#18 Illinois @ #5 Nebraska | Wed. 11/25, 7pm CT

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Nebraska and Illinois last met on a Saturday, October 17th, where Nebraska won 3-0. Nebraska leads the all-time series over Illinois, 20-7-1.

Storylines:
Will Foecke string together a few