Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2018 0:53:48 GMT -5
Hey Nebraska fans. Just felt it was necessary to come over and and tell you that your team helped put on a incredible show tonight. Nothing but respect for that. I came on ready to take my bashing as Stanford in the end figured out a way to pull it out. I know I play my part and am not as big into volleyball as most here probably but I feel it’s important to note if people want the sport to grow it’s matches like the one tonight with the heart and grit showed from both teams that will help sport gain more popularity nation wide. I know your proud of your team tonight as u should be. Something interesting happened in tonight’s match. I found myself rooting for mikalea. How could you not. The most surprising thing to me about tonight’s match wasn’t what I expected. Watching Mikalea play and who she is I believe made me a better person even if it was only by a little bit just seeing her and what she brings and has accomplished. So as the night comes to a close I would just like to say for what it’s worth Nebraska has earned my utmost respect. May not like them, def will continue to fight with them in future seasons but tonight I just wanted to be real and show the respect a match like tonight deserves. The boof.
|
|
|
|
Post by huskervolleyball on Dec 16, 2018 0:55:31 GMT -5
I remember when me and my mom were talking about who's the best husker player of all time and I keep saying Pavan. My reason was she was so dominant in the net. Only the 4 time First Team AA from Nebraska. Won NFOY and NPOY. My mom who was a new husker fan keeps saying Foecke and Larson in a close 2nd. But man watching Foecke this year and the past 3 years. She's prolly the most clutch player that I have ever seen. She's not just a great player but was also a great leader. She carried this team and was producing kills when her team needed her the most. Watching her to evolve in a 6 rotation player was amazing to watch and I love the sound that the ball makes everytime she hits it. Plus 4 final four is just wow. Foecke is the GOAT and will be my favorite player all time! Found myself crying like a baby writing this  |
|
|
|
Post by huskervolleyball on Dec 16, 2018 0:59:03 GMT -5
Okay so who's starting the Nebraska Volleyball 2019 thread? ilikecorn ? |
|
|
|
Post by ilikecorn on Dec 16, 2018 0:59:51 GMT -5
Okay so who's starting the Nebraska Volleyball 2019 thread? ilikecorn ? I only do match threads  |
|
|
|
Post by huskervolleyball on Dec 16, 2018 1:00:47 GMT -5
Okay so who's starting the Nebraska Volleyball 2019 thread? ilikecorn ? I only do match threads Damn. Maybe vup ? for some reason I can't tag him..... Am I doing it wrong lmao |
|
|
|
Post by ilikecorn on Dec 16, 2018 1:07:41 GMT -5
I only do match threads Damn. Maybe vup ? for some reason I can't tag him..... Am I doing it wrong lmao Probably working on it right meow. |
|
|
|
Post by huskergeek on Dec 16, 2018 1:08:13 GMT -5
Mikaela Foecke finishes the tournament at 101-16-235 .362 and she may not have won MOP, but she deserved it.
|
|
|
|
Post by lvcalum on Dec 16, 2018 1:21:07 GMT -5
Hey Nebraska fans. Just felt it was necessary to come over and and tell you that your team helped put on a incredible show tonight. Nothing but respect for that. I came on ready to take my bashing as Stanford in the end figured out a way to pull it out. I know I play my part and am not as big into volleyball as most here probably but I feel it’s important to note if people want the sport to grow it’s matches like the one tonight with the heart and grit showed from both teams that will help sport gain more popularity nation wide. I know your proud of your team tonight as u should be. Something interesting happened in tonight’s match. I found myself rooting for mikalea. How could you not. The most surprising thing to me about tonight’s match wasn’t what I expected. Watching Mikalea play and who she is I believe made me a better person even if it was only by a little bit just seeing her and what she brings and has accomplished. So as the night comes to a close I would just like to say for what it’s worth Nebraska has earned my utmost respect. May not like them, def will continue to fight with them in future seasons but tonight I just wanted to be real and show the respect a match like tonight deserves. The boof. Nice post. Thank you. |
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2018 1:25:31 GMT -5
