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Gallery: Huskers Complete Perfect 30-0 Regular Season
The No. 1 Nebraska volleyball team closed its regular season with a commanding 25-16, 25-13, 25-20 sweep on Saturday night, defeating Ohio State in front of 8,461 fans at John Cook Arena inside the Bob Devaney Sports Center.
The victory secured a perfect 30-0 overall record and a 20-0 mark in Big Ten play, capping one of the most dominant seasons in Nebraska history. This year’s achievement marks only the third undefeated regular season for the Huskers, joining the 1994 and 2000 teams, and highlights a campaign in which they dropped just seven total sets and only one in conference play.
The Huskers also became the first Big Ten team to complete a 20-0 league season since Penn State did so in 2009. While Wisconsin went unbeaten in the shortened 15-match COVID spring season of 2021, Nebraska’s accomplishment stands out for its full-length schedule and unmatched consistency. It is also the program’s first undefeated conference season since 2004, back when the team competed in the Big 12.
Head coach Dani Busboom Kelly added another milestone to her résumé as well, securing her second undefeated regular season as a head coach. She previously guided Louisville to a 28-0 finish in 2021.
Nebraska’s 30-match winning streak now ranks as the fourth-longest in program history, and the team extended its nation-leading home winning streak to 60 straight matches. Their offensive efficiency was on full display again as the Huskers hit .435, marking the seventh match this season they surpassed .400. Only the 2005 team has done that more often during the rally-scoring era. Meanwhile, the defense limited Ohio State to a .174 hitting percentage, never allowing the Buckeyes to build sustained momentum.
The Huskers benefited from a balanced roster effort. Harper Murray led with nine kills, and Andi Jackson followed with eight kills on an outstanding .800 hitting percentage. Jackson also completed Big Ten play with a .561 hitting percentage, breaking the conference record previously set in 2008.
Rebekah Allick added seven kills and four blocks, and Allie Sczech contributed six kills and three blocks. Virginia Adriano and Manaia Ogbechie each provided five kills, while Taylor Landfair added four.
Setter Bergen Reilly posted 27 assists and eight digs, Campbell Flynn added nine assists, and libero Maisie Boesiger anchored the back row with 13 digs and five assists. Nebraska held statistical advantages across all categories, including kills (48-33), aces (4-3), blocks (8-2), and digs (34-28).
The match also served as a celebration of Nebraska’s four seniors Rebekah Allick, Maisie Boesiger, Taylor Landfair, and Allie Sczech, who were honored post-game for their contributions to the program.
Nebraska controlled all three sets from start to finish. In the opening frame, a 6-0 service run by Boesiger set the tone, helping the Huskers pull ahead 7-2 and eventually secure a 25-16 win. The second set mirrored the first, with another early 6-0 run and strong blocking from Jackson and Sczech leading to a decisive 25-13 finish. The third set was more competitive, but key kills from Ogbechie, Adriano, and Allick allowed Nebraska to pull away late. After Ohio State closed within 20-19, the Huskers responded with poise, earning match point on an ace by Skyler Pierce and sealing the 25-20 victory on a kill from Reilly.
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The future of data centers in Nebraska took center stage at a North Omaha town hall Thursday evening.
The event was hosted by State Sens. Terrell McKinney and Ashlei Spivey, who alongside Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh sponsored a bill in the Nebraska Legislature that looked to help regulate data centers.
Parts of their bill were adopted and passed in LB1010, which requires reports on annual power usage, water usage and ownership.
“Having this passed in a package showed a lot of bipartisan work,” Spivey told a crowd of attendees at Nelson Mandela Elementary School.
The proposed regulations were shaped in part by Bold Nebraska, an advocacy group focused on eminent domain and clean energy. Jane Kleeb, chair of the Nebraska Democratic Party and founder of Bold Nebraska, said before the bill passed there were “zero laws on the books” to address a boom in data centers.
“If one is coming into the community, we wanted to make sure that there were some basic transparency things in place,” Kleeb said.
Political discussions around data centers heated up in recent months following reporting by the Flatwater Free Press that showed Google is considering a data center in Nebraska that could require more than three times the amount of power the entire city of Lincoln uses at peak demand in the summer.
The Nebraska Legislature recently passed another bill, LB1261, that allows private developers to build and own power plants to serve a large industrial customer, including data centers. That bill was proposed by the governor’s office and celebrated by Gov. Jim Pillen.
“Our state is once again taking a bold and strategic step – one that will create an environment that attracts business and multibillion dollar investment, while legally preserving Nebraska’s unique and consumer-friendly public power model,” Pillen said at the time.
At Thursday’s town hall, McKinney called LB1261 “the bogeyman bill.”
“It’s a bill that the governor pushed through the legislature to allow for data centers to create their own power,” McKinney said. “It’s a bill that I stood on the floor and said this is going to harm our communities.”
LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) – Hundreds of people are without power in southeast Nebraska after a severe storm passed through Thursday morning.
The Lincoln Electric System outage map showed 115 customers without power across the city at 11:36 a.m.
Norris Public Power District’s outage map also shows 45 customers affected by the storm. As of 11:36 a.m., there were nine active outages.
According to the Nebraska Public Power District outage map, 657 customers were affected by the storm. Most of the affected customers were near Plattsmouth in southeast Nebraska. As of 11:37 a.m., 27 customers remain without power.
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Mandatory evacuations have been ordered near Crawford, including Fort Robinson State Park, as the South Fork Fire continues to spread in western Nebraska.
According to the City of Crawford, evacuations are currently underway for an area north of Crawford that includes the area south of Dodd Road, west of Dodd Road, and FF Street.
Fort Robinson has also been evacuated.
The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission said Fort Robinson State Park and Peterson Wildlife Management Area have been temporarily closed due to the fire.
The fire has burned approximately 9,000 acres and is currently 0% contained, according to the U.S. Forest Service.
Nebraska Game and Parks said the park and the WMA will remain closed until further notice to support firefighting operations and protect public safety.
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