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No. 1 Nebraska Beats Illinois in Four Sets

By Kaleb Henry Nov 12, 2023 | 6:14 PM

Still unbeaten through 25 matches.

No. 1 Nebraska volleyball beat Illinois in four sets Sunday: 25-14, 25-14, 24-26, 25-22. The Huskers are now 25-0 on the season and 16-0 in the Big Ten Conference.

The Huskers used a balanced attack with five players recording at least nine kills, and served more aces (10) than errors (8) for the first time this season. NU hit .237 to .109 for the Illini.

Bekka Allick paced the Huskers with 12 kills on .474 hitting with five blocks. Merritt Beason and Ally Batenhorst tallied 11 kills each.

Bergen Reilly dished out 45 assists and had eight digs.

Nebraska has their final regular-season home match Friday against Michigan.