The No. 1 Nebraska volleyball team begins the second half of its Big Ten schedule with a pair of matches this weekend at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.

The No. 1 Nebraska volleyball team begins the second half of its Big Ten schedule with a pair of matches this weekend at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. Nebraska will host No. 24 Illinois on Friday at 6 p.m. The match will be televised on BTN and streamed at BTN2GO.com. On Saturday, Nebraska will host Northwestern at 7 p.m. That match will be televised on NET and streamed at BTN2GO.com as well. Both matches will air on Husker Sports Network affiliates, including 107.3 FM in Lincoln and 105.9 FM in Omaha.

This weekend’s matches complete a four-match home stretch, as the Huskers are coming off a pair of top-five wins last weekend at the Devaney Center. Nebraska beat No. 4 Wisconsin, 3-0, last Friday, before taking a thrilling 3-2 win against No. 3 Minnesota on Sunday. The wins put the Huskers at 9-1 in the Big Ten at the halfway point, which ties them with Penn State for first in the conference standings. Wisconsin (8-2) sits right behind the leaders, and three teams have three losses including Friday’s opponent, Illinois.

Series History
• Nebraska is 22-7-1 all-time against Illinois. The Huskers have swept three straight matches against the Fighting Illini, including 25-18, 25-22, 25-21 in Champaign on Sept. 28. NU is 7-2 against Illinois since joining the Big Ten and is 3-1 in matches played in Lincoln. Illinois’ last win against the Huskers was Nov. 26, 2014, 3-2.
• Nebraska is 9-1 all-time against Northwestern and 5-1 in the Big Ten era. After dropping the first-ever meeting between the teams as conference foes in 2011, Nebraska has won five straight in the series, the last two coming in sweeps. Northwestern has never beaten the Huskers in five visits to Lincoln.