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LINCOLN, Neb. -- Sometimes athletes will say they get more nervous when theyre watching a replay of a dramatic victory. Because away from the actual heat of competition, they more fully realize just how easily it could have gone the other way.That might be the case for Nebraskas volleyball players whenever they watch their NCAA tournament match Friday against Penn State. When they see just how far over the precipice their season seemed to be before they somehow reeled it back.They had a sense, actually, that it might be over. But for virtually everyone watching, it pretty much was over. Except then, amazingly, it wasnt.And after a 3-2 victory over Penn State in the NCAA regional semifinals, the top-seeded Huskers almost looked as if they couldnt quite believe what theyd just pulled off.With four NCAA titles, Nebraska has done a great deal in this sport. But one thing the Huskers havent done is win back-to-back NCAA championships. And it looked as if that dream was going to end for this year -- along with the careers of some outstanding seniors -- at the hands of Big Ten rival Penn State.The Huskers were all but beaten: down 2-0 in sets and facing two match points in the third set. The Nittany Lions needed one swing to finish them off.Well, Im not going to lie, Huskers senior Amber Rolfzen said, Its not that I didnt have confidence, but I was like, This might be it. So just give it our all.She got the kill to erase one match point. Then she and setter Kelly Hunter -- who was also a high school teammate of twins Amber and Kadie Rolfzen -- got a block to even the set 24-24. Hunter said it was Amber who got a hand on Simone Lees attack.My left, a smiling Rolfzen said of the hand that saved the Huskers season. Its just one of those things that ... if you lose the point, youre done. You go all-out and give your best effort.Simone was their big go-to, and I just knew they were going to set her, so I made a big explosive move and took away her shot. And we just ... won from there.OK, but it wasnt that easy. Mikaela Foecke, who was last years most outstanding player in the final four when Nebraska beat Texas for the title, wasnt having a great day attacking Friday.But she got the two kills that gave the Huskers a 26-24 victory in the third set. Then, the sold-out crowd at the Devaney Center -- the place was packed despite an 11 a.m. start on a weekday -- breathed a sigh of relief that the Huskers were still alive.But still far from being victors. That would take two more sets and more of the just-focus-on-this-point mentality from Nebraska. The Huskers won the fourth set 25-19 and took all the momentum into the fifth set, winning that one 15-6.If somebody would have said youre going to have match point in the air with your best kid taking a swing to win 3-0, Id have taken it, Penn State coach Russ Rose said. We had it; we didnt close the deal, and we lost a lot of our energy after that. A couple of kids ran out of gas. The benefit of playing at home is what you saw there.Indeed, the 8,240 mostly red-clad fans were about as loud as Nebraska coach John Cook said hes ever heard them, and their energy helped revive the Huskers. But it came down to Nebraska making huge plays at crucial moments when anything less meant they were done in this tournament.Briana Holman, a transfer from LSU playing her first season at Nebraska, led the way in kills with 17, and she also had two block solos and five block assists. Amber Rolfzen had 15 kills and four block assists, while Kadie Rolfzen had 14 kills.Afterward, Cook -- who has coached some amazing matches in his 17 seasons with the Huskers -- acknowledged even he was a little in awe of what his team had just done against a gutsy Penn State team. The Nittany Lions have won seven NCAA titles -- the most all time -- and even if this was a so-called down season for them as the No. 16 seed overall, they were still a formidable foe. One that fell a point short of a huge upset.I was trying to enjoy the moment, Cook said, because that was a great match. New York Mets Shirts .R. Smith realized how easily basketball can be taken from him, and he wasnt going to take his place in the NBA for granted anymore. New York Mets Pro Shop . The catch: It needs a lot of money, and it needs it fast. https://www.cheapmetsjerseys.us/ . 