[Husker] Congratulations!

[Theodore Heise]

On Mon, 18 Dec 2006, Derek Ryter wrote:

> As far as Stanford playing poorly, fahgetaboutit.  There was 
> undoubtedly some home-court advantage, but the two teams were 
> evenly matched and were neck and neck.  There is no doubt the best 
> team won.  I got the feeling in the last three games that the 
> Huskers would be able to pull it out because they never cracked or 
> showed panic.  There were some defensive lapses, but few mistakes 
> such as service errors, and focusing on Barboza (she hit 0.100 
> with 12 scattered kills and these weren't bad swings) was key.

This is exactly what I was trying to say earlier.  I think 
Stanford's poorer than usual performance was due at least in part to 
great play by Nebraska.  It seemed a shame the commentators didn't 
recognize this.


> It was just great to see Stalls working at the net...

Absolutely!  At one point in the third or fourth game the camera 
caught a close-up of her face at the net--just before a serve (or 
just after a point).  She had an impressive game face on for 
whichever Cardinal was across from her.  My wife Kathy and I 
recognized her from last year from her makeup, and I have to wonder 
if perhaps it was intended to add effect.

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Theodore (Ted) Heise     <theo at heise.nu>     Bloomington, IN, USA