Murray Leads NU Past Dayton, Into Regional Final – University of Nebraska

LINCOLN, Neb. – The third-ranked Nebraska volleyball staff defeated Twenty third-ranked Dayton, 3-1, in entrance of a crowd of 8,725 on the Bob Devaney Sports Center on Friday night time. 

Harper Murray had a career-high 22 kills and hit .318 whereas additionally recording a season-high 16 digs and 4 blocks. Murray additionally tied her profession excessive with 4 service aces Rebekah Allick supplied 10 kills and hit .368, whereas Taylor Landfair and Andi Jackson every had eight kills. 

The Huskers had 11 blocks with Jackson main the best way with seven. Allick, Murray and Bergen Reilly every had 4. Lexi Rodriguez tied her season excessive with 22 digs for the Big Red. Nebraska’s protection held Dayton to an .087 assault share, the primary time in additional than 100 matches that the Flyers have been held under a .100 assault share. 

Lexie Almodovar led Dayton with 20 kills on 68 swings. The Flyers ended their season with a 31-3 report.

Set 1:  Dayton received off to a sizzling begin taking a 4-1 lead. Murray supplied a pair of kills to assist the Huskers crawl again, and two kills by Landfair introduced the Huskers inside 8-7. Allick recorded three kills, and Jackson and Merritt Beason had a block that tied the rating at 12-12. Murray’s third kill gave Nebraska its first lead at 14-13, and a kill by Jackson put the Huskers up 15-14 on the media timeout. Jackson and Reilly teamed up for a block after the break, and Murray served an ace earlier than one other Jackson kill made it 18-14. But Dayton posted a block and and an ace to chop it to 18-16. After a timeout, the Huskers closed the set on a 7-1 run to win 25-17. Landfair, Allick and Murray all had kills down the stretch, and Reilly served a 6-0 run to finish the set. 

Set 2: The Huskers used a 4-0 run that included an ace by Rodriguez to go forward 7-3. Dayton fought again to inside 13-12, however Allick terminated a protracted rally and the Flyers dedicated an error for a 15-12 Husker benefit. Dayton made a service error, and Murray then served three straight aces earlier than a block by Reilly and Jackson made it 21-14. Nebraska used a timeout after Dayton scored three in a row, and Landfair terminated for a sideout kill, and the Huskers went on to win 25-18. 

Set 3: Dayton received out to an 8-4 begin after 4 straight kills by Almodovar and an ace by Gaby Arroyo. Murray had two kills and a block with Jackson to assist NU pull inside 9-7, however Dayton answered to return up 12-8. Murray continued to maintain the Huskers in it with two extra kills to chop it to 13-11. After a Dayton kill, Murray had a kill and a block with Jackson, and the Flyers hit out earlier than Jackson smashed a kill for a 15-14 Husker lead. Another Murray kill made it 16-15, however the Flyers went on a 4-1 run to realize a 19-17 lead. Dayton led 20-18 earlier than committing a service error, and Landfair returned an overpass right down to the ground to tie the rating at 20-20. Landfair tied the rating once more at 21-21, and Murray put her sixteenth down for a 22-21 lead. But an Almodovar kill and a Husker web violation made it 23-22 Flyers. Dayton served out to tie the rating at 23-23, however the Flyers earned set level with a kill. Murray answered for the Big Red with back-to-back kills to earn match level, 25-24, however Almodovar saved the Flyers alive together with her 18th and nineteenth kills to regain set level for Dayton, and the Flyers gained 27-25 with a block. 

Set 4: Murray continued her robust play early on, recording 4 kills because the Huskers went up 7-4. Jackson was then in on two straight blocks, one with Reilly and one with Landfair, because the Huskers constructed the result in 10-4. Reilly, Landfair and Allick tallied kills, and Reilly served an ace to extend the result in 16-7. Allick’s tenth kill and an ace served by Mauch put the Huskers up 20-8 and in management. NU went on to complete off the match, 25-13. 

Up Next: The Huskers will face No. 7 Wisconsin in an NCAA Regional Final on Sunday at 2 p.m. on the Bob Devaney Sports Center. 

Nebraska Post-Match Notes

• With the win, Nebraska superior to an NCAA Regional Final for the thirty third time in program historical past. The Huskers’ 33 regional last appearances are essentially the most in NCAA historical past. Nebraska has made an NCAA Regional Final in 12 of the previous 13 seasons.
• With the win, Nebraska improved to 133-37 all-time within the NCAA Tournament. The Huskers rank second in NCAA historical past in postseason wins and profitable share (.782).
• Nebraska improved to 33-7 all-time in NCAA Regional Semifinal matches, together with a 16-1 report in matches performed in Lincoln.
• NU improved to 86-7 all-time in house NCAA Tournament matches, together with 31-2 on the Devaney Center.
• The win was Nebraska’s twenty fifth consecutive house victory within the NCAA Tournament, a college report.
• Overall, Nebraska has gained 44 consecutive house matches courting again to Dec. 1, 2022. The Huskers’ personal the nation’s longest house profitable streak, and the streak is the longest since Nebraska moved into the Devaney Center in 2013.
• John Cook improved to 100-25 in his NCAA Tournament profession. Cook joined retired Penn State coach Russ Rose as the one two coaches in NCAA historical past with 100 NCAA Tournament victories.
• Cook improved to 92-20 within the NCAA Tournament as Nebraska’s head coach. He ranks second all-time in profession NCAA Tournament victories and NCAA Tournament wins at one college.
• Cook coached his a hundred and twenty fifth profession NCAA Tournament match tonight. He joined Russ Rose as the one two coaches in NCAA historical past to teach in 125 NCAA Tournament matches.
• With the win, Nebraska improved to 12-1 in opposition to ranked opponents this season.
• Nebraska gained the primary two units earlier than dropping set three. That marked the Huskers’ first set lack of the NCAA Tournament and the primary set the place an opponent had reached 20 factors. Nebraska was the final staff to lose a set within the 2024 NCAA Tournament.
• Nebraska improved to 103-1 within the NCAA Tournament when taking a 2-0 lead. The Huskers have gained 102 consecutive postseason matches when profitable the primary two units.
• The Huskers held Dayton to a season-low .087 assault share. It marked the primary time in 101 matches – courting again to August 26, 2022 – that the Flyers have been held under a .100 assault share.
• Nebraska additionally held Dayton to 39 kills within the four-set match, a median of 9.8 kills per set. The Flyers entered the match ranked thirteenth nationally with a median of 14.1 kills per set
• Harper Murray had a career-high 22 kills within the match. Her 22 kills tied for essentially the most ever by a Husker in both a three- or four-set NCAA Tournament match throughout the rally-scoring period. Murray tied Sarah Pavan, who had 22 kills in back-to-back four-set victories over UCLA and Stanford within the 2006 NCAA Tournament.
• Murray additionally tied her profession excessive with 4 aces within the match, together with three in a row within the second set. It marked the third time in Murray’s profession that she had 4 aces in a match.
• Murray additionally had a season-high 16 digs within the match, one shy of her profession excessive.
• In the match, Murray set profession highs in kills and aces and season highs in digs and blocks (4).
• Bergen Reilly had 47 assists in opposition to Dayton. Reilly recorded her 2,five hundredth profession help in tonight’s match.
• Andi Jackson had eight kills in opposition to Dayton. Her first kill was the five hundredth kill of her profession.
• Lexi Rodriguez had 22 digs within the match to tie her season excessive. Rodriguez now has 248 profession digs within the NCAA Tournament. She moved into second place on Nebraska’s all-time postseason digs chart, trailing solely Kayla Banwarth (253 digs from 2007 to 2010).