Huskers sweep Spartans in East Lansing – University of Nebraska

EAST LANSING, Mich. – Nebraska's second-ranked volleyball team defeated Michigan State on Friday, 15/25, 19/25, 15/25, at the Breslin Center.

The Huskers (17-1, 7-0 B1G) were in control from the middle of the first set, finishing the set with a .364 hitting percentage while holding the Spartans (7-11, 0-7 B1G) to .141.

Taylor Landfair and Harper Murray led the Huskers to their 14th straight victory with 12 kills each. Landfair hit .417 while Murray hit .333.

Nebraska served two aces with five errors, while Michigan State had one ace with seven errors. NU led in kills (48-31), digs (46-31) and blocks (6-4).

Andi Jackson added 10 kills with five blocks and hit .600. Merritt Beason had nine kills. Rebekah Allick contributed three kills and hit .429.

Bergen Reilly had 34 assists and nine digs, Murray had eight digs, while Kennedi Orr and Laney Choboy had seven.

Set 1: The Huskers started 5-2, with Beason starting with two kills and a block, while Murray had a kill and Jackson had two blocks. But Michigan State fought back and took an 8-6 lead after a 6-1 run. The teams traded points back and forth until a 4-0 Husker run by Beason made the Big Red score 17-13. Jackson had one kill before Murray had two consecutive kills. Another kill from Murray and a block from Jackson and Reilly gave the Huskers a 19-14 lead. Nebraska closed the set with a 6-0 run and won 25-15 with three kills from Landfair, one from Murray and one from Reilly.

Set 2: Jackson had two kills around one from Reilly as the Huskers led 7-4. After MSU got within 7-6, Landfair and Murray had back-to-back kills before Allick and Landfair made a block, and another Landfair kill made it 12-6 after a 5-0 serve from Orr. Allick and Landfair again had kills to increase the score to 14-7, and kills from Allick and Beason helped NU to a 19-8 lead after a 5-0 run by Olivia Mauch. After Michigan State went on a 5-0 run to get within 19-13, Murray scored on a sideout kill and another from Jackson kept NU on top 21-15. The set ended 25-19 after Landfair's ninth kill.

Set 3: NU led 7-5 after a kill from Jackson and an ace from Beason. Murray, Landfair and Allick added kills as the Big Red gained a 13-9 lead. Back-to-back kills from Beason and Murray gave NU a 15-11 lead at the media timeout. Murray had two straight kills and Jackson had two straight kills before a Landfair roll shot made it 21-13 for the Big Red. Reilly and Jackson combined on a block, and Jackson scored a kill for a 23-13 lead. Beason finished the match with a kill, 25-15.

Next up: Nebraska will play Ohio State on Saturday at 2:30 p.m. (CT) on NBC.