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Volleyball vs Illinois

#4 Nebraska Cornhuskers (8-1) vs Fighting Illini (2-7)

Saturday, March 6, 2021, 6 pm (CT)

Huff Hall Champaign, IL

Video: BTN+

Live Radio: Husker Sports Network - Lincoln (B107.3 FM); Omaha (CD 105.9 FM); Huskers.com; Huskers App

University of Nebraska

• #1 Nicklin Hames 5’10’’ JR Setter - 11.23 assists per set, 3.41 digs per set
• #26 Lauren Stivrins 6’4’’ SR MB - 3.41 kills per set, .96 blocks per set
• #3 Kayla Caffey 6’0’’ JR MB - 2.00 kills per set, 1.40 blocks per set
• #25 Callie Schwarzenbach 6’5’’ JR MB - 1.11 kills per set, 1.56 blocks per set
• #11 Lexi Sun 6’2’’ SR OH - 3.67 kills per set, 2.52 digs per set, 16 service aces
• #10 Madi Kubik 6’3’’ SO OH - 3.11 kills per set, 2.85 digs per set, 10 aces
• #16 Riley Zuhn 6’5’’ SO OH - 1.67 kills per set, .78 blocks per set
• #12 Jazz Sweet 6’3’’ SR OH - .75 kills per set, .20 blocks per set
• #2 Kenzie Knuckles 5’8’’ SO Libero - 3.44 digs per set, 7 aces
• #6 Keonilei Akana 5’9’’ FR DS - 2.07 digs per set, 12 aces

Lauren Stivrins is closing in on 1,000 career kills. She entered the weekend with 961. She had 10 kills last night.

Nicklin Hames had 33 assists and eight digs last night, and she became the 10th Husker in school history to reach 3,000 career assists and the fourth to do so in the rally scoring era (2001-present).

Illinois changed offensive system for the first time this season. They ran a 5-1 (5 hitters-1 setter). They were better in this system than the 6-2 offense they were running.

University of Illinois

• #1 Kennedy Collins 6’3’’ SO MB - 1.67 kills per set, .73 blocks per set
• #2 Rylee Hinton 6’2’’ SO MB - 1.27 kills per set, 1.27 blocks per set
• #3 Taylor Kuper 5’8’’ JR Libero - 21 aces, 4.39 digs per set
• #4 Kylie Bruder 5’11’ SR Setter - 3.97 assists per set
• #5 Diana Brown 6’0’’ R/SO Setter - 5.18 assists per set, 2.15 digs per set
• #9 Bruna Vrankovic 6’2’’ R/SO OH - 1.11 kills per set
• #11 Ellie Holzman 6’2’’ R/FR OH - 2.69 kills per set
• #14 Emily Hollowell 6’3’’ SR OH - 1.33 kills per set
• #15 Megan Cooney 6’4’’ SR OH - 3.7 kills per set, 11 aces

Notable Volleyball Matches

#23 Creighton 3, DePaul 0

#10 Penn State, #11 Purdue

#3 Kentucky vs Louisiana State University Saturday (SEC Network+)

#6 Baylor vs Oklahoma Saturday (ESPN+)

#7 Washington at #20 Oregon Sunday (Oregon live stream-3)

#8 Florida vs Arkansas Saturday (SEC Network+)

#12 UCLA at Colorado Sunday (Colorado Live Stream)

#13 Louisville vs Wake Forest Saturday and Sunday (WatchESPN)

#14 Notre Dame vs U of Miami Sunday (ACC Network Extra)

#15 BYU at San Francisco Saturday (WCC Network)

#18 Georgia Tech vs Virginia Sunday (ACC Network Extra)

#18 Georgia Tech vs #22 Pitt Monday (ACC Network Extra)

#21 Western Kentucky vs FIU Sunday and Monday (Facebook)

#22 Pitt vs Virginia Saturday (ACC Network Extra)

#24 Marquette at Butler Saturday

#25 Pepperdine vs Gonzaga Saturday (WCC Network)

WBB vs Iowa

Nebraska Cornhuskers (11-10, 9-9 Big Ten) at Iowa Hawkeyes (14-8, 10-8 Big Ten)
March 6, 2021, 7 p.m. (CT)
Carver-Hawkeye Arena - Iowa City, Iowa
Live Video: B1G Network+
Live Radio: Husker Sports Network (6:45 p.m.) Matt Coatney (PBP), Jeff Griesch (Analyst) Lincoln (1400 AM KLIN), Omaha (CD 105.9 FM), Huskers.com, Huskers App

Nebraska Cornhuskers (11-10, 9-9 BIG TEN)

No. Player Ht. Yr. Pos. PPG RPG
34 Isabelle Bourne 6-2 So. F 13.9 8.2
31 Kate Cain 6-5 Gr./Sr.C 10.2 6.3
0 Ashley Scoggin 5-7 RSo. G 7.8 2.3
4 Sam Haiby 5-9 Jr. G 17.1 6.9
11 Ruby Porter 5-10 Fr. G 4.7 2.2

Off the Bench
2 Trinity Brady 5-11 So. G 8.5 5.0
14 Bella Cravens 6-3 Jr. F 6.5 7.6
21 Annika Stewart 6-3 Fr. F 6.4 3.0
10 Whitney Brown 5-8 Fr. G 3.4 1.2
5 MiCole Cayton 5-9 Gr./RJr. G 2.2 0.8
32 Kendall Coley 6-2 Fr. F/G 1.6 0.7

Head Coach: Amy Williams (Nebraska, 1998) Fifth Season at Nebraska (70-72) 14th Season Overall (263-181)

Iowa Hawkeyes (14-8, 10-8 BIG TEN)

No. Player Ht. Yr. Pos. PPG RPG
14 McKenna Warnock 6-1 So. G/F 12.3 8.0
25 Monika Czinano 6-3 Jr. F/C 18.8 5.8
20 Kate Martin 6-0 RSo.G 7.3 3.8
22 Caitlin Clark 6-0 Fr. G 27.1 6.0
24 Gabbie Marshall 5-9 So. G 8.4 2.0

Off the Bench
1 Tomi Taiwo 5-10 Jr. G 4.6 1.7
40 Sharon Goodman 6-3 Fr. C 4.0 2.3
11 Megan Meyer 5-8 So. G 2.9 0.9
23 Logan Cook 6-1 Jr. F 2.3 2.1
5 Alexis Sevillian 5-5 Sr. G 1.5 0.9
15 Lauren Jensen 5-10 Fr. G 1.4 0.4
21 Zion Sanders 5-8 Sr. G 0.4 0.4

Head Coach: Lisa Bluder (Northern Iowa, 1983) 21st Season at Iowa (433-231) 37th Season Overall (789-374)