Houghtelling Earns Big 12 Honor

Lincoln ? Nebraska volleyball player Christina Houghtelling was honored as the Big 12’s Volleyball Player of the Week on Monday.

The honor was the first for the outside hitter from Cambridge, Neb., who was named MVP of the AVCA/NACWAA College Volleyball Showcase in Omaha last weekend.

Houghtelling averaged 4.83 kills on .404 hitting, with 2.33 digs and 1.67 blocks per game in helping top-ranked Nebraska to sweeps of No. 4 Hawaii and No. 3 Stanford. Houghtelling paced the Huskers in kills in both matches, while also tying career highs with five blocks in both matches.

Against Hawaii on Friday, Houghtelling tallied a match-high 14 kills, a .440 hitting percentage and seven digs to help snap the Rainbow Wahine's 59-match regular-season win streak.  The following evening, she totaled 15 kills, including nine in the first game. She helped NU knock off a defending national champion for the first time in program history, as NU topped a pair of top-five opponents for the first time since 2000.

Houghtelling and the rest of the No. 1 Huskers return to action at the Ohio State Tournament this weekend to face the Buckeyes at 6 p.m. on Friday and Michigan at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday.