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The 40th season of UNO volleyball will begin when the Mavericks host the UNO Volleyball Showcase, Friday and Saturday at Sapp Fieldhouse. The nine-team event will feature matches on two different courts and in total, 18 matches will be played during the opening weekend.
The Mavericks will kick off the event with a 10 a.m. match against Tarleton State Friday and then they will wrap up the day's matches with a contest against Abilene Christian at 7 p.m. On Saturday they will host Dallas Baptist at 11:45 a.m. and then North Alabama at 6:30 p.m.
A complete tournament schedule can be found at
omavs.com/UNOShowcase and live stats of all the UNO matches can be found at
omavs.com/LiveStats. For ticket information, call (402) 554-MAVS.
Mavericks Face Three New Opponents Among Tourney Field
Among UNO's four opponents in the Showcase, the Mavs have never faced Tarleton State, Abilene Christian or Dallas Baptist. They have played North Alabama twice with each team winning once.
Tarleton State went 22-10 last year and finished second in the Lone State Conference with a 10-3 record. ACU was 26-9 and tied for third in the LSC at 9-4 while Dallas Baptist went 24-18 and was fourth in the Heartland at 9-7. UNA finished the year 24-11 and second in the Gulf South Conference East at 10-2.
The three MIAA teams in the field, UNO, Emporia State and Truman all played in the NCAA tournament last year and ESU will enter the year ranked third and Truman ninth in the AVCA preseason poll.
Mavericks Fall to Alumni to Wrap Up Exhibition Season
The Mavericks wrapped up their exhibition season with a scrimmage against the UNO Alumni Saturday at Sapp Fieldhouse. The Alumni defeated UNO, 13-25, 25-23, 25-22, 27-25.
Ellen Thommes and
Kelli Goeser led the team with double-figure kills. Thommes had 14 and Goeser added 15. Thommes led the team with a .458 hitting percentage.
Libero
Angie Reicks led the Mavericks with 23 digs and three service aces.
Emily Myers and
Kayla Knobbe both split time at setter. Myers led the team with 35 and Knobbe had 15.
For the Alumni Nikki (Mastny) Bails led her team with 12 kills and had a .391 attack percentage.
Annie Rice and Amy (Sibbernsen) McLeay had double-figure digs.
Shires Begins 20th Season at UNO 13 Wins From 400
UNO head coach
Rose Shires will start her 20th season at UNO with a 387-215 record with the Mavericks. She needs just 13 more to give her 400. Shires is first at UNO in terms of total wins and second with a .643 winning percentage.
Shires has coached UNO to a national championship in 1996 and she boasts three conference championships and 10 trips to the NCAA tournament since taking over the program in 1990.
Thommes Enters Senior Year 113 Kills from 1,000
Senior middle blocker
Ellen Thommes will enter her senior season just 113 kills away from becoming UNO's 17th member of the 1,000 kill club. She led the team with 353 last year and has 887 in her career. She is also just two block assists away from entering UNO's career top-10 list with 289.
Carlie Christensen was the last Maverick to join the 1,000 kill club. She had 1,214 kills while playing from 2004-07.
Jansen Nears Top 10 in Career Digs
Senior libero
Kayla Jansen has 1,191 digs as she enters her final year with the Mavericks, making her 26 digs short of joining the UNO career top 10. Jewelia Grennan had 1,217 from 1999-2002 to place her 10th in the records.
Jansen led the Mavericks with 505 digs last year, the seventh-highest single-season dig total at UNO.
Coming Up Next
The Mavericks will travel to Lakeland, Fla., to play in the Florida Southern Classic on September 4-5. They will play Minnesota Duluth and FSC during Friday's matches and then take on Bemidji State and Grand Valley State on Saturday.
