to Missouri. We have to bring the same energy as last night.
It was sort of shocking to see Nebraska down the entire set until they took the lead at 23-22. They definitely can’t have off sets like this down the road in the tournament.
It was so crazy to see how excited the fans in the Devaney Center after the Huskers finished off a long rally to get to match point. It was as loud as it had been all night.
One thing that I found so fun and interesting about NCAA volleyball tournament time is that ESPN+ has a broadcast called The 5th Set.
The 5th Set is like NFL RedZone and cuts to every match going on. I recommend watching this broadcast if you want to stay updated on every match going on at that time!
Missouri played Delaware in the first match of the night at the Devaney Center last night and easily beat them 3-0 to advance. Missouri is the #8 seed in the Nebraska quarter of the bracket.
Missouri finished 7th in the SEC standings this year. They have an overall record of 18-12 and a record of 9-9 in SEC conference play. They finished exactly in the middle of their conference.
The Tigers only had two Top 25 wins all year and they both came against Auburn on October 20th and November 12th.
They did play Louisville early on in the season and lost this 3-0. During this match, they were held to hitting .057 for the match. The Huskers have to do the same thing and keep the Missouri hitters cold.
Sophomore Janet deMarrais has proved to be one of the Tigers best hitters. She is hitting .198 and is averaging 3.21 kills a set. In the first round, she had 13 kills and hit .290 for the night.
Junior Jordan Iliff is also putting in a lot of work the for the Tigers as well averaging 3.44 kills a set and is hitting .241 on the year. She also had a good match in the first round with 10 kills and hitting .286 for the match.
They also proved to be strong on defense last night against Delaware. Sierra Dudley, Dilara Gedikoglu, and Maya Sands combined for a total of 24 digs on the night.
The team had a total of 34 digs so these three had over half of the entire teams digs. They will be all over the floor tonight against the Huskers. It should be filled with long rallies and lots of nervous people in the crowd hoping Nebraska gets the point.
Missouri will come in fighting. They want to be the team to upset the #1 Nebraska Cornhuskers. Everyone wants to do this, but Missouri will look to be the ones that actually get it done.
Nebraska will need to play an all around game and not have an off set like they did last night against Long Island. Harper Murray will also need to clean up her service errors along with the rest of the team.
Even though Murray only had 3 service errors, they came at times when we didn’t need them. These are just free points we are giving the other team. It also gives them momentum as well and we can’t be doing this.
We will hopefully see Bekka Allick return as many speculated why she was out. Nebraska coaches said Maggie Mendelson has been doing great in practice and wanted to give her playing time.
I sort of saw it as a match that we didn’t really need Allick since we do have strong girls, like Mendelson, that can take her place.
I chalked her absence up to just letting her rest before we get deep into the tournament when we will really need her to be amazing.
It will be a wait and see game on Lindsey Krause. It sounds like she could return at any moment, but they may keep her out until the big games in the tournament. Every game is a big game at this point, but we don’t want to risk anything with her.
We also have strong girls like Ally Batenhorst, Merritt Beason, and Harper Murray that can carry the weight on that outside hitter position. They’ve been doing this since she got injured and have been doing an amazing job.
Nebraska hosts Missouri tonight at the Bob Devaney Center for the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament. The match starts at 7:00pm CST and will be streamed on ESPN+.
#1 Nebraska (29-1)
#2 Bergen Reilly 6’1” FR S
#5 Bekka Allick 6’4” SO MB
#6 Laney Choboy 5’3” FR DS/Libero
#7 Maisie Boesiger 5’6” SO DS/Libero
#8 Lexi Rodriguez 5’5” JR DS/Libero
#9 Kennedi Orr 6’0” JR S
#10 Caroline Jurevicius 6’2” FR OH
#11 Hayden Kubik 6’2” SO OH
#13 Merritt Beason 6’4” JR OH
#14 Ally Batenhorst 6’5” JR OH
#15 Andi Jackson 6’3” FR MB
#22 Lindsay Krause 6’4” JR OH
#27 Harper Murray 6’2” FR OH
#44 Maggie Mendelson 6’5” SO MB
Missouri (18-12)
#1 Colleen Finney 6’1” Grad Student MB
#3 Maya Sands 5’7” SO Libero
#4 Jordan Iliff 6’2” JR RS
#5 Lauren Forbes 5’8” JR Libero
#6 Kaylen Rush 5’7” FR Libero
#8 Dilara Gedikoglu 5’10” Grad Student OH
#9 Morgan Isenberg 6’0” JR MB
#12 Janet deMarrais 6’2” SO OH
#27 Sierra Dudley 6’1” FR S
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Trump and Musk weigh in about daylight savings time
Elon Musk ran a unscientific poll on X that revealed how some feel about a proposed end to daylight saving time.
If you struggled to wake up this morning, know you were not alone.
The clocks in most U.S. states jumped ahead by an hour over the weekend with the return of daylight saving time, meaning millions of people lost an hour of sleep. The time change will remain until November when standard time returns.
Two states – Hawaii and Arizona – don’t observe daylight saving time, and many other states have considered legislation to either get rid of it or make it permanent, including Nebraska.
The loss of an hour of sleep can have real-world consequences, said Aric Prather, a psychiatry professor at the University of California San Francisco who specializes in treating people with sleep disorders.
Prather said “Sleepy Monday” – the Monday after daylight saving time begins – is associated with an increase in fatal car crashes and hospital admissions for heart attacks, and even harsher sentences from judges.
More than half of U.S. adults say they’re ready to do away with daylight saving time, according to a Gallup poll conducted in January.
Here’s what you need to know about daylight saving time and efforts to get rid of it.
