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No. 24 @MizzouVB Falls in Straight Sets at No. 7 Nebraska, 2018 Campaign Comes to an End
12/1/2018 10:30:00 PM | Volleyball
Cornhuskers’ offense (.384 hitting) too much for the Tigers
LINCOLN, Neb. – No. 24 Mizzou Volleyball (24-8) saw its 2018 campaign conclude Saturday evening, as No. 7 Nebraska proved to be too much in a sweep (25-14, 25-22, 25-18) inside the Devaney Center.
Despite the Tigers' offense improving each set, the Cornhuskers were that much better throughout the night. Nebraska hit .333 or higher in each set played, including a match-best .469 hitting mark in set three.
#ShowMe Top Performers at No. 7 Nebraska
- Leketor Member-Meneh: 11 kills, 3 digs
- Kylie Deberg: 10 kills, 5 digs, 2 total blocks
- Alyssa Munlyn: 7 kills on .400 hitting, 2 total blocks
- Riley Sents: 16 digs, 2 assists
- Andrea Fuentes: 30 assists 6 digs
Hear From Head Coach Wayne Kreklow
On Saturday's matchup against the Cornhuskers…
"Obviously we're disappointed with the outcome. We felt going in that it was going to be a tough match. Obviously it was as they're (Nebraska) a good team and they're here for a reason. I thought they did a really good job of putting pressure on us with their serve. It got us out of system and didn't allow us to get in a flow. That was tough for us. I was really proud of our group and how they continued to battle. From a coaching standpoint, that's all I can ask from our players."
#MIZ Takeaways
- Mizzou dropped its all-time NCAA Tournament record to 15-15.
- Despite the loss Saturday, the Tigers advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament in their fifth straight visit to the big dance (2013, '15-18).
- Overall, Mizzou has advanced to the second round in 10 of its 15 all-time NCAA Tournament trips.
- Early in the second set, Sents produced her seventh dig of the match and the 1,000th digs in her career at Mizzou.
- Sents enjoyed another strong campaign defensively as the Tigers' starting libero, finishing with 400-plus digs for the second consecutive season.
- Deberg tallied 10-plus kills in each NCAA Tournament match this weekend. Overall this year, she posted double-digit kills in an impressive 28 of 32 matches played.
- Munlyn was fantastic on offense in both matches this weekend, posting 17 kills (one error) on .593 hitting.
- Munlyn closes her legendary career at Mizzou as the program's all-time leader in total blocks (634), block assists (516), blocks per set (1.27) and hitting percentage (.388). Additionally, she ranks second all-time in career solo blocks (118).
- This year, Munlyn's 143 total blocks (fourth), .394 hitting percentage (fourth), 116 block assists (fifth) and 1.20 blocks per set (10th) all ranked top 10 in the Mizzou individual single-season record book.
- Deberg's 59 service aces ranked third all-time in single-season Mizzou history. It stood as the most aces by a Tiger in a single season since 2002.
- Deberg finished the 2018 campaign with 522 points, the most by a Tiger since 2016 (Melanie Crow – 532).
- Collectively this season, Mizzou's .263 hitting percentage (sixth), 428 block assists (seventh) and 298 total blocks (tied for ninth) all ranked top 10 in single-season team history.
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