Nebraska Huskers Beat Kansas Jayhawks advance to NCAA Volleyball championship

Nebraska Huskers volleyball team defeated Kansas Jayhawks to advance to Saturday’s NCAA Volleyball Tournament Championship which will they play Texas.

Nebraska (4th seed) were able to sustain Jayhawks attacks and put up a strong finish to cotain the Jayhawks 25-20, 25-21, 20-25, 25-16 . The Huskers put up the final seven rallies of the match to win against the Jayhawks in front of 17,551 fans at the CenturyLink Center, the largest volleyball crowd in NCAA history.

KU, as the No. 9 national seed, joined No. 2 Minnesota, No. 3 Texas and No. 4 Nebraska in the Final Four. In an earlier match Texas defeated Minnesota 24-26, 25-27, 25-23, 21-25. Minnesota's loss ends a six game winning streak with the Gophers ending the season at 30-5. This was Minnesota’s 20th NCAA Tournament appearance, and its fourth Final Four.

Kadie Rolfzen led the Huskers with 14 kills, 5 digs and 4 blocks.

The #Huskers are lighting up. Timeout, Kansas. 🌽 - 16 🐦 - 12 pic.twitter.com/f5bIqZCkf0

— Husker Volleyball (@Huskervball) December 18, 2015

#Huskers call a timeout. "Let's transition and finish." Big Red lead 18-14 pic.twitter.com/QnOWRYzUqn

— Husker Volleyball (@Huskervball) December 18, 2015

Crafty. #NCAAVB pic.twitter.com/4x6UFtrmxX

— NCAA Volleyball (@NCAAVolleyball) December 18, 2015

Dayton volleyball swept Saint Louis 3-0, earns NCAA berth

Dayton Woman's volleyball team (the Flyers) earned NCAA berth with a sweep last Sunday against Saint Louis in the Atlantic 10 Championship at the Charles E. Smith Center in Washington, D.C. (25-19, 25-23, 25-20).

Dayton won its A-10 record 10th tournament title, and their 6th in the last 7 years. The improved the Flyers' record to 25-5.

Senior Alaina Turner was awarded the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament with 9 kills and 10 digs in the game. Senior Jill Loiars had 10 kills and sophomore Jane Emmenecker had 33 assists. Janna Krafka had 13 digs and senior Angel Agu had 6 blocks.

NCAA volleyball: Cougars Beat FSU Courtesy of Jennifer Hamson

The Cougars will advance to women's volleyball Elite Eight after Jennifer Hamson had a career-high 30 kills helping the 2th-ranked BYU women's volleyball team get rid of a 6th seeded Florida State Seminoles on Friday 3-1 ( 25-20, 25-19, 19-25, 26-24). The regional final will be held in Seattle.

Jennifer Hamson 6-foot-7 senior got her career high in kills on 63 attempts with only 5 errors at a very impressive .397 hitting percentage, she also had 10 digs and six blocks.

They will be up against No. 14 Nebraska this Saturday for the regional final.

BYU (28-4) was trailing the game 24-21 in the fourth set, and then Hamson suddenly lead a late charge that resulted to a 5-point run and secured their win. Alohi Robins-Hardy contributed 37 assists and 15 digs, while Alexa Gray had 12 digs.

Amy Boswell and Whitney Young each had a match-high seven blocks for BYU.

BYU was not seeded in the tournament, however they were able to win 10 straight matches. The Cougars are the No. 1 blocking team in the country, and outblocked Florida State 16-8.

NCAA volleyball: Texas Longhorns reach Final Four by sweeping Nebraska Cornhuskers

The number one seed Texas Longhorns display their dominance by sweeping 9th ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers at the Devaney Sports Center.

Texas Longhorns now head back to the NCAA Final Four. Hitter Bailey Webster was unstoppable that helped the Longhors sweep Nebraska 25-19, 25-22, 25-23.

Webster had 12 kills on just 24 attempts with no hitting errors for a .500 hitting percentage. Junior outside hitter Haley Eckerman added 14 kills and middle blocker Khat Bell had 7.