LINCOLN, Neb. – The No. 5 Nebraska volleyball team fell 3-1 (21-25, 25-21, 21-25, 19-25) to No. 3 Wisconsin on Friday night in front of 8,255 at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.
The Huskers fell to 24-4 overall and 16-3 in the Big Ten, while Wisconsin improved to 24-3 overall and 18-1 in the Big Ten. The Badgers clinched the outright Big Ten championship with the win.
Kaitlyn Hord had a season-high 13 kills and hit .500 for the Huskers to go with four blocks. Lindsay Krause had 12 kills on .370 hitting, while Ally Batenhorst contributed 10 kills. Bekka Allick had nine kills to go with a match-high six blocks.
The Badgers hit better than the Huskers (.235 to .200) and had two more kills (57-55). Wisconsin also served two more aces and committed one fewer service error. Blocks were even at 10-10, while the Huskers had a 66-62 edge in digs.
Nicklin Hames and Kennedi Orr had 25 and 17 assists, respectively. Lexi Rodriguez had a match-high 17 digs.
Devyn Robinson had 16 kills and hit .323, while Sarah Franklin had 12 kills for Wisconsin.
Set 1: A slow start put the Huskers in a 4-0 hole to begin the set. Wisconsin built the lead to seven, 12-5, but back-to-back kills by Batenhorst cut it to five, 13-8. But the Badgers built the lead to 22-13 after a 9-5 spurt. Hord then started a 5-0 Husker run with a kill. Batenhorst had two kills…
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