Huskers Travel to Northwestern – University of Nebraska

MATCH PREVIEW
• The fourth-ranked Nebraska volleyball team travels to play Northwestern on Sunday at 1 p.m. at Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston, Ill. Sunday’s match will have a B1G+ live stream. 
• The Huskers Radio Network will broadcast all the action on their radio affiliates, including 107.3 FM in Lincoln and AM 590 in Omaha. A live audio stream will be provided at Huskers.com and the Huskers app. John Baylor is in his 29th season doing play-by-play for the Husker volleyball program. Lauren (Cook) West, a former All-America setter for the Huskers, will provide color commentary.

NOTING THE HUSKERS

• At 20-2 overall and 12-1 in the Big Ten Conference, Nebraska is tied for the league lead with Ohio State and Wisconsin. 

• Nebraska is hitting .251 as a team and is holding opponents to .119 hitting, which leads the nation. The Huskers rank seventh nationally at 2.81 blocks per set. 

• In Big Ten matches only, Nebraska ranks first in opponent hitting percentage (.114), first in opponent kills allowed (10.71 per set) and first in opponent service aces allowed (0.55).

• Nebraska opened the season in a 5-1 system but has been in a 6-2 system since Sept. 1 against Loyola Marymount. Three setters have all been involved for the Huskers this season: Kennedi Orr (5.54 assists per set), Nicklin Hames (5.30 assists per set) and Anni Evans (4.58 assists per set). In 38 sets played as a setter, however, Hames leads the Big Red with 6.53 assists per set. She returned to the Husker lineup on Oct. 14 against Penn State after a one-month absence with an injury. 

• Hames, who is in her fifth season at NU, has 4,887 career assists and broke Fiona Nepo’s (1995-98) career assists school record on Oct. 22 at Illinois. Hames ranks fifth among active NCAA Division I setters in career assists. 

• Outside hitter Madi Kubik is averaging a team-high 3.19 kills per set and adds 2.29 digs per set. Kubik surpassed 1,000 career kills on Sept. 10 against Long Beach State, becoming the 24th Husker all-time to reach that mark. 

• Outside hitter Whitney Lauenstein is averaging 3.00 kills per set and has a team-high 23 service aces. Lauenstein had a career-high 25 kills on .385 hitting in a win at No. 17 Creighton on Sept. 7. It was the most kills by a Husker in a match since Mikaela Foecke had 27 kills in the NCAA…