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Nebraska Scores Well in GSR Report

Posted on October 28, 2014

Five Nebraska teams achieved perfect scores in the Graduation Success Rate (GSR) report released on Tuesday by the NCAA.

The five Husker teams to earn a perfect 100 percent GSR score include women’s golf, women’s basketball, volleyball, softball and women’s tennis. Those teams all led or tied for the lead in the Big Ten Conference in GSR scores among their respective sports. In fact, the women’s golf, women’s basketball, volleyball and women’s tennis programs have achieved a perfect GSR score each of the 10 years the rate has been computed by the NCAA.

In addition to the five teams achieving a perfect score, the women’s gymnastics, soccer and men’s gymnastics programs each topped the 90 percent score, and 14 of Nebraska’s programs achieved a GSR scores of 80 percent or better. Overall, Nebraska had an all student-athlete GSR score of 83 percent.

The Nebraska football team had a GSR rate of 81 percent which ranked fourth among the 14 Big Ten Conference schools, trailing only Northwestern, Penn State and Rutgers. The 2014 Husker football team has four seniors playing this fall as graduate students with the entire senior class on track to earn their degrees by next spring.

The Graduation Success Rate is an NCAA measurement that, unlike the federally mandated graduation rates, includes transfer data in the calculation. The GSR scores released on Tuesday are based on four classes of scholarship student-athletes who entered college in the fall of 2004 to the fall of 2007.

They allow a six-year window in which the student-athletes can earn their degree. Although GSR scores include student-athletes who transferred to Nebraska, they do not count student-athletes who transferred to another school and were academically eligible at the time of their transfer.

Schedule Posters Available at Big Red Tip-Off

Posted on October 28, 2014

Lincoln — Fans who attend Big Red Tip-Off on Wednesday night at Pinnacle Bank Arena will have the first opportunity to get the 2014-15 men’s and women’s basketball schedule posters.

The new schedule posters will be available for pickup at Big Red Tip-Off, while players from both the Husker men’s and women’s teams will sign posters for 45 minutes following the conclusion of Big Red Tip-Off. Both teams will be split into two groups, allowing fans to get through lines quickly. The men’s team will be on the main concourse, while the Husker women will be signing on the floor.

Posters will be available for players to sign, as other items to autograph will be prohibited. Also as a reminder, autographs obtained for players and coaches are for personal use only. Any re-sale of an autographed item is prohibited and re-sale of an item with a student-athlete’s signature could jeopardize the player’s eligibility.

Pinnacle Bank Arena doors open at 5:45 p.m. with the program beginning at 6:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public and seating is on a first-come, first-served basis, with the exception of the Red Zone student section behind the benches. Sports Nightly will broadcast from Pinnacle Bank Arena during the 6 p.m. hour.

The Husker women will conduct a 15-minute scrimmage first before halftime festivities take place with a 3-point shooting contest between players from both teams, a dunk contest from the Husker men and a performance by the Scarlets. The Husker men will scrimmage for 15 minutes following halftime and will feature live commentary from Coach Tim Miles.

Nebraska Basketball Tip-Off Event Schedule

5:45 p.m. – Gates open
6:00 p.m. – Sports Nightly Broadcast from Pinnacle Bank Arena
6:30 p.m. – Introductions of both men’s and women’s teams
6:50 p.m. – Women’s scrimmage for 15 minutes
7:05 p.m. – Halftime show (3-point contest, dunk contest, Scarlets performance)
7:25 p.m. – Men’s scrimmage for 15 minutes
7:45 p.m. – Autograph session until 8:30 p.m. (4 areas of MBB/WBB players)

Nebraska’s Abdullah B10 offensive Player of Week Again

Posted on October 27, 2014

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska running back Ameer Abdullah has been named Big Ten offensive player of the week for the fourth time this season.

Abdullah amassed a school-record 341 all-purpose yards in a 42-24 victory over Rutgers on Saturday. He carried 19 times for 225 yards and three touchdowns while adding 90 kickoff return yards and 26 receiving yards.

Abdullah leads the nation in all-purpose yards, total rushing yards, total touchdowns, points scored and yards from scrimmage.