What is daylight saving time?
This year, daylight saving time began March 9, when most people in the U.S. adjusted their clocks ahead by an hour. It lasts until Nov. 2 this year, when clocks will go back an hour.
In the spring and summer, the time adjustment means more daylight during the evenings.
Does Nebraska want to eliminate daylight saving time?
Nebraska lawmakers are considering two competing pieces of legislation – one that would get rid of daylight saving time and another that would make it permanent.
Sen. Megan Hunt, an independent from Omaha, introduced the bill that would make daylight saving time permanent.
“It’s a better thing for the economy,” Hunt told the Nebraska Examiner. “It’s a better thing for things like seasonal depression and just kind of the winter blues that you get when you don’t have any sunlight.”
But Sen. Kathleen Kauth, a Republican from the Millard area, argued the change to permanent standard time would be better from a public health perspective.
“Daylight saving time increases the risk to our physical health, mental well-being and public safety,” Kauth said. “Permanent standard time is the optimal choice for health and safety.”
Both bills require at least some neighboring states to adopt similar laws.
- To make daylight saving time permanent, three adjacent states would need to approve a single year-round time standard.
- To eliminate daylight saving time, Iowa, Kansas, South Dakota and Wyoming would need to pass legislation for standard time all year.
Federal law currently doesn’t allow states to adopt permanent daylight saving time, though it does allow permanent standard time, USA TODAY reported.
Does Donald Trump want to end daylight saving time?
In December, then-President-elect Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post that “the Republican Party will use its best efforts to eliminate daylight saving time.”
However, since Trump returned to office for his second term, he hasn’t issued any executive orders, nor has there been any major push by Congress, which has a narrow Republican majority, to take action on the issue, USA TODAY reported.
LINCOLN, Neb. (Nebraska Athletics) – A strong effort from several Nebraska natives powered the No. 20 Husker softball team to a 9-1 five-inning victory over Northern Iowa on Sunday at Bowlin Stadium.
Hannah Camenzind, a Valley native, shined in the circle and at the plate for Nebraska (18-6). In the circle, Camenzind (3-2) fired a five-hitter, allowing only one run in her first complete game of the season. At the plate, she was 2-for-3 with two doubles and two RBIs.
Lincoln native Abbie Squier and Papillion native Jordyn Bahl each homered for the Huskers, while Elkhorn product Kacie Hoffman went 2-for-3 with a triple and an RBI.
Anna Wischnowski (5-4) took the loss for Northern Iowa, which fell to 11-8 on the season.
UNI grabbed a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning, converting a leadoff double from Skylar Benesh into a two-out RBI single from Drew Henrichs.
Nebraska tied the game with help from a UNI error in the bottom of the second. Olivia DiNardo led off with a single, and Kennadi Williams came on to pinch run. An error then put Huskers on first and third with no outs, and Williams scored the tying run on an RBI ground out from Hannah Camenzind.
The Huskers then took a 5-1 lead with a four-run third inning. Squier led off the inning with a solo home run to give Nebraska its first lead. Ava Kuszak followed with a single, Bahl walked and Samantha Bland reached on an error to load the bases with no outs. UNI then turned a double play, but both Kuszak and Bahl scored on the play to make it a 4-1 lead. Nebraska tacked on a final run in the inning when Hoffmann tripled and Hannah Camenzind delivered an RBI double.
Nebraska stretched the lead to 9-1 in the bottom of the fourth. Ava Bredwell drew a leadoff walk and advanced to third on a one-out double from Kuszak. Bahl then launched the first pitch she saw over the wall in center for a three-run homer. Nebraska tacked on another run when Bland reached on an error and scored on an RBI single from Hoffmann.
Camenzind worked around a pair of base runners in the top of the fifth to close out the run-rule victory.
Nebraska plays its final game of the Big Red Spring Fling Sunday evening against South Dakota State.
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For the first time since 1976, Nebraska men’s basketball will not participate in a league tournament.
The Big Ten Conference Tournament field was set Sunday as the regular season came to a close. The 18-team league has 15 teams advancing to play in Indianapolis.
A five-way tie for 12th in the league pushed one team out of the field. The 7-13 teams are Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Northwestern, and USC.
The tiebreaker for three or more teams is based on round-robin record, with Minnesota emerging on top at 3-1, followed by Northwestern at 3-2. USC and Iowa are next at 2-2 and 3-3, with the Torjans having the head-to-head win over the Hawkeyes.
Nebraska fell to 16th with a round-robin record of 1-4.
Penn State and Washington were already eliminated before Sunday’s games.
At the top, Michigan State locked up the 1-seed a few games ago. They’ll have a double-bye in the bracket, along with Maryland, Michigan, and UCLA.
Earning single-byes as the 5-9 seeds are, in order, Wisconsin, Purdue, Illinois, Oregon and Indiana.
The Big Ten Tournament will begin Wednesday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, with Northwestern facing Minnesota, followed by Iowa-Ohio State then USC-Rutgers.
Peacock will stream the games on Wednesday, with Big Ten Network broadcasting the second round and quarterfinals. The semifinals and championship will be on CBS.
The full bracket with times and information can be found at BigTen.org.
Final Big Ten Standings
- Michigan State 17-3
- Maryland 14-6
- Michigan 14-6
- UCLA 13-7
- Wisconsin 13-7
- Purdue 13-7
- Illinois 12-8
- Oregon 12-8
- Indiana 10-10
- Ohio State 9-11
- Rutgers 8-12
- Minnesota 7-13
- Northwestern 7-13
- USC 7-13
- Iowa 7-13
- Nebraska 7-13
- Penn State 6-14
- Washington 4-16
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