Nebraska volleyball is headed again to the Sweet 16.
No.2 Nebraska (31-2, 19-1 B1G) swept Miami (23-11, 12-9 ACC) Saturday, 25-19, 25-14, 25-18, to advance to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Volleyball Tournament. This would be the program’s fortieth NCAA Regional look.
The Huskers used a mixture of dominating offense and suffocating protection to stamp out the Hurricanes. Nebraska hit .293, whereas holding Miami to a paltry .058 hitting proportion.
Despite being out-swung (104-92), Nebraska completed the match with extra kills (41-32), assists (38-31), aces (3-1), digs (43-35), and blocks (10-7). Miami did lead in two classes, nonetheless: attacking errors (26-14) and repair errors (5-4).
The prime attacker within the ACC, Flormarie Heredia Colon, completed the match with 14 kills on 39 swings, however dedicated 11 errors as effectively. Nebraska alternatively unfold the ball round, having all attackers end with over six kills however not having a single one hit double digits.
Bergen Reilly shared the sugar by gathering 33 assists whereas including 4 of her personal kills. Taylor Landfair was the highest goal with 27 swings, terminating eight of them whereas additionally sending again 4 pictures.
Merrit Beason additionally completed with eight kills, however the prime kill getter for the Huskers was Harper Murray with 9, together with two aces and 12 digs.
Rebekah Allick was a drive on either side as she collected six kills and 7 blocks to steer all defenders. Keeping it on the defensive facet, Lexi Rodriguez entered the night time needing 56 digs to cross Justine Wong-Orantes on the Nebraska all-time digs record. She added 9 to her whole Saturday night time.
Nebraska will now host the regional in Lincoln subsequent weekend. Wisconsin will face Texas A&M at 6 p.m. CST Friday, adopted by the Huskers vs. Dayton half-hour after that match. The winners will play Sunday at 2 p.m. for a spot within the Final Four. Friday’s matches will likely be televised on ESPN2, and Sunday’s will likely be on ABC.
Box rating
Set 1: A Murray kill and block by Merritt Beason and Allick, together with a trio of Miami hitting errors, helped the Huskers take a 13-8 lead. Kills from Jackson and Landfair prolonged the benefit to 19-12. The Hurricanes pulled inside 4 at 21-17, however a Husker block ended a 3-0 Miami scoring run. NU closed out the set, 25-19, on a Hurricane hitting error. The Big Red held Miami to .091 hitting within the set.
Set 2: Kennedi Orr on the service line sparked a 3-0 run at hand the Huskers an early 7-3 lead. A Murray ace and two Hurricane hitting errors stretched the result in 16-9. Orr loved one other service run, which included an ace, together with a Landfair kill and Allick/Landfair block that put Nebraska forward 20-10. Andi Jackson and Beason mixed for NU’s sixth block of the match to finish the set, 25-14. Nebraska hit .300 within the set whereas limiting Miami to an .081 assault proportion.
Set 3: Two kills apiece from Reilly and Jackson, together with an ace by Murray and block had been a part of a 7-0 run to provide the Huskers a 9-3 benefit. Miami got here again to tug inside three at 12-9. The Huskers responded by profitable 5 of the following six rallies to take a 17-10 benefit. Nebraska led by a minimum of six the remainder of the best way, incomes the victory on Reilly’s fourth kill of the match. Nebraska hit .357 within the third set whereas Miami hit .000.
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