Volleyball GAME STORY: Huskers, now-unanimous No. 1 ranking in tow, pull out a dogfight to move to 24-0 for best record since '06 title team

[antone_88]

Would have been really interesting if we had dropped that 1st set. Thankfully, they did just enough to survive that set. Survive and win as it wasn’t pretty.

 

[Zack Carpenter]

FINAL
Nebraska wins in four: 28-26, 24-26, 25-11, 25-20

As unpretty as unpretty gets. But the No. 1 Huskers remain unbeaten at 24-0 and 15-0 in the Big Ten. After getting run off their own floor by Nebraska in a sweep three weeks ago in Evanston, the 'Cats came to scrap. But Nebraska takes the game for its 16th straight win over the Wildcats (11-14, 5-10).

The Huskers have now surpassed the 2006 national championship team with a 24-0 start to the season. Next challenge, eventually, will be matching the 2005 runners-up, who started that season 28-0.

Merritt Beason came out of the gate firing, but she cooled off to finish with 13 kills on .189 hitting with 10 digs. Harper Murray had 13 kills and 7 digs, Bekka Allick (11) and Ally Batenhorst (10) hit double figures in kills as well.

 

[nscottie]

Very sloppy and uninspired play allowing a terrible NW team to play way above their heads.

We played down to the competition

 

[pipeline]

It's a young team and we're undefeated. I'll take it. Bergan had an off night, it happens.

 

[pipeline]

Off night considering what she's done this year which is pretty remarkable.

 

[singlet]

Nebraska ahead 9-4 in Set 2

Beason: 8 kills on .500 hitting
Allick: 5 kills on 6 swings
Murray: 5 kills and 4 errors

That was a VIOLENT finish. Love it.

 

[BigCL24]

We get everyone's best game.

this is the absolute truth - like how it was for the FB team in the mid 90's - but this Husker team keeps pushing forward and finds ways to win against any and all opponents/styles/road/home/etc. - special couple of years ahead for Coach Cook and this program