NCAA VB Tournament: Second Round Scores & Sweet 16 Matchups (12/2)

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Matches for Saturday, December 2

NEBRASKA REGION
at Lincoln, NE
#1 Nebraska def. #8 Missouri (25-14, 25-19, 25-21)

#5 Georgia Tech (has advanced to Sweet 16)

at Fayetteville, AR
#3 Arkansas def. TCU (25-18, 27-25, 23-25, 25-20)

#2 Kentucky (has advanced to Sweet 16)

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PITTSBURGH REGION
at Pittsburgh, PA
#1 Pittsburgh def. #8 USC (23-25, 25-20, 25-18, 25-18)

at Pullman, WA
#4 Washington State def. #5 Dayton (25-21, 25-15, 20-25, 25-16)

at Omaha, NE
#3 Pickle Smoochers def. Minnesota (25-21, 25-20, 29-27)

#2 Louisville (has advanced to Sweet 16)

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MADISON REGION

Sweet 16 (next week)
#1 Wisconsin vs. #5 Penn State
#2 Oregon vs. #3 Purdoodoo

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STANFORD REGION
at Palo Alto, CA
#1 Stanford def. #8 Houston (25-15, 25-20, 22-25, 22-25, 15-7)

at Provo, UT
#5 Arizona State def. #4 BYU (25-20, 25-21, 25-21)

at Knoxville, TN
#3 Tennessee def. #6 Western Kentucky (25-20, 25-16, 26-24)

#2 Texas (has advanced to Sweet 16)

 

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NCAA Tournament - Sweet 16

NEBRASKA REGION
at Lincoln, NE
#1 Nebraska (30-1) vs. #5 Georgia Tech (24-6) (Thursday, Dec. 7 - 1:00 PM - ESPN2)
#2 Kentucky (21-7) vs. #3 Arkansas (27-5)

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PITTSBURGH REGION
at Pittsburgh, PA
#1 Pittsburgh (27-4) vs. #4 Washington State (26-7)
#2 Louisville (26-4) vs. #3 Pickle Smoochers (29-4)

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WISCONSIN REGION
at Madison, WI
#1 Wisconsin (28-3) vs. #5 Penn State (23-8)
#2 Oregon (28-5) vs. #3 Purdoodoo (23-8)

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STANFORD REGION
at Palo Alto, CA
#1 Stanford (28-3) vs. #5 Arizona State (28-6)
#2 Texas (24-4) vs. #3 Tennessee (26-4)

 

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Post-Match Notes
- With the win, Nebraska advances to an NCAA Regional for the 12th consecutive season and for the 39th time in program history. The Huskers' 39 regional appearances are the most in NCAA history, while Nebraska's 12 consecutive regional berths rank second nationally.

- Tonight marked Nebraska's 30th win of the season. The Huskers have won 30 matches in a season for the first time since 2017. Nebraska has won 30 matches in a season 24 times in program history, including 12 times under John Cook.

- Nebraska improved to 127-36 all-time in the NCAA Tournament. The Huskers rank second in NCAA history in postseason wins and winning percentage (.779).

- Nebraska improved to 29-2 all-time in second-round NCAA Tournament matches

- The win was Nebraska's 20th consecutive home victory in the NCAA Tournament dating back to 2013. NU improved to 81-7 all-time in home NCAA Tournament matches, including 26-2 at the Devaney Center.

- The Huskers improved to 59-1 all-time against unranked opponents in the NCAA Tournament. Overall (regular season and postseason), Nebraska has won 126 consecutive matches against unranked opponents dating back to 2017.

- Nebraska won its 18th consecutive match against Missouri to improve to 74-3-1 all-time against the Tigers.

- The Huskers moved to 3-0 against Missouri in the NCAA Tournament and 11-0 against current members of the Southeastern Conference

- John Cook coached in the 118th NCAA Tournament match of his career tonight, including his time at Wisconsin. He tied John Dunning (Pacific/Stanford) for the second-most NCAA Tournament matches coached in NCAA Division I history.

- Cook improved to 86-19 in the NCAA Tournament as Nebraska’s head coach. He improved to 94-24 in his NCAA Tournament career. Cook ranks second all-time in career NCAA Tournament victories and NCAA Tournament wins at one school.

- The Huskers won the first two sets against Missouri and are 96-1 in the NCAA Tournament when taking a 2-0 lead. Nebraska has won 95 consecutive postseason matches when winning the first two sets.

- Nebraska held Missouri to a -.240 attack percentage in the opening set. The Huskers had six blocks in the first set as the Tigers had five kills and 11 errors on 25 swings.

- NU totaled 14 blocks in the match. That marked the Huskers’ third-highest total this season and highest in a three-set match.

- The Huskers had five service aces and four service errors, marking the second straight match Nebraska totaled more aces than errors. Before this weekend, NU had produced more aces than errors only once in its first 29 matches.

= Bergen Reilly had a career-high four service aces in the match. She had an ace to score three of the match’s first six points. Nebraska scored nine points with Reilly at the service line in the first set and 15 points on her serve in the match.

- Lexi Rodriguez had a match-high 11 digs. She increased her career total to 1,372 digs, moving past Hanna Werth (1,367) and into seventh place on Nebraska’s all-time digs list.

- Merritt Beason had 12 kills on 23 swings while hitting .435. Beason hit .457 on the weekend with 25 kills on 46 swings.

 

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And in other college volleyball rules, Wayne State College advanced today to the NCAA Division II Elite Eight next week and will have an opportunity to win the Division II national championship.

 

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Can John Cook coach football?

 

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And in other college volleyball rules, Wayne State College advanced today to the NCAA Division II Elite Eight next week and will have an opportunity to win the Division II national championship.

They should win it or at least get to final. The regional tourney is tougher than the final 8. D2 is stupid with their regions. Central Oklahoma didnt even make the tourney and they were a top 20 team.