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The NCAA volleyball Sweet 16 started at noon ET on Friday and ended early Saturday morning. After more than 12 hours of fierce competition, the top four seeds (and regional hosts) are still alive -- but three of them had to survive major scares.No. 1 Nebraska rallied from a 2-0 hole and two match points down to win in five sets in Lincoln over Penn State. In Madison, No. 3 Wisconsin came back against Ohio State from a 2-1 hole for a five-set win in another all-Big Ten matchup.No. 4 Texas went from nearly sweeping BYU to almost getting eliminated. But the Longhorns survived a furious rally from the Cougars to win in five in Austin. By contrast, No. 2 Minnesota had it easier, needing four sets to get past Missouri in Minneapolis.Now we spin it forward with a look at Saturdays regional finals. And, yes, there is still one unseeded team alive: Creighton, which will play in its first Elite Eight match in program history.Lincoln regional: No. 1 Nebraska vs. No. 8 Washington, 4 p.m. ET, ESPNU/WatchESPNTheir semifinals couldnt have been more different. The defending champion Huskers expended so much emotion in their five-setter with Penn State, while the Huskies efficiently swept Arizona.Now comes a very familiar NCAA matchup: Nebraska and Washington have met six previous times in the postseason, all since 2005. The Huskers are 4-2, and the teams will meet in the regional final for the second year in a row. Last season, Nebraska won 3-1.The Huskers and Huskies were the regular-season champions of the two top conferences, the Big Ten and the Pac-12. Nebraska has won four NCAA titles, Washington one.Its going to be special, Washington coach Keegan Cook said. It doesnt mean we have to be heroes and play beyond ourselves. The Huskers are outstanding, but were not too shabby ourselves.Penn State coach Russ Rose said he thought the Nebraska crowd was a factor energywise in his teams loss. Crissy Jones, one of three Washington players with 11 kills Friday, said the Huskies are prepared for that.We play in front of big crowds at home, and that helps, Jones said. What we try to do is stay connected as a team and try to communicate through it.Madison regional: No. 3 Wisconsin vs. No. 6 Stanford, 6 p.m. ET, ESPNU/WatchESPNBehind 22 kills and 14 digs from freshman Molly Haggerty, the Badgers (28-4) outlasted Big Ten rival Ohio State 3-2 to advance. They will meet Stanford (24-7), which overcame gritty Florida State 3-1 to advance.The Seminoles (26-6), who upset Florida to reach the Sweet 16, nearly forced a fifth set but fell 25-23 in the fourth.The Buckeyes (22-13) won the second set and squeaked out a 31-29 third set but were unable to pull the upset that would have put them a win away from playing in the Final Four on their home floor.Senior Lauren Carlini tied her career high with 62 assists and 16 digs for the Badgers, who rallied from a 19-14 deficit in the fourth set to force a decisive fifth that they won 15-13.Stanford is 2-0 against Wisconsin, but the teams havent played since 2004, when the Cardinal won a regional final en route to their sixth -- and most recent -- NCAA title.Saturdays match will pit Big Ten Freshman of the Year Haggerty against Pac-12 Freshman of the Year Kathryn Plummer.Austin regional: No. 4 Texas vs. Creighton, 8 p.m. ET, ESPNU/WatchESPNThe Longhorns and Bluejays advanced to the regional final after each prevailed in a five-set thriller at Gregory Gymnasium. Texas is in its 11th regional final after surviving BYU, and Creighton is in its first after knocking out No. 12 Michigan.The teams have never played each other.The Bluejays (29-6) have gone the distance in all three of their NCAA tournament matches, eliminating Northern Iowa and No. 5 seed Kansas in addition to the sixth-place team from the Big Ten. Creighton has won 23 straight since losing to Nebraska 3-1 on Sept. 17.Sophomore Jaali Winters finished with 21 kills and 25 digs for the Bluejays.Texas (25-4) overcame two match points in the final set to seal the victory over 13th-seeded BYU (29-4). The Cougars themselves had rallied from two sets and two match points down.Its nice to be around a group of people that never for a second thought that we were going to lose, even though most people would believe that if youre down 12-7, you cant come back from that, said Longhorns junior Ebony Nwanebu, who posted 19 kills. Coming back from that and with all these girls, its my dream team.Texas got a career-high 70 assists from senior Chloe Collins, plus 24 kills and 20 digs from freshman Micaya White. The Longhorns have won 32 straight NCAA tournament matches inside Gregory Gym.Minneapolis regional: No. 2 Minnesota vs. No. 10 UCLA, 10 p.m. ET, ESPNU/WatchESPNThe Gophers didnt win the Big Ten, finishing a game behind Nebraska. Yet by the end of the regular season, Minnesota looked like it actually might be the best team in the country. The Gophers beat the Huskers in five sets on Nov. 23, part of Minnesotas current 13-match winning streak.Nebraska still got the top seed in the NCAA tournament, although Minnesota is actually ranked first in the AVCA poll, with the Huskers second. 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Rory Best admits reaching 100 caps could rank as the top achievement of his glittering Ireland career.Best will become Irelands fifth centurion in Saturdays autumn Test clash with Australia in Dublin, joining Brian ODriscoll, Paul OConnell, Ronan OGara and John Hayes in the exclusive set.The evergreen 34-year-old Ireland captain has no intentions of easing up, but conceded that hitting triple figures in Test caps is a milestone he never expected.I think its probably safe enough to say I didnt ever anticipate this, said Ireland captain Best. When you get your first cap for Ireland its like a dream come true and all you want to do is get the next one.After that every time you get picked you feel incredibly lucky. Then you tick quite close to 50 and you think imagine getting to 50. But now to be on the verge of 100 caps, its quite difficult to believe.I think it will probably be more important whenever I eventually do retire, which will hopefully be a while, and you sit back and look at everything youve achieved.But when I do look back this will rank up there as one of, if not the best achievements Ive had in the game. I feel Im playing well. Theres a lot made of turning 30, everyone then says youre done. But for me age is just a number.When youve never been overly fast and you lose a little bit of pace as you get older, hopefully it doesnt matter. Hopefully you make it up in your head.I dont see that Im playing any worse than I ever did, so I feel fit, happy with my game and the big thing for me is Im really enjoying it at the minute.Ireland now have the chance to become the first northern hemisphere team since England in 2003 to beat the southerrn hemispheres big three in a calendar year.ddddddddddddSir Clive Woodwards World Cup winners saw off South Africa and Australia en route to landing the William Webb Ellis Cup in Sydney in 2003.England had beaten New Zealand in Wellington earlier that year, in a feat that has yet to be repeated by a Test side from the north.Irelands superlative 40-29 win over New Zealand in Chicago on November 5 now sets up the chance for a rare clean sweep, following the 26-20 victory over South Africa in June.Australia have won four matches on the spin however, and arrive in Dublin on their best run of form since their seven-Test winning sequence that carried them to the World Cup final.Best will keep himself calm and collected from all the building clamour by sticking to his tried and tested routines.The gritty farmers son from Banbridge will seek out his shorts and socks from Irelands kit room for the 100th time on Friday night - then take any small moment to himself to reinforce his own role.I have a fairly set routine, Ill go and get the shorts and socks and that probably includes watching Conor Murray, Simon Zebo and Pete OMahony destroy the bag mans room, John Moore, said Best.Then its just trying to get as much sleep as you can, then probably sleep a little more tomorrow. Then when you get little moments you have to think about the game and try to rehearse your role within that, rehearse the lineouts and things.I have a set routine and Ill definitely more so than any other week Ill try to stick to it over the next 24 hours. ' ' '