{"id":57922,"date":"2022-08-27T10:36:12","date_gmt":"2022-08-27T10:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/huskers-cruise-past-islanders-in-season-opener\/"},"modified":"2022-08-27T10:36:12","modified_gmt":"2022-08-27T10:36:12","slug":"huskers-cruise-past-islanders-in-season-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/huskers-cruise-past-islanders-in-season-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"Huskers Cruise Past Islanders in Season Opener"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"sidearm-story-template-text-aside\" aria-label=\"Related Sport Links\">&#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<\/p>\n<section class=\"sidearm-story-template-links\" aria-label=\"Story Links\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"hide\">Story Links<\/h2>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<ul class=\"sidearm-story-template-links-list\">&#13;<br \/>\n            &#13;<\/p>\n<li>Post-Game Press Conference\n                <\/li>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n            &#13;<\/p>\n<li>Photo Gallery\n                <\/li>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n            &#13;\n        <\/ul>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n   <\/section>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game hide-on-small-down\">\n<div id=\"postgame_1-2_nextgame\">\n<div class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details\">\n<div class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-logo\">\n                \n            <\/div>\n<div class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent\">\n<h2>Next Match:<\/h2>\n<p>  Tulsa<\/p>\n<p>8\/26\/2022 |  6:30 PM<\/p>\n<p>Nebraska Public Media\n                    <\/p>\n<p>HUSKERS RADIO NETWORK\n                    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"postgame_3_nextgame\">\n<div class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-primary\">\n<div class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details\">\n<p>Aug.  26 (Fri) \/ 6:30 PM\n                <\/p>\n<div class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent\">\n                    <img class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.google.com\/images\/logos\/Tulsa_Flags_WhtBG_200x200.png?ssl=1\" alt=\"Tulsa\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        <span class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-text--atVs\"\/> <span>Tulsa<\/span>&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    History <span class=\"sidearm-icon sf-play-by-play-alt-minimal\"\/><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>          &#13;<br \/>\n                    <\/aside>\n<p>                    <strong>LINCOLN, Neb.<\/strong> &#8211; The No.  1 Nebraska volleyball team swept Texas A&#038;M-Corpus Christi in the season opener on Friday morning, 25-15, 25-16, 25-9, in front of a sold-out crowd of 8,000 at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.<\/p>\n<p>Nebraska was dominant from start to finish in its first of three matches this weekend in the Ameritas Players Challenge.  The Huskers hit .388, their best hitting percentage in a season opener since hitting .400 against Hawaii in 2001. NU&#8217;s defense was just as impressive, holding the Islanders to a -.021 hitting percentage, NU&#8217;s best defensive performance in a season opener since 2013. The Huskers (1-0) improved to 41-7 all-time in season openers.<\/p>\n<p><dfn>Madi Kubik<\/dfn> had a match-high 11 kills, and <dfn>Whitney Lauenstein<\/dfn> put down eight kills on .368 hitting to go with a career-high seven blocks. <dfn>Bekka Allick<\/dfn> had seven kills and five blocks in her first collegiate match while hitting .667. <dfn>Kaitlyn Hord<\/dfn> chipped in five kills and seven blocks with an .833 hitting percentage. <dfn>Lindsay Krause<\/dfn> had four blocks. <\/p>\n<p><dfn>Kenne Orr<\/dfn> set 26 assists and had seven digs. <dfn>Nicklin Hames<\/dfn> had eight digs in her first match as a defensive specialist.  With every eight digs, Hames moved to No.  6 all-time at Nebraska with 1,370 career digs, passing Hannah Werth (1,367). <\/p>\n<p>Libero <dfn>Lexi Rodriguez<\/dfn> had 12 digs and two ace serves, while <dfn>Nicklin Hames<\/dfn> had eight digs in her first match as a defensive specialist.  With every eight digs, Hames moved to No.  6 all-time at Nebraska with 1,370 career digs, passing Hannah Werth (1,367). <dfn>Kenzie Knuckles<\/dfn> added seven digs and an ace. <\/p>\n<p>Kyndal Payne had seven kills to lead the Islanders (0-1). <\/p>\n<p><strong>Set 1:<\/strong> The Huskers were in control early on with a 10-3 lead, as posted Kubik and Allick each two kills.  Another two kills by Kubik had the Big Red up 15-8 at the media timeout.  After the timeout, Allick was in on three straight blocks, two with Lauenstein and one with Kubik.  Lauenstein then terminated a kill and the Huskers held a 20-8 lead after a 6-0 run.  Orr connected with Krause for set point at 24-15, and a block by Hord and Lauenstein finished the set, 25-15.  Nebraska hit .450 and held the Islanders to .032. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Set 2:<\/strong> Hord opened the set with a kill and four blocks &#8211; two with Lauenstein and two with Kubik &#8211; as the Huskers sprinted to a 6-1 lead.  After an Islanders&#8217; sideout, Lauenstein ripped three straight kills and combined with Allick for a block to make it 10-2.  Krause and Hord had back-to-back kills, and then they teamed up for a block for a 15-5 Husker lead.  Nebraska led 19-10 when A&#038;M-Corpus Christi scored four in a row to get within five, 19-14.  Kubik posted a kill to side out for the Huskers, and Allick killed an overpass before the Islanders hit wide to restore a 22-14 Husker advantage.  Orr and Allick then stuffed an attack to make it 23-14, and the Huskers won 25-16 on a kill by Kubik.  NU hit .294 and held Texas A&#038;M-Corpus Christi to -.048 in set two.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Set 3:<\/strong> Nebraska came out of intermission on fire with kills by Lauenstein, Hord, two by Allick and four by Kubik to build a 12-2 lead.  The Big Red never looked back, finishing off the sweep in style, 25-9, on <dfn>Hayden Kubik&#8217;s<\/dfn> first career kill.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Up Next:<\/strong> Nebraska faces Tulsa at 6:30 pm on Friday in its second and final match of the day. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '395583934464606');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Story Links &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Post-Game Press Conference &#13; &#13; Photo Gallery &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Next Match: Tulsa 8\/26\/2022 | 6:30 PM Nebraska Public Media HUSKERS RADIO NETWORK Aug. 26 (Fri) \/ 6:30 PM &#13; Tulsa&#13; History &#13; LINCOLN, Neb. &#8211; The No. 1 Nebraska volleyball team &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/huskers-cruise-past-islanders-in-season-opener\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Huskers Cruise Past Islanders in Season Opener<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/huskers.com\/images\/2022\/8\/26\/VB_vs_Texas_A_M_CC-_DG009.JPG?preset=large.socialmediaimage","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57922"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57922"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57922\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}