Nebraska Volleyball Overcomes Slow Start, Tops Michigan in Four Sets

The Huskers bounce back from a sluggish start to beat the Wolverines and avoid their first loss in the Big Ten.

Enrique Alvarez-Clary | Oct 26, 2024

Nebraska volleyball players celebrate a point against Michigan. / Nebraska Volleyball

First-set jitters had the entire Bob Devaney Sports Center on the edge of their seat Saturday night.

After falling in the first set, Nebraska (20-1, 10-0 B1G) took care of Michigan (16-5, 6-4 B1G) in four sets, 26-28, 25-17, 25-11, 25-21. Twenty-five attacking errors and 14 service errors doomed Michigan.

Nebraska was not free of mistakes, as the Huskers amassed 27 attacking errors. Their four service errors were covered up by their six service aces, however.

Nebraska led in every statistical category you would like to lead in: attacks (136-133), kills (55-45), digs (54-43), and blocks (10-7).

Bergen Reilly guided Nebraska to a .206 hitting percentage while dishing out 42 assists. Although Harper Murray led the team in kills with 17, she was not the go-to in the clutch. Merritt Beason crushed the final four kills of the match for Nebraska, bringing her total to 16.

Merritt Beason readies a serve. / Amarillo Mullen

Murray and Beason also led from the service line with three aces each.

For the second night in a row, Taylor Landfair got the start at outside hitter while Lindsay Krause relieved her in the final set. Landfair finished with a -.045 hitting percentage, only amassing five kills on 22 swings to go along with six errors. Krause collected one kill on two swings.

The middle pair of Andi Jackson and Rebekah Allick finished with five blocks each while getting 10 and five kills, respectfully.

Nebraska Volleyball Rebekah Allick celebrates a Husker kill.

Rebekah Allick celebrates a Husker kill. / Amarillo Mullen

Lexi Rodriguez continued her dominance of the court, digging up 14 shots to lead both teams.

Nebraska is on the road next week at No. 8 Wisconsin Friday and Northwestern Sunday.

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Published Oct 26, 2024|Modified Oct 26, 2024

ENRIQUE ALVAREZ-CLARY

Enrique Alvarez-Clary, better known as Rico, is the Assistant Program Director at 93.7 The Ticket in Lincoln, Nebraska as well as the Executive Producer for the Supernovas Radio Network which broadcasts every Omaha Supernovas match during the inaugural season of the Professional Volleyball Federation. A native of Nebraska, Rico first graduated from the prestigious Bellevue West High School and went on to graduate from the University of Nebraska-Kearney where he also competed in Track & Field. Being behind the scenes for so long, Enrique has shifted into a more on-air role co-hosting the "Happy Hour" and lending his voice to many other shows on 93.7. Enrique focuses his coverage of Nebraska on football, volleyball, mens & womens basketball, softball, and track and field. When Enrique isn't covering Huskers Athletics you can find him hanging out with his wife Rachael and their two children Elliot (daughter) and Kade (son). Rico can be reached at rique2688@gmail.com or on Twitter/X @RadioRicoAC