• The Nebraska volleyball team will look to rebound from its first loss of the season as it heads to No. 13 Kentucky on Sunday for a 2 p.m. (CT) match.
• Saturday’s match will be televised nationally on ESPN2 and can be streamed at WatchESPN.com.
• The Huskers Radio Network will broadcast all the action on their radio affiliates, including 107.3 FM in Lincoln and AM 590 in Omaha. A live audio stream will be provided at Huskers.com and the Huskers app. John Baylor is in his 29th season doing play-by-play for the Husker volleyball program. Lauren (Cook) West, a former All-America setter for the Huskers, will provide color commentary.
NOTING THE HUSKERS
• The Huskers won seven matches in a row to start the season before falling to No. 9 Stanford at home on Tuesday, 3-1. The two teams combined for 37 service errors, the most combined service errors by the Huskers and their opponent in the rally-scoring era (2001-present).
• The Huskers are hitting .260 as a team and are holding their opponents to .125 hitting, which ranks sixth nationally.
• Nebraska ranks 16th nationally in kills per set at 14.04.
• Outside hitter Whitney Lauenstein is averaging a team-high 3.59 kills per set with a team-leading .319 hitting percentage to go with 1.04 blocks per set. Lauenstein had a career-high 25 kills on .385 hitting in a win at No. 17 Creighton on Sept. 7. It was the most kills by a Husker in a match since Mikaela Foecke had 27 kills in the NCAA Championship match against Stanford in 2018.
• Outside hitter Madi Kubik is averaging 3.41 kills per set and 2.37 digs per set. Kubik surpassed 1,000 career kills on Sept. 10 against Long Beach State, becoming the 24th Husker all-time to reach that mark.
• Middle blocker Kaitlyn Hord is averaging 1.41 kills and a team-best 1.52 blocks per set, which ranks 12th nationally. Hord ranks among the NCAA active career leaders in three categories. Entering the week, the Penn State grad transfer ranks No. 2 among active NCAA Division I players in career blocks (558), blocks per set (1.32) and is No. 3 in career hitting percentage (.405).
• Lindsay Krause had a career-high 16 kills in the victory over Creighton on Sept. 7 and averages 2.25 kills per set for the Big Red.
• Senior Nicklin Hames has been the leading setter for the Husker attack since…
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