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MANHATTAN, Kan. – The Kansas State volleyball team is headed back to the NCAA Tournament as the Wildcats received an at-large bid to the 2011 tournament after a two-year hiatus. The Wildcats will travel to Lincoln, Neb., and take on Wichita State in the first round as K-State and the Shockers are set to take the court at 4:30 p.m. Thursday from NU Coliseum in the first postseason matchup between the two teams.
This is the 13th NCAA Tournament appearance for the Wildcats and eighth in the 11 years head coach Suzie Fritz has led the program. K-State is 12-12 all-time in the tournament with the deepest run by the Wildcats coming in 2003 and 2000 when the team reached the Regional Semifinals. Fritz is 7-7 in her seven tournament appearances and has advanced out of the first round each year but 2008 against Santa Clara.
Wichita State is entering its sixth NCAA?Tournament and fifth straight. The Shockers are 4-5 in the NCAA?Tournament and advanced to the second round in 2004, 2007, 2008 and 2009.
Fans are encouraged to purchase tickets through the K-State Ticket Office from the allotment given to the department. Tickets can be purchased online at kstatesports.com/tickets or by calling 1-800-221-CATS. Fans may also go through the Nebraska Ticket Office by calling 800-8-BIGRED. All-session tickets are available for $34 in reserved seating or $30 for general admission and include all three matches at the site.
Other teams in K-State’s Lincoln subregional are host Nebraska (24-4) as the Huskers are the No. 2 overall seed in the tournament. Nebraska will take on Jackson State (30-9) from the Southwestern Athletic Conference. The Tigers won their first SWAC title this season. Nebraska and Jackson State will face at 7:30 p.m. Thursday with the winner of both matches playing Friday. Of the two potential opponents, K-State has never faced Jackson State and is 3-80 against Nebraska.
Thursday’s match will be broadcast on 1350 KMAN with Rob Voelker calling the action. The match will also be available on the station’s website and free online at kstatesports.com. Pregame starts at 4 p.m.
Live stats provided by NeuLion may be found on huskers.com. Free live audio of KMAN’s call will also be available at kstatesports.com.
K-State vs. Wichita State:?The Wildcats lead the all-time series 37-15 and have won the last eight matches against the Shockers. The two teams have not met since 2007 when K-State won 3-1 in Wichita.
K-State vs. Jackson State:?The Wildcats and Tigers have never met.
K-State vs. Nebraska:?The Huskers lead the series 80-3. The Wildcats have not defeated the Huskers since winning both matches in 2003.
Kansas State:?Suzie Fritz (Florida Atlantic ’94) is in her 11th year as head coach and recently reached the 200-win milestone. The 3-2 win at Missouri State earlier in the season was her 200th. She is the winningest coach in K-State history and her career record of 215-126 gives her a winning percentage of .630.
Wichita State:?Chris Lamb (Sonoma State ‘98) is in his 12th year with the Shockers. He has taken the team to the NCAA?Tournament six times. This is the team’s fifth straight postseason appearance.
Jackson State:?Rose Washington (Jackson State ‘77) is in her 10th season leading her alma mater where this season she took the Tigers to their first SWAC?title and NCAA?Tournament appearance this season.
Nebraska:?John Cook (San Diego ‘79) is in his 12th year with the Huskers and he has kept the program among the top in the nation winning two NCAA?titles and reaching five NCAA?semifinals.
Scouting the Shockers
The Shockers are making their sixth NCAA?Tournament appearance and fifth straight. Wichita State is 21-10 on the year and fell in the championship match at the Missouri Valley Conference Championship.
Wichita State has a number of quality wins this season defeating then-No. 14 Colorado State on the Rams’ home floor in four sets. The Shockers also bested No. 22 Oklahoma in five sets in Wichita in a match that saw four of the sets decided by the minimum of two points. Two of the sets also went to extra points.
The Shockers have two hitters posting more than 3.00 kills a set led by Emily Adney at 3.49. The junior is hitting .268 on the year and contributes 1.57 digs a set. Camri Zwiesler is putting down 3.10 kills a set on a .219 hitting clip and plays a much bigger role on defense as she is second on the team in digs at 3.35 per set.
