Nebraska vs. Texas Notes

 Texas Post-Match Notes

  • Texas improved to 28-1 on the season with its 10th consecutive win. The Longhorns were appearing in an NCAA Regional Final for the fourth straight season, a total that ties Penn State for second nationally behind Nebraska (six straight).
  • With the win, the Longhorns advanced to the NCAA Semifinals for the sixth time in school history and for the second straight year. Texas will face 11th-seed Minnesota on Thursday at 6 p.m. (Central) at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Fla.
  • Texas is making back-to-back appearances in the NCAA Semifinals for the first time since making three straight trips in 1986, 1987 and 1988.
  • The win was the Longhorns' fourth straight victory over the Huskers, including their third win this season. Texas became the first team in the NCAA era to defeat Nebraska three times in the same season (1981-present).
  • The Longhorns' four-match winning streak over the Huskers also marks only the third time in the NCAA era that an opponent has defeated Nebraska four straight times and the first since Texas won five straight meetings from 1984 to 1988 (the third time was four straight wins by Pacific from 1981 to 1986).
  • With the win and the four-match win streak Texas' all-time record against the Huskers improved to 16-29.
  • Texas improved to 57-22 all-time in NCAA Tournament action. The Longhorns' 57 all-time NCAA Tournament wins rank seventh nationally, one victory behind USC.
  • The Texas senior class improved its four-year win total to 108, the most in Head Coach Jerritt Elliott's eight seasons in Austin. The 108 victories are the most by a Texas senior class since 1993 (111 wins).
  • Texas improved to 4-0 this season when losing the first set. The opening-set loss snapped the Longhorns' streak of winning 24 consecutive sets.
  • Texas hit .342 against Nebraska, the highest opponent hitting percentage the Huskers allowed all season. Nebraska allowed an opponent to hit.300 only twice all season, with both times coming to Texas.
  • The Longhorns' five aces were the second-most Nebraska allowed all season.
  • In five career matches at the Qwest Center, Destinee Hooker has totaled 95 kills on .371 hitting with 48 digs, 12 blocks and nine aces. In her career, she averaged 19.0 kills per match at the Qwest Center.
  • Hooker finished with four aces in the match. In her NCAA Tournament career, Hooker has recorded 23 aces to top the Texas career postseason chart. She entered the match tied for first with Dawn Davenport with 19 aces.
  • Hooker also had one solo block to increase her total to 19 career solo blocks in NCAA Tournament. She has tied Angie Breitenfield's school record in that category.
  • Heather Kisner finished with 11 digs in the match and now owns 172 digs in her NCAA Tournament career, a Texas postseason record. She entered the match one dig shy of Alyson Jennings' Texas postseason record.

Nebraska Post-Match Notes

  • Tonight's loss snapped Nebraska's season-best 10-match winning streak, as the Huskers finished the year with a 26-7 record. The Huskers advanced to a Regional Final for the NCAA-leading sixth straight season, but failed to qualify for their second straight NCAA Semifinal appearance.
  • Nebraska's all-time NCAA Tournament record fell to 80-25, as the Huskers rank second nationally to Stanford in NCAA Tournament victories and winning percentage. NU also fell to 31-15 in NCAA Regional play, including a 14-5 mark under 10th-year Head Coach John Cook.
  • The loss was Nebraska's first loss at the Qwest Center in NCAA Regional play. The Huskers had been 3-0 with three sweeps in its previous three NCAA Regional matches in the building.
  • Overall, Nebraska fell to 15-3 all-time at the Qwest Center, including an 10-2 mark against top-five opponents and a 5-2 record in NCAA Tournament matches. Two of the three losses came this season (also a 3-0 loss to Michigan in the first game of the season at the AVCA Showcase).
  • The loss was Nebraska's third loss of the season to Texas, as the Longhorns became the first team to defeat the Huskers three times in the same season in the NCAA era (1981-present).
  • Overall, Nebraska fell to Texas for the fourth straight time, marking only the third time in the NCAA era that an opponent has defeated Nebraska four straight times and the first since Texas won five straight meetings from 1984 to 1988 (the third time was four straight wins by Pacific from 1981 to 1986).
  • Nebraska fell to 4-2 all-time in NCAA Tournament action against conference foes. The Huskers had won four straight postseason meetings against league opponents before tonight.
  • Nebraska won the opening set to win its 31st consecutive set. Entering tonight, Nebraska had not lost a set since a three-set loss at Texas on Oct. 30.
  • Texas hit a season-high .342 against Nebraska, after the Huskers had held seven straight opponents to .150 hitting or less.
  • Nebraska hit just .179 in the match, its lowest total since hitting .168 at Texas on Oct. 30.
  • The Huskers allowed five aces in the match, their second-highest total of the season and the highest for a match that didn't go five sets.
  • Nebraska meanwhile finished with zero aces and eight service errors.