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**truebluefan** · 11-30-2007, 07:40 AM

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**truebluefan** · 12-01-2007, 12:25 PM

The Oklahoma volleyball became the first team in the country to advance to the NCAA Second Round as it beat Florida A&M, 3-1 (30-25, 32-30, 29-31, 30-14), in opening-round action Thursday night in the Gainesville Sub-Regional.

Oklahoma and Florida A&M kicked off the NCAA Tournament as it was the first match played in the 64-team field with the Gainesville Sub-Regional beginning first round action on Thursday and all other sub-regionals opening on Friday.

The win advanced OU to the second round against the winner of the Florida vs. College of Charleston match which was set for Thursday night at 6:30 p.m. (CST). OU's second round match will begin at 6 p.m. (CST) on Friday with the winner advancing to the NCAA Sweet 16 next week, which will also be held in Gainesville.

"It is always great to advance to the second round in the NCAA Tournament," head coach Santiago Restrepo said. "I thought it was a very interesting match as far as defense was concerned because we matched up very evenly on that side of the ball. I was also pleased offensively as we had four different players with double-digit kills which means setter Julie Chester did a good job distributing the ball."

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**truebluefan** · 12-01-2007, 12:26 PM

Gainesville, FL
The tenth-ranked and 13th-seeded University of Florida volleyball team got a career-high 18 kills from freshman outside hitter Callie Rivers (Winter Park, Fla.) and 16 from senior opposite hitter Amber McCray (Longview, Texas) to open the 2007 NCAA Championship with a three-game sweep (30-22, 30-28, 30-14) of College of Charleston.

Senior setter Angie McGinnis (Fraser, Mich.) dished out 54 assists – one shy of her three-game UF record – en route to setting the Gators (28-2) to a .350 hitting percentage that ranks as the ninth-best in school history in an NCAA Championship match. In addition to Rivers and McCray’s totals, senior middle blocker Kisya Killingsworth (Deltona, Fla.) added 13 kills on an errorless .619 hitting and junior middle blocker Kelsey Bowers (Gainesville, Fla.) chipped in with eight.

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**truebluefan** · 12-01-2007, 12:27 PM

Senior Missie Stidham recorded 21 kills to help lead Sacramento State to a 3-1 victory over Minnesota in the first round of the NCAA Women’s Volleyball Championship, Friday evening at Maples Pavilion. The Hornets overcame a first game loss to win the match, 23-30, 30-25, 30-24, 30-17.

With the victory, Sacramento State advances to the second round of the NCAA Tournament for the first time since the 1998 season. The Hornets will take on either No. 1 seed and tournament host Stanford or Santa Clara in the second round of the Big Dance tomorrow night at 8 p.m. inside Maples Pavilion. Sacramento State has never advanced past the second round of the NCAA Div. I Tournament.

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**truebluefan** · 12-01-2007, 12:28 PM

ATHENS, Ohio - The Boilermaker volleyball team lost Game 1 of Friday night's NCAA Tournament match with the host Ohio Bobcats, but won the war, taking a 3-1 victory in the Convocation Center. Purdue won the match 25-30, 30-24, 30-22, 30-23.

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**truebluefan** · 12-01-2007, 12:29 PM

The 16th-seeded Cal Poly volleyball team posted a season-best .383 hitting percentage Friday evening, battering its way into the second round of the 2007 NCAA Tournament with a 30-14, 30-19, 30-25 sweep of Xavier at the Convocation Center in a sub-regional hosted by Ohio University .

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**truebluefan** · 12-01-2007, 12:30 PM

MANHATTAN, Kan. – In the opening round match of the 2007 NCAA Volleyball Tournament, ninth-seeded Kansas State captured the win over Tulsa 3-0 from Ahearn Field House Friday night. The Wildcats advance to the second round to take on Oregon at 7 p.m. in Ahearn on Saturday. K-State (23-8) passed through the first round over the Golden Hurricane in scores of 30-24, 30-20, 30-23, while Oregon (21-10) defeated Missouri State 3-0 earlier in the evening.

