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Husker volleyball notes: Madi Kubik’s big responsibility, TV ratings and incoming freshmen enrolling early | Volleyball



That gave the Badgers a second league loss, and meant that with four weeks remaining in the Big Ten season, Nebraska is still tied for first place in the league at 10-2.

“We’re still atop of the Big Ten, so we got life, and we got to find a way to win two huge matches this week,” Cook said.

Nebraska plays two matches on the road this week — at No. 25 Illinois on Thursday and No. 6 Ohio State on Saturday. Nebraska’s football and volleyball teams will each be playing the Buckeyes on Saturday.

Nebraska swept Illinois on Oct. 16.

Dig-to-kill ratio: Nebraska leads the Big Ten in digs, averaging 17.9 per set. The Huskers have some elite back-row defensive players, Cook said.

Now, the Huskers need to take advantage and turn those digs into kills.

“We dig a lot of balls, but we got to start converting more. That’s the bottom line,” Cook said.

TV ratings: Last week’s match between No. 3 Wisconsin and No. 6 Nebraska on the Big Ten Network had 142,437 viewers, making it the most-watched college volleyball match of the season on any network.

Signing day coming: Signing day for college volleyball is next week. Nebraska will have a smaller class this year after signing six players last year, but the group is still ranked as the No. 2 recruiting class in the nation by Prepvolleyball.com. That class includes Hayden Kubik (No. 1 overall recruit), Bekka Allick (No. 6) and walk-on Maisie Boesiger.



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