The first match of the day was UAB vs Missouri State. MS was the fourth seed going into their conf tourney, and they managed to pull out the conf tourney victory. They drew UAB in the same venue that we drew Nebraska. Hello seeding committee ...... what planet are you from? Watching the first match was painful, because we knew that we should have been playing in that match. If so, we would still be playing on Saturday. UAB won, but did not look anything like our caliber. We didn't play poorly in set 1, NU just played lights out. The atmosphere was electrifying, the crowd was larger than any we had seen before. They were loud, but really showed respect for our team. Set 2, we took them out of their rhythm and they started making mistakes, and just couldn't get it back together. KB was great. Our girls showed lots of poise in holding off their runs. You could tell the crowd was anxious as we maintained the lead. Their cheering would get louder as we prepared between each point. Sets 3 and 4 were hard fought, with lots of good rallies that, unfortunately, NU won more of. The play was, for the most part, stellar on both sides of the net. Nicki face-planted one on Jordan that got the attention of the crowd.
The NU fans searched us out after the game to compliment the team and to say that we were seeded way too low. One fan said that we would definitely be in the top half of the Big 12 if we played in that conference. He also said that Kallie was the best setter he had seen all season. We are glad that we came to see the match in person, and proud to be associated with such a great group of ladies who represent their school and their Lord so well.
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