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NEBRASKA VOLLEYBALL 2019 Nebraska Volleyball (8-1, 0-0 Big Ten) Date Opponent Time / Result TV / Internet Husker Invitational 8/30 #18 Creighton W, 3-1 (25-19, 24-26, 25-17, 25-21) #3 Nebraska Cornhuskers #20 Illinois Fighting Illini 8/31 UCLA W, 3-0 (25-12, 25-16, 25-19) 8-1, 0-0 Big Ten 5-4, 0-0 Big Ten SDSU/USD Invitational (San Diego, Calif.) Friday, Sept. 27 / 7:30 p.m. / Champaign, Ill. / Huff Hall (4,536) 9/6 vs. Arizona W, 3-1 (25-17, 25-14, 17-25, 25-17) TV: BTN / Stream: FoxSports 9/7 at #25 San Diego W, 3-2 (22-25, 25-19, 22-25, 25-22, 15-11) Listen: HSN, Huskers.com, Huskers App / Live Stats: Huskers.com Ameritas Players Challenge 9/13 High Point W, 3-0 (25-16, 25-22, 25-8) 9/13 Denver W, 3-0 (25-23, 25-17, 25-12) 9/14 Loyola Marymount W, 3-1 (31-33, 25-19, 25-20, 27-25) #3 Nebraska Cornhuskers Northwestern Wildcats 8-1, 0-0 Big Ten 9-3, 0-0 Big Ten 9/18 #2 Stanford L, 1-3 (21-25, 25-22, 17-25, 16-25) Saturday, Sept. 28 / 7 p.m. / Evanston, Ill. / Welsh-Ryan Arena (8,117) 9/21 Wichita State W, 3-0 (25-17, 25-10, 25-15) TV: None / Stream: BTN+ Big Ten Schedule Listen: HSN, Huskers.com, Huskers App / Live Stats: Huskers.com 9/27 at #20 Illinois 7:30 p.m. BTN / FoxSports 9/28 at Northwestern 7 p.m. BTN+ Huskers Begin Conference Play in Illinois • The No. 3 Nebraska volleyball team begins Big Ten play with a pair of matches in Illinois this weekend. 10/2 at Rutgers 6 p.m. CT BTN+ Nebraska plays at No. 20 Illinois at 7:30 p.m. on Friday in Champaign. That match will be televised on BTN 10/5 #13 Wisconsin 7 p.m. BTN / FoxSports and streamed on FoxSports.com and the FoxSports app. The Huskers will make a quick turnaround and face 10/11 Michigan State 8 p.m. BTN / FoxSports Northwestern on Saturday at 7 p.m. in Evanston. That match will not be televised but will be streamed on the 10/13 Michigan 1 p.m. ESPN2 / WatchESPN* BTN+ app and BTNPlus.com (subscription necessary). 10/16 #15 Purdue 8 p.m. ESPNU / WatchESPN • Both matches this weekend can also be heard on Husker Sports Network radio affiliates, including 107.3 10/19 at Maryland 6 p.m. CT * FM in Lincoln and 105.9 FM in Omaha. A live audio stream will be provided at Huskers.com and also on 10/25 at Indiana 7 p.m. CT BTN / FoxSports the official Huskers app. John Baylor is in his 26th season doing play-by-play for the Husker volleyball program. Lauren (Cook) West, a former All-America setter for the Huskers, will provide color commentary. 10/26 at #15 Purdue 7 p.m. CT BTN / FoxSports 11/1 Rutgers 7 p.m. NET / BTN+ Series History 11/2 #5 Penn State 7:30 p.m. BTN / FoxSports • Nebraska is 26-8-1 all-time against Illinois. Nebraska won at Illinois last year on Sept. 29, 3-1, but 11/6 Northwestern 8 p.m. BTN / FoxSports Illinois returned the favor in Lincoln on Oct. 27, 3-1. The teams met for a third time in the NCAA Semifinals 11/9 at Iowa 7 p.m. in Minneapolis, where Nebraska rallied from down 0-2 to defeat the Ilini, 3-2, and advance to the NCAA 11/13 at Michigan State 6 p.m. CT BTN+ Championship match against Stanford. The Huskers have won seven of the last eight meetings with the 11/16 Iowa TBA NET / BTN+ Illini. Illinois head coach Chris Tamas and his wife, Jen, were on the coaching staff of Nebraska’s 2015 NCAA Championship team. 11/22 at #7 Minnesota 8 p.m. BTN / FoxSports • Nebraska is 13-1 all-time against Northwestern. The Huskers have won nine straight in the series, 11/24 at #13 Wisconsin 1:30 p.m. BTN / FoxSports including six sweeps in a row. 11/29 Maryland 7 p.m. BTN+ 11/30 Ohio State 7 p.m. NET / BTN+ Coaches • John Cook: 20th year at Nebraska (568-77); 27th year overall (729-150) NCAA Tournament • Chris Tamas: 3rd year at Illinois (60-19) 12/6 First Round TBA • Shane Davis: 4th year at Northwestern (49-59); 16th year overall (314-147) 12/7 Second Round TBA About the Huskers 12/13 Regional Semifinals TBA • Nebraska got back on the winning track last Saturday with a 3-0 sweep at home against Wichita State to 12/14 Regional Finals TBA improve to 8-1 on the season. 