Huskers Fight Past Illini, 3-0

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - The No. 4 Nebraska volleyball team returned to action after 11 days off and picked up where they left off, sweeping Illinois 25-23, 25-15, 25-22 at Huff Hall on Friday night.

The Huskers (8-1) got 17 kills, six digs and three blocks from Lexi Sun, who hit .342 for the match. Lauren Stivrins chipped in 10 kills and four blocks and hit .471.

Madi Kubik had nine kills and a team-high 11 digs, while Kayla Caffey had seven kills without an error for a .636 hitting percentage to go with three blocks.

Nicklin Hames had 33 assists and eight digs, and she became the 10th Husker in school history to reach 3,000 career assists and the fourth to do so in the rally scoring era…