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Nebraska Volleyball Setter Claims Third Weekly Big Ten Honor

Bergen Reilly earned her third conference honor of the season Monday, claiming the Big Ten's Setter of the Week nod following a pair of home conference wins for the Big Red.

Austin Jacobsen

Bergen Reilly celebrates a UCLA service error.
Bergen Reilly celebrates a UCLA service error. / Amarillo Mullen

Nebraska volleyball's Bergen Reilly will need to make room for another conference honor.

The sophomore setter was named the Big Ten Setter of the Week on Monday for the third time this season and for the seventh time in her Husker career. She had previously won the award on Sept. 2 and Sept. 16. She is the third Nebraska volleyball player to receive a conference award, and earns the sixth weekly honor given to a Husker this season.

Reilly led the Big Red to a five-set win Friday night over No. 10 Purdue before aiding in a sweep of Rutgers Saturday. The sophomore finished the weekend with 11.88 assists per set, 3.75 digs per set, two blocks and an ace. Her weekend was also a personal best, notching a career-high 60 assists and 17 digs with an ace, kill and block in the victory over the Boilermakers.

Nebraska volleyball middle blocker Leyla Blackwell (11) celebrates a point with setter Bergen Reilly (2) against Rutgers.
Nebraska volleyball middle blocker Leyla Blackwell (11) celebrates a point with setter Bergen Reilly (2) against Rutgers. / Nebraska Athletics

Reilly continued her steady performance with a 3-0 win against Rutgers, adding 35 assists and 13 digs in the victory. She pushed Nebraska to a .314 hitting percentage Saturday. During the win over the Scarlet Knights, Reilly also posted her tenth double-double of the season.

The setter has been a key figure of the Huskers all year, as she is third in the Big Ten with 655 assists. Her 11.10 assists per set is the best in the conference, and her ten double-doubles also lead the pack among the conference's setters.

Reilly rejoins teammates Rebekah Allick and Lexi Rodriguez as conference award winners and pushes ahead of Allick's two weekly honors to lead the pack for Nebraska's personal accolades this season. Allick, the Nebraska volleyball junior middle blocker, earned Co-Defensive Player of the Week honors last week from the Big Ten Conference, sharing the award with Purdue's Ali Hornung. The honor was the second award for Allick this season and the third defensive player of the week award for a Nebraska player. Libero Lexi Rodriguez claimed the prize on Sept. 30.

No. 2 Nebraska remains behind top-rated Pittsburgh in the latest AVCA rankings, but the Huskers ease up their blistering conference schedule with four consecutive non-ranked opponents over the next two weeks. The Huskers travel to East Lansing to battle Michigan State on Friday, then visit Columbus with a matchup Saturday against Ohio State.

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Austin Jacobsen
AUSTIN JACOBSEN

Austin Jacobsen is a radio broadcaster and former Sports Director in Central Nebraska. He has seen the Cornhusker state from all corners; growing up in the Panhandle, completing his college degree in Kearney, working in the rural Sandhills, and now residing in Omaha. Austin is a statewide, regional, and national radio award winner and can usually be found at a high school football field on Friday nights and tuning in to the Huskers wherever they travel. If he is not on the road, Austin enjoys movie dates with his girlfriend and their dog, Ava.