Abdullah has rushed for 1,249 yards and 17 touchdowns and has a career total of 4,226 yards, second in program history behind Mike Rozier’s 4,780. Abdullah’s 6,604 career all-purpose yards ranks second in Big Ten Conference history, trailing only Wisconsin’s Ron Dayne.

This Week in Nebraska Athletics

Posted on October 27, 2014

Wednesday Oct. 29 M/W Basketball Big Red Tip-Off Pinnacle Bank Arena 6:30 p.m.

Friday Oct. 31 Soccer Iowa (BTN Plus) Nebraska Soccer Field 3:30 p.m.

Friday Oct. 31 Wrestling Nebraska Coaches Clinic/Intrasquad Devaney Center 5 p.m.

Friday Oct. 31 Volleyball at Rutgers (BTN Plus) Piscataway, N.J. 6 p.m.

Fri.-Sun. Oct. 31-Nov. 2 Men’s Tennis at Big Ten Singles Championships Minneapolis, Minn. TBA

Saturday Nov. 1 Rifle at Memphis Memphis, Tenn. 8 a.m.

Saturday Nov. 1 Swimming & Diving at South Dakota State Brookings, S.D. 1 p.m.

Saturday Nov. 1 Football Purdue (ABC Regional/ESPN2) Memorial Stadium 2:30 p.m.

Saturday Nov. 1 Wrestling at NWCA All-Star Classic Philadelphia, Pa. 6 p.m.

Saturday Nov. 1 Volleyball at Maryland College Park, Md. 6 p.m.

Sunday Nov. 2 Rifle vs. Ohio State Memphis, Tenn. 8 a.m.

Sunday Nov. 2 Cross Country at Big Ten Championships Iowa City, Iowa 10:45 a.m.

Sunday Nov. 2 Women’s Basketball Wayne State (exhibition) Pinnacle Bank Arena 2 p.m.

Badgers Top Huskers, 3-0

Posted on October 26, 2014

Madison, Wis. – The 14th-ranked Nebraska volleyball team dropped a 3-0 match at No. 5 Wisconsin on Sunday evening, 19-25, 21-25, 18-25, at the UW Field House.

The Huskers fell to 12-7 overall and 6-4 in the Big Ten. Wisconsin moved to 18-2 overall and 9-1 in conference play to take sole possession of first place in the Big Ten. The Badgers have won nine straight matches, five against currently ranked teams.

Amber Rolfzen led the Huskers with 10 kills, while Kadie Rolfzen and Kelsey Fien each had nine kills. Mary Pollmiller had 29 assists, and Justine Wong-Orantes had 15 digs.

Wisconsin setter Lauren Carlini had 34 assists and a career-high nine kills to lead the balanced Badger attack. Six Badgers had kills in the match, and each had at least six.

UW outhit NU .265 to .143. The Badgers had a 56-51 edge in digs and 8-6 edge in blocks. Each team had three aces, but the Huskers had six service errors.

The Huskers took an early 4-1 lead but saw the Badgers reel off an 8-1 run to go up 9-5. The Huskers got back within 10-9 and still trailed by one at 18-17. But Wisconsin got kills from Courtney Thomas and Kelli Bates to go up 20-17. A kill by Pollmiller closed the gap to 20-18, but the Badgers scored the next three points to take control, and they finished out the 25-19 win.

In the second set, it was Wisconsin who went up 3-1 early and the Huskers who rallied to a 9-6 lead after an 8-3 spurt, as the Rolfzen twins combined for five kills with Kadie Rolfzen adding an ace. Wisconsin reclaimed the lead at 14-13 on a Bates kill, and the Badgers pushed it to 16-14 on a Dominique Thompson kill. Carlini added a kill and a solo stuff to put the Badgers up 19-15. After a timeout, Fien put down two kills around a block by Pollmiller to get the Huskers within 19-18 and force a Badger timeout. Nebraska tied it 19-19 after two hits by Carlini, but the Badgers responded with two points to go up 21-19. Nebraska appeared to close the gap to 22-21 after Carlini hit wide, but it was ruled off a Husker and instead UW went up 23-20. The Badgers closed out the 25-21 win with an ace.

