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Known for its Final Four 'regulars,' college volleyball undergoing a shift in competition

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Known for its Final Four 'regulars,' college volleyball undergoing a shift in competition

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Nebraska’s Lexi Rodriguez serves the ball during an NCAA Regional match against Oregon on Thursday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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Nebraska fans cheer during an NCAA Regional match against Oregon on Thursday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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Nebraska players celebrate a point during an NCAA Regional match against Oregon on Thursday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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Nebraska’s Nicklin Hames sets the ball during an NCAA Regional match against Oregon on Thursday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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Nebraska’s Madi Kubik saves a ball during an NCAA Regional match against Oregon on Thursday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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Nebraska’s Ally Batenhorst passes the ball during an NCAA Regional match against Oregon on Thursday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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Nebraska’s Ally Batenhorst celebrates scoring a point during an NCAA Regional match against Oregon on Thursday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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Nebraska’s Kaitlyn Hord (left) and Maisie Boesiger dive for the ball during an NCAA Regional match against Oregon on Thursday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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Nebraska’s Whitney Lauenstein goes up to spike the ball during an NCAA Regional match against Oregon on Thursday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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Nebraska players huddle after losing an NCAA Regional match to Oregon on Thursday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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Nebraska’s Lindsay Krause (22) and Kaitlyn Hord (23) hug during the team huddle after an NCAA Regional match against Oregon on Thursday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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Nebraska’s Hayden Kubik (left) and Whitney Lauenstein react after an NCAA Regional match loss to Oregon on Thursday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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Nebraska’s Ally Batenhorst tries to block the ball during an NCAA Regional match against Oregon on Thursday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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Nebraska’s Madi Kubik passes the ball during an NCAA Regional match against Oregon on Thursday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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Nebraska’s Nicklin Hames sets the ball for Kaitlyn Hord during an NCAA Regional match against Oregon on Thursday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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Nebraska’s Nicklin Hames sets the ball during an NCAA Regional match against Oregon on Thursday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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Nebraska’s Ally Batenhorst spikes the ball during an NCAA Regional match against Oregon on Thursday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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Nebraska’s Lindsay Krause (center left) and Kaitlyn Hord (center right) hug during the team huddle after their NCAA volleyball regional semifinal loss to Oregon at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville on Thursday.

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Nebraska’s Ally Batenhorst digs the ball during an NCAA Regional match against Oregon on Thursday at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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Nebraska fans watch as Nebraska trails during the fifth set of an NCAA Regional match against Oregon on Thursday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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Nebraska’s Nicklin Hames sets the ball during an NCAA Regional match against Oregon on Thursday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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Nebraska’s Ally Batenhorst celebrates during an NCAA Regional match against Oregon on Thursday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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Nebraska’s Nicklin Hames cheers on her teammates during an NCAA Regional match against Oregon on Thursday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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Nebraska’s Ally Batenhorst walks to the service line during an NCAA Regional match against Oregon on Thursday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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Nebraska head coach John Cook (left) speaks to a game official during an NCAA Regional match against Oregon on Thursday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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Nebraska’s Kenzie Knuckles watches her teammates warm up during an NCAA Regional match against Oregon on Thursday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky. Knuckles suffered a season-ending injury last month.

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Nebraska’s Nicklin Hames is shown during an NCAA Regional match against Oregon on Thursday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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Nebraska’s Lexi Rodriguez passes the ball during an NCAA Regional match against Oregon on Thursday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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Nebraska head coach John Cook watches as Nicklin Hames set a ball during an NCAA Regional match against Oregon on Thursday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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Nebraska’s Kaitlyn Hord blocks the ball during an NCAA Regional match against Oregon on Thursday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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Nebraska’s Ally Batenhorst goes up for a block during an NCAA Regional match against Oregon on Thursday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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Nebraska fans react after Oregon scores during an NCAA Regional match on Thursday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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Nebraska fans watch an NCAA Regional match against Oregon on Thursday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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Nebraska fans react as Oregon scores during the fifth set of an NCAA Regional match on Thursday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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Nebraska players celebrate winning the third set of an NCAA Regional match against Oregon on Dec. 8 at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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Nebraska head coach John Cook looks on during an NCAA Regional match against Oregon on Thursday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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Nebraska’s Lindsay Krause (left) and Kaitlyn Hord try to block the ball during an NCAA Regional match against Oregon on Thursday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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Oregon head coach Matt Ulmer (left) shakes the hand of Nebraska head coach John Cook before an NCAA Regional match Thursday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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Nebraska’s Madi Kubik gets ready for a serve during an NCAA Regional match against Oregon on Thursday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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Nebraska players celebrate scoring a point during an NCAA Regional match against Oregon on Thursday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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Nebraska’s Anni Evans (left) and Ally Batenhorst celebrate during an NCAA Regional match against Oregon on Thursday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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A Nebraska fan signals to the refs during an NCAA Regional match against Oregon on Thursday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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Nebraska’s Madi Kubik (right) hugs Kennedi Orr during the national anthem before an NCAA Regional match against Oregon on Thursday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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Nebraska’s Whitney Lauenstein (left) and Nicklin Hames run onto the court before an NCAA Regional match against Oregon on Thursday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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Nebraska head coach is shown during an NCAA Regional match against Oregon on Thursday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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Nebraska fans cheer during an NCAA Regional match against Oregon on Thursday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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Nebraska’s Lexi Rodriguez (left) celebrates after Ally Batenhorst got a kill during an NCAA Regional match against Oregon on Thursday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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Nebraska coach John Cook speaks with a game official during an NCAA Regional match against Oregon on Thursday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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Nebraska players react after Oregon scores a point during an NCAA Regional match  Thursday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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Nebraska’s Ally Batenhorst digs a ball during an NCAA Regional match against Oregon on Thursday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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Nebraska plays Oregon in an NCAA Regional match against Oregon on Thursday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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Nebraska’s Lexi Rodriguez digs the ball during an NCAA Regional match against Oregon on Thursday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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Nebraska’s Lexi Rodriguez (left) and Ally Batenhorst celebrate a point during an NCAA Regional match against Oregon on Thursday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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Nebraska’s Anni Evans sets the ball during an NCAA Regional match against Oregon on Thursday at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Ky.

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Reach the writer at 402-473-7435 or bwagner@journalstar.com. On Twitter @LJSSportsWagner.

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