Career and 2002 Season Highs
Kills: None
Attacks: 2 vs. Tennessee-Martin, 12/6/02
Aces: 3 vs. Miami, 12/13/02
Assists: 4 vs. Alabama, 9/14/02
Solo Blocks: None
Block Assists: None
Digs: 5 vs. Arizona State, 12/7/02

2002 Big 12 Statistical Rankings
All Matches
Service Aces per Game: t7th, 0.35

2003: Outlook
After waiting patiently behind All-American setter Greichaly Cepero for the past two seasons, redshirt sophomore Michelle Lynch will become the Huskers? floor general in 2003.

NU Coach John Cook said Lynch sets a "hitter?s ball" and has the talent to become the next in a long line of great Husker setters. Lynch stands 5-foot-11, three inches shorter than Cepero, but is a gifted attacker and has an advantage at the net because she is left handed, Cook said.

Lynch is also one of the Huskers? best at the service line. In 2002, she tallied 21 service aces in 60 games with her jump serve, the highest per-game average on the team.

2002: Freshman Season
Lynch saw time at setter behind Cepero, but found a way onto the court with her serve and played in 60 games as a serving specialist. Lynch was Nebraska?s most effective server in the NCAA Tournament. A left-handed jump server, Lynch posted two aces against Tennessee-Martin Dec. 6, two against Arizona State Dec. 7, and three against Miami Dec. 13 in the regional semifinal. She finished the season with 21 service aces and 20 digs. Lynch?s 0.35 service aces-per-game average tied for seventh in the Big 12 Conference.

Lynch emerged as one of the best servers on the team in September. She made her collegiate debut against No. 1 USC Sept. 2 and was the Huskers? top threat at the service line with two aces.

Lynch went on to notch a service ace in six of her next nine matches and tallied two each against Pepperdine, Alabama and Michigan. However, during the last we