LINCOLN, Neb. – The No. 3 Nebraska volleyball team took care of business with a 25-23, 25-16, 25-18 sweep of Northwestern on Sunday at the Bob Devaney Sports Center in front of a crowd of 8,175.
The Huskers (16-1, 8-0 Big Ten) won their ninth match in a row and fourth by sweep, while Northwestern fell to 13-7 (2-6 Big Ten).
Nebraska used a balanced attack with five players recording at least six kills. Bekka Allick (.571), Madi Kubik (.304) and Whitney Lauenstein all had nine kills for the Huskers. Ally Batenhorst added eight kills and Lindsay Krause had six. Kaitlyn Hord chipped in five kills along with a team-high five blocks.
Kubik had a double-double with a team-high 12 digs. Lexi Rodriguez added 10 digs. Nicklin Hames had 23 assists and eight digs, and Anni Evans has 16 assists as the Huskers hit .296.
Nebraska had four service aces with Hames and Lauenstein each recording two. The Huskers had a slight edge in blocks, 7.5 to 6.0.
Northwestern hit .195 for the match and was led by 11 kills from Kathryn Randorf. Former Husker Megan Miller had 13 digs as the Wildcats’ libero.
Set 1: Northwestern went ahead 7-4 early on, but Krause terminated back-to-back kills to cut the deficit to one. But the Wildcats remained on top and went back up by three, 11-8, when Lauenstein and Kubik answered with kills to cut it to 11-10. The Huskers…
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