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Wilberger to kick off State Games torch run on June 1
Nebraska volleyball player Jordan Wilberger, a Scottsbluff native, will be the honorary first runner of the Cornhusker State Games torch run that begins at 2:50 p.m. June 1 at the Nebraska-Wyoming border on Highway 26 west of Morrill. The 1,100-mile route passes through more than 90 communities before returning to Lincoln on June 27. The State Games are scheduled for July 15 through 24 in Lincoln, Omaha and surrounding communities.
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Cook praises Nebraska’s big strides in spring
When Nebraska’s spring season opened in mid-March, John Cook described the Huskers as a volleyball team with a whole lot to prove. Six weeks later, the coach isn’t sure his team could have accomplished much more than it did. “If I could’ve scripted out the spring for us,” Cook said, “I don’t think I could’ve scripted it out any better.”
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Huskers hold on in wild exhibition match
Tianjin Bridgestone came to the U.S. without three of its best players, all of them Olympians who stayed home to train with China's national team. So it's not like Nebraska took down the New York Yankees of volleyball with their full complement of stars on the court. Still, John Cook was a happy coach after the Huskers pulled out a wild 25-19, 25-18, 33-35, 25-27, 16-14 exhibition win over China's top professional club Saturday behind a combined 40 kills from Gina Mancuso and Morgan Broekhuis.
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Chinese team sweeps Jays in exhibition
Tianjin Bridgestone was a jet-lagged group of volleyball players Tuesday, when China’s top pro team dropped its first NCAA exhibition in five sets at Illinois. If its past two matches are any indication, Tianjin has made a quick adjustment after flying halfway around the globe to embark on its tour of America. One day after the elite Chinese squad took all five sets at Kansas State, Tianjin Bridgestone on Friday took all four from Creighton, winning 25-14, 25-15, 25-15, 25-18 at Sokol...
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Chinese pros to test NU, CU progress
John Cook already knows what it’s like to watch the Nebraska volleyball team take on Tianjin Bridgestone when the Chinese pro team has the home-court advantage. The coach can’t wait to find out if a fired-up crowd at the NU Coliseum might help the Huskers hold their own against some of the best players in the world. “The tide is kind of reversed now,” said Cook, who has taken the Huskers to China three times since taking over at Nebraska in 2000. “They’re the...
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Spike in NU’s performance
The fans who watched Nebraska grind out a five-set win over Wichita State last weekend in Grand Island saw a group of Huskers who had a long way to go. The fans who filled the NU Coliseum on Saturday night for the Huskers’ sweep of Iowa State saw a team that looked ready for fall volleyball in the rugged Big Ten. What a difference a week can make, Nebraska coach John Cook said following his squad’s 25-17, 25-22, 25-17 exhibition win.
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Wilberger aiming to be a steadying force
When Jordan Wilberger was an untested redshirt freshman in 2008 — getting thrown into the fire against the likes of Texas, Washington and Penn State — she never looked rattled. No matter what was happening on the court, or going on inside her head, Wilberger always believed she belonged. The senior captains on that year’s team, Amanda Gates, Rachel Schwartz and Jordan Larson, made sure Wilberger never thought otherwise.
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Prep teammates face off in NU win
Nebraska junior outside hitter Gina Mancuso has a special bond with setter Chelsey Feekin. The only thing is, Feekin plays for Wichita State. They were best friends in high school at Papillion-LaVista. On Saturday, they found themselves on the opposite sides of the net when the Huskers defeated the Shockers in a spring exhibition match at the Heartland Events Center. “There were times during the match when we'd make eye contact, and we would just smile,” Mancuso said.
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Ex-Islander back in G.I. with Nebraska
Brigette Root has enjoyed her volleyball career at Nebraska and is looking forward to her senior season. Even if it could be her junior season. Root could have one more year of eligibility left after this year if she wanted, but that isn’t in her plans. She is set to graduate in May 2012 and plans to go to radiologist school after that. “Last year, I obviously did not play in a match, so I technically have a year under my belt if I want it,” Root said. “But I’m a...
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Huskers to play Chinese team
The Nebraska volleyball team will conclude its spring exhibition season April 23 at the NU Coliseum against Tianjin Bridgestone, one of the top Chinese pro teams. The 7 p.m. match is one of three remaining exhibitions for NU this spring. The Huskers will play Wichita State on Saturday at the Heartland Events Center in Grand Island, Neb., and host Iowa State on April 16. Tianjin Bridgestone, with several Olympians, recently won its fifth straight Chinese League Championship. During its U.S.
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Huskers’ Cook wants, gets Sport Court
It took a while to get all of the details worked out for the Nebraska volleyball team’s appearance Saturday at the Heartland Events Center. The biggest detail was a court surface. Nebraska coach John Cook told Grand Island officials that the only way he would bring the Huskers to Grand Island was if they had a real volleyball court at the events center. “One of the things I asked if we were going to play out there was for them to bring in a Sport Court to put on that floor,”...
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