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Dallas -- After earning Big 12 Conference Player of the Week honors early Monday afternoon, Nebraska middle blocker Amber Holmquist was selected by the American Volleyball Coaches Association as the AVCA Division I National Volleyball Player of the Week for her impressive performances in the Sept. 7-9 US Bank/Arbys Classic.
Holmquist is the first Husker to be selected by the AVCA as its national player of the week since three-time AVCA All-American Lisa Reitsma won the award Nov. 13, 1995.
The Huskers most effective attacker last week, Holmquist totaled 32 kills on 44 swings with hitting percentages of .600, .529 and .647 as NU defeated three ranked teams -- No. 15 Pepperdine, No. 20 Notre Dame and No. 7 UCLA. Holmquist, who averaged 3.56 kills per game and 1.44 blocks per game in the tournament, produced her best match of the season Sunday to lead the Huskers to a sweep of the Bruins in the championship match of the US Bank/Arbys Classic at the NU Coliseum. The second-team AVCA All-American posted a team-best and a season-high 13 kills on 17 swings for a .647 hitting percentage, and she also recorded a season-high seven blocks in NUs sweep of the Bruins. Holmquist earned tournament MVP honors for her efforts.
Nebraska (6-1) opens Big 12 Conference play Wednesday when it travels to Manhattan, Kan., to take on No. 22 Kansas State (4-2). The Huskers return home Saturday to play host to Texas Tech in an 1 p.m match at the NU Coliseum.
| ATTACK | SET | SERVE | PASS | DEF | BLOCK | GEN | ||||||||||
| Date | Opponent | GP | K | E | TA | Pct | A | SA | SE | RE | DIG | BS | BA | BE | Total | BHE |
| Sep 07, 2001 | No. 15 PEPPERDINE | 3 | 7 | 1 | 10 | .600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4.0 | 0 |
| Sep 08, 2001 | No. 20 NOTRE DAME | 3 | 12 | 3 | 17 | .529 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 |
| Sep 09, 2001 | No. 7 UCLA | 3 | 13 | 2 | 17 | .647 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 |
| Totals | 9 | 32 | 6 | 44 | .591 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 13.0 | 0 | |
Games played: 9
Kills per game: 3.56
Digs per game: 0.33
Blocks per game: 1.44
2001 AVCA Volleyball Players
of the Week
Date Player--School
Sept. 3 Lizzy Fitzgerald--Wisconsin
Sept. 10 Amber Holmquist--Nebraska