Oct. 9, 2006

COLUMBIA, Mo.--Last year 7,298 fans came to the Hearnes Center for a showdown between the Missouri and Nebraska women's volleyball teams, donating over 5,000 pounds of food to the Central Missouri Food Bank in the process. This Wednesday, starting at 6:30 p.m., the two teams meet in Columbia again for "Can the Huskers" Night II. Patrons will receive free admission into the match, which is a battle for the Big 12 lead featuring No. 15 Missouri (13-4, 7-1) and No. 1 Nebraska (15-0, 7-0), with two canned-good items.

 

Fans are encouraged to show to the Hearnes early, as traffic should be considered in arrival time. In addition, all seating, including floor seats, is general admission on a first-come, first-serve basis.

 

The match itself will also be aired live on KZOU in Columbia, MetroSports in Kansas City, and on FSN Midwest in all areas with the exception of the state of Indiana.

 

Tigers Move to No. 15 in National Poll

Mizzou re-enters the top 15 of the CSTV/AVCA Coaches' Poll with the latest poll released Monday. It is the first time the Tigers have been in the top 15 since the preseason poll put the Tigers No. 13 in the nation. Currently, Mizzou is on a seven-match winning streak and a 11-match home winning streak.

 

CURRENT POLL - October 9
Rank	Team	Pts	Record	Last Wk
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

 

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