No. 1 Nebraska volleyball matched a program record with its 52nd consecutive regular-season win, sweeping USC 25-12, 25-16, 25-13 on Saturday night at John Cook Arena in the Bob Devaney Sports Center.
Nebraska (21-0, 10-0 Big Ten) hit .400 as a team and limited USC (9-11, 3-7 Big Ten) to a .095 hitting percentage and 41 total points, tied for the second-fewest allowed by the Big Red in a match this season.
The Huskers won their 52nd consecutive regular-season match dating back to the end of the 2024 season, matching 52 straight that spanned the 2004 and 2005 seasons. Nebraska also won its 63rd straight regular-season home match, including 61 at John Cook Arena at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.
Harper Murray led the Big Red with 14 kills on .462 hitting, her fourth match of the season with at least .400. Virginia Adriano matched her career high with 13 kills on .500 hitting, and Andi Jackson added eight kills and a team-leading four blocks.
Bergen Reilly finished with 34 assists and eight digs, and Olivia Mauch recorded 10 digs while adding eight assists.
Set 1: Nebraska never trailed in a dominant 25-12 first-set win over USC. Teraya Sigler served the Huskers to a 4-0 lead to open the set, a run that featured a pair of blocks from Manaia Ogbechie. Adriano put down three kills during the next stretch as Nebraska went up 10-4 and forced a USC timeout. The Huskers held a 14-8 lead, and the Trojans never got within six the rest of the way. Murray sparked a 4-0 run with a kill and then served three consecutive points to make it 21-10. Sigler’s kill brought the Big Red to set point, while USC fought off the first set point with a kill until a service error to put an end to the opening set. Adriano led the Huskers with six kills, Murray added five, and Jackson chipped in three. Nebraska totaled 19 kills and two blocks with just three errors, while USC managed nine kills and didn’t record a block in the set.
Set 2: The Huskers took a 2-0 lead with a 25-16 win in the second set, pulling away after six early ties. USC held its only lead at 3-2, and the set was knotted at six before Nebraska won six of the next seven points, including back-to-back Jackson kills with Mauch serving, to go up 12-7. Keoni Williams matched Jackson with a team-best four kills in the set, including one that pushed the lead to 19-13 and forced a USC timeout. Mauch then served the final three points of a 4-0 run, including an ace, before Jackson’s solo block brought up set point at 24-15. The Huskers totaled 17 kills, four blocks and an ace, while USC posted 10 kills and committed three service errors.
Set 3: USC kept it close in the early portion of the set, trimming the Husker lead to 8-7 on a Murray attacking error. However, Nebraska took control of the set with a 12-2 run to take a 20-9 lead, capped off with an ace from Sigler. The Huskers overpowered the Trojans in the third, holding the visitors to a -.029 hitting clip and just six kills. The Big Red scored three straight points to cap off the sweep.
No. 1 Nebraska hits the road next week, as the Huskers venture to Ann Arbor, Mich., for a match with the Michigan Wolverines on Friday, Oct. 30. First serve is set for 5:30 p.m.
