MADISON, Wis. – The Nebraska volleyball team’s 11-match win streak came to an end after a 25-23, 25-23, 25-18 loss at No. 5 Wisconsin on Wednesday night in front of 7,229 at the UW Field House.
The top-ranked Huskers (18-2, 10-1 Big Ten) fell for the first time since Sept. 13. Bekka Allick had a career-high 13 kills and hit .647 to lead the Huskers in the match. Whitney Lauenstein had seven kills, and Madi Kubik chipped in seven kills. Ally Batenhorst had four kills to go with five blocks. Kaitlyn Hord had three kills and seven blocks, and Lindsay Krause also had three kills.
Wisconsin (16-3, 10-1 Big Ten) outhit Nebraska .205 to .164. Wisconsin had the edge in kills (44-37), aces (6-1) and digs (52-46). Blocks were even at 9-9.
Nicklin Hamed had 15 assists and 14 digs for her second straight double-double. Lexi Rodriguez had 12 digs. Anni Evans added 12 assists.
Sarah Franklin had 21 kills on .381 hitting to pace the Badgers. Devyn Robinson recorded nine kills and six blocks.
Set 1: Nebraska jumped out to a 7-3 lead with three early kills by Lauenstein, but Wisconsin put together a 9-3 run to go ahead 12-10. Krause earned a sideout for the Huskers with a kill and a Badger error tied it 12-12. However, the Badgers scored the next three points as the Huskers struggled in serve receive to go up 15-12. The Huskers cut it to one at 15-14, but three Wisconsin kills had the Badgers back up by four, 18-14. Wisconsin led 20-16 when…
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