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**truebluefan** · 12-01-2007, 12:30 PM

For the first time in 23 years, the University of Oregon volleyball team advanced out of the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Like the Ducks had done 17 previous times this season, Oregon obtained the victory by way of a three-game sweep (31-29, 30-20, 31-29) knocking off Missouri State at Ahearn Field House on Thursday night.

"We were very nervous to start the match but I was very pleased with how we responded in tight situations in games one and three and obviously pleased about playing tomorrow," head coach Jim Moore said. "Our expectations are very high here and it was difficult to play against a team you don’t know very much about."

Oregon will return to action tomorrow night at 5 p.m. PST to play the No. 9 seed and host Kansas State. The Wildcats also won in a sweep (30-24, 30-20, 30-23), defeating Conference USA Tournament champions Tulsa in Friday's second match.

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**truebluefan** · 12-01-2007, 12:32 PM

CLEMSON, SC - Danielle Hepburn and Lia Proctor each tallied 17 kills in leading the Clemson volleyball team to a 3-1 (30-25, 30-27, 31-33, 30-26) victory over Alabama on Friday night in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. The Tigers will face #8-seed UCLA in the second round on Saturday with play scheduled to begin at 7:00 pm from Jervey Gym.

Clemson is now 29-3 on the year, while the Crimson Tide ended its season at 15-15.

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**truebluefan** · 12-01-2007, 12:32 PM

CLEMSON, S.C. - Junior Kaitlin Sather posted a match-high 11 kills and junior Jessica Fine had 18 digs, as the eighth-seeded UCLA women's volleyball team recorded season highs in hitting percentage and aces in a three-game sweep of Alabama A&M on Friday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament at Jervey Gym. Game scores were 30-9, 30-14, 30-13.

The Bruins improve to 21-10 on the season and will take on host Clemson on Saturday at 4 p.m. PT. Gametracker and live audio with Darren Preston at the call will be available on UCLABruins.com. Alabama A&M finishes its season with a 15-10 record.

UCLA also set a school record for fewest number of points allowed in a three-game match since the advent of rally scoring in 2001. The Bruins gave up just 36 points on Friday, seven fewer than their previous low of 43 set on two occasions. UCLA hit .420 as a team, with Sather posting a career-best .643 hitting percentage. The Bruins' 11 aces were also one above their previous season best, with Sather adding three of those.

Most of the regulars played in just the first two games. Junior Nellie Spicer had 25 assists and four kills, while freshman Dicey McGraw posted eight kills. Freshman Katie Mills added five kills and four blocks, while freshman Juliane Piggott recorded six kills and four blocks. Senior Rachell Johnson (4 kills) and junior Ali Daley (3 kills) rested in the third game. Junior Nikki Jagd had 13 assists in the final set, with junior Elise Carstensen adding four kills in the third.

The Bruins never trailed in the first game, jumping out to early leads of 7-1 and 10-2 before Alabama A&M called a timeout. Sather had four of the first 10 Bruin points on a pair of kills and two aces. UCLA's lead reached double figures for the first time at 14-4 and reached a game high of 21 on the game-clinching point. The Bruins hit .500 in the first game and distributed the ball around well, with five different players posting at least two kills. UCLA also had five blocks, holding the Bulldogs to a -.182 hitting attack.

The Bulldogs had their only three leads of the match in the second game. The teams split the first 10 points until the Bruins went on a 4-0 run to take the lead for good. After an Alabama A&M sideout, another 4-0 run put UCLA up 13-6 and forced the Bulldogs into a timeout. The Bruins stretched their lead into double figures for the first time at 18-8, which was during the middle of a 5-0 run that gave UCLA a 19-8 edge. Leading 22-12, the Bruins ran off seven straight and closed the game with a 30-14 victory.

In game three, it was another wire-to-wire victory for UCLA. Sather had the first two kills of game three, as the Bruins stormed out to a 10-3 lead. At 11-5, UCLA scored six straight, with Jagd serving two aces to put the Bruins up by a dozen at 17-5. UCLA's advantage never dipped below double figures the rest of the way, reaching a game-high 18 at 29-11. An Alabama A&M service error wrapped up the match with a 30-13 win in game three for the Bruins.

Alabama A&M was led by Brittani Lewis' nine kills. The Bulldogs hit -.010 for the match.

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