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Volleyball Efficient Huskers sweep Shockers

Game story press release:

The No. 5 Nebraska volleyball team swept the Wichita State Shockers, 25-13, 25-12, 25-12 on Saturday afternoon in front of a crowd of 8,541 at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.

As a team, the Huskers (8-1) hit .477, their best hitting percentage since Sept. 15, 2018. NU also held the Shockers (3-6) to .096. The Big Red had a 50-27 advantage in kills and a 3-1 edge in service aces. NU sided out at a 78.9 percent clip.

Harper Murray recorded a match-high 14 kills on a career-high .542 hitting percentage, along with 11 digs for her second double-double of the season. Andi Jackson had 10 kills (.600) and three blocks, while Merritt Beason added 10 kills (.471). Taylor Landfair had a season-high nine kills (.412) and added three blocks. Leyla Blackwell totaled four kills (.375) and three blocks.

Bergen Reilly registered 35 assists and 10 digs for her seventh double-double of the season. Lexi Rodriguez notched eight digs, and Olivia Mauch added six.

Emerson Wilford led Wichita State with 12 kills and four blocks.

Set 1: The Huskers took a 6-1 lead, and Landfair was responsible for three of those points, tallying two kills and an assisted block with Blackwell. Landfair and Murray notched a kill apiece to put NU ahead 12-6. The Big Red used a 5-0 run, sparked by Kennedi Orr at the service line, to stretch the lead to 17-8. Jackson’s second kill and a solo block from Murray made the score 22-12, and a Reilly setter dump put Nebraska at set point. A Murray ace closed out NU’s set win, 25-13.

Set 2: Beason and Blackwell each registered two kills to help put the Huskers ahead 6-1. Beason then posted a kill and an ace, and Reilly added a kill to make the advantage 11-4. The Big Red went on a 4-0 run, powered by two Landfair kills and a Landfair/Blackwell block to make the score 19-7. NU closed the set on a 4-0 run to win 25-12 with a kill by Murray and an ace by Beason. The Huskers hit .533 in the set.

Set 3: The third set started off back and forth, before Murray and Reilly each recorded a kill to give NU the 9-5 lead. Kills by Beason and Murray made the score at 13-9. Beason and Jackson combined for two straight blocks and Jackson put down two kills as part of a 8-0 run that put the Huskers up 21-10. Jackson’s ninth kill gave Nebraska set point, and her 10th closed out the set 25-12, and the match, 3-0.

Up Next: The Huskers will take on No. 2 Stanford on Wednesday, Sept. 18 at 7 p.m. (CT) at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. The match will be televised on the Big Ten Network and can be heard across the Huskers Radio Network.
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Football ***Guess the Score Contest: Nebraska-UNI

Bring 'em out again!

As always, tell us yore score prediction below for a chance to win a one-year or one-month subscription.

Free year = Pick the correct winner + the exact final score
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Last week: No winner from the NEB-CU game. All but one person who picked NEB as the winner went *over* on the prediction of the winning NEB score (28), but that person also went *over* on the Colorado final score (prediction: NEB 21, CU 20; actual score: NEB 28, CU 10)

Disclaimer: First submission is the one that will be counted if there are duplicate scores. Max subscription prize per person is one year.

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>> Our friends at BetMGM do not have a line for this game since it's against an FCS opponent. I've only seen a couple places where they have odds on the game. At the time we made our own final score predictions, the spread was NEB -27.5 and 48.5 O/U ... the spread is now NEB -32.5 and 47.5 O/U at those same sportsbooks.

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This year's winners:
UTEP:
@Huskerpanther
>> Prediction: NEB 34, UTEP 7
>> Actual score: Nebraska 40, UTEP 7


Colorado: NONE
>> Actual score: Nebraska 28, Colorado 10

Football Nebraska vs Northern Iowa final score predictions plus CFB Week 3 picks

Score predictions and CFB Week 3 picks against the spread. I crushed it on the upset moneyline picks last week. I only went 6-4 but went 4-0 with those ML upsets. Going back for more this week...

How talented is Nebraska's Volleyball team?

Three players transferred out this offseason, because they weren't going to get to play.

Two of them, Mendelson and Jurevicius, start for the number 3 team in the country, Penn St. The third one, Batenhorst, starts for the number 23 team in the country, USC.

Two players transferred in and can't crack the lineup, Landfair who was the star of the number 19 team, Minnesota was also B1G player of the year 2 seasons ago, The other Blackwell was 3 time All-WCC First Team.

Landfair would start at about every other team but 1 or 2, Blackwell would start at all but a handful of teams. Our DSs, Choboy and Mauch, would be starting at Libero for anybody but maybe 10-15 teams.

Oh and Sigler a 2025 recruit just moved up to the number 1 recruit in the 2025 class.

Only one team comes close to the talent that Cook has gathered, Texas. While I don't think it's fair to say anything less than a title would be a disappointment, but anything less than a conference championship and a return to the Final Four would be a disappointment.

The acquisition of talent is just way over the top.
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