LEXINGTON, Ky. – The No. 2 Nebraska volleyball team went on the road and picked up a 27-25, 25-20, 25-16 sweep of No. 13 Kentucky on Sunday at Memorial Coliseum for their second top-20 road win this season in as many tries.
The Huskers (8-1) trailed most of the first set before rallying to win late, took over the second set midway through and dominated from start to finish in the third set.
Whitney Lauenstein had 11 kills and hit .370 to go with three blocks. Madi Kubik had nine kills and nine digs. Both Lauenstein and Kubik served a pair of aces. Lindsay Krause added nine kills on .304 hitting. Bekka Allick provided five kills on .625 hitting with a team-best six blocks.
Kennedi Orr paced the Husker attack with 20 assists. Anni Evans chipped in 16. Kaitlyn Hord had five kills and four blocks in her hometwon, and Maggie Mendelson added four kills and three blocks.
Kentucky (5-4) entered the match with the No. 2 hitting percentage in the nation (.326), but hit just .141 against the Huskers. NU out-blocked the Wildcats, 10-3.
Lexi Rodriguez had a match-high 15 digs.
Reagan Rutherford had nine kills to lead UK.
Set 1: Kentucky separated from an 8-8 tie with a pair of aces after a Husker service error to go up 11-8. Lauenstein and Hord blasted kills to pull back two points, and after Kentucky hit long on back-to-back rallies, the score was tied 13-13. A block by Allick and Mendelson tied the score at 15-15, and the score…
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