No. 5 Nebraska volleyball takes down No. 2 Stanford

The fifth-ranked Nebraska volleyball team swept the No. 2 Stanford Cardinal in front of their home crowd at Bob Devaney Sports Center on Wednesday night.

The Huskers (9-1) claimed their first win over the Cardinal (7-1) for the first time out of four tries since Nebraska started playing matches at the building in 2013.

Nebraska's advantage in blocks (9-4) and service aces (5-2) helped, as they also committed only four service errors in comparison to the Cardinal's 10.

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Stanford also struggled, registering a .100 hitting percentage to Big Red's .263 for the match. It's the lowest hitting percentage of the year for Stanford as they entered the matchup with the fourth-best hitting percentage in the NCAA.

Andi Jackson led the way for the Huskers, notching nine kills on a .600 hitting percentage for the night. She also had five of the nine blocks for Nebraska while Rebekah Allick had four.

Others to aid Nebraska to victory included Lindsay Krause (nine kills), Merritt Beason (eight) and Harper Murray (six).

Bergen Reilly led the team with 27 assists, a season-high four kills and a .667 hitting percentage. Reilly also registered eight digs on the night while Lexi Rodriguez had nine digs and two service aces.

Last week, Reilly was named the Big Ten Setter of the Week.

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The Huskers jumped out to an early lead in the first set 5-1 and never looked back. Big Red grew its lead to 9-2 off blocks from Reilly and Jackson and Murray's put down on an overpass. Stanford was able to bring the score within five at 16-11 but Nebraska capitalized off three straight errors by the Cardinal to give them a 19-11 lead.

Jackson's third and fourth kills of the match put Nebraska up 21-13 and Krause's kill put the Huskers at set point. Beason finished it off with a kill, giving the Huskers a 25-17 set victory.

The second set was the closest of the night, but it didn't start out that way as Nebraska built an 8-2 lead off a Jackson/Murray block, two Beason kills and a Rodriguez ace. Stanford then went on an 8-0 run, taking a 10-8 lead. Reilly's two kills tied up the score 13-13 but then the Cardinal took a 17-14 lead.

Nebraska fought back thanks to two consecutive kills by Jackson and a Stanford hitting error, putting Big Red up 20-18. Nebraska never trailed after that, as Beason once again won the set for her team on a kill to win 25-22.

By the third set, Stanford had the winds taken out from its sails and it showed. Nebraska built up a 6-3 lead early on, eventually growing it to an 18-8 lead. Murray had two straight aces to put Nebraska up 23-10 and Krause ended up with the finishing kill for the 25-14 set win and match victory.

The Huskers will next take on No. 4 Louisville on the road at the KFC Yum! Center on Sunday. The match begins at 11:30 a.m. CT and will be televised on ABC.