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No Minnesota, but a lot of history and outside hitters galore at NCAA final four in Minneapolis

ESPN.com | December 10, 2018

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There could have been a hometown favorite in the NCAA women's volleyball final four this week. But the biggest upset of the tournament prevented that. And Minnesota's heartbreak turned into Nebraska's good fortune.

Now the seventh-seeded Huskers will try to become the third program to win three titles in four years. Stanford did it in 1994, '95 and '97, and Penn State won four in a row from 2007-10. The Huskers also become as much of a home-court favorite as possible, since Nebraska is the closest of the final four schools -- the others are No.

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