UW went up 11-7 in the third to force a Husker timeout, but the Huskers battled back with kills by Amber Rolfzen and Kadie Rolfzen to cut it to 11-9. However, a 5-0 Badger run put them up 16-9. NU pulled within four, 18-14, after a Sydney Townsend ace, Meghan Haggerty kill and Alicia Ostrander/Haggerty block. But the Badgers answered to go up 20-14 and finished out the sweep with a 25-18 win.

The Huskers are on the road again next weekend for matches at Rutgers on Friday at 6 p.m. (CT) and at Maryland on Saturday at 6 p.m. (CT).

Huskers Fall to Buckeyes, 3-1

Posted on October 26, 2014

Columbus, Ohio – The Nebraska soccer team scored first against Ohio State at Jesse Owens Memorial Stadium on Sunday afternoon, but a strong Buckeye performance over the last 15 minutes led to a 3-1 loss for the Huskers.

In the 57th minute, senior Mayme Conroy headed it in from eight yards out off a crossing shot from Jaylyn Odermann. Conroy tallied her ninth goal of the season with the score to give NU a 1-0 lead. The score was Conroy’s second of the weekend, as she managed one goal against Penn State on Friday. She has seven goals in her last nine games.

In the second half, the Huskers took six shots, four of which were on goal. Katie Kraeutner, Jaycie Johnson and Caroline Flynn each managed one shot on goal, but Buckeye goalkeeper Megan Geldernick saved all three. Nebraska managed one shot in the first half.

The Huskers held a 1-0 lead until the 76th minute when Sammy Edwards knocked it in off a cross from Nichelle Prince. Ohio State took a 2-1 lead in the 87th minute after Nikki Walts scored off a Kayla Varner assist. In the 90th minute, Prince took advantage of an empty net and gave the Buckeyes a 3-1 lead with her breakaway goal from midfield.

Nebraska goalkeeper Kelly Schatz collected five saves in 90 minutes of work. NU falls to 7-9-2 on the season, and holds a 3-7-2 record in the Big Ten.

The Huskers finish their regular season next weekend at home against Iowa on Friday at 3:30 p.m. (CT). Samantha Areman, Mayme Conroy, Caroline Gray, Jourden Casey and Hannah Dittmar will be honored before the game as part of Senior Day.

Miss State, FSU, Alabama, Auburn in AP Poll Top 4, Nebraska Drops

Posted on October 26, 2014

Mississippi’s first loss of the season dropped the Rebels four spots in The Associated Press college football poll to No. 7 and left Mississippi State, Florida State, Alabama and Auburn in the top four as the College Football Playoff selection committee prepares its first rankings.

No. 1 Mississippi State (46 first-place votes) and No. 2 Florida State (14) are the only unbeaten team left in the Big Five conferences.

Alabama, which lost 23-17 at Ole Miss earlier this month, moved up a spot, as did No. 4 Auburn, No. 5 Oregon and No. 6 Notre Dame.

Ole Miss was beaten 10-7 at LSU on Saturday night. The Tigers moved up eight spots to No. 16, the largest jump after a weekend when only two ranked teams lost.

The first selection committee top 25 will be released Tuesday night. The pairings for the College Football Playoff will be revealed Dec. 7.

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 25, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:

	Record	Pts	Pv
1. Mississippi St. (46)	7-0	1,486	1
2. Florida St. (14)	7-0	1,453	2
3. Alabama	7-1	1,290	4
4. Auburn	6-1	1,267	5
5. Oregon	7-1	1,199	6
6. Notre Dame	6-1	1,161	7
7. Mississippi	7-1	1,095	3
8. Michigan St.	7-1	1,086	8
9. Georgia	6-1	1,074	9
10. TCU	6-1	1,030	10
11. Kansas St.	6-1	930	11
12. Baylor	6-1	839	12
13. Ohio St.	6-1	676	13
14. Arizona	6-1	669	15
15. Arizona St.	6-1	667	14
16. LSU	7-2	574	24
17. Nebraska	7-1	535	16
18. Utah	6-1	524	19
19. Oklahoma	5-2	430	17
20. West Virginia	6-2	379	22
21. East Carolina	6-1	366	18
22. Clemson	6-2	265	21
23. Marshall	8-0	184	23
24. Duke	6-1	121	NR
25. UCLA	6-2	106	25

Others receiving votes: Colorado St. 29, Southern Cal 22, Wisconsin 14, Stanford 9, Louisville 8, Missouri 7, N. Dakota St. 3, Oklahoma St. 2.

