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Volleyball Another ho-hum sweep for Nebraska as Huskers roll over Indiana

LINCOLN, Neb. - The No. 2 Nebraska volleyball team picked up its 40th straight home win with a 25-12, 25-17, 25-19 sweep of Indiana in front of a crowd of 8,727 at the Bob Devaney Sports Center on Saturday night.

Harper Murray had 10 kills, eight digs, a pair of blocks and an ace to lead the Huskers (26-1, 16-0 B1G) to their 23rd win in a row. Merritt Beason and Andi Jackson each had eight kills, with Jackson hitting .636. Rebekah Allick posted five kills and hit .455 with five blocks, and Taylor Landfair chipped in five kills. Leyla Blackwell and Lindsay Krause had four and three kills, respectively, in the third set.

Bergen Reilly had 35 assists, seven digs, three blocks and two kills, as the Huskers hit .324 in the match.

Lexi Rodriguez had a match-high 15 digs to help Nebraska hold Indiana (12-14, 5-11 B1G) to a .056 hitting percentage.

Nebraska had three aces and five service errors, while Indiana had one ace and five service errors. Kennedi Orr had a team-high 17 serve attempts, including serving a 12-0 run in the first set.

The Huskers had more kills (45-29), digs (49-43) and blocks (6-4).

Set 1: Trailing 6-5, Nebraska went on a 12-0 run with Orr serving to take a 17-6 lead. Landfair had three kills, while Allick and Reilly combined for three blocks. Two kills by Beason and one each by Allick and Murray made it 23-9, and kills by Jackson and Murray finished off a 25-12 victory. NU held Indiana to -.091 hitting in the opening set.

Set 2: The Huskers took the early lead with a 6-1 spurt that made it 10-5. Murray had a kill and an ace in that stretch. NU led 12-7 when Indiana scored a 5-0 run to tie the score at 12-12. But Beason answered with three kills and Murray added one to reclaim a 16-12 lead for the Huskers. Jackson and Murray tallied three kills to get to 21-15, and a block by Landfair and Jackson made it 23-15. A Jackson kill earned set point, and Allick put the set away, 25-17.

Set 3: Krause got NU on the board with a kill, and a 5-0 run keyed by two Murray kills and one from Jackson put NU ahead 10-5. The Huskers led 15-8 at the media timeout after kills by Jackson, Blackwell and Murray. Krause recorded a pair of kills to take the Huskers to match point at 24-18, and the Huskers won 25-19.

Up Next: Nebraska visits the Iowa Hawkeyes next Wednesday at 6 p.m.

Volleyball Game Thread ***LIVE THREAD: #2 Nebraska vs. Indiana

In the midst of everything else going on in LA ... the Huskers' volleyball conglomerate is taking on Indiana tonight seeking its 23rd consecutive win. Match is set to start any minute now.

Matchup: #2 Nebraska (25-1 overall, 15-0 Big Ten) vs. Indiana (12-13, 5-10)
Start time: 7:30 p.m. CT
TV: Big Ten Network
Streaming: Fox Sports App
Radio: Huskers Radio Network (LINK)

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Raiola

We would be 7-1 right now if Raiola had not overthrown wide open receivers in the end zone against Illinois and OSU. Complain all you want about other issues, but we really would be 7-1 had he made those passes. He has also overthrown open receivers on long passes which were not in the end zone. It only underscores that he is talented but still a work in progress. He has been very good but certainly not a freshman phenom. I think Adrian Martinez had a better freshman year than Raiola is having.

Patience.

Football WATCH: Nebraska postgame press conference after 28-20 loss at USC

Did not get postgame presser video of Rhule (most important to get...sucks, I know)

Did get video of the three players who spoke: Dylan Raiola, Emmett Johnson, Ceyair Wright

I wish I didn’t call it!

My USC Prediction…

I think it will be a close loss like against Ohio State. The team has never risen to the occasion and no reason to think they do it this week.

USC 27
Huskers 21

Anyways…
Next Week We play a team we haven’t beaten since 2011. I give us a 40% chance to win. I give the edge to Wisconsin because even though they are not same Wisconsin with Fickell they have an infinite better chance at finding ways to win a game than we do.

Against Iowa, if a miracle occurs and we beat Wisconsin then we have a 20% chance to win. If we lose to Wisconsin, the pressure will be too much and I give us zero chance at winning.

Keep recruiting Football players and PURGE!!
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