Wichita State is a strong defensive team posting 16.21 digs a set and limiting opponents to a hitting percentage of just .174 while hitting .262. Libero Sarah Waldorf has strong numbers for the Shockers posting 5.05 digs a set. She ranks 44th in the latest NCAA?statistical standings.
The Huskers are making their 30th NCAA?Tournament appearance. Nebraska is 82-26 all-time in the tournament and ranks second in both wins and winning percentage in the postseason.
Nebraska is again among the top teams in the nation this season as the Huskers are the No. 2 seed in the tournament. The Huskers are led by outside hitter Gina Mancuso with 3.54 kills per set. She is hitting .278 on the year, leads the team in aces and plays a major role defensively with 2.67 digs per set.
Mancuso is joined by right side hitter Morgan Broekhuis as a major offensive threat as the sophomore is averaging 3.06 kills. The Huskers have multiple weapons with All-American Hannah Werth averaging 2.83 kills and 3.07 digs. As a team Nebraska is averaging 13.46 kills and hitting an impressive .262, which ranks 16th in the nation this season.
Setter Lauren Cook makes the Huskers go on offense as she directs the team with 10.94 assists per set. She also adds 2.76 digs to help shore up the defense. Nebraska is allowing opponents to hit only .143 this season thanks to 14.94 digs per set and 2.65 blocks.
Jackson State is making its first NCAA?Tournament appearance after the Tigers claimed their first-ever Soutwestern Athletic Conference title. The Tigers are 30-9 on the season and went undefeated in conference play.
The Tigers are led by Christine Edwards as she pounded out 4.21 kills per set on a .286 hitting percentage to lead the team in both categories and be named SWAC?Newcomer of the Year. Edwards also leads the team in aces with 51 on the year. Daedra Carline was this year’s SWAC?Defensive Player of the Year as she averages 3.33 digs per set.
Jackson State had four players named to the All-SWAC?First Team with middle blocker Paige Williams and setter LaToya Clark joining Edwards and Carline. Williams averages 1.26 blocks a set, and Clark posts 10.04 assists.
Catching Up with the ‘Cats
With a record of 20-10 overall the Wildcats are returning to the NCAA?Tournament for the first time since 2008. The Wildcats have eight wins over teams with an RPI in the top 50 in the nation, including three on the road. Those victories help put K-State at No. 26 in the latest RPI standings and into the tournament.
The Wildcats are one of seven Big 12 Conference teams selected for the NCAA?Tournament tying the conference for second most. Only the Big Ten has more teams (8), and the Pac-12 also has seven. With only nine teams playing volleyball in the Big 12, the league does have the highest percentage of inclusion in the NCAA?Tournament at 77.8 percent.
K-State is making its 13th tournament appearance where the Wildcats are 12-12 all-time. Head Coach Suzie Fritz is 7-7 in her seven appearances. This makes it eight NCAA?Tournaments for her in her 11 years leading the program. The Wildcats have advanced to at least the second round of the tournament every year but one under Fritz, with the lone first round loss coming in 2008.
Pelger, Porubek Named All-Big 12
After finishing fourth in the Big 12 Conference this season and being selected to their 13th NCAA Tournament, the Kansas State Wildcats had a pair of volleyball players recognized by the league’s coaches as members of the All-Big 12 Conference Team. Sophomores Kaitlynn Pelger and Lilla Porubek were voted to the team by the coaches with Pelger receiving first team status and Porubek being named honorable mention.
Pelger led the Wildcats throughout the season as she currently stands at 453 kills and ranks third in the conference in kills per set with an average of 4.12. She was first in the conference through much of the season and was one of the league’s top all-around players as she also ranks in the top 10 in aces, blocks and points. Pelger’s 453 kills are just 15 shy of cracking the top 10 list for a single season at K-State, and she will have an opportunity to make that move up the list during the NCAA Tournament. Last season, she was named to the Big 12 All-Freshman Team after posting the first triple-triple season by a freshman in school history. She accomplished the feat again this year as she has 297 digs and 112 blocks to go with her kills. Pelger also has 12 double-doubles on the season.
Porubek receives her first honorable mention award as she ranks seventh in the Big 12 in kills per set with 3.39. She closed the season strong with a career-high 26 kills against Kansas on Wednesday while also hitting .305 for the match. Porubek stepped up for the Wildcats while Pelger was limited with an injury for a few matches, and helped carry the team to victories over Texas A&M and No. 23 Oklahoma. She had her first career double-double in the win over Oklahoma when she played all six rotations for the first time and tallied 14 digs to go with 23 kills.
