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Post by vup on Apr 14, 2021 21:04:29 GMT -5
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Post by vergyltantor on Apr 14, 2021 21:12:07 GMT -5
Should have appeared in the tournament in 1981 also, not sure what the hell happened there. Was Nebraska in the AIAW championship tournament in 81. Texas won the AIAW championship that year. I believe that was the last year of the AIAW and all programs played in the NCAA starting in 82. I don't think so, the 1981 schedule shows the Huskers winning 4 straight in what they called the Big Eight Championship. |
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Post by vergyltantor on Apr 14, 2021 21:24:04 GMT -5
The definition of a trap match if I've ever seen it. Bet they learned a ton from it though. With almost three since their last match the Huskers won't have much time to get into the playing form they had towards the end of the regular season, or it might be a trap game. I could be a trap game, with Texas State's smaller front line and 8 losses including losses to North Texas, Kansas and TCU this spring. |
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Post by stevehorn on Apr 14, 2021 21:31:02 GMT -5
Was Nebraska in the AIAW championship tournament in 81. Texas won the AIAW championship that year. I believe that was the last year of the AIAW and all programs played in the NCAA starting in 82. I don't think so, the 1981 schedule shows the Huskers winning 4 straight in what they called the Big Eight Championship. It appears that schools chose which tournament to play in or played in the one that invited them. It doesn't appear to be by conference because A&M played in the NCAA tournament and the remainder of the SWC teams including Texas played in the AIAW tournament. I found a bracket for the NCAA tournament and there was only 20 teams in the tournament. Didn't find a bracket for the AIAW tournament, but an article about the 81 team on the Texas website makes it appear that there were 32 teams in the AIAW national tournament because Texas had to win 5 matches for the championship. Also there was a regional tournament before then. The article only mentioned the teams Texas played so I don't know if Nebraska was in that tournament or not. If you aren't aware of the AIAW, it was the original college athletic organization for women's sports that sponsored national championships. All women's national championships before 1981 were AIAW. NCAA started women's national championships in the 81-82 academic year and the AIAW disbanded after 81-82. |
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Post by vergyltantor on Apr 14, 2021 21:49:41 GMT -5
I don't think so, the 1981 schedule shows the Huskers winning 4 straight in what they called the Big Eight Championship. It appears that schools chose which tournament to play in or played in the one that invited them. It doesn't appear to be by conference because A&M played in the NCAA tournament and the remainder of the SWC teams including Texas played in the AIAW tournament. I found a bracket for the NCAA tournament and there was only 20 teams in the tournament. Didn't find a bracket for the AIAW tournament, but an article about the 81 team on the Texas website makes it appear that there were 32 teams in the AIAW national tournament because Texas had to win 5 matches for the championship. Also there was a regional tournament before then. The article only mentioned the teams Texas played so I don't know if Nebraska was in that tournament or not. If you aren't aware of the AIAW, it was the original college athletic organization for women's sports that sponsored national championships. All women's national championships before 1981 were AIAW. NCAA started women's national championships in the 81-82 academic year and the AIAW disbanded after 81-82. I came up with a blank on finding info on the '81 AIAW tournament as well. Nebraska's season ended with the Big Eight Championship. |
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Post by vergyltantor on Apr 15, 2021 10:15:18 GMT -5
Record Watch
• Senior middle blocker Lauren Stivrins surpassed 1,000 career kills this season on March 12 against Ohio State and now has 1,057. Stivrins became the 22nd Husker in school history to reach 1,000 career kills at Nebraska and the eighth player to do so in the rally-scoring era (2001-present).
• Stivrins has also established herself as one of the most efficient hitters in Nebraska volleyball history. She has a .384 career hitting percentage, which ranks fourth all-time in school history and first since the rally scoring era began in 2001.
• Lexi Sun also owns more than 1,000 career kills with 1,303 (337 as a freshman at Texas in 2017). Jazz Sweet is closing in with 950 career kills.
• Junior setter Nicklin Hames surpassed 3,000 career assists this season and now has 3,302 entering the NCAA Tournament. She became the 10th Husker setter in school history to reach 3,000 career assists at Nebraska and the fourth in the rally scoring era (2001-present), joining Kelly Hunter (4,125), Sydney Anderson (3,332) and Lauren Cook (3,198).
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Post by huskersrule95 on Apr 15, 2021 10:32:27 GMT -5
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Post by knapplc on Apr 15, 2021 12:37:07 GMT -5
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Post by Gladys Kravitz on Apr 15, 2021 12:43:36 GMT -5
We all just want Lexi to be happy
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Post by volleyfan4321 on Apr 15, 2021 12:44:41 GMT -5
The students at Belmont are young and already know a great team when they see one. I don't know about anyone else but I am getting a little nervous ahead of today's game. It's been a long time between matches. GBR!
