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The No. 6 Nebraska volleyball team returns home to face Indiana on Wednesday after four straight matches on the road. The Huskers and Hoosiers will serve it up at 7 p.m. at the Devaney Center. The match will be streamed online with a BTN Plus subscription. John Baylor and Diane Mendenhall will have the radio call on Husker Sports Network (107.3 FM in Lincoln and 105.9 FM in Omaha). A free live audio stream and live stats are available at Huskers.com. Nebraska will honor all active military personnel and salute veterans at the match. While the match is sold out, all current military members and veterans - with a valid military/veteran ID - will receive a free standing room only ticket while supplies last. All current military members and veterans are encouraged to call the Nebraska Athletic Ticket Office for questions or more information (472-3111).
Nebraska (22-4, 13-3 Big Ten) is riding a six-match win streak dating back to Oct. 30. The Huskers have held five of their six opponents in that stretch below .180 hitting. Nebraska is one win away from matching last season’s win total of 23. The Huskers are tied with Penn State for second in the Big Ten, two matches behind Minnesota for the Big Ten lead.
Indiana (15-13, 5-11 Big Ten) is tied for 10th in the Big Ten standings. The Hoosiers are coming off arguably their best win of the season, 3-1 over Michigan State on Nov. 14 in Bloomington, Ind. Indiana has won two straight matches after also beating Rutgers, 3-0, on Nov. 11 for the Hoosiers’ first Big Ten road win of the season.
Series History: Nebraska is 10-1 all-time against Indiana. The Huskers won the first meeting between the teams this season, 3-0 (25-20, 25-18, 25-20), at Indiana on Nov. 7. In that match, NU hit .366 and held Indiana to .167. Indiana won the first match of the series back in 1978, but the Huskers have won the other 10 meetings, including five straight by sweep.
Up Next: Nebraska ends its regular-season road schedule at Michigan this Saturday in a 6:30 p.m. (CT) match.
ABOUT THE HUSKERS
• Nebraska ranks first in the Big Ten in digs per set (15.77) and kills per set (14.26).
• Nebraska is hitting .265 for the season to rank fourth in the Big Ten, and holding opponents to .169 to rank third.
• Two-time All-American Kadie Rolfzen is putting up a team-best 3.26 kills per set along with 2.67 digs per set.
• Libero Justine Wong-Orantes averages 4.55 digs per set, third-most in the Big Ten. Wong-Orantes has 4.80 digs per set in conference matches to rank first.
• Middle blocker Amber Rolfzen leads the team with 127 blocks. Her 1.57 blocks per set is first in the Big Ten and sixth nationally.
• Setter Kelly Hunter guides the Husker attack with 11.27 assists per set.
• True freshman outside hitter Mikaela Foecke averages 2.95 kills per set and has won two Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Week honors.
• Outside hitter Kelsey Fien, an All-Big Ten performer in 2014, is averaging 2.53 kills per set and has 13 kills in each of her last two matches.
• Senior middle blocker Cecilia Hall is putting up 1.69 kills per set and 1.01 blocks per set on the season.
• Sophomore Annika Albrecht is tied for the Big Ten lead with 31 service aces. She served six aces in a three-set win over Rutgers on Oct. 30, one shy of the school record for aces in a match.
SCOUTING INDIANA
Indiana (15-13, 5-11 Big Ten) is hitting .199 and allowing opponents to hit .224 for the season. The Hoosiers are second in the Big Ten in service aces per set with 1.37. In conference play, Amelia Anderson ranks seventh in the Big Ten with 3.31 kills per set. Megan Tallman adds 10.34 assists per set in Big Ten play, and Courtney Harnish provides 3.30 digs per set.
LAST TIME OUT
COLLEGE PARK, Md. - The No. 8 Nebraska volleyball team finished its four-match road stretch with a 3-1 (25-21, 23-25, 25-21, 25-18) win over Maryland at XFINITY Center Pavillion last Saturday night. With their sixth straight win, the Huskers moved to 22-4 overall and 13-3 in the Big Ten. Maryland dropped to 13-17 overall and 3-13 in the Big Ten. The Huskers hit .294 for the match to overcome an off night at the service line, where they committed a season-high 18 errors, the most since 2001. But Nebraska fought through it, holding Maryland to .165 hitting, the fifth time it's held an opponent below .200 during the six-match win streak. Mikaela Foecke led a balanced effort with 15 kills and a .303 hitting percentage.