Maryland volleyball series preview: Northwestern
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Huskers Make Home Debut vs Northwestern - University of Nebraska
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• Sun leads the Huskers with 3.67 kills per set on .286 hitting with a team-high five service aces. Kubik adds 2.67 kills per set and 1.83 digs per set. • Stivrins is putting up 2.67 kills per set on a team-high .429 hitting percentage to go with 1.33 blocks per set. Junior middle blocker
Callie Schwarzenbach leads the team in blocks with 2.00 per set. • Hames paces the Husker attack with 10.00 assists per set, and she chips in 2.83 digs per set with three service aces. • Knuckles leads the team in digs at 3.33 per set. Akana adds 2.17. • Caffey had a strong first match as a Husker at Indiana. She provided six kills on .273 hitting with three blocks.
Northwestern won both matches this weekend at Welsh-Ryan Arena, beating Rutgers in straight sets on consecutive nights.
On Friday, the Wildcats (2-0) defeated the Scarlet Knights (0-2) handily, not allowing Rutgers to score more than 20 points on any set. Then on Saturday, Northwestern successfully replicated their performance en route to a clean sweep of their opening weekend opponent.
On Friday, senior middle hitter Alana Walker led the way in hitting percentage at 52.9 percent, posting 11 kills and 3 blocks while sophomore outside hitter Abryanna Cannon added a game-high 13 digs.
Rutgers led only twice all night. After the Scarlet Knights went up 0-3 to begin the game’s second set, NU responded with a pair of kills from Cannon and sophomore middle blocker Desiree Becker, putting the Cats back up 4-3.