VB Preview: at Michigan & No. 25 Michigan State

Friday, Oct. 30 – No. 1 Nebraska at Michigan
First Serve: 5:30 p.m. CT
TV/Streaming: None/B1G+
Radio: Huskers.com, Huskers App, Huskers Radio Network

Saturday, Oct. 31 – No. 1 Nebraska at No. 25 Michigan State
First Serve: 3:30 p.m. CT
TV/Streaming: None/B1G+
Radio: Huskers.com, Huskers App, Huskers Radio Network

Follow the Match
• This weekend’s matches at Michigan and No. 25 Michigan State will not be televised and will be streamed on B1G+.
• Huskers Radio Network with John Baylor and Lauren (Cook) West will broadcast all the action on their volleyball affiliate stations, on Huskers.com and on the Huskers App. 

Nebraska vs. Michigan
• Nebraska holds a 26-3 advantage through 29 all-time matchups with Michigan.
• The Huskers have won 18 consecutive matches against the Wolverines since suffering a sweep in Ann Arbor in 2014. 
• Additionally, the Big Red are 23-2 vs. Michigan as Big Ten foes.

Nebraska vs. Michigan State
• Through 34 all-time meetings, Nebraska holds a 30-2-2 lead in the series against Michigan State. 
• The Huskers have won 19 straight matches against the Spartans after Michigan State picked up a 3-1 victory in a top-10 battle in East Lansing in 2013.
• Saturday’s contest marks the seventh time the two teams meet as ranked conference foes, with the Big Red holding a 5-1 record in the first six matchups.

Huskers at No. 1 in Latest AVCA Poll
• The Nebraska volleyball team was ranked No. 1 in the latest AVCA Coaches Poll released on Oct. 26. 
• The Huskers collected 1,575 points in the poll and came in ahead of No. 2 Pitt (1,512), No. 3 Louisville (1,444), No. 4 Florida (1,377) and No. 5 SMU (1,264). Nebraska got all of the 63 first-place votes.
• It marks Nebraska’s 133rd week all-time at No. 1 in the AVCA Coaches Poll, the most of any program in the nation.

Jackson Named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week 
• Senior middle blocker Andi Jackson was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week for the third time in her career on Monday.
• Jackson is the third consecutive Husker to win the award after Olivia Mauch (Oct. 19) and Manaia Ogbechie (Oct. 12) were recognized earlier this month.
•Nebraska is the first Big Ten team with three straight Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week awards since the Huskers in 2015.
• This week’s honor marks the fourth of the season for the Brighton, Colo., native after previously being named Big Ten Player of the Week (Sept. 28, Oct. 5) and AVCA Player of the Week (Sept. 29).
• Jackson put up 1.67 blocks per set and helped the Husker defense limit opponents to an .063 hitting percentage in Nebraska’s sweeps of UCLA and USC last week, while also contributing 3.17 kills per set on .567 hitting to continue to sit third nationally in hitting percentage (.479).
• In a sweep of UCLA on Thursday, Jackson had six blocks to go with 11 kills on .625 hitting. Jackson finished with four blocks and eight kills on .500 hitting in a sweep against the Trojans on Saturday.

Huskers off to a 21-0 Start
• With a 21-0 start, the Huskers have posted an undefeated record through the first 21 matches of the season for the ninth time in program history.  
•This is the first time the Big Red have recorded consecutive 21-0 starts since 2005-06 after the Huskers opened last season with a 33-0 mark.

Huskers on Halloween
• Nebraska owns an undefeated 8-0 record on Halloween in the NCAA era.
• The Huskers hit the road on Halloween for the second straight year after sweeping No. 11 Wisconsin in Madison last year.

NU Rides 52-Match Regular-Season Win Streak
• Nebraska is on a 52-match regular-season winning streak that dates back to the 2024 season, which is tied for the longest regular-season winning streak in program history in the NCAA era (since 1981).
• The Huskers finished the 2024 regular season with a win at Maryland before finishing the 2025 regular season a perfect 30-0, the third perfect regular season in program history (1994, 2000). Nebraska has started the 2026 season with 21 straight wins. 
• Nebraska’s last regular-season loss came on Nov. 29, 2024 at No. 4 Penn State. The Huskers’ win streak is the third in program history over 40 matches, joining streaks from 1999-2001 and 2004-05.
• In the NCAA era, the Big Red have 15 streaks of at least 20 regular-season wins and four of 35-plus.
• Head Coach Dani Busboom Kelly also recorded a 43-match regular-season winning streak at Louisville that spanned the 2020, 2021 and 2022 seasons.

Road Warriors: 23 Straight Away From Home
• Nebraska has a 23-match win streak in road and neutral-site matches, which is tied for 12th all-time in NCAA history and is the 21st all-time streak of 20-or-more victories.
• The Huskers’ current win streak is the longest nationally since Nebraska’s string of 24 straight wins in 2015-16. 
• The 23-match win streak is Nebraska’s fourth-longest in school history, trailing streaks of 29 victories in 1994-96, 26 wins in 2002-03 and 24 victories in 2015-16.  

