Whitney Lauenstein had 13 kills, Nicklin Hames turned Nebraska’s school-record holder for profession assists and No. 3 Nebraska rolled in a 25-14, 25-16, 25-22 win towards Illinois on Saturday in Champaign, Illinois.
Nebraska topped the Illini in kills (44-30) ace serves (5-3) and digs (44-30). Nebraska had a .320 hitting proportion and restricted Illinois to .161.
Throughout the second set of Saturday’s match, Hames took over the Nebraska profession assists document, with Hames now setting at 4,835 over 5 seasons. The record-breaking help got here by way of a kill by Lauenstein.
Hames started the season at No. 2 on the profession assists listing. The longtime document holder was Fiona Nepo (1995-98).
Hames had a powerful all-around match on Saturday with 20 set assists, 13 digs and one ace serve.
Nebraska (18-1, 10-0 Large Ten) has gone about 5 weeks and not using a loss, successful 11 straight matches and 19 consecutive units.
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The Huskers have swept six Large Ten matches in a row for the primary time since becoming a member of the convention in 2011.
Now comes one of many greatest matches of the common season, with the Huskers taking part in at No. 5 Wisconsin on Wednesday. The Badgers are 8-1 within the Large Ten, only one match behind Nebraska.
Nebraska will attempt to finish an eight-match dropping streak towards the Badgers that features the nationwide championship match final season.
Nebraska coach John Prepare dinner mentioned Wisconsin is simply the subsequent opponent throughout a tricky Large Ten season, whereas nonetheless acknowledging that the Badgers and Ohio State are Nebraska’s closest rivals for the Large Ten title.
“We’ve obtained to discover a method to recover from the hump,” Prepare dinner mentioned on the Huskers Radio Community.
Nebraska’s 18-1 begin to the season is its greatest since 2016, when Nebraska went 26-1 earlier than dropping its second match throughout the ultimate week of the common season.
Lauenstein had an excellent begin to the match with kills on seven of her first 10 makes an attempt. She did a very good job of blending in some off-speed photographs to the middle of the courtroom, alongside along with her regular energy swings.
“Whitney was on hearth,” Prepare dinner mentioned.
Madi Kubik added 10 kills on .421 hitting. Freshman center blocker Bekka Allick had seven kills, extending her robust stretch of matches. Within the final three matches, mixed Allick has 28 kills with a .555 hitting proportion.
Nebraska had a powerful begin to the match, ending the primary set with an 8-1 run to win the set 25-14.
Within the nearer third set, Nebraska wasn’t as robust in serve-receive, permitting Illinois an opportunity to increase the match earlier than a kill by Kubik completed off one other sweep.
Exterior hitter Raina Terry had 13 kills for Illinois (September 11, 4-6 Large Ten).
It was one other good match for Nebraska, Prepare dinner mentioned.
“The primary two (units) I felt like we dug the whole lot,” he mentioned. “I feel that basically pissed off Illinois. And never solely did we dig it, we transitioned for kills.”