, Neb. (Nebraska Athletics) – The Nebraska volleyball team posted a 25-18, 25-19, 25-17, 25-19 spring match win over South Dakota State in front of a sold-out crowd of 1,750 at Ord High School on Saturday afternoon. The Huskers capped their spring season winning all eight sets they played.
Harper Murray had 12 kills, seven digs, five blocks and two aces to lead the Huskers. Andi Jackson added 11 kills and 10 blocks. Rebekah Allick posted eight kills and nine blocks. Teraya Sigler chipped in six kills and four digs. Skyler Pierce added six kills and three blocks, and Taylor Landfair provided five kills and four blocks.
Campbell Flynn played the whole match at setter and finished with 44 assists, eight digs, four kills and four blocks.
Laney Choboy tallied nine digs, while Maisie Boesiger chipped in eight.
The Huskers hit .317 for the match and held South Dakota State to .015. Nebraska tallied 15 blocks in the match.
Set 1: The Huskers fell behind 8-2 as the Jackrabbits terminated four of their first five swings while the Huskers had two kills and three errors on their first nine swings. After a timeout, the Huskers ripped off an 8-0 run served by Sigler to go up 10-8. Flynn recorded two kills and a block with Jackson, while Landfair and Jackson each posted kills. NU led 13-9 before SDSU went on a 4-0 run to tie the score 13-13. But the Huskers benefitted from two SDSU mistakes and got two straight blocks by Landfair and Allick to go up 17-13. With the score 20-18, Sigler had a kill and Landfair had a solo block before another Sigler kill ended the set, 25-18.
Set 2: Allick and Pierce combined for three early kills to spark a 4-1 start. Jackson had a kill and block with Flynn before another Pierce kill made it 9-5. SDSU pulled within 11-10, but Hunter had a kill and Allick had a solo block to make it 13-10. Back-to-back kills for Allick and Jackson started a 5-0 run that put the Huskers up 18-11. Murray and Hunter also had kills, and Jackson and Murray posted a block. But South Dakota State answered with four straight kills to pull within 18-15. Murray kept the Huskers pushing forward with a pair of kills, and Jackson and Allick each added one