12/19 NCAA Semifinals TBA • The Huskers suffered their first loss of the year on Sept. 18, a 3-1 defeat to second-ranked Stanford, in front 12/21 NCAA Final TBA of a school-record crowd of 8,632. • Nebraska is 7-1 all-time in Big Ten openers. The lone defeat was in 2012 at Penn State. NCAA Semifinals and Final played at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pa. • Nebraska has a .135 opponent hitting percentage this season, which ranks first in the Big Ten. *Indicates match will air on AM 590 in Omaha and 107.3 FM in Lincoln. All other matches will be on 105.9 • The Huskers have held five of their nine opponents below .100 hitting this season. FM in Omaha and 107.3 FM in Lincoln. All matches can be heard on Huskers.com and the Huskers app. -Matches televised on BTN will also be streamed on the Fox Sports app and FoxSports.com. • The Huskers rank second among Big Ten teams with 15.76 digs per set. Freshman libero Kenzie Knuckles -BTN+ is a web stream that requires a fee to view. Subscriptions start at $9.95 per month. leads the team with 4.03 digs per set. • Lexi Sun leads the Huskers with 3.64 kills per set on .270 hitting this season. The junior from Encinitas, California was named the MVP of the Ameritas Players Challenge after a career-high 23 kills against Loyola Marymount. • All-America middle blocker Lauren Stivrins leads the Huskers in blocks with 1.24 per set. She is also 1 NEBRASKA VOLLEYBALL putting up 2.24 kills per set on .310 hitting. AVCA Coaches Poll • Sophomore setter Nicklin Hames is averaging 9.91 assists and 3.27 digs per set. She has five double- Rk. Team Points Record Prev doubles this season. 1 Stanford (28) 1540 6-2 2 2 Baylor (27) 1489 9-0 5 Scouting Illinois 3 Nebraska (6) 1460 8-1 1 • Illinois (5-4) has won three matches in a row after a four-match skid. 4 Pittsburgh (1) 1391 11-1 6 • Jacqueline Quade leads all Big Ten players with 4.64 kills per set. 5 Penn State 1266 7-2 4 • Ashlyn Fleming is averaging 1.15 blocks per set along with 2.46 kills per set on .359 hitting. 6 Texas 1248 6-2 3 7 Minnesota 1237 6-2 7 Scouting Northwestern 8 Washington 1149 9-1 10 • Northwestern (9-3) hosts Iowa on Friday night before facing the Big Red. The Wildcats have not faced a 9 BYU (2) 1126 9-2 12 ranked team yet this season. 10 Marquette 1048 10-2 8 • The Wildcats are holding their opponents to a .173 hitting percentage this season. 11 Hawai’i 901 10-1 13 • Freshman Temi Thomas-Ailara leads the team with 3.98 kills per set and has 19 aces this year. 12 Florida 890 9-2 11 13 Wisconsin 770 4-4 9 Huskers Ranked No. 3 in AVCA Coaches Poll 14 Creighton 745 7-3 15 • Nebraska is ranked No. 3 in the AVCA Coaches Poll this week. 15 Purdue 635 8-1 21 • The Huskers have been ranked No. 1 in 100 all-time polls, the most in NCAA history. The Huskers held the 16 Kentucky 536 7-4 16 No. 1 ranking this season the week of Sept. 16. • The Huskers have been ranked in the top 10 a total of 491 times, which is also the most in NCAA history. 17 Colorado State 526 10-1 22 • Nebraska has appeared in all 547 AVCA Coaches Polls since it was established in 1982. Nebraska and 18 Utah 490 8-3 18 Stanford are the only two programs to be ranked in every poll all-time. 19 Missouri 453 8-2 17 20 Illinois 439 5-4 19 Three Huskers Named to Preseason All-Big Ten Team 21 California 344 10-0 24 • Nicklin Hames, Lauren Stivrins and Lexi Sun were all voted to the 14-player preseason team by the 22 Rice 247 11-1 NR conference’s head coaches. Additionally, the Huskers were picked second in the preseason poll behind 23 Florida State 179 6-3 23 Wisconsin. Minnesota was third. 24 Oregon 138 4-5 14 • Stivrins, a Scottsdale, Arizona native, had a breakout sophomore season to earn first-team All-Big Ten and 25 Southern California 126 6-4 20 first-team AVCA All-America honors in 2018. The Huskers’ co-captain averaged 2.36 kills per set and had a Others Receiving Votes: Louisville 92; Colorado 85; Washington hitting percentage of .421, the third-highest mark in school history and the No. 3 mark in the nation last State 74; San Diego 51; Michigan 37; Western Kentucky 19; season.