No. 2 Nebraska Volleyball Tops TCU in Ameritas Players Challenge Finale

The Nebraska Huskers served up ace after ace en route to their third victory of this young volleyball season.

Nebraska (3-0) fought through early struggles to claim a four-set victory over the Horned Frogs of TCU (1-1): 25-15, 25-23, 23-25, 25-13.

Nebraska was lights out in both serving and serve receive as the Huskers dialed up nine aces and kept TCU out of the ace column. Lindsay Krause, Merritt Beason and Kennedi Orr all served up two aces apiece while Harper Murray, Bergen Reilly and Lexi Rodriguez all aced TCU once.

A clean match this was not as Nebraska committed 25 attacking errors on 141 swings, good for a .213 hitting percentage. Hitting .140 in the second and third sets led to the two closest final scores and TCU taking the third set.

Murray paced the Huskers with 20 kills, more than double that of any other Husker, while hitting .302 for the match. The star sophomore exploded in the third set with seven kills on 15 swings, mixing and matching her attacks to keep TCU off balance. She added six digs and three blocks.

Running the offense, the reigning Big Ten Setter of the Year, Bergen Reilly, set everyone up as she collected her third double-double in as many matches with 43 assists and 14 digs. The All-American sophomore added three kills and two blocks for good measure.

Reilly kept the rest of the team involved with Krause finishing second on the team in kills with nine, Beason and Andi Jackson right behind her with eight, followed by Rebekah Allick, who finished with seven kills and six blocks.

The Horned Frogs hit .091 for the match, but turned it on in their third-set victory where they hit .324.

Nebraska hits the road for the next match. The Huskers head down to Dallas where they will take on the SMU Mustangs on Tuesday, Sept. 3.

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