Hey Nebraska fans. Just felt it was necessary to come over and and tell you that your team helped put on a incredible show tonight. Nothing but respect for that. I came on ready to take my bashing as Stanford in the end figured out a way to pull it out. I know I play my part and am not as big into volleyball as most here probably but I feel it’s important to note if people want the sport to grow it’s matches like the one tonight with the heart and grit showed from both teams that will help sport gain more popularity nation wide. I know your proud of your team tonight as u should be. Something interesting happened in tonight’s match. I found myself rooting for mikalea. How could you not. The most surprising thing to me about tonight’s match wasn’t what I expected. Watching Mikalea play and who she is I believe made me a better person even if it was only by a little bit just seeing her and what she brings and has accomplished. So as the night comes to a close I would just like to say for what it’s worth Nebraska has earned my utmost respect. May not like them, def will continue to fight with them in future seasons but tonight I just wanted to be real and show the respect a match like tonight deserves. The boof. Nice post. Thank you. Nothing to thank me for. Thank Nebraska for putting on a show. Totally deserved. |
|
|
|
Post by lvcalum on Dec 16, 2018 1:26:50 GMT -5
Mikaela Foecke finishes the tournament at 101-16-235 .362 and she may not have won MOP, but she deserved it. Wouldn’t it be great to spend the next 2 or 3 olympics watching Poulter set Foecke? That’s a lot of talent, character, and big moment grit that I sure would love to see on Team USA. |
|
|
|
Post by ilikecorn on Dec 16, 2018 1:51:10 GMT -5
National Championship Recap - ( read more) - Nebraska’s two seniors who were with the program each of the last four years – Mikaela Foecke and Kenzie Maloney – finished with a 21-2 record in their NCAA Tournament careers. - Foecke and Maloney played in more postseason sets and matches and won more NCAA Tournament matches than any other players in Husker history. - Foecke and Maloney finished with a 52-3 combined record in the months of November and December. - Foecke had a career-high 27 kills in the match on a career-high 71 swings. The 27 kills tied for the second-highest total by a player in a five-set NCAA Final. Foecke also had 11 digs, posting her fourth straight double-double. - In her three career NCAA Finals, Foecke totaled 66 kills on .301 hitting. She had at least 19 kills in all three of her NCAA Finals matches. Foecke has 129 kills in her career in NCAA Semifinals/Finals matches. That total ties for third in NCAA history. - Foecke served up nine aces in her career in NCAA Semifinals/Finals matches. That total ranks in a tie for eighth in NCAA history. In her overall NCAA Tournament career, Foecke totaled 309 kills and 26 aces. Her 282 postseason kills and 25 aces both rank second in Nebraska postseason history. - Foecke finished her outstanding career with 1,684 career kills. Foecke ranks third all-time at Nebraska in kills, including second in the rally-scoring era (since 2001). - Foecke also totaled 135 service aces in her career, the seventh-most in Nebraska history and the fourth-highest total in the rally-scoring era. - Foecke finished her senior season with 514 kills, tied for the eighth-highest total in Nebraska history and third during the rally-scoring era. - Foecke joined Sarah Pavan (2006) and Kelsey Robinson (2013) as the only Huskers to have 500 kills in a season during the rally-scoring era (since 2001). - Foecke also had 46 services aces in 2018, the fifth-highest total by a Husker in the rally-scoring era. - Maloney finished with 86 digs in her career in NCAA Semifinals/Finals matches. That total ranks in a tie for fourth in NCAA history and is the most in the rally-scoring era. - Maloney finished her career with 229 digs in the NCAA Tournament digs to rank third on Nebraska’s postseason career digs list. - Maloney had 84 digs in the 2018 NCAA Tournament, the fourth-highest total in Husker postseason history. - Maloney finished her career with 1,406 digs. That total ranks fifth all-time at Nebraska. - Maloney had 536 digs in her senior season, the fourth-highest total in Nebraska history. Maloney averaged 4.03 digs per set – the eighth-highest total in school history – to become the fifth Husker to average 4.0 digs per set in a season. - Lauren Stivrins hit .615 in the match. That ranks as second-highest total in NCAA Finals history (minimum 20 attempts) behind Pacific’s Elaina Oden, who hit .690 in the 1986 NCAA Final. - Stivrins hit .421 in 2018 to become the fifth Husker to hit over .400 in a season and the first since Brooke Delano in 2010. Stivrins’ .421 attack percentage was the third-highest mark in school history and ranked second during the rally-scoring era. - Jazz Sweet had 10 kills, her first match with double-figure kills since Oct. 24 at Ohio State. - Nicklin Hames had a career-high 62 assists against Stanford. She finished her freshman season with 1,395 assists, which ranks as Nebraska’s third-highest season total during the rally-scoring era. - Callie Schwarzenbach finished the season with 177 blocks, a Nebraska freshman record and the eighth-highest total by a Husker in the rally-scoring era. - Mikaela Foecke and Lauren Stivrins were both named to the NCAA Championship All-Tournament team. Foecke made the team for the third time in her career.