This marks the 15th time a Wildcat has been named All-Big 12 First Team under head coach Suzie Fritz and 23rd overall. Porubek is the 14th honorable mention in the Big 12 era and 10th with Fritz at the helm.
Six Wildcats Make Grade
The Kansas State Wildcats has six volleyball players recognized for their hard work in the classroom as the Big 12 Conference announced its annual Academic All-Big 12 Volleyball Team. Five of the recipients were named to the first team, and three received the honor for the first time.
The five Wildcats named to the first team were junior setter Caitlyn Donahue, junior opposite Kathleen Ludwig, junior middle blocker Alex Muff and sophomore outside hitters Lilla Porubek and Courtney Traxson. Sophomore outside hitter Dakota Kaufman was named to the second team.
Donahue and Muff each were named to the first team last year as well, and Ludwig receives her second honor after being named to the second team in 2010. Porubek, Traxson and Kaufman all receive the honor in their first year of eligibility for the Academic All-Big 12.
Three of the Wildcats are majoring in education with Ludwig and Kaufman studying elementary education. Donahue is majoring in secondary education. Muff is majoring in marketing, and Porubek is studying economics. Traxson is an open option student, but will begin her major in communication and science disorders this spring.
A total of 61 volleyball student-athletes made the team this year for the most in conference history. The mark surpasses the previous high of 59 student-athletes in the league’s inaugural season. The league also had 51 of those student-athletes make the first team. K-State has now had 87 Academic All-Big 12 selections under Head Coach Suzie Fritz in her 11 years.
Sophomore middle blocker Kaitlynn Pelger continues to lead the team in kills this season and has had another solid year. Her total of 453 kills entering the NCAA?Tournament is just 15 kills of cracking the top 10 in school history for a single season. She also needs just three digs to post the 13th double-300 season in school history with 300 or more kills and digs, something never done by a middle blocker at K-State before.
Pelger is one of a very few middle blockers playing all six rotations in the nation and has played a major role defensively for the Wildcats as she ranks third on the team in digs with 2.70 per set. She has posted 12 double-doubles this season with 11 of them as kills-digs. One of her double-doubles came with kills and blocks in a 3-2 win at Missouri State.
Kaitlynn?Pelger is third in the Big 12 Conference in kills as she is averaging 4.12 kills per set. The sophomore middle blocker has posted 10 matches with 20 or more kills, including 32 against Drake and most recently 20 against at Baylor. Her 32 kills against Drake marked the first time since Valli Hejjas in 2004 a Wildcat has posted 30 or more kills. She also was the first middle blocker in school history to crack the 30-kill mark.
Pelger is one of the top players in the nation this season as she ranks in the top 100 in two of seven categories and is just outside the mark in two others. She ranks 39th in kills per set and 16th in points (5.03) through last week’s matches.
Pelger has put her name in the record books a few times this season beginning with the Georgia Tech Courtyard Classic against Tennessee Tech. Pelger posted a strong hitting percentage of .800. That percentage ranks fourth in school history for a three-set match. Against the Golden Eagles, she pounded out 13 kills on 15 swings with one error. Her 32 kills against Drake rank fifth in school history for a five-set match, and her six solo blocks against Missouri State tie for second in a five-set match as well.
Sophomore outside hitter Lilla Porubek has stepped up her play over the closing weeks of the season to increase her kill production and become a go-to player down the stretch. Porubek posted a career-high 26 kills in the final match of the regular season in a 3-1 win over Kansas. She was efficient in the victory as she .305 to lead the team in that category as well. The 26 kills surpassed her previous best of 23 kills in the win over No. 25 Oklahoma. In that match she also tallied her first career double-double with 14 digs. It was her first match playing all six rotations as a Wildcat and she helped carry the team to the victory. Against Texas A&M, Porubek also came up big with 18 kills to shoulder the burden after Kaitlynn Pelger left the match on the first play. Porubek is now averaging 3.39 kills per set on the year. Porubek also ranks sixth in the Big 12 in conference play with 3.60 kills per set.
