National Championship Game Day Thread

by Jon Johnston on Dec 16, 2006 6:21 PM CST in Game Threads Comment 33 comments

A little under two hours away - Nebraska meets Stanford for a national championship in women's volleyball.

That's two years in a row now, and I remember the disappointment when watching us against Washington last year. The Huskers really got their rears handed to them by a Washington team that was on a roll.

Memory of that game has me anxious. Nebraska must win a national title while Sarah Pavan is playing for us, otherwise it's a sign that things must be off-kilter in the universe.

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Well... here we go.

seven of the last 12 NCAA titles between these two teams.

Stanford is going for it's seventh title.
Nebraska for our third.

Go Big Red!

by Jon Johnston on Dec 16, 2006 8:03 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Good start

We haven't started slow - which is a good thing.

Nebraska up 9-6.

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by Jon Johnston on Dec 16, 2006 8:12 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

18-18

Both teams look pretty good....

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by Jon Johnston on Dec 16, 2006 8:22 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

24 all

Nebraska's hitting percentage has steadily climbed throughout this match.

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by Jon Johnston on Dec 16, 2006 8:30 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Stanford takes game one

30-27.

Given that we were down 0-2 to Minnesota, and 0-1 to UCLA before coming back to win those games, perhaps this is a good sign.

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by Jon Johnston on Dec 16, 2006 8:35 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Nebraska rolling

in game two, 7-3.

Need to keep this momentum going..

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by Jon Johnston on Dec 16, 2006 8:43 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

7-1 run

by Stanford. Nebraska has to get their poop together and get momentum back on their side.

They look timid during this run - like they're more worried about making a mistake than doing something with the ball

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by Jon Johnston on Dec 16, 2006 8:46 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

game point Nebraska!

one helluva match, isn't it?

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by Jon Johnston on Dec 16, 2006 9:05 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Nebraska takes two

It is going to be interesting to see what happens next - Nebraska lately has taken a while to get rolling, we pointed out earlier that they'd fallen behind in the last few matches - if Nebraska can really start rolling in game three.

A new NCAA Single match record - 17,209 attendance.

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by Jon Johnston on Dec 16, 2006 9:17 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

i think the answer to that is no

these games are going to be close all the way through.

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by Jon Johnston on Dec 16, 2006 9:19 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Stanford up 25-21

We're looking somewhat predictable on offense right now, and Stanford is getting a lot to go their way.

I would hate for us to go down 2-1.

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by Jon Johnston on Dec 16, 2006 9:40 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Tied up at 27

Incredible job of getting back into this game!

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by Jon Johnston on Dec 16, 2006 9:44 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

28 all

we need this next point.

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by Jon Johnston on Dec 16, 2006 9:45 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

game point Nebraska!!!

29-28.

Pavan smash.....

the hitting percentage in the third game was nearly identical for both teams. TV keeps making a big deal out of Stanford's Barboza, but the rest of Stanford's team is playing better.

Both of these teams have plenty of depth, so we're not going to wear down Stanford like we did UCLA.

Go Big Red!

by Jon Johnston on Dec 16, 2006 9:47 PM CST reply actions 0 recs