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Reilly named Big Ten Setter of the Week

This is the eighth time the Sioux Falls native has been named Big Ten Setter of the Week.

A Nebraska volleyball has won a weekly conference award. Sophomore setter Bergen Reilly was named the Big Ten Setter of the Week on Monday afternoon.

Reilly helped the Huskers defeat the Minnesota Golden Gophers and Indiana Hoosiers last week. She averaged 10.71 assists per set and 3.86 digs per set.

In a 3-1 victory against No. 16 Minnesota, Reilly had 40 assists and a career-high 20 digs. She is the first Husker to record at least 40 assists, 20 digs, and five kills in the rally-scoring era (2001).

This is the eighth time that Reilly has been named the Big Ten Setter of the Week. Other weekly award winners were Sarah Franklin (Wisconsin Badgers) as the Player of the Week, Nalani Iosia (Michigan State Spartans) as Defensive Player of the Week and Charlie Fuerbringer (Wisconsin Badgers) Freshman of the Week.

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Rodriguez named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week

This is Lexi Rodriguez’s seventh career conference defensive player of the week and the second of the season.

A Nebraska volleyball player earned a conference award on Monday. Libero Lexi Rodriguez was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week.

This is Rodriguez’s seventh career conference defensive player of the week and the second of the season. The two-time Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year recently passed Kayla Banwarth for second all-time in Nebraska in career digs with 1,731.

Olympian Justine Wong-Orantes is the school’s all-time leader in digs with 1,890. Rodriguez and Nebraska lead all Big Ten teams with a .162 opponent-hitting percentage on the season.

Other award winners this week were Eva Hudson of the Purdue Boilermakers and Sarah Franklin of the Wisconsin Badgers as Big Ten Co-Player of the Week. Charlie Fuerbringer of Wisconsin was named Big Ten Setter of the Week and Ashlyn Philpot of the Illinois Fighting Illini was awarded the conference Freshman of the Week

Nebraska is 24-1 on the year and 14-0 in the conference. They will return to action on Thursday, Nov. 14, at 8:00 p.m. CT, when they host the Minnesota Golden Gophers at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.

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Jackson named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week

The Nebraska volleyball team is 20-1 overall on the season and 10-0 in the Big Ten Conference.

A Nebraska volleyball player won a Big Ten award on Monday. Sophomore middle blocker Andi Jackson was named the conference’s defensive player of the week for the first time in her career.

Jackson averaged 1.57 blocks per set in wins over the Illinois Fighting Illini and Michigan Wolverines. She also had 3.00 kills per set on .417 hitting.

In the win on Friday over Illinois, Jackson had six blocks and 11 kills on .667 hitting. She then had five blocks and ten kills in Saturday’s victory over Michigan.

The Nebraska volleyball team is 20-1 overall on the season and 10-0 in the Big Ten Conference. They have won 17 straight matches since their 3-0 defeat to SMU on Sep. 3.

They will take the floor again on Friday, Nov. 1, at the Wisconsin Badgers. The match will start at 8:00 p.m. CT and can be seen on Big Ten Network.

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Nebraska volleyball looks to set attendance record next season

Nebraska volleyball will finally play a game at Pinnacle Bank Arena in 2025.

Nebraska women’s volleyball coach John Cook told the media two and a half years ago, “At some point, we may have to play in Pinnacle Bank.” Before adding that, then-Husker athletic director Trev Alberts was pushing Cook and the program to do just that. 

Cook told Lauren Cook-West on the “Kicking Back with the Cooks” podcast that the Huskers will finally get their chance next season. 

“Last night, Purdue set a new Big Ten attendance record. They played Indiana in the basketball arena and drew 14,152. So immediately I sent off a text to Troy (Dannen), our athletic director, and said ‘game on, we gotta break this.’ So next year we’ll definitely be going to be PBA, so we can get that record too. We want to hold every record, so I think our fans are fired up. So we’ll have to play a Big Ten match in PBA Arena.”

While Huskers fans can look forward to the program playing at Pinnacle Bank Arena at some point next season, the Huskers are still focused on their 2024-25 season. Currently, John Cook’s program is 18-1 overall, including 8-0 in conference play; they’ve won 15 straight matches since falling to SMU in three sets back in early September. 

The Huskers will host Illinois and Michigan this weekend at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. 

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Reilly named Big Ten Setter of the Week for third time this season

The Nebraska setter won another conference award!

Nebraska setter Bergen Reilly was named the Big Ten Setter of the Week on Monday afternoon. This is the third time that Reilly won this award this season.

The sophomore helped the Huskers to a 3-2 win over the No. 10 Purdue Boilermakers and a 3-0 win against the Rutgers Scarlet Knights last week. Reilly averaged 11.88 assists and 3.75 digs per set.

In the win against Purdue, the Sioux Falls, SD native set a career-high of 60 assists and 17 kills. In the sweep of Rutgers, she had 35 assists and 13 digs.

Reilly last won the Big Ten Setter of the Week award on Sep. 16, 2024. Oregon’s Mimi Colyer was named the conference Player of the Week, Minnesota’s Phoebe Awoleye was Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week, and Penn State’s Izzy Starck was named the Freshman of the Week.

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Nebraska takes down Rutgers in another swift sweep

The Huskers improve to 16-1 on the season and 6-0 in conference play.

After taking down No. 10 Purdue in a five-set battle the night before, the No. 2 Nebraska Cornhuskers hosted the Rutgers Scarlet Knights on Saturday night. Nebraska ended the weekend in commanding fashion, sweeping the Scarlet Knights (25-15, 25-16, 25-12).

