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Nebraska Volleyball Defeats Texas Tech 3-1
September 24, 1999 | Women's Volleyball
Sept. 24, 1999
LUBBOCK, Texas - No. 4 ranked Nebraska used offense to defeat Texas Tech 9-15, 15-11, 15-7, 15-1 Friday evening at Coronado High School in Lubbock. The loss drops Texas Tech to 10-3 overall and 0-1 in the Big 12 Conference while the Cornhuskers improve to 9-3 overall and 1-1 in the Big 12. Texas Tech travels to Kansas State for a 7 p.m. match tomorrow (Saturday) in Manhattan, Kansas.
Texas Tech is currently in a three-match stretch where it will play three nationally ranked teams in a row- No. 4 Nebraska, No. 24 Kansas State and No. 16 Texas A&M.
The Red Raiders got off to an outstanding start as they hit .303 with 15 kills (five errors/33 attacks) in game and defeated the Cornhuskers 15-7 in game one. Tech held the Huskers to just .057 hitting and 11 attack errors in game one. But Nebraska stormed back to win game two 15-11, pulling away from an 11-11 tie.
Tech was led by six-foot-seven junior Colleen Smith's nine kills. Senior middle blocker Lori Garber and freshman Ann Romjue both contributed eight kills while freshman Jenny Donohoo and junior Janelle Jones each added six apiece. Sophomore setter Skydra Orzen led Tech with a match-high 13 digs.
Nebraska's Nancy Meendering led the Husker offense with 18 kills in 39 attempts (.333 percentage) while Jenny Kropp and Kim Behrends both added seven kills. Kropp, Tonia Tauke and Katie Jahnke each contributed six blocks apiece for Nebraska.
Nebraska outhit Tech .169-.100, outdug the Red Raiders 60-52 and outblocked them 17-11.
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