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Volleyball: Huskers are National Champions Again

Saturday night marked the end of the 2017 NCAA Division I Volleyball season at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri. The championship match saw the #5-seeded Nebraska Cornhuskers take on the #2-seeded Florida Gators. The Huskers are National Champions for the second time in three years, beating Florida in front of an NCAA Finals record 18,516 3- (25-22, 25-17, 18-25, 25-16).

The Huskers established an unconventional offense early with senior outside hitter Annika Albrecht perfectly placing a backrow attack to put the Huskers up 1-0. Freshman middle blocker Lauren Stivrins scored the next point to give the Huskers an early 2-0 lead. Annika Albrecht served long to put the Gators on the board with the score 2-1 Nebraska.

The teams traded sideouts, but senior middle blocker Briana Holman hit the ball out of bounds to bring the score to tie at three.

Nebraska put together a 4-1 run to go up 7-4 before Florida notched a point and then added another to close to 7-6. Another exchange of serve and extra Gator point tied the score at eight.

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