9. Price, heading to the 2014 Olympics for Canada, was named the First Star after posting wins in three starts with a 1.00 goals-against average and a .971 save percentage. Custom New York Mets Jerseys .Y. -- Injured Buffalo Sabres forward Marcus Foligno did not practice with the team Monday and head coach Ron Rolston said its unlikely hell play in Wednesdays season opener in Detroit. Wholesale Mets Jerseys . "I wrote 36 on my sheet at the beginning of the game," the Cincinnati coach said, referring the yard line the ball would need to be snapped from.Claudio Ranieri could include January signing Daniel Amartey for the first time when Leicester City travel to Manchester City for their top-of-the-table clash on Saturday. Amartey is yet to make the squad since his arrival two weeks ago, having last played a competitive game for former club FC Copenhagen at the start of December because of the winter break.His fitness will be assessed by Leicester boss Ranieri before the game, as the league leaders prepare for a stiff test of their title credentials at the Etihad Stadium. Leicester are currently three points clear at the top of the table City are tough to beat at home, having dropped just eight points at the Etihad all season, and Pellegrinis side have kept four clean sheets in their last five league games.Victory over the Foxes on Saturday afternoon would put City level on points at the top with 13 games to go, but Ranieris side saw off Liverpool on Tuesday and have not lost in the league since Boxing Day. Team newsEliaquim Mangala (hamstring), Kevin de Bruyne (knee/ankle), Wilfried Bony (shin), Jesus Navas (hamstring) and Samir Nasri (thigh) are all sidelined, as is Vincent Kompany (calf), but Pellegrini hopes the defender will be back with the squad next week. Manuel Pellegrini hopes Vincent Kompany will return in a weeks time Amartey could make his debut if he proves his fitness, and the versatility he offers would be a welcome bonus for Ranieri - he was signed mainly as a central midfielder but can also play at centre-back and right-back.Only Matty James (knee) and Jeff Schlupp (hamstring) will definitely be absent for Leicester. Ranieri says the others when asked who will finish top of the Premier League table Opta statsCity have won 16 of the last 19 Premier League games at the Etihad (W16 D1 L2), while Leicester have failed to score in the last three top-flight games against Pellegrinis side.ddddddddddddOnly one team (Everton on 13th January 2016) have stopped City from scoring in the last 27 competitive matches at the Etihad .Leicester have lost just one of their last 15 away league games (W9 D5 L1).Sergio Aguero has scored 12 goals in his last 10 Premier League appearances for Manchester City. Sergio Aguero has been in good form for Manchester City On the day of this game, Leicester will have spent 47 days on top of the league in 2015-16; only their opponents have spent longer in first place this season (100 days).City have won the most points at home this season in the Premier League (28), while Leicester have won the most away from home (25).Without Jamie Vardys 18 goals in the Premier League this season, Leicester City would be 18 points worse off.Mersons predictionI fancy Man City here but they will play right into Leicesters hands. Theyll have a go and Vardys pace will be too quick for the City defence. Aguero is just on fire, though, so Im going to go for City as I think theyll have too much.PAUL PREDICTS: 3-1 Manchester City can move joint top of the table with three points on Saturday BettingPremier League title favourites City are Sky Bets 4/7 favourites ahead of their clash with leaders Leicester City (9/2). The sides shared a goalless draw when they met at the King Power Stadium in December and its 14/1 for a repeat of that outcome or 16/5 for a draw of any kind.The hosts are unbeaten in their last seven top-flight matches and can be backed at 15/8 to win with both teams scoring, while the Foxes have kept clean sheets in five of their last six league matches and are 11/8 to win or draw in the Double Chance market. Jamie Vardy scored twice against Liverpool on Tuesday Aguero has scored nine goals in eight appearances at the Etihad and is 11/4 to open the scoring and 4/7 to net anytime with Vardy a 15/8 shot to score anytime.Check out tips from our Sky Sports pundits Jamie Redknapp, Charlie Nicholas, Phil Thompson and Matt Le Tissier here. ' ' '