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'That’s virtually impossible to defend': Film session with John Cook shows what makes Lauren Stivrins so dominating

Nebraska volleyball coach John Cook talk about middle blocker Lauren Stivrins during an interview on Thursday.

Is it too dramatic to say that Lauren Stivrins playing volleyball brings joy to the world?

We don’t think so. When the Nebraska middle blocker is sprinting to the outside — power, speed, coordination and grace — on her trademark slide attack, there’s 1 second of anticipation for what she could do.

We don’t think that’s saying too much, not if you’ve seen the reactions from her teammates after she crushes down a kill so fast, hard and accurate that the defense had no chance to stop it.