In Lincoln, Nebraska Cornhuskers head coach John Cook might well be seething right now.
Nine days ago, the Texas Longhorns crushed the Huskerpups in Tampa for the program’s second straight national championship, leaving star outside hitter Harper Murray predicting three straight titles to end her career and Cook sounding salty about the way that Texas head coach Jerritt Elliott constructs his roster.
“You look at tonight’s match, I mean, they’ve got half their starting team are transfers. They’re all fourth- and fifth-year players, except for Ella (Swindle), the setter, who did a great job. So that’s how they’ve been building their team, that’s how they built last year’s team.