Time for Husker volleyball

The 2009 Nebraska volleyball season has finally arrived. As of Friday morning, we still didn't know what John Cook's lineup will look like Friday night when the Huskers take the floor against Michigan. Cook isn't going to release that information until shortly before the match.

Here's a partial guess at least. Expect to see Sydney Anderson at setter and Tara Mueller at one outside hitter position. Kayla Banwarth will play libero (Cook has already announced that). I expect to see Lindsey Licht at rightside and Brooke Delano playing in the middle. Freshman Megan Pendergast may well see some back row action in place of Licht.

The other outside hitter will likely be a freshman, either Hannah Werth or Gina Mancuso. Werth is the more powerful hitter of the two, but Mancuso appears to be the best all-around player at this point and is a bit more consistent than Werth.

Anyway, it will be interesting to see how Cook lines them up, and he's also indicated that he may change it around when the Huskers play Minnesota on Saturday.