Oregon brought the biggest crowd in program history to Matthew Knight Arena. Nebraska needed three sets to send it home. The No. 1 Huskers swept the No. 12 Ducks 25-13, 25-16, 25-20 Saturday night in Eugene in front of a sold-out, school-record 12,364.
Nebraska is 24-0 overall and 13-0 in the Big Ten. Per Nebraska Athletics, it is the eighth 24-0 start in program history. Oregon fell to 19-4 and 10-3.
How it happened
The first set was over early. Nebraska jumped out 7-1, led 15-7 at the media timeout on a Virginia Adriano kill and hit .531 in the set with 19 kills and two errors on 32 swings. Bergen Reilly put it away with a kill of her own.
The second set had two 7-0 runs. The first, capped by a Teraya Sigler kill, made it 8-2. Oregon got within 12-9 before the second run pushed it to 19-9. Nebraska hit .350 in the set and held the Ducks to .095.
Oregon pushed back in the third. Alanah Clemente’s back-to-back kills gave the Ducks an 11-10 lead, and Nebraska led only 15-14 at the media timeout. The Huskers then scored four straight to go up 20-15, and Andi Jackson ended the match on her ninth kill.
The numbers
- Team hitting: Nebraska .425, Oregon .152. Per Nebraska Athletics, it is the fifth time this season the Huskers have hit .400 or better in a match.
- Harper Murray: 14 kills on .481 hitting. Teraya Sigler: 14 kills on .458.
- Virginia Adriano: 11 kills on .500. Andi Jackson: nine kills on .368.
- Bergen Reilly: 43 assists and 11 digs, her sixth double-double of the season.
- Olivia Mauch had 13 digs and Laney Choboy had 12.
What it means
The win is Nebraska’s 55th straight in the regular season and its 26th straight in road and neutral-site matches, which Nebraska Athletics says is tied for eighth in NCAA history and tied for second in program history. Dani Busboom Kelly is now 23-1 against ranked opponents at Nebraska and 65-28 in her career.
The Big Ten standings show Nebraska at 13-0 in league play, with Wisconsin second at 11-2 and Oregon and Penn State at 10-3. The weekend is not done. Nebraska plays No. 18 Washington in Seattle on Sunday at 5:30 p.m. CT on FS1.
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