The 11th-ranked Nebraska volleyball team took care of business in a Senior Night sweep Friday night, defeating No. 15 Penn State 3-0 (25-14, 25-23, 25-23) at the Devaney Center. The Huskers' win in their regular-season home finale improves them to 20-6 (14-3 Big Ten) on the season, while the Nittany Lions drop to 19-8 (12-5).
NU snapped PSU's four-match win streak.
Madi Kubik led the Huskers with 12 kills and added three digs, two blocks and an ace.
Nicklin Hames' team-leading 18th double-double of the year came on a match-best 38 assists and a team-high 14 digs to go with a season-high four blocks.
Lexi Sun finished with eight kills, a block and an ace, and Kayla Caffey posted seven kills while hitting .636 with no errors and two blocks. Lauren Stivrins totaled six kills, tied her season high with seven blocks and added an ace.
Whitney Lauenstein came off the bench for an impactful five kills on .500 hitting over the second and third sets. She added two blocks.
Lexi Rodriguez and Keonilei Akana matched each other with 13 digs for the night.
As a team, Nebraska hit just.186 but kept Penn State to .088. The Huskers had the edge in kills (42-30), assists (42-29), aces (4-1), digs (56-50) and blocks (10-7). PSU counted eight service errors.
Penn State was led by a match-high 14 kills from Jonni Parker, and Allie Holland had five blocks. The Huskers limited Kaitlyn Hord, the Big Ten leader in conference-only hitting percentage, to just .125 for the match.
Information courtesy of Nebraska Athletics