|
|
|
|
Post by huskergeek on Dec 16, 2018 1:55:18 GMT -5
Well, I think I'm about to sign off on this thread. Immensely proud of what this team accomplished this year and the players, coaches, and staff that continue to put together one of the best programs in the country. But as a Husker fan, a new season starts in five minutes. Can't wait.
|
|
|
|
Post by ilikecorn on Dec 16, 2018 2:07:49 GMT -5
|
|
|
|
Post by bballnut90 on Dec 16, 2018 2:08:06 GMT -5
Congrats on a great season Husker fans. Such a fantastic turn around this year....I never thought I'd see Nebraska get to this point midway through the Big Ten season. I've never been a Nebraska fan but found myself rooting hard for this crew. Foecke is the ultimate winner and goes down as the best Husker ever IMO. I know it's recent, but when you look at what she's accomplished over her 4 years and how she's consistently taken her game to another level with everything on the line...what more can you ask for. She also developed into an absolutely stellar back row player, server, blocker, etc. Just an absolute stud. Plus she's always seemed like a great teammate and is just so easy to root for. Hope she plays on the national team, I'll miss watching her at Nebraska.
I thought Nebraska played some of its best volleyball this weekend even if they couldn't take it home. Great things we saw include:
1. Foecke being an absolute monster in both matches.
2. Lexi Sun developing into a strong 6 rotation player. Hitting is still streaky and she has work to do but her passing and defense are drastically better. She also has become a much better server than she was at Texas. When you look at her numbers, you'd think she was doing better at Texas but I thought she made huge strides throughout the year and with a lot of hard work and dedication in the offseason can develop into a go to hitter.
3. Hames set a strong match tonight. Decision making was on point (aka ride Foecke and Stivrins). Strong attacking on 2, great tough attitude. So much better than she was at the start of the year.
4. Sweet played a lot better toward the end of the season. This weekend she had some good swings on the right and did a solid job blocking.
5. Cook's zone calling I thought was tremendous against Illinois. Didn't pay as close attention tonight, but his in game management of time outs and challenges are typically very strong. The fact that he was able to get this crew to 5 games against Stanford after climbing out of an 0-2 hole in the semis is remarkable. COY worthy season for him.
6. Maloney was tremendous as always. Underrated as a 3rd team AA. Hope she continues to play volleyball, she's a joy to watch.
7. Stivrins looking POY worthy this weekend. I felt like this was the Stivrins we were all waiting to see break out. She and Hames connected extremely well this weekend. I was one who didn't think she deserved 1st Team when it was announced, she proved all the haters wrong tonight.
8. Capri Davis was really good tonight coming in for Sweet. She also had a huge clutch swing in game 5 vs. Illinois. Impressive that a freshman can come in cold off the bench and take massive swings for her team. Reminded me a bit of when Darcy Dorton took some incredibly high pressure rips for Penn State in the 2009 championship game.
2019 season is a long ways away so make sure you take a moment and enjoy all that this crew accomplished before looking ahead to next season. Every fan/player/coach should hold their heads high and be proud, it was an incredible run for this team.
|
|
|
|
Post by deacondive on Dec 16, 2018 8:00:43 GMT -5
Not a Nebraska fan, but I loved watching this team.
As I have thought for about the past 4 years, Cook is the best serve and pass coach in the country. The pressure the Huskers consistently exert behind the line is impressive. I completely agree with the previous posted that Cook is a master at calling spots. Stanford had to work very hard most of the night. The fourth game locations and executions were fantastic.
If I were an outside hitter with national team aspirations, I would want to go to Nebraska. Year and after he gets his outsides to pass extremely. The growth Foecke has made from freshman year to now is very impressive. I honestly think she has the potential to be a good contributor for the national team.
Sun still has a ways to go, but she looks way better than last year. She also looks way happier. I think she is going to be very good in 2019.
Hames made very good choices all postseason. Her connection with Stivrins was pure fire. Hames is not as flashy as SSS or Carlini, but she makes smart decisions and is a very good defender. I think the only thing she needed to do a little more was to go over on 2 more often. That being said, Foecke and Stivrins did get a kill most of the time.
I don’t know what Nebraska has coming in, but I expect them back in 2019.
|
|
