Ben Sasse: “I thank my senior Senator for leading us in this resolution. Nebraska volleyball continues to dominate. If there is any…”

“I thank my senior Senator for leading us in this resolution. Nebraska volleyball continues to dominate. If there is any debate about the best volleyball State in the Union, there should be no more. Nebraska has proved, yet again, we have the best team, the best coaching staff, and indisputably the best fans in the country. Two years ago, this team won the national championship at home in Omaha, setting records with the crowds that attended the games there, and last week in Kansas City, we set another alltime record with the most watched championship volleyball game ever at 18,516 fans, including my 6-year old who stayed awake at nearly 11 p.m. as we were finishing, and he was deciding to watch it upside down, hanging over the seats from the upper decks at the arena in Kansas City. So I proudly join the senior Senator and Husker nation in congratulating these young women, saying ``Go Big Red'' on behalf of all 1.9 million Nebraskans. Just two stats of note. First, in the earlier round at the final four, Nebraska beat Penn State. Those are the two winningest teams in the history of volleyball. Nebraska has the most wins at 1,308. Penn State has the greatest winning percentage. We have now won five championships in 22 years, as well as three runner-up, second-place finishes in the last 30 years. Coach Cook, as Senator Fischer mentioned, has won four championships at Nebraska over the last 17 years.…”