Match Notes: No. 1 Nebraska 3, No. 7 Missouri 1
10/5/2005 12:00:00 AM | Volleyball
Oct. 5, 2005
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No. 1
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GAME ONE NOTES
- Mizzou scored the first point of the match with a kill by Na Yang and MU opened Game 1 with a 7-1 run.
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- NU took its first lead of the game at 20-19. The Huskers scored three-straight points to take a 22-19 lead. It lead by as many as five at 28-23 and won the game by four (30-26).
- Boyd and Yang each had four kills in the opening game for MU and Nicole Wilson had three.
- The loss in game one was the first game Mizzou has lost at home this season. The last game the Tigers lost in the
- The game was just the fourth game
GAME TWO NOTES
- For the second time in two games,
- The Tigers led by as many as eleven (22-11).
- The 22 points scored by
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- The game-two win was the first game MU had won over the Huskers at home since the 2001 season.
- Na Yang had four kills for the second-straight game to lead the Tigers.
GAME THREE NOTES
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- Game three featured nine ties, the last coming at 22-22, before the Huskers scored five-straight points and finished the game on a 8-1 run to take a 2-1 lead in the match.
- Na Yang once again had four kills in the game, tying Nicole Wilson for the team lead in game four.
GAME FOUR NOTES
- Shen Danru's ace in game four made her the all-time record holder at Missouri with 164 career aces, passing Yvette Buhlig (163 from 1988-92). Danru finished with two aces on the night taking her career total to 165.
- Later in game four, Danru joined Buhlig atop the career kills list at MU with 1,478 for her career.
- Leading 13-12, Mizzou four-consecutive points to build a 17-12 lead.
- The Tigers lead by as many as six at 21-15 before the Huskers went on a 5-1 lead to cut the lead to two.
- Trailing by three,
- The Huskers closed the game with a 9-3 run to close out the match.
MATCH NOTES
- The attendance of 7,298 is a new school record and is the 11th best crowd to attend a volleyball match in the nation this season. In the five previous home matches this season, MU had a total of 6,205 fans in attendance.
