Nebraska Set for Sunday Matinee at Indiana

The No. 11 Nebraska volleyball team (18-6, 12-3 Big Ten) caps the weekend with a trip to Indiana (9-18, 3-12) this Sunday, Nov. 14. First serve is set for 1 p.m. CT at Wilkinson Hall in Bloomington, Ind., and the match will be streamed on Big Ten Network+.
 
This week’s action will be carried on Huskers Radio Network with the NU radio team of John Baylor and Lauren Cook West. Baylor is in his 28th season handling play-by-play duties for the Husker volleyball program, and West, a former All-America setter at NU, will provide color commentary for the sixth straight year.
 
Huskers Radio Network will carry the matches on HRN radio affiliates, including 107.3 FM in Lincoln and AM 590 in Omaha. A live audio stream will be available at Huskers.com and on the Huskers app.
 
Quick Hits
• Nebraska is tied with Wisconsin and Minnesota for the lead in the Big Ten standings at 12-3.
• The Huskers moved down two spots to No. 11 in the AVCA national poll this week. NU is No. 15 in the latest NCAA RPI report.
• Friday night marked NU’s 12th sweep of the year and eighth at home.
• Lauren Stivrins joined Nebraska’s top 10 all-time for career blocks on Friday. She has back-to-back matches with seven blocks, averaging 2.33 b/s.
• Lexi Sun, who returned to the starting lineup last week, is one kill away from moving into the top 20 in school history for career kills as a Husker.
• Nebraska was the last unbeaten team in Big Ten play. Its 10-0 start was their second-best since joining the conference in 2011.
 
Scouting the Indiana Hoosiers
Indiana is 9-18 (3-12 Big Ten) after falling 3-0 at Illinois Friday night — the Hoosiers’ fifth straight loss. Breana Edwards led the Indiana attack with nine kills, and Savannah Kjolhede finished with a team-high three blocks.
 
Edwards is eighth in the Big Ten with 3.67 kills per set in conference play, while Camryn Haworth is sixth for aces per set (0.38).
 
Steve Aird is in his fourth year at Indiana with a record of 42-67 and a career mark of 97-141 over eight seasons as a head coach.
 
The Hoosiers have gone 1-7 since their first meeting with Nebraska this season on Oct. 13.
 
Noting the Series: vs. Indiana
The Huskers lead the all-time series with Indiana 20-1, including 19-0 in the John Cook era. Nebraska has triumphed in 20 straight in the series dating back to 1988, and NU looks for its fourth straight sweep of IU this Sunday. The Huskers have a 10-0 advantage over Indiana on the road, including nine sweeps.
 
The last meeting between Nebraska and Indiana was Oct. 13, which the Huskers won 3-0 at the Devaney Center. NU’s most recent trip to Bloomington was Jan. 22-23 of this year with a pair of sweeps.
 
Up Next
Nebraska welcomes Penn State to the Devaney Center on Friday, Nov. 19, with first serve set for 8 p.m. The match will be televised on BTN and streamed via its digital extension on the FOX Sports app. John Baylor and Lauren Cook West will also have the radio call on Huskers Radio Network.