Huskers Sweep Spartans for Cook’s 800th Career Win

LINCOLN, Neb. – The No. 3 Nebraska volleyball team opened up Big Ten Conference play with a 25-15, 25-19, 25-23 sweep of Michigan State in front of 8,282 fans on Friday night at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.

With the Nebraska victory, head coach John Cook celebrated his 800th career win. He became the 19th coach in NCAA Division I Volleyball history to reach 800 career wins and sixth active coach to do so. 

The Huskers (9-1, 1-0 B1G) trailed just twice in the match, falling behind early in the first and third sets. It marked their eighth sweep on the season, and their 13th straight win over the Spartans.

Nebraska hit .224 and held Michigan State to .170. The Huskers had advantages in kills (43-27), assists (39-25), digs (43-37) and committed five fewer service errors than MSU. The Spartans out-blocked the Huskers, 9-6. 

Madi Kubik paced Nebraska with 14 kills, her seventh double-digit effort on the season. Lindsay Krause notched six kills on .429 hitting. Bekka Allick, Kaitlyn Hord and Maggie Mendelson also tallied six kills and added two blocks apiece. Hord hit .455 for the Big Red, while Allick hit .308. 

Whitney Lauenstein recorded five kills with a pair of blocks to round out the Nebraska attack.

Anni Evans led the Husker attack with 18 assists. Kennedi Orr added 14 assists and eight digs. Lexi Rodriguez was all…