Huskers Look to Continue Win Streak at Indiana

The No. 11 Nebraska volleyball team takes its six-match win streak on the road at Indiana on Wednesday at 6 p.m. (CT) at University Gym in Bloomington. The match will be streamed online with a BTN Plus subscription.

The Huskers are 18-7 overall and 12-4 in the Big Ten after defeating Maryland 3-1 Sunday for their sixth straight win. Over their six-match win streak, the Huskers are hitting .289 while holding their opponents to .130 hitting. Nebraska is 6-2 in true road matches this season and is 8-2 playing away from the Bob Devaney Sports Center. John Cook is in his 15th season as head coach at Nebraska and is 431-55 leading the Huskers. The two-time AVCA National Coach of the Year is 592-128 in his 22nd overall season as a head coach.

Indiana is 15-13 overall and 6-10 in the Big Ten. The Hoosiers fell 3-0 at Michigan State on Saturday after sweeping Rutgers last Wednesday. Indiana is 3-9 in its last 12 matches. The Hoosiers are 8-6 at home this season. Sherry Dunbar-Kruzan is in her eighth season as head coach with a record of 117-139.

Media Information
Wednesday’s match will be streamed online with a BTN Plus subscription. Fans can also listen to the action with John Baylor and Lindsay Peterson on the 25-station Husker Sports Network, including B107.3 FM in Lincoln and The Wolf 93.3 FM in Omaha. Fans inside and outside the state of Nebraska will also be able to catch the live audio feed on Huskers.com for free. Live stats will be available at Huskers.com as well.

Series History
Nebraska leads the all-time series with the Hoosiers, 8-1. The Huskers have won eight straight matches against Indiana after dropping the series opener in 1978. NU swept Indiana, 25-14, 25-17, 25-12, on Nov. 8 at the Devaney Center in the Huskers’ “White Out” match. It was the fourth win of the Huskers’ current six-match win streak. The last three meetings have been Husker sweeps, including a 25-22, 25-21, 25-11 win in Bloomington last year on Nov. 23.

Scouting Indiana
The Hoosiers (15-13, 6-10 Big Ten) are led by Amelia Anderson’s 3.12 kills per set. Taylor Lebo adds 2.65 kills per set and has 49 service aces, second most in the Big Ten. As a team, the Hoosiers are second in the conference in aces per set at 1.31. Morgan Leach chips in 2.64 kills per set. Megan Tallman averages 9.88 assists per set. Awele Nwaeze leads the team in blocks with 1.06 per set, and Courtney Harnish is the team’s top digger with 4.00 per set to rank sixth in the Big Ten.

Up Next
Nebraska returns home for Senior Day on Saturday against Michigan at 7 p.m. at the Devaney Center. The Huskers will honor their lone senior, Mary Pollmiller, at the match.

Noting the Huskers
• The Huskers have held six straight Big Ten opponents under .200 hitting. The last time the Huskers held six conference opponents in a row under .200 hitting was 2011, when the Huskers held seven straight B1G foes under .200.
• Nebraska ranks first in the Big Ten and 18th nationally with 2.86 blocks per set. Meghan Haggerty is third in the Big Ten with 1.31 blocks per set and tied her career high with 11 against Purdue on Nov. 5.
• In conference play only, the Huskers rank third in hitting percentage (.250) and fourth in opponent hitting percentage (.177).
• Kadie Rolfzen leads the Huskers with 3.57 kills per set and ranks seventh in the Big Ten. The 2013 third-team AVCA All-American has 15 or more kills 11 times this season. Rolfzen is also second on the team in digs with 2.63 per set.
• Kelsey Fien is second on the team in kills per set with 3.23. Fien had a career-high 18 kills against Maryland on Sunday after matching her previous career high of 17 kills against Michigan State last Wednesday. Over her last four matches, Fien is averaging 4.36 kills per set and hitting .346. Fien’s .323 hitting percentage in league play puts her seventh among Big Ten players.
• Amber Rolfzen adds 2.11 kills per set with 1.63 digs per set and is second on the team in blocks with 71.
• Justine Wong-Orantes leads the Huskers in digs with 3.84 per set and ranks ninth in the league.
• Mary Pollmiller, the Huskers’ lone senior, has 918 set assists for 10.31 per set to rank fourth in the conference. She also adds a defensive presence at the net with 64 blocks to rank third on the team.
• The Huskers are 11-1 in matches played on Monday through Friday this season, while they are 7-6 in matches played on Saturday and Sunday.
• The Huskers are 231-0 when hitting .300 or better under John Cook.
• Nebraska is 378-16 when winning the first set under Cook.
• Cook is 141-42 (.770) against ranked opponents at Nebraska. Just under one-third of Cook’s total victories at Nebraska (431) have come against ranked teams.
• Nebraska volleyball leads the nation with 216 consecutive sellouts, the longest sellout streak in the history of NCAA women’s athletics. NU owns a 198-18 record during the streak.