The Huskers finished with 43 kills off 102 attacks in the win, along with nine blocks and 14 total errors. Rutgers ended the night with just 28 kills off 109 attacks and were held to an attack percentage of .083, the lowest by any team against Nebraska this season.

Harper Murray finished with double-digit kills in the win, the only player on either team to do so. Murray hit 13-of-31 while snatching 11 digs to earn her 10th career double-double.

Bergen Reilly also finished the night with a double-double, pitching in a team-high 35 set assists and a team-high 13 digs. Both Lexi Rodriguez and Laney Choboy finished behind Reilly in digs with nine.

Leyla Blackwell grabbed a team-high seven blocks while hitting 9-of-15 to earn a .600 attack percentage. Lindsay Krause also hit above .600, going 4-of-6 on the night.

The Huskers improve to 16-1 on the season and 6-0 in conference play. Nebraska will hit the road for two days against the Michigan State Spartans and the Ohio State Buckeyes. The Huskers face Michigan State on Friday night. The first serve is set for 7:00 p.m. CT on Big Ten Network.

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How to watch Nebraska vs. Illinois: Stream women’s college volleyball live, TV channel info

Everything you need to know in order to watch Nebraska vs. Illinois women’s college volleyball on Thursday, Oct. 3.

Nebraska and Illinois are on very different paths.

The Cornhuskers come into Thursday on a nine-match winning streak and fresh off a sweep of new conference foes over the weekend.

They beat UCLA in four sets and then swept No. 20 USC on Sunday.

The nine-match winning streak for the Cornhuskers has been impressive, as they have beaten five ranked teams, including then No. 2 Stanford and No. 4 Louisville.

The Fighting Illini, though, are looking to shock the Cornhuskers and get a huge home win and snap a two-match losing streak.

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How to watch Nebraska vs. Illinois women’s college volleyball

Date: Thursday, Sept. 3, 2024

Time: 7:00 p.m.

TV Channel: FOX Sports 1 (Watch FREE on Fubo)

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Along with Stanford and Louisville, the Cornhuskers also own a sweep over No. 14 Arizona State and a hard-fought five-set win over No. 9 Creighton.

The Fighting Illini opened up Big Ten play over the weekend and it did not go as the team would have hoped. They traveled to the West Coast to take on No. 11 Oregon and Washington and didn’t win a set. They now sit at 8-4 overall and 0-2 in the Big Ten. 

The Fighting Illini will host Northwestern on Sunday before they hit the road again to take on Michigan and Michigan State next week. Nebraska’s next two matches will be against Iowa and Purdue, who are both unranked at the moment. 

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What time is the Nebraska vs. Illinois match?

This match will be played Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. ET.

What channel is this Women’s college volleyball match on?

You can watch Thursday’s game on FOX Sports 1, which is available to stream on Fubo with a free trial.

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Lexi Rodriguez named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week

This is Rodriguez’s sixth Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week award.

This story was updated because an earlier version included an inaccuracy.

The No. 2 Nebraska volleyball team continues to receive accolades for their 12-1 start to the season. Nebraska senior libero Lexi Rodriguez was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week on Monday afternoon.

This is Rodriguez’s sixth Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week award, finishing the week with 33 digs across two matches.

Rodriguez finished this past week with 33 digs across two matches, delivering a season-high 20 digs in the Huskers’ 3-1 win against UCLA on Friday and 13 digs in the team’s sweep of No. 20 USC on Sunday.

In both matches, the Huskers held their opponents to season-low hitting percentages. Rodriguez helped Nebraska force the Bruins to a hitting percentage of .153 and USC to a hitting percentage of .137.

Rodriguez is a three-time All-American and two-time Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year. On the season, she has 164 digs through 13 matches.

She now has 1,588 digs in her career, surpassing Nicklin Haimes for third in school history. Rodriguez needs 303 more digs to set the school record held by Olympian Justine Wong-Orantes.

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Nebraska volleyball announces John Cook bobblehead giveaway vs. UCLA

John Cook is celebrating his 25th season on the bench.

Nebraska volleyball will give away a Coach John Cook bobblehead to every fan at Friday’s match against UCLA. This was announced on the official Nebraska Volleyball X account.

Nebraska will come into this game as the second-ranked team in the country. They are coming off a 3-0 win over No. 4 Louisville on Sunday, and they continue to roll. They have not lost a match since September 3 at SMU.

This will be Cook’s 25th season on the bench for the Nebraska volleyball program. He has led the program through unprecedented success, and he and his team are looking to defend their Big Ten title this season.

The match will occur at 7:00 p.m. CT, and the Huskers will look to win their eighth match in a row. UCLA comes into Friday’s matchup at 6-3 and is coming off a big win against in-state rival California.

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Nebraska volleyball sets new TV viewership record

The Nebraska women’s volleyball team has set another record.

The Nebraska Cornhuskers and Louisville Cardinals women’s volleyball programs set a new viewership record on ESPN/ABC on Sunday for their non-conference matchup.

On Tuesday, ESPN announced that the match was the most-watched regular season volleyball match ever on the network’s platforms. It averaged 684,000 viewers and peaked at 808,000 viewers.

Making the viewership record even more impressive is that the match went up against week three of the NFL schedule.

In the match attended by 14,000 at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, the Huskers cleanly swept the Cardinals 3-0 (25-16, 25-17, 25-20). Harper Murray led the Huskers with 11 kills. The Huskers had seven total aces in the match

Now at 10-1 on the season, the Huskers will begin Big Ten play on Friday by welcoming the UCLA Bruins to the Bob Devaney Sports Center. The Bruins enter this weekend with a 6-3 overall record but have struggled in true away matches with a 2-3 record.

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