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By Eric Olson
AP Sports Writer
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"There's so many new venues, bigger venues, just different venues that will be fun to see," said Husker fan Steve Lindeman of Honey Creek, Iowa. "Of course a lot of them are a lot farther away. So that will be a consideration also."
Brett Franksmann is the owner of Red Zone Tickets and says the move to the Big Ten is making many Husker fans anxious to see the Huskers' Big Ten opener in Madison.
"I think people are just excited about the move [to the Big Ten] overall," Franksmann said. "But definitely the away games. The Wisconsin game is the biggest demand we've ever seen for an away game ticket."
The cheapest ticket right now for the Wisconsin game on RedZoneTickets.com is $260. The most expensive is $839.
The first Big Ten home game against Ohio State on October 8th, starts at $255 and tops out at about $1,000 as of Friday afternoon.
"A lot of people are asking me should I get tickets now or wait," says Franksmann. "That's hard to say because prices do fluctuate like the stock market. So I guess just set your own budget. And if you see something fall within that budget, strike, because the market's going to be volatile."
The cheapest Big Ten ticket is the Northwestern game on November 5th in Lincoln. As of Friday, tickets for that game start at $95.
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Every Husker football game this season will be televised as Nebraska's home games and all Big Ten Conference matchups are shown on ABC, the ESPN family of networks (ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU) or the Big Ten Network.
Nebraska is 4-0 all-time in game televised on Versus, including a 20-10 win at Baylor on October 31, 2009. The Huskers are also a perfect 5-0 against Wyoming, as this year's meeting will be the first between the two teams since a 42-43 win in 1994.
This year's game begins a series with the Cowboys, with the other games set for August 31, 2013 and September 17, 2016, both in Lincoln.
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Felicia Lee won two individual events and swam on the winning medley relay team as the Stanford women's swimming team downed visiting UCLA, 169-131, on Friday afternoon.
Meg Hostage swept the diving events for Stanford (7-0), which extended its dual-meet winning streak to 30. Liz Smith, Andie Taylor and Kelsey Ditto also won events for the top-ranked Cardinal.
Sam Woodward led a sweep of the 50 free and was part of both winning relay teams (with Betsy Webb) for Stanford, which hosts USC in its final home meet of the season at 1 p.m. Saturday.
Senior Kerry Kraemer swam on the medley relay team and Kate Dwelley and Andi Murez were part of the winning free relay.
Freshmen were responsible for three of the individual victories. Lee won the 100 back in 54.23 and came back to take the 100 free with a time of 49.88, while Taylor swam 1:48.28 to win the 200 free.
Hostage scored 281.025 to win the 1-meter event and followed that with a score of 337.75 to win the 3-meter event. Ditto went 4:48.06 to win the 500 free and Smith swam 1:02.55 to win the 100 breast, giving the senior class four wins.
Woodward, a junior, won the 50 free in 22.82. Webb and Woodward helped the 200 medley relay team win with a time of 1:42.13 and helped the 200 free relay team win in 1:30.04.
Men's tennis Eighth-ranked Stanford downed visiting Santa Clara, 4-0, Friday afternoon on opening day of ITA Kickoff Weekend.
Stanford (2-0) advances to meet visiting Nebraska on Saturday at 11 a.m. The Huskers beat Vanderbilt, 4-2, also at Stanford Friday. Santa Clara and Vanderbilt square off in consolation match Saturday at 11 a.m.
Saturday's winner between the Cardinal and Nebraska advances to the National Team Indoor Championships next month in Seattle.
After earning the doubles point, Stanford's Ryan Thacher and Greg Hirshman followed with identical 6-2, 6-2 victories at the Nos. 2 and 5 spots, giving a Stanford a 3-0 lead.
Bradley Klahn clinched the match with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Kyle Dandan at the top of the ladder.
Women's tennis Veronica Li clinched Stanford's 4-0 victory over visiting Cal Poly in the first round of the ITA Kickoff Weekend.
The top-ranked Cardinal (2-0) advances into the second round against Oklahoma, to be played Saturday at 2 p.m., also at Stanford.
The Cardinal has won 166 consecutive matches (134 regular season, 32 NCAA Tournament) on its home court, the longest active home winning streak of any Division I sport.
The doubles point was decided quickly, with Stanford sweeping all three spots.
