Nebraska Volleyball: Huskers rally to defeat TCU in 4 sets

The Nebraska Cornhuskers volleyball team got off to a quick start but it quickly turned sluggish, needing to rally to defeat TCU in four sets at Devaney Sports Center Saturday night.

The No. 2 Huskers won its 25th consecutive match at home with a 25-15, 25-23, 23-25 and 25-13 victory in front of a crowd of 8,695.

Nebraska won both of its matches at the Ameritas Players Challenge as they also swept Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Friday night.

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The Huskers (3-0) hit .213 and held the Horned Frogs (1-1) to .168 for the match. Nebraska also held an edge in kills (55-40), digs (61-43) and aces, blanking TCU 9-0.

Harper Murray led the Huskers with 20 kills on .302 hitting, adding six digs and three blocks to her score sheet. Lindsay Krause had nine kills and Merritt Beason added eight kills.

Rebekah Allick finished the night with seven kills and six blocks while Andi Jackson had eight kills on .467 hitting with four blocks.

Bergen Reilly notched 43 assists and 14 digs, her third double-double on the young season. Lexi Rodriguez led the team with 18 digs.

The first set was competitive, drawing the score at nine points each until a TCU service error put Nebraska on top. The Huskers grew their lead to 12-9 and eventually stretched their lead to 19-12. Nebraska finished it off with a Allick spike and a TCU error to give the Huskers the first set.

In the second set, TCU jumped out to a 13-9 lead but the score became tied at 15 after kills by Beason and Murray. TCU eventually pushed its lead to 22-20 but Nebraska rallied to take a 23-22 lead. Beason had another kill to put the set at set point and a violation by the Horned Frogs have the Huskers the second set 25-23 win.

Once again, TCU jumped out to an early lead in the next set, gaining a 5-1 lead. The Huskers kept coming back, drawing within one 8-7 and then ended up tying it up at 14. Murray's fifth and sixth kills of the set helped Big Red gain an 18-16 lead but TCU fought back and tied it up at 18. TCU then led 21-20 before Nebraska took a 22-21 lead. But it was the Horned Frogs that closed it out with three consecutive points to win 25-23.

The fourth set saw the Cornhuskers gain an early 9-4 lead this time and never looking back. The lead grew to 18-7 and then was finished off with a TCU service error and Reilly's ace to take the set 25-13 and match, 3-0.

The Huskers will take on SMU in Dallas on Tuesday at 7 p.m. CT.