No. 1 Nebraska volleyball swept UCLA 25-19, 25-11, 25-16 for the Cornhuskers’ 20th win of the season Thursday at John Cook Arena. The win improved Dani Busboom Kelly’s career regular-season record at Nebraska (20-0, 9-0 Big Ten) to 50-0.
The Huskers were led by Andi Jackson’s 11 kills and six blocks, while hitting .625. Virginia Adriano added 10 kills. Bergen Reilly added 39 set assists and four blocks. The Bruins (16-4, 6-3) were led by the seven kills of Maggie Li. Nebraska outhit UCLA, .380-.036, and outblocked them 9-4.
The first set started closely contested before Nebraska pushed ahead for good after a three-point run to build a 14-11 lead. From there, the Huskers gradually pulled away and finished off the set.
Nebraska jumped out to a 5-2 lead in the second. The lead ballooned to 14-4 midway through the set. UCLA was no closer than eight points the rest of the set.
The Huskers began the third set in similar dominant fashion, racing out to a 10-3 lead. The Bruins never had a deficit smaller than five for the rest of the set.
Nebraska now prepares to face USC Saturday at 8 p.m. Pregame coverage begins at 7 p.m. on KLIN and B-107.3.