PISCATAWAY, N.J. – The No. 3 Nebraska volleyball team started off strong from the service line and never looked back in a 25-13, 25-7, 25-15 win at Rutgers in front of 1,226 fans at Jersey Mike’s Arena on Friday night.
Nebraska (11-1, 3-0 Big Ten) got three aces from Lexi Rodriguez in the match’s first eight rallies, and the Huskers went on to post a season-high 12 aces with just eight errors as they cruised past the Scarlet Knights. It was the Huskers’ 12th straight win over the Scarlet Knights dating back to 1978.
The Huskers hit a season-high .405 and held Rutgers to -.012, the first time the Huskers have held a Big Ten foe to a negative hitting percentage since Nov. 6, 2019 (Northwestern).
Whitney Lauenstein had 11 kills on .391 hitting, and Madi Kubik had nine kills on .562 hitting with two blocks. Kaitlyn Hord had six kills on eight swings (.750) with three blocks. Bekka Allick (six), Lindsay Krause (five), Maggie Mendelson (four) and Ally Batenhorst (one) all chipped in kills as well.
Kennedi Orr had a match-high 17 assists with nine digs. Anni Evans added 11 assists and four digs.
Rodriguez finished the match with her three aces to go with nine digs and six assists. Orr had a career-high three aces, and and Allick and Kubik each had two. Kenzie Knuckles and Lauenstein both had one.
Nebraska more than doubled Rutgers in kills (42-17) and had the edge in digs (40-28) and blocks (4-2). While the Huskers finished with 12 aces…
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