The No. 2 Nebraska volleyball team moved to 2-0 on the season for the first time since 2016 with a dominant 25-12, 25-16, 25-19 sweep of UCLA in front of a crowd of 8,237 at the Devaney Center on Saturday night.
The Huskers used a stellar defensive effort for the second night in a row to finish the Husker Invitational with a 2-0 record. After holding Creighton to .067 hitting on Friday night, the Big Red limited the Bruins to a .114 hitting percentage on Saturday, including a 54-42 edge in digs. Freshman libero
Kenzie Knuckleshad 19 digs for a weekend total of 41 (5.86 digs per set) to lead the Huskers. She was named to the all-tournament team, as was
Lauren Stivrins. The junior middle blocker had seven kills on .357 hitting for the Huskers against UCLA to cap a weekend in which she hit .433.
Lexi Sun had a team-high 12 kills and hit .321 to go with seven digs.
Capri Davis pounded nine kills on .381 hitting, and
Jazz Sweet contributed seven kills with a team-best .412 hitting percentage on the night.
NU served seven aces and only allowed three.
Megan Miller had a career-high four aces.
Nicklin Hamesset the Huskers to a .320 hitting percentage for the match with 32 assists.
Callie Schwarzenbach and
Madi Kubik each had four kills for the Big Red.
Baylor's Yossiana Pressley was the MVP of the tournament after averaging 6.33 kills per set. Other all-tournament team members included Shelley Stafford (Baylor), Hannah Lockin (Baylor), Brittany Witt (Creighton) and Mac May (UCLA).