Huskers Finish LSU Tournament With Two Wins

The Nebraska beach volleyball team wrapped up play at the Tiger Beach Challenge in Baton Rouge, La., with a pair of wins on Sunday.

The Huskers swept Central Arkansas, 5-0, and beat Houston Christian, 3-2, to improve to 8-3 this season. 

In the morning win over Central Arkansas, Lexi Rodriguez and Lindsay Krause won 21-13, 21-17 as the Huskers' No. 1 pair. Bergen Reilly and Ally Batenhorst earned a 21-11, 21-12 victory, and Merritt Beason and Skyler Pierce held on for a 21-13, 19-21, 15-11 win. Laney Choboy and Harper Murray rallied to win their No. 4 match, 19-21, 21-17, 15-4, and Olivia Mauch and Andi Jackson did the same, winning 15-21, 21-16, 15-10. 

The Huskers then picked up a thrilling comeback win over Houston Christian. After falling behind 2-0 after the Nos. 1 and 2 matches, the Huskers won the remaining three matches, all in three sets. Jackson and Mauch got NU on the board with a 22-20, 10-21, 17-15 win at No. 5, and Reilly and Batenhorst picked up a 21-15, 16-21, 15-10 victory to tie the match. Then Choboy and Murray rallied again after dropping set one to clinch the match with a 15-21, 21-15, 18-16 victory.

The Huskers will head to Hawaii this week for the Queen's Cup on Queen's Beach in Honolulu. Nebraska begins play on Thursday with a 1 p.m. (CT) match against No. 10 Hawaii and a 7:15 p.m. (CT) contest against Pepperdine. 

Nebraska 5, Central Arkansas 0
1. Rodriguez, Lexi/Krause, Lindsay (NEB) def. Katie Atkinson/Brooke Kuball (UCA) 21-13, 21-17
2. Reilly, Bergen/Batenhorst, Ally (NEB) def. Anna Linskey/Naya Tan (UCA) 21-11, 21-12
3. Beason, Merritt/Pierce, Skyler (NEB) def. Payton Sproule/Anna Collums (UCA) 21-13, 19-21, 15-11
4. Choboy, Laney/Murray, Harper (NEB) def. Madalyn Bass/Ella Weilert (UCA) 19-21, 21-17, 15-4
5. Mauch, Olivia/Jackson, Andi (NEB) def. Audrey Cathcart/Madelyn White (UCA) 15-21, 21-16, 15-10

Nebraska 3, Houston Christian 2
1. Kleymeyer, Kristen/Gilmour, Kristin (HCU) def. Rodriguez, Lexi/Krause, Lindsay (NEB) 21-16, 21-16
2. Alper, Mary/Bufkin, Abbey (HCU) def. Pierce, Skyler/Beason, Merritt (NEB) 21-18, 22-20
3. Reilly, Bergen/Batenhorst, Ally (NEB) def. Heilbrun, Rachel/Axelrod, Gabi (HCU) 21-15, 16-21, 15-10
4. Murray, Harper/Choboy, Laney (NEB) def. Griffith, Kylann/Palmer, Paige (HCU) 15-21, 21-15, 18-16
5. Mauch, Olivia/Jackson, Andi (NEB) def. Pearce, Audrey/Lockhardt, Tatum (HCU) 22-20, 10-21, 17-15
Exh. Armstrong, Killian/Silverthorn, Alisia (HCU) def. Boesiger, Maisie/Kenney, Kyla (NEB) 21-17, 21-17