Abdullah Leads No. 16 Nebraska over Rutgers 42-24

Posted on October 25, 2014

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Ameer Abdullah ran for 225 yards and three touchdowns and set a school record with 341 all-purpose yards, leading No. 16 Nebraska to a 42-24 victory over Rutgers on Saturday.

Abdullah surpassed 200 yards rushing for a nation-leading fourth time this season and fifth time in his career. He broke Roy Helu Jr.’s record of 321 all-purpose yards with his 23-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter.

The Cornhuskers (7-1, 3-1) reached the halfway point of conference play tied with Minnesota for first in the West Division.

Big Ten newcomer Rutgers lost 56-17 at Ohio State a week ago and has been outscored 98-41 in its past two games.

The Scarlet Knights (5-3, 1-3) lost quarterback Gary Nova on the second-to-last play of the first half. Nova held his right knee after Maliek Collins brought him down as he got rid of the ball. Chris Laviano played the rest of the game.

Huskers Suffer 3-1 Loss at Penn State

Posted on October 24, 2014

University Park, Pa. – The Nebraska soccer team fell to No. 7 Penn State, 3-1, on Friday night at Jeffrey Field.

Senior Mayme Conroy scored the Huskers’ lone goal on the evening in the 41st minute. The score marked her eighth of the season. For the game, Conroy took three shots in 86 minutes of action.

Caroline Flynn also took three shots, while Samantha Areman, Caroline Gray and Sydney Miramontez also contributed to the offense by each taking one shot. On the defensive side, goalkeeper Kelly Schatz earned two saves in 90 minutes of work.

The Nittany Lions struck first in the fourth minute when Mallory Weber scored off an assist from Emily Hurd. Penn State made the score 2-0 shortly before Conroy’s goal when Frannie Crouse knocked it in from a Whitney Church corner kick in the 40th minute.

The majority of the second half remained scoreless until Penn State’s Haleigh Echard scored in the 90th minute off a Hurd assist.

NU falls to 7-8-2 on the season, with a 3-6-2 mark in the Big Ten. The Huskers finish up their final regular-season road trip on Sunday at Ohio State at noon (CT). Nebraska’s final home game is on Friday, Oct. 31 against Iowa at the Nebraska Soccer Field at 3:30 p.m.

Huskers Take on Big Ten Leader Wisconsin

Posted on October 24, 2014

The No. 14 Nebraska volleyball team continues a four-match road stretch with a 4 p.m. match at No. 5 Wisconsin on Sunday on ESPN2. The Huskers (12-6, 6-3 Big Ten) have split their Big Ten matches each of the last three weeks, winning the first and dropping the second each week, but will look to reverse that trend in Madison. Nebraska came back from a 2-0 deficit to topple No. 25 Minnesota on Wednesday, while Wisconsin swept Iowa at home. The Badgers (17-2) lead the Big Ten with an 8-1 conference record and have not let up since their run to the NCAA national championship match last season. Sunday’s match will mark NU’s seventh match against a ranked opponent this season. After Sunday at Wisconsin, the Huskers will have faced the current Nos. 1, 2, 4 and 5 teams in the AVCA Coaches Poll.

Media Information
Sunday’s match will be televised on ESPN2 and streamed online at WatchESPN.com. Fans can also listen to the action with John Baylor and Lindsay Peterson on the 25-station Husker Sports Network, including B107.3 FM in Lincoln and The Wolf 93.3 FM in Omaha. Fans inside and outside the state of Nebraska will also be able to catch the live audio feed on Huskers.com for free. Live stats will be available at Huskers.com as well.

Series History
The Huskers lead the all-time series 17-1-1 with Wisconsin’s lone win coming on Oct. 28, 1978. The Huskers have won 17 straight after the series began with a tie and a Wisconsin victory, but last year’s matches went five and four sets, respectively. Nebraska won 3-1 (18-25, 25-20, 25-23, 25-19) in Madison on Nov. 8. Kadie Rolfzen had 19 kills and 17 digs, while Amber Rolfzen had eight kills and nine digs.

