Two days at the Coliseum
I was privileged enough this weekend to attend both Husker volleyball matches this weekend thanks to Mr. Wilson. I was trying to think of the last time I had been to the Coliseum to see a match and it had been quite some time. This weekend I was thinking it was the thriller with South Carolina in the 2nd round of the NCAA tournament in 2000. Then going back and looking, I’m sure I went to games in 2001 and I think I went to one more in 2002. But its been a long time.
Friday - Huskers did not play well at all and Liberty, while out sized, was a scrappy team. They blocked very well and played excellent defense digging up a good amount of Nebraska’s hits. Nebraska did a good job coming out of the break after being tied 1-1 after 2 sets and put away Liberty. It was closer than anybody would have liked it to be, but Nebraska got it done.
Saturday - Great seats 5 rows from the top on the main side of the Coliseum. Nebraska played much better against UAB on route to a 3-0 victory. I was telling Mr. Wilson during the match that teams like Liberty who play sports in unconventional ways tend to give the better teams more problems than teams like UAB who play it conventional, but just don’t play it as well as teams like Nebraska. Meaning, Nebraska does things normally when it comes to playing volleyball, they just do it better than most everybody. But when they’re playing teams who don’t play the game normally, like Liberty, sometimes they have a tough time adjusting and playing well.
Nebraska closed out their season at the Coliseum on the verge of history. Nebraska has 87 straight home wins and that ties them with Penn State as the all time NCAA home court winning streak. The first home match of the ‘09-’10 season will be for the record.
Nebraska now goes to Seattle for the Washington regional for a chance to come back to Omaha for the Final 4. Unfortunately, I don’t think its in the cards for the Huskers this year. First up for the Huskers is Michigan who upset #13 seed St. Louis in the 2nd round. Nebraska should be able to get by the Wolverines but a potential regional final matchup with host school Washington (who plays Utah in the other regional semifinal) might be too much to ask for an injury depleted Husker volleyball team. I’d like to see them play at the Qwest but I don’t think its going to happen.
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