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Steven M. Sipple: Cook beams as surging Huskers push through memorable weekend

By my estimation, the Nebraska volleyball team's chances to advance past the NCAA Lincoln Regional semifinals dipped that low Friday when the No. 2 Huskers trailed Penn State 24-22 in the third set after losing the first two.

Saturday, when Husker coach John Cook was asked if that was a reasonable percentage, he didn't bat an eye.

"It would be like in football, if you were at the 50-yard line and trailing with 10 seconds left," he said.

It's all history now. Nebraska, the top overall seed, rallied to defeat No. 16 Penn State in five sets before bringing the hammer Saturday against No.