Follow the Match
The fourth-seeded Omaha volleyball team takes on top-seeded Denver in the semifinal of the Summit League Volleyball Championship presented by U.S. Air Force Special Warfare on Friday, April 2 at 2:30 p.m. at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D.
Links to live stats and video are available on OMavs.com. All matches are being televised live on MidcoSN and streamed on the new Midco Sports Plus digital app and ESPN+.
Quick Hits
- Omaha concluded the regular season with a 13-5 overall record and 12-4 mark in Summit League play after sweeping Oral Roberts last weekend.
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Sadie Limback had 5.43 kills per set and hit .485 in the two matches while
Claire Mountjoy totaled 6.68 digs per set to pace the Mavericks in the weekend sweep over the Golden Eagles.
- Mountjoy became the second Maverick in program history to be named Summit League Defensive Player of the Year while Limback and
Anna Blaschko were selected All-Summit League First Team. Mountjoy and
Sami Clarkson were named All-Summit Honorable Mention.
- Omaha is one of two teams in the Summit League to record at least one victory over every conference opponent this season.
- The Mavericks are 9-1 matches that go at least four sets, going a perfect 5-0 in four-set matches and 4-1 in five-set contests.
- As a team, Omaha is second in the Summit League with 832 assists, 912 kills and 109 service aces while third with a .215 hitting percentage.
- Head coach
Matt Buttermore is in his second season at the helm of the Maverick program and ninth season overall as a head coach.
Scouting the Denver Pioneers
- Denver won the Summit League regular-season title with a 13-2 record this spring.
- Lydia Bartalo, Tina Boe, Ellie Anderson and Brianna Green represented the Pioneers on the All-Summit First Team.
- Bartalo leads Denver with 2.56 kills per set, follwoed by Lorrin Poulter and Boe with 2.38 and 2.20 kills per set, respectively.
- Green and Boe rank second and third in the Summit League with hitting percentages of .344 and .333.
- Head coach Tom Hogan was named Summit League Coach of the Year for the third time in the last four years after helping the Pioneers to their sixth Summit League regular-season title.
- Hogan is in his fifth season at Denver and holds a record of 109-29 with the Pioneers.
All-Time Against Denver
Friday's matchup marks the 20th all-time meeting between Omaha and Denver. The Pioneers lead the series over the Mavericks, 17-2.
Omaha recorded its first win in Denver earlier this season when the Mavericks notched a 3-1 win over the Pioneers on Feb. 1, 2021.
Limback's Junior Campaign
Junior
Sadie Limback has put together one of the more dominant campaigns by a Maverick since the transition to Divsion I.
- Ranks first in Summit League in hitting percentage and third in total kills and kills per set.
- Ranks 24th nationall with a .412 hitting percentage on 568 total attacks and is only player in the country to hit above .400 and have mroe than 380 total attacks on season.
- Only player in Summit League to have at least 25 kills in three matches this season.
- Hit over .500 in six matches this season, including a school record .826 on 23 attacks vs. South Dakota State.
- First player in Summit League history to be named Summit League Offensive Player of the Week for four weeks in a row.
