LINCOLN, Neb. – The No. 6 Nebraska volleyball team picked up its sixth straight home sweep with a 25-22, 25-20, 25-11 sweep of No. 19 Purdue on Sunday in front of 8,248 fans at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.
Madi Kubik had a season-high 17 kills and hit .311 with 11 digs to lift the Huskers (24-3, 16-2 Big Ten). Lindsay Krause and Ally Batenhorst each added seven kills. Nebraska hit .192 for the match and held Purdue to a season-low .016 hitting percentage. The Huskers have now won 20 consecutive sets at the Devaney Center.
Nicklin Hames had 22 assists and six digs and became the first Nebraska setter to eclipse 5,000 career kills. Kennedi Orr had 13 assists and four digs. Lexi Rodriguez led all players with 17 digs, and Kenzie Knuckles had a season-best 14 digs, as the Huskers had a 63-53 edge in that category.
Nebraska had 12 more kills (40-28) and outblocked Purdue, 9-8.5. Kaitlyn Hord and Bekka Allick both had four blocks.
Maddy Chinn had seven kills for the Boilermakers (19-9, 10-8 Big Ten).
At 16-2, the Huskers are alone in second place in the Big Ten standings with two matches remaining. Wisconsin leads the league at 17-1. Ohio State suffered a loss at home to Indiana on Sunday afternoon to fall to 15-3 in conference play. The Huskers host the Badgers in a pivotal match on Friday at 7 p.m. Nebraska controls its own destiny,…
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