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No. No. 2 Nebraska Volleyball defeats No. 7 Wisconsin in Madison

Last year, Nebraska volleyball ended a 10-match losing streak against Wisconsin. On Friday, the Huskers ended an 11-year drought in Maidson.

No. No. 2 Nebraska defeated No. 7 Wisconsin at the UW Field House, 25-21, 25-22, 25-19. The Huskers last won in Madison in 2013.

Nebraska improves to 21-1 this year and 11-0 in Big Ten Conference play. Wisconsin falls to 15-5 overall and 9-2 in the league.

NU hit .202 for the game while UW was held to just .094. The defense was stout with 10 blocks, several of which came against reigning National Player of the Year Sarah Franklin, who hit just .184. He All-American teammate, 6-9 middle Anna Smrek, was held at -.074.

Taylor Landfair hit recorded a team-high 13 kills on .182 hitting. Merritt Beason had a match-high .391 hitting while posting 11 kills.

Rebekah Allick had seven blocks to go with a match-high three kills. Bergen Reilly handed out 32 assists that night.

Nebraska’s serve was tough all evening, including five aces from the trio of Lexi Rodriguez, Kennedi Orr and Olivia Mauch.

Nebraska remains on the road to take on Northwestern on Sunday. The first service is scheduled for 12:00 PM CST on B1G+.

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