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Post by stevehorn on Apr 15, 2021 12:51:00 GMT -5
It appears that schools chose which tournament to play in or played in the one that invited them. It doesn't appear to be by conference because A&M played in the NCAA tournament and the remainder of the SWC teams including Texas played in the AIAW tournament. I found a bracket for the NCAA tournament and there was only 20 teams in the tournament. Didn't find a bracket for the AIAW tournament, but an article about the 81 team on the Texas website makes it appear that there were 32 teams in the AIAW national tournament because Texas had to win 5 matches for the championship. Also there was a regional tournament before then. The article only mentioned the teams Texas played so I don't know if Nebraska was in that tournament or not. If you aren't aware of the AIAW, it was the original college athletic organization for women's sports that sponsored national championships. All women's national championships before 1981 were AIAW. NCAA started women's national championships in the 81-82 academic year and the AIAW disbanded after 81-82. I came up with a blank on finding info on the '81 AIAW tournament as well. Nebraska's season ended with the Big Eight Championship. That sure seems odd. However looking at the NCAA bracket and reading the story on the Texas 81 season, I saw no mention of a Big Eight team. Wonder how many were playing volleyball by then. If I read the story right, Texas was only in its second season playing VB. Couple of unique notes. Texas' record in 1981 was 60-6-1. Appears they played mostly tournaments then (I guess no limits on matches played) and how do you get a tie? To add to the tournament note, it appears the Southwest Conference only played a tournament for the championship with no regular conference season. The other note is that the AIAW championship was not a single match, but a best of three series. But in summary, I come up blank also on why Nebraska didn't play past its conference season. |
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Post by knapplc on Apr 15, 2021 12:55:11 GMT -5
and how do you get a tie? In a lot of those early-years tournaments they would play two sets, no matter what. The Huskers have a few ties in their history as well. |
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Post by stevehorn on Apr 15, 2021 12:59:01 GMT -5
and how do you get a tie? In a lot of those early-years tournaments they would play two sets, no matter what. The Huskers have a few ties in their history as well. Sounds a bit similar to many club tournaments today. |
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Post by photos1 on Apr 15, 2021 13:08:25 GMT -5
I came up with a blank on finding info on the '81 AIAW tournament as well. Nebraska's season ended with the Big Eight Championship. That sure seems odd. However looking at the NCAA bracket and reading the story on the Texas 81 season, I saw no mention of a Big Eight team. Wonder how many were playing volleyball by then. If I read the story right, Texas was only in its second season playing VB. Couple of unique notes. Texas' record in 1981 was 60-6-1. Appears they played mostly tournaments then (I guess no limits on matches played) and how do you get a tie? To add to the tournament note, it appears the Southwest Conference only played a tournament for the championship with no regular conference season. The other note is that the AIAW championship was not a single match, but a best of three series. But in summary, I come up blank also on why Nebraska didn't play past its conference season. In 1981 there were only 20 teams in the NCAA 🏐 tournament. Nebraska lost 10 matches including TWICE to Texas and Texas-Arlington and once to Illinois State, SW Missouri State, Purdue and Penn State. I don’t really see the argument for them being in the tournament in 1981 (Texas-Arlington did not make the tournament). They were much better in 1982-(tournament field increased to 28)-beat many of those same teams-and got in. 🤷🏻♀️ |
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Post by dodger on Apr 15, 2021 13:46:46 GMT -5
I came up with a blank on finding info on the '81 AIAW tournament as well. Nebraska's season ended with the Big Eight Championship. That sure seems odd. However looking at the NCAA bracket and reading the story on the Texas 81 season, I saw no mention of a Big Eight team. Wonder how many were playing volleyball by then. If I read the story right, Texas was only in its second season playing VB. Couple of unique notes. Texas' record in 1981 was 60-6-1. Appears they played mostly tournaments then (I guess no limits on matches played) and how do you get a tie? To add to the tournament note, it appears the Southwest Conference only played a tournament for the championship with no regular conference season. The other note is that the AIAW championship was not a single match, but a best of three series. But in summary, I come up blank also on why Nebraska didn't play past its conference season. 1981 first year the NCAA Sponsored women’s Championships! That year there were 2 national championships: the AIAW (association for intercollegiate athletics for women) which up to that point was the sponsoring body for all women's sports: there was a big college and small college championship and the first time (1981) ncaa sponsored womens championships! Schools that year elected to play either AIAW or NCAA.: you had to elect at beginning of season! Many of the best schools (west coasst) went NCAA so Texas won a watered down AIAW Championships. And it was not a three game series: and there was a match for third and fourth! |
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