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November 7th, 2007

LAWRENCE, Kan. -- The third-ranked Texas Volleyball team recorded its 15th straight victory and its school-record ninth straight sweep with its 3-0 victory over Kansas, Wednesday night at the Horejsi Family Athletics Center. Sophomore outside hitter Destinee Hooker paced the Longhorns 30-20, 30-19, 30-18 win with a match-high 13 kills on .370 hitting.

Texas’ victory moved the Longhorns to 19-3 on the season and 14-1 in Big 12 play, while the Jayhawks fell to 11-15 overall and 4-12 in league play. The Longhorns outblocked the Jayhawks 15-to-3 on the night and out-hit KU .408-to-.091. The Longhorns win marked its ninth straight sweep of the season, setting a Texas school record for most consecutive sweeps.

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November 7th, 2007

The 11th-ranked Wisconsin volleyball team (21-3 overall, 13-2 Big Ten) swept Illinois (15-10, 7-8) 30-14, 30-23 and 30-28 in front of 3,875 at the UW Field House Wednesday night. The Badgers can finish no worse than second place in the Big Ten Conference with the win.

“I’m happy with the win,” said Coach Pete Waite. “I felt like we got back on track; we were playing better ball. We took two very good hitters who had been doing well all season with (Laura) DeBruler and (Vicki) Brown and really kept their hitting percentages and their kill totals down. I think that was the big difference in the match.”

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November 7th, 2007

FORT COLLINS, Colo. - Senior Tonya Mokelki hit a blistering career-high .708 with 12 kills as the No. 18 Colorado State volleyball team kept its record spotless at home with a sweep (30-23,30-18,30-27) of the University of Wyoming in Moby Arena Wednesday night. Mekana Barnes continued her streak of plus .500 hitting with a match high 14 kills on .538 hitting.

The tone of the match was set early as Ashley Fornstrom, a Wyoming native, set up Danielle Minch and Barnes for the first two kills of the match. Both hitters would continue error free in the first game. CSU allowed the Cowgirls to tie the game at five, before going on an 8-4 run punctuated by a kill to the back line by Barnes making the score 13-9. The Rams didn't look back from that point finishing out Game 1 with a 30-23 win.

Three Rams hit .500 or better in the first game led by Mokelki with five kills on .714 hitting. Barnes had six kills hitting .545 while Minch hit .500 with three kills. The Rams had four blocks and hit .304 for the game.

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Nov. 7, 2007

NORMAN, Okla. - The No. 23 Oklahoma volleyball recorded another sweep over Texas Tech this season as the Sooners downed the Red Raiders, 3-0 (30-23, 30-21, 30-23), in Norman Wednesday night.

Freshman setter Samantha Arriaran, filling in for injured senior Julie Chester, led the squad to its highest hitting percentage of the Big 12 season with a .348 clip in three games.

The Sooners, sitting in third in the Big 12 standings, improved to 19-7 and 11-5 in the league. The Sooners are one win shy of recording back-to-back 20 win seasons. The Red Raiders fell to 7-18 and 1-15 in the league.

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November 7th, 2007

Lincoln – Jordan Larson’s 17 kills and 17 digs led three Husker double-doubles, as No. 2 Nebraska rolled past Colorado, 30-17, 30-22, 30-20, Wednesday night at the NU Coliseum.

Larson paced a blistering NU attack, hitting .414 on 29 swings, as she matched her season best in kills and fell one shy of a season high in digs en route to posting her team-best 10th double-double. It was also the first time in 12 matches that Larson paced NU in kills, while she also chipped in a pair of aces in helping Nebraska up its record to 22-1 and 14-1 in conference action.

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November 7th, 2007

MANHATTAN, Kan. – Juniors Megan Farr and Nataly Korobkova combined for 47 kills to hold off the Texas A&M Aggies on Wednesday and lift No. 12 Kansas State to a 3-2 victory in Ahearn Field House. K-State rallied to a 2-0 lead before the Aggies fought back to even the score, but the Cats captured the fifth game to win 30-19, 30-27, 30-32, 28-30, 15-10. The victory brings K-State to 19-7 overall and 11-5 in the conference, while the Aggies drop to 18-8 overall; 7-8 Big 12.

Middle blocker Farr finished the night with a career high 20 kills on 34 attempts with only two errors for a hitting percentage of .529. The Manhattan, Kan., native added five block assists. Korobkova converted for 27 kills for a new career high, bettering her mark of 26 against Cal Poly in her Wildcat debut. The product of Krasnoyarsk, Russia, added two service aces, nine digs and seven block assists.

