Nebraska Volleyball is Flying High, Easily Beats Illinois

Nebraska 3 vs Illinois 0- 25-14, 25-16, 25-22

Nebraska won and won big. Nebraska was better in every statistical category over Illinois tonight in front of a sell out crowd in Huff Hall in Champaign, IL. Nebraska hit .320 as a team, was able to side out at 76% rate and had 44 digs compared to 29 for Illinois. Those numbers are the quantifiable parts of the game. Qualitatively, Nebraska was faster, jumped higher and out hustled their opponent.

The most impressive part of Nebraska tonight was their ability to take a play where things were not going according to plan and turn it to an advantageous situation. The final play to end set two started with a quick pass heading straight to the net.…