--Volleyball 1992-I
NU volleyball finally home I
By Jeff Singer
Senior Reporter
The Nebraska volleyball team wants
a new NU Coliseum to lead to some
thing else new — a national champi
onship.
The Comhuskcrs, who have won
16 straight Big Eight championships
but never an NCAA title, will unveil
the court in a match against Nebraska
alumni on Sept. 1.
The volleyball court in the Coli
seum, which was originally built in
1926, was renovated last season, which
forced the Huskcrs to move into the
Bob Dcvancy Sports Center for the
1991 campaign.
But to say the Huskcrs arc glad to
be back in the Coliseum is an under
statement.
“I can’t describe how happy we
arc to be here,” Nebraska volleyball
coach Terry Pettit said.
Nebraska All-American middle
blocker Stephanie Thaler said the
Huskcrs’ new home was a symbol of
the sport.
“This is our home,” Thaler said.
“Everybody who thinks of the Coli
seum thinks of volleyball.”
Changes to the volleyball portion
of the Coliseum include the installa
tion of a new floor, additional seat
ing, new coaching offices, renovated
locker rooms and the addition of air
conditioning.
Pettit said the modifications have
helped make the Coliseum one of the
best facilities in the nation.
“When you look at the total pack
age — the arena, the coaching of
fices, the locker room facilities and
the training room — I think it’s as
good as any volleyball facility in the
country,” Pettit said.
Pettit said the refurbished facility
may also attract recruits to the Husker
program.
“We have always been able to
recruit here because of the strength of
the program and the strength of the
university, but I think it’s only going
to help us,” Pettit said.
The Husker coach said Nebraska’s
years in the Coliseum have contrib
uted to the success of the program.
“There is no way Nebraska volley
ball would be where it is today had we
not played in this facility,” Pettit said.
“I don’t think we would draw near the
crowds that we have if we had been in
the Devancy Center all those years.”
The Devancy Center did help
Nebraska set the NCAA attendance
record, as 11,032 fans watched the
Huskcrs lose in four games last sea
son to eventual national champion
UCLA.
Thaler said returning to the Coli
seum, which will now hold 4,500
fans, is the biggest reason for the
Huskcrs’ anticipation this year.
“The crowd here is loud and a
tremendous help,” Thaler said. “It is
the biggest reason why we like play
ing here.”
Pettit said the Coliseum was a
symbol of the Huskcrs’ volleyball
tradition.
“When people think of Nebraska
volleyball, they think of this build
ing,” Pettit said.
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Nebraska volleyball coach Terry Pettit instructs his play
ers during a recent practice at the NU Coliseum.
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Nebraska sophomore Tami Thompson looks at the cameras at
the volleyball team's annual Photo Day, held Aug. 10.
3 Kelly Aspegren
8 Debbie Brand
10 Rachel Errthum
5 Christy Johnson
15 Laura Luther
22 Peggy Meyer
7 Eileen Shannon
12 Nikki Strieker
2 Stephanie Thater
9 Tami Thompson
23 Kim Tonniges
18 Allison Weston
4 Billie Winsett
OH 5-11 So. Callaway
OH 5-9 Sr. Adelaide, Austrailia
MB 6-0 Fr. Dubuque, Iowa
S 5-9 So. Omaha
MB 6-0 Jr. Grand Island
MB 6-1 So. Moorhead, Minn.
OH 6-0 Sr. Elmhurst, III.
S 5-10 Jr. Lincoln
MB 6-2 Sr. Union, Mo.
DS 5-6 So. Sutherland
OH 5-11 So. Lincoln
OH 6-0 Fr. Omaha
OH 5-11 Fr. Boonvllle, Ind.
Head Coach: Terry Pettit (16th year)
Assistants: Cathy Noth
Brian Begor
Home Court: NU Coliseum