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Nebraska Reaches 18–0 With Volleyball Sweep at Northwestern

Andi Jackson had 10 kills as top-ranked Nebraska won in straight sets before returning home to face No. 13 Purdue.

By TSP Staff
A National Guard flyover above a packed Memorial Stadium during Volleyball Day in Nebraska in 2023.
A National Guard flyover above Memorial Stadium for Volleyball Day in Nebraska on August 30, 2023. Archival photograph. Photo: Airman 1st Class Jeremiah Johnson / U.S. Air National Guard, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain). · Credit: Airman 1st Class Jeremiah Johnson / U.S. Air National Guard

Top-ranked Nebraska improved to 18–0 with a straight-sets volleyball victory at Northwestern on Thursday, winning 25–17, 25–14 and 25–15.

Andi Jackson led the Huskers with 10 kills on .600 hitting. Nebraska moved to 7–0 in the Big Ten and extended its regular-season winning streak to 49 matches.

The first set was tied at 17 before Nebraska scored the final eight points. The Huskers also recovered from an early deficit in the second set, then led for the rest of the third after a 2–2 tie.

Kenna Cogill finished with seven blocks, while Harper Murray added nine kills. Nebraska recorded nine service aces and held Northwestern to a .030 hitting percentage, according to the Huskers’ match report.

Northwestern fell to 7–11 overall and 0–7 in conference play. The crowd of 5,329 at Welsh-Ryan Arena was the Wildcats’ largest of the season.

Nebraska returns home Saturday to face No. 13 Purdue. First serve is scheduled for 4 p.m. Central, 3 p.m. Mountain, on Big Ten Network.

Sources and notes

  1. https://huskers.com/news/2026/10/16/no-1-nebraska-tames-wildcats-on-thursday
  2. https://huskers.com/boxscore/25149
  3. https://nusports.com/news/2026/10/16/no-1-huskers-top-wildcats-in-3-0-sweep
  4. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:National_Guard_Memorial_Stadium_volleyball_flyover.jpg
  5. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:PD-USGov-Military-Air_Force