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Nov. 8, 2007

Seattle, Wash. - Entering a match as the underdog for the first time in 2007, the fifth-ranked Stanford women's volleyball team didn't waste its chance at an upset. In front of 4,117 fans at Bank of America Arena, the Cardinal stunned No. 4 Washington on its home court, snapping a 39-match Husky home win streak dating back to November 2004. Freshman Alix Klineman led Stanford with 21 kills to carry the team to the 30-23, 24-30, 30-25, 21-30, 15-10 win, marking the first time since 2002 that the Cardinal has won in Seattle. The win moves Stanford (23-2, 12-2 Pac-10) a half game ahead of the Huskies (22-2, 11-2 Pac-10) in the Pac-10 title race.

Senior setter Bryn Kehoe matched a career-high with 70 assists and turned in 13 digs for her 13th double-double of the season. Klineman's 21 kills led all players, and her double-double (21 kills, 14 digs) was the sixth of her career. Junior middle blocker Foluke Akinradewo chipped in 17 kills, while junior opposite hitter Erin Waller notched a season-high 14. Junior outside hitter Cynthia Barboza recorded 14 kills and her 15th double-double of the year (14 kills, 18 digs), and Gabi Ailes led the team with her second-best performance of the season (29 digs). Stanford out-hit Washington .267 to .177. The Huskies were led by Jessica Swarbrick's 14 kills and Stevie Mussie's 13 kills.

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November 8th, 2007

EUGENE, Ore. – Just when the Pac-10 was counting Oregon out, the 20th-ranked Ducks torpedoed back into the mix with a 3-1 (30-21, 30-26, 28-30, 30-28) victory over sixth-ranked USC on Thursday night at Mac Court.

It was Oregon’s first win over a top-10 opponent this season, and the second time the Ducks have accomplished the task in the last two years, after knocking off No. 8 Cal in four games on Oct. 19, 2006.

Oregon ended the team’s current three-match skid, and terminated what was a 34-match losing streak to the Trojans, who hold a 40-7 series advantage over the Ducks.

The Trojans had their three-match winning streak snapped, after recording wins over Cal, Stanford and UCLA.

Oregon improves to 17-9 overall, matching the program’s win total from 2006. The Ducks are now 6-8 in the Pac-10, as USC drops to 20-4 overall and 9-4 in conference.

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Nov. 8, 2007

PULLMAN, Wash. - The No. 7 California volleyball team (20-5, 10-4 Pac-10) defeated Washington State (9-18, 0-13) tonight at Bohler Gym in Pullman, Wash., in a three-game sweep of the Cougars (30-16, 30-18, 30-28). With the win, the Golden Bears surpass last season total in conference wins with four matches to go in the regular season.

Junior outside hitter/middle hitter Morgan Beck led the way for the Bears with 10 kills on the night. In only two games of action, the junior from Newport Beach, Calif. added three service aces and three block assists to go along with her .600 hitting percentage (10k, 1e, 15att). Senior outside hitter Angie Pressey also only got plenty of rest, participating in two games and notching nine kills for Cal with no errors on 17 attacks.

Sophomore outside hitter Hana Cutura hit .400 with 11 kills (3e, 20att) while her fellow sophomore outside Cat Dailey came in and put down three service aces in a row during the second game. Senior middle hitter Ellen Orchard came up with 8 kills on 13 attacks (1e, .538) and added a block solo and three block assists. For the match, the Bears had 12 total team blocks and hit .328 (54k, 16e, 116att). The Bears are 18-1 when hitting better than their opponent. Tonight, the Cougars were held to just 28 kills on 104 attacks, registering 24 errors for a .038 hitting percentage.

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Nov. 8, 2007

CORVALLIS, Ore. - Ninth-ranked UCLA recorded a season-high 20 blocks, four different players had double-doubles and junior Jessica Fine became the first Bruin to post 30 digs since 2005 in a four-game victory at Oregon State on Thursday. Game scores were 31-29, 22-30, 30-24, 30-18.

The Bruins improve to 17-7 overall and 7-6 in Pac-10 action, snapping a three-match losing streak. The Beavers fall to 10-16 and 3-11 in league play.

Fine's 30 digs mark the first time a Bruin has reached that milestone since Jordan Smith (32) on Oct. 22, 2005 and only the 13th time a player has reached that total in UCLA history.

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