Big Red’s Sweeping Statement
• Nebraska has recorded sweeps in 28 of its 30 Big Ten victories combined since 2025, which is more sweeps than any other Big Ten team has in conference victories. 
• The Huskers have swept nine of their 10 matches in their 10-0 start this season after sweeping 19 of the 20 matches last season.

Busboom Kelly vs. Ranked Opponents
• Head Coach Dani Busboom Kelly is 63-28 against ranked opponents in her 10 seasons as a head coach at Louisville and Nebraska. 
•At Nebraska, Busboom Kelly is 21-1 against ranked foes in two seasons after going 13-1 last season and holding an 8-0 mark vs. ranked teams in 2026.
• Busboom Kelly totaled a 29-13 record vs. ranked opponents in her final three seasons at Louisville before joining Nebraska in 2025.

NU’s Race to the Red Zone
• Nebraska is 159-0 in sets under head coach Dani Busboom Kelly when reaching the red zone (20 points) first.
• The Huskers are 63-0 when reaching the red zone first in 2026 after posting a 96-0 mark last season. 

NU Offense Racking Up .400 Sets in Last Two Seasons
• As of Wednesday, Nebraska is tied with Pitt for the national lead in hitting percentage at .332. Last week, Nebraska hit .390 as a team in home sweeps of UCLA (Oct. 22) and USC (Oct. 24).
• Nebraska has hit .400 or greater three times this season after finishing at .400 against USC. Dating back to the beginning of 2025, the Huskers have 12 matches of .400 hitting or greater.
• The Big Red notched three more sets hitting at least .400 last week, hitting .436 in the first set vs. UCLA before percentages of .471 and .483 in the first and second sets vs. USC, respectively.
• Nebraska has now hit at least .400 in 24 of 67 sets (.358) played this season. Dating back to the start of the 2025 season, Nebraska has 65 sets hitting .400 or greater after finishing with 41 last year.
• Last season’s total of 41 sets of .400 or greater rose from 30 in the 2024 season, when the Huskers hit .400 or greater in 30 of 122 sets (.246).

Defending the Big Ten Discover Challenge Title
• Select conference matches played during the month of October will count toward the Big Ten Discover Challenge, which is in its second season. Each team will play five designated challenge matches throughout the month, with the winner determined by the highest win total across the five matches. 
• The top three tiebreakers in order are: head-to-head results that were part of the Big Ten Discover Challenge, winning percentage against common opponents, and highest percentage of total sets won. 
• Nebraska is looking to defend its title after capturing the Big Ten Discover Challenge title in its inaugural season in 2025. 
• Through four matches, Nebraska is in a four-way tie with teams with an unblemished record with one match to go.

Adriano Rolling into November
• In last Saturday’s sweep of USC, Virginia Adriano matched her career high with 13 kills on .500 hitting against the Trojans.
• The sophomore has 34 kills on .404 hitting in Nebraska’s last three matches after tallying 11 kills vs. Purdue and 10 against UCLA.
• Adriano is the sixth Husker since 2019 to total at least 34 kills on .400-plus hitting in a three-match stretch in Big Ten play, joining Andi Jackson (2025), Harper Murray (2025), Merritt Beason (2024, 2023), Lauren Stivrins (2021, 2020-21) and Lindsay Krause (2021). 

October Surge for Murray
• In eight matches during the month of October, Harper Murray has totaled 95 kills at a clip of 4.13 per set while hitting .330.
• Murray has five matches with 10-plus kills, including a season-high 20 vs. No. 7 Wisconsin on Oct. 10.
• Last time out against USC, Murray hit .462 with 14 kills (14-2-26) and added seven digs. She also had a season-high eight digs vs. No. 13 Purdue on Oct. 17 while adding 13 kills.
• Murray has three matches with a hitting percentage over .400 during the eight-match span in October. 

Jackson Nearing 1,000 Kills, 400 Blocks Club
• As of Oct. 28, Nebraska middle blocker Andi Jackson has 995 kills and 464 blocks in her career.
• Jackson needs five kills to become the fourth Husker in the rally-scoring era with at least 1,000 kills and 400 blocks, joining Sarah Pavan, Lauren Stivrins, and Melissa Elmer. 
• Jackson would become the 13th Husker in the rally-scoring era with 1,000 kills or more. She would also join teammate Harper Murray (5th, 1,398) as active Huskers with 1,000-plus kills. 
• In the rally-scoring era, Jackson’s 464 blocks currently ranks sixth.

Bergen Does it All
• Nebraska setter Bergen Reilly has 4,375 assists, 1,106 digs, and 230 blocks in her career, making her the only player in the history of the Husker volleyball program with 4,000 assists, 1,000 digs, and 200 blocks.
• Reilly eclipsed the 4,000-assist plateau earlier this season and sits third on the all-time Nebraska leaderboard, only trailing Fiona Nepo and Nicklin Hames. In the rally-scoring era, Reilly only trails Hames.
• Entering this weekend, Reilly has 48 career double-doubles, which is tied with Hannah Werth for the third-most by a Husker in the rally-scoring era.
• Reilly reached 4,000 assists in her 374th set played, which is the fastest for a Husker in sets played in the rally-scoring era.