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Dear Readers~     Welcome back! This blog will cover the first semifinal on the road to the 2023 NCAA National Championships. This game was played between Nebraska and Pittsburg in Tampa, Florida at the Amalie Arena at 6pm CT on Thursday, December 14th.  Going into the game, Nebraska was 33-1 while Pittsburg was 29-4 for the 2023 season. With Nebraska coming off of a 3-1 win against Arkansas and Pittsburg coming off of a 3-2 win against Louisville, both teams were ready since they knew that if they won this game, they'd make it to the national championship.   Now let's see which team becomes the first to make it to the National Finals.     Starting off with the game leaders we start with Kills. The leader in Kills goes to Nebraska's Harper Murray, with 13, while Pittsburg's Olivia Babcock and Torrey Stafford were not too far behind with 12 and 10 kills respectively. The leader in Aces goes to Nebraska's Merrit Beason, with 4 and the only athlete to hav...

 Dear Readers~     Welcome back! This blog will cover Day 2 of the 2023 NCAA Regional game between Wisconsin and Oregon. Just to make it to this game, Wisconsin played Penn State and won 3-1 while Oregon played Purdue and won 3-0 for the Day 1 games. This Day 2 game took place on Saturday, December 9th at 7pm CT in Madison, Wisconsin. Now let's get into this game to see who will win and move on to the National Semifinals.     As for the game leaders, we'll start with kills. The leader in Kills goes to Wisconsin's Sarah Franklin and Oregon's Mimi Colyer, each with 20, while second highest was Wisconsin's Temi Thomas-Ailara and Oregon's Morgan Lewis, each with 11. The next highest was Wisconsin's Anna Smrek, with 10, while Oregon's Hannah Pukis had the next highest with 9. The leader in Aces goes to Oregon's Elise Ferreira and Daley McClellan, each with 2, while Oregon's Hannah Pukis along with Wisconsin's Izzy Ashburn, MJ Hammill, and Sarah Fr...