Larson Named Big 12 Player of the Week

Irving, Texas ? University of Nebraska sophomore Jordan Larson earned the Big 12’s weekly honor on Monday, as she was chosen as the Big 12 Volleyball Player for the Week for Oct. 2-8.

Larson averaged 5.83 points, 5.17 kills on .382 hitting and 4.17 digs in two sweeps last week, as the No. 1 Huskers improved to 15-0 on the season and 7-0 in the conference. Larson picked up a pair of double-doubles, her 10th and 11th of the season, en route to collecting the second Big 12 weekly honor of her career.

Against Kansas State on Oct. 4, Larson totaled a career-high 20 kills on .400 hitting with 10 digs and a pair of blocks. At Texas A&M on Oct. 7, Larson finished with a match-high 15 digs and 11 kills in a sweep of the Aggies.

The Huskers return to action on Wednesday night, when they travel to No. 15 Missouri. First serve is set for 6:30 p.m. and the match will be carried on the Husker Sports Radio Network and on Huskers.com. In addition, the match will be shown throughout the Midwest on FSN Midwest.

CSTV/AVCA Coaches Poll

Rank School (First-Place Votes)

Total Points

2006 Record

Last Week

1

Nebraska (45)

1476

15-0

1

2

Penn State (12)

1451

17-0

2

3

UCLA (3)

1387

19-0

3

4

Southern California

1325

17-0

4

5

Washington

1252

14-3

5

6

Stanford

1207

13-2

6

7

California

1093

14-2

7

8

Florida

1089

14-2

8

9

Purdue

1016

15-2

9

10

Texas

914

11-4

11

11

Hawai'i

744

11-4

15

12

Utah

740

15-2

16

13

LSU

727

15-2

10

14

Wisconsin

645

12-4

13

15

Missouri

629

13-4

17

16

Ohio State

619

13-3

14

17

Santa Clara

607

12-4

12

18

Tennessee

501

15-3

18

19

BYU

426

15-2

19

20

Cal Poly

410

13-4

20

21

Ohio

312

14-3

21

22

San Diego

285

14-4

22

23

Minnesota

277

11-5

24

24

Oklahoma

157

14-3

25

25

New Mexico State

42

19-1

NR