Last Time Out
The 14th-ranked Nebraska volleyball team rallied from a 2-0 deficit for an epic 3-2 (21-25, 16-25, 25-21, 25-19, 15-7) comeback win at No. 25 Minnesota on Wednesday. The Huskers found themselves in a deep hole after dropping the first two sets and falling behind 16-13 in the third set. But just as they did at Minnesota in 2011, the Huskers roared back to win the match in five. Behind the arm of Kelsey Fien, the Huskers rallied to the 25-21 third-set victory, controlled the fourth set and ended the match on a dominating 8-0 run. Kadie Rolfzen had 17 kills and 14 digs to lead the Huskers, while Fien had 14 kills over the last three sets off the bench. Mary Pollmiller had a season-best 54 assists.

Up Next
Nebraska will take on Rutgers on Friday, Oct. 31 at 6 p.m. (CT) and Maryland on Saturday, Nov. 1 at 6 p.m. (CT).

Noting the Huskers
• Kadie Rolfzen leads the Huskers with 3.48 kills per set and ranks seventh in the Big Ten. The 2013 third-team AVCA All-American has five of Nebraska’s nine double-doubles this year and has 15 or more kills eight times this season.
• Alicia Ostrander is second on the team with 3.02 kills per set and is averaging 3.17 kills per set in Big Ten play. Ostrander has double-digit kills in eight of the last 10 matches.
• Kelsey Fien is third on the team in kills per set with 2.78. After not playing in the previous two matches, Fien came off the bench and led Nebraska’s comeback at Minnesota Wednesday with 14 kills over the final three sets, including seven kills on 10 attacks in the momentum-changing third set.
• Middle blocker Cecilia Hall has given Nebraska a boost in the middle with 15 kills and 15 blocks over her last two matches. Hall had a career-high nine kills at Minnesota.
• Justine Wong-Orantes leads the Big Red in digs with 3.86 per set and ranks ninth in the Big Ten.
• Mary Pollmiller, the Huskers’ lone senior, has 676 set assists for 10.24 per set. She also adds a defensive presence at the net with 49 blocks to rank second on the team.
• Nebraska ranks second in the Big Ten and 16th nationally with 2.8 blocks per set. Meghan Haggerty is third in the Big Ten with 1.26 blocks per set. The Huskers have outblocked or matched their opponent in blocks in 10 straight matches.
• The Huskers are third in the Big Ten in digs with 14.6 per set. The Huskers are 12-1 when outdigging their opponents and 0-3 when getting outdug.
• Sunday’s match marks the return of Nebraska head coach John Cook to Madison, where he was the head coach at Wisconsin from 1992-98. Cook led the Badgers to a 161-73 record at Wisconsin and two Elite Eight appearances.
• The Huskers are 8-1 in matches played on Monday through Friday this season, while they are 4-5 in matches on Saturday or Sunday.
• Nebraska is 6-1 away from the Devaney Center this season, the lone loss coming at Michigan on Sunday, Oct. 12.
• The Huskers are 229-0 when hitting .300 or better under John Cook.
• Nebraska is 373-16 when winning the first set under Cook.
• John Cook is 140-41 (.773) against ranked opponents at Nebraska. Just under one-third of Cook’s total victories at Nebraska (425) have come against ranked teams.
• Nebraska volleyball leads the nation with 212 consecutive sellouts, the longest sellout streak in the history of NCAA women’s athletics. NU owns a 194-18 record during the streak.

Scouting Wisconsin
The fifth-ranked Badgers are atop the Big Ten standings with an 8-1 conference record and a 17-2 overall record. Wisconsin is riding an eight-match win streak with four of those wins coming against opponents currently ranked in the AVCA Coaches Poll. The Badgers have also won five straight matches by sweep and are 8-1 at home this season. Wisconsin leads the league in digs (16.53 per set) and set assists (13.59), and the Badgers are in the top three in hitting percentage (.284), opponent hitting percentage (.159) and kills (14.62). The Badgers possess a balanced attack, as Ellen Chapman is the only Badger in the top 15 of the Big Ten in kills at 3.06 per set. Setter Lauren Carlini sets up the Badger attack with 11.39 assists per set to rank second in the conference. She also ranks fourth in aces. Taylor Morey is the Big Ten leader in digs with 5.33 per set.