Nebraska’s hot serving ‘dictated the whole match’ as Huskers stifle Rutgers

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The Nebraska volleyball team tied a season-high with 10 ace serves during a dominating sweep (25-19, 25-9, 25-12) of Rutgers on Sunday in Piscataway, New Jersey.

Six players served at least one ace, led by Kenzie Knuckles with three. Anni Evans and Lexi Rodriguez added two ace serves apiece.

Madi Kubik led the Huskers with 11 kills. Lindsay Krause added nine kills, and Lauren Stivrins had six. Setter Nicklin Hames finished with 30 assists, eight digs, three blocks, two kills and one ace.

No. 10 Nebraska has a six-match winning streak, which immediately followed a rare three-match losing streak.

Through three of 10 weeks in the Big Ten season, Nebraska leads the league at 6-0 — one match ahead of Wisconsin, Purdue and Penn State.

Rodriguez, a freshman libero, led the Husker defense with 17 digs.

Rutgers (8-9, 0-6 Big Ten) struggled to handle Nebraska’s serves so it wasn’t able to get its offense going very often. Rutgers had just a .042 hitting percentage — the second-lowest for a Husker opponent this season — and didn’t have a player with more than five kills. Its right-side hitter and outside hitter each had a negative hitting percentage.

“I thought our serving just dictated the whole match,” said Nebraska coach John Cook on the Huskers Radio Network.



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