Stacey Tan recorded a 6-1, 6-0 victory on court four to put Stanford ahead 2-0.
Playing at the No. 3 position for the first time this year, Nicole Gibbs defeated Ashley Pane 6-0, 6-3 for a 3-0 lead.
Women's gymnastics With no room for failure and 13,835 fans watching her every move, Stanford senior captain Danielle Ikoma nailed her balance beam routine to give the second-ranked Cardinal a dramatic 196.825-196.500 victory over No. 4 Utah at the Huntsman Center in Salt Lake City.
The match was deadlocked going into the final rotation -- the beam for Stanford and the floor exercise for Utah -- and the Cardinal suffered a setback when one gymnast fell. Because five of the six scores count, the Cardinal could not afford another miss.
Ashley Morgan followed with a score of 9.90, Shelley Alexander scored a 9.80 and that left the meet up to Ikoma, who recorded a season-best 9.875 to ensure the victory.
It was a sign of things to come as the future Pac-12 rivals performed at peak effort. The Cardinal (8-0) won the matchup between two of last year's NCAA Super Six finalists.
Allyse Ishino went on to win the all-around with a career-best 39.475, one of her three victories in the meet. She also won the uneven bars (9.90) and finished in a three-way tie with Morgan, and Utah's Mary Beth Lofgren for first on the beam (9.90). Alexander captured the vault with a season-best 9.90.
Track and field Stanford ruled the distance medley, with both the men's and women's teams winning the event at the Razorback Invitational in Arkansas on Friday.
The women's team of senior Madeline Duhon, freshman Kellie Schueler, sophomore Justine Fedronic and freshman Jessica Tonn recorded a time of 11:21.93, nearly three seconds faster than second-place Iowa.
The Cardinal men needed every bit of speed out of senior John Sullivan, junior Amaechi Morton, junior Dylan Ferris and junior Elliott Heath to edge Arkansas by just over a second, 9:29.22 to 9:30.85.
Geoffrey Tabor's fourth-place finish in the shot put (57-11 3/4) was the top individual performance of the day.
Men's volleyball Spencer McLachlin had 15 kills and recorded a hitting percentage of .520 as second-ranked Stanford downed host Cal State Northridge, 25-19, 27-25, 25-22, in a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation contest Friday night.
The Cardinal (4-1, 5-1) is at Long Beach State for a 1 p.m. match Saturday.
Wrestling Stanford dropped a 35-3 decision Friday night to host Boise State in a Pac-10 meet at the Taco Bell Arena in Boise.
The Cardinal (2-2, 7-8) hosts San Francisco State in a nonconference Sunday at 2 p.m.
Stanford scored its only points of the dual at 174 pounds as Nick Amuchastegui, ranked seventh nationally, posted a 4-0 decision over 11th-ranked Jake Swartz.
The junior registered a takedown in the first period and an escape in the second period. He scored his final point with 1:57 of riding time to improve to 23-2 on the season.
— Palo Alto Online Sports
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<a href="http://newsok.com/morning-roundup/article/3528241tag:news.google.com,2005:cluster=http://newsok.com/morning-roundup/article/3528241Fri, 31 Dec 2010 06:18:35 GMT 00:00">Nebraska defends deal with QB's dad
LINCOLN, NE -- The No. 9 Nebraska Cornhuskers practiced in full pads Tuesday afternoon for just over two hours as they prepare to face off against No. 18 Texas A&M in College Station. A win for the Huskers this Saturday would clinch the North Division and send NU to the Big 12 Championship game for the third time in the past five years. Redshirt offensive lineman Jeremiah Sirels said winning the North title is a "big thing" for the Huskers. "This is the week to go out there and clinch the North," Sirles said. "You never want to leave it up to the last game. You never want to leave it up to anything."
The Huskers are 4-0 on the road this season and are making their last trip to College Station. Sirles says he's excited to play in front of the 12th Man, a place where Nebraska clinched the 2006 North Division with a last-second 28-27 victory over the Aggies.
"We've shown our testament on the road that we can play well with the noise," Sirles said. "I'm excited. It will be a good experience."
The Huskers will continue to prepare for the Aggies on Wednesday afternoon. Saturday's game can be seen on ABC-HD at 7 p.m.
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