LINCOLN, Neb. – The No. 3 Nebraska volleyball team tallied a season-high 16 blocks en route to a 25-18, 25-22, 25-9 sweep over No. 14 Penn State with 8,247 fans in attendance at the Bob Devaney Sports Center on Friday night.
The Huskers (15-1, 7-0 Big Ten) dominated at the net as they outblocked the Nittany Lions, 16-4, to win their eighth match in a row overall and their fifth straight match against Penn State. NU’s 16 blocks were their most in a match since 20 against Penn State on Nov. 2, 2018. It was also the most blocks surrendered by Penn State this season.
Kaitlyn Hord was phenomenal up front against her former team, tying her season high with nine blocks, while Whitney Lauenstein chipped in a career-best eight blocks to go with seven kills. Madi Kubik led all players with nine kills and had three blocks. Bekka Allick added six kills on .385 hitting with six blocks. Ally Batenhorst and Lindsay Krause finished with five and four kills, respectively.
Nebraska swung at a .208 clip, and held Penn State to a season-low .017 hitting percentage. Lexi Rodriguez had 16 digs to lead the Huskers’ back row once again.
Nicklin Hames returned to the lineup for the first time since Sept. 13 and had 20 assists eight digs. Anni Evans added six assists, and Kenzie Knuckles finished with seven digs.
Katie Clark paced…
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