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No Shock: Nebraska Volleyball Handily Sweeps Wichita State
Corn > Wheat
No. 5 Nebraska volleyball (8-1) swept Wichita State (3-6) 25-13, 25-12, 25-12 in the final match of the Nebraska Classic.
Nebraska never trailed, nor was tied with, Wichita State (outside of 0-0) throughout all three sets.
A very efficient and well-balanced Nebraska attack hit .477 for the match and saw five attackers hit over .300. The Blackshorts defense put on a clinic holding the Shockers to a .096 hitting percentage and out killing Wichita State 50-27.
Sophomore setter Bergen Reilly set the pace and spread the ball around, collecting another double-double with 35 assists and 10 digs. She was also more aggressive than usual finishing with three kills including a swing on an overpass that got the crowd hyped.
Harper Murray led the charge for the Huskers hitters with 14 kills at a hearty .542 clip while also flying around on defense with 11 digs. One of her kills came off a left handed swing, Murray is right handed, that almost brought the whole Bob Devaney Sports Center down.
Andi Jackson and Merritt Beason both finished with 10 kills at .600 and .471 hitting percentages, respectfully. Beason added two aces while Jackson sent back three attacks for good measure.
The lineup got a shakeup Saturday. Leyla Blackwell got her first start at middle blocker for the Big Red. Taylor Landfair made her second start at outside hitter for the scarlet and cream.
Landfair finished with nine kills and two digs. Blackwell added four kills and three blocks.
Next up for the Huskers is a home date with another new ACC member, No.2 Stanford, on Sept. 18 inside the Bob Devaney Sports Center at 7 p.m. CDT.
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After trailing for nearly the entire game, Michigan needed an improbable hero to rescue an imperfect performance in a top-five rendezvous with Nebraska. Hitting the game winner with 1:07 to go, freshman guard Trey McKenney had the biggest moment of his young career.
“The baseline was kind of open, because they were forcing us to the baseline,” McKenney said. “They wouldn’t give us middle drives. So I just had to take advantage of that and get one in for a layup.”
Graduate forward Yaxel Lendeborg drove in from the right wing and was quickly doubled, akin to how the Cornhuskers guarded dribble drives all game. McKenney’s defender rotated to junior center Aday Mara in the post. Lendeborg found McKenney, who, with a quick fake took to the left baseline bumping into guard Sam Hoiberg and laying it in through contact.
“I thought he got to a spot and played with power,” May said.
In the same breath, May knocked the Wolverines’ offensive rhythm. He lauded how Nebraska’s rotations limited them all game. But in the pivotal moment, McKenney took one of the few things the Cornhuskers were giving them and allowed Michigan to escape.
After May wrapped up his assessment of the Wolverines’ shortcomings on the offensive end, he brought it back to McKenney — but pointed to a moment arguably as big as the go-ahead layup.
“I thought his three free throws were probably the biggest points in the game,” May said. “Sandfort just missed a free throw. We were down (seven). We were in a funk, in a fog. Elliot made a nice pass to Trey (who) jumped up aggressively. Luckily, we were able to get the foul on that play and Hoiberg got under his feet a little bit. He knocks down those three free throws and you can almost see that sense of belief that now we’re getting stops. Our defense is on, now let’s find a way, because at that point you’re down two possessions versus three.”
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LINCOLN, Neb. (WOWT) – Medical experts at the Lincoln Regional Center have determined a doctor arrested for two different cases involving minors is now competent to stand trial.
Dr. Travis Tierney, 56, was taken into custody by a fugitive team at the airport last May. He is accused of sneaking into a West Omaha home to have sex with a boy between the ages of 12 and 15.
Investigators allege Tierney did this three weekends in a row in April 2024.
Last summer, Tierney, a former Nebraska City neurosurgeon, was wanted for allegedly swapping nude photos with a 16-year-old boy in Sarpy County. He was out on bond and not supposed to leave the county when investigators realized he was in Arizona.
State psychiatrists have now determined he is competent to stand trial in both cases.
Tierney is currently in custody at the Sarpy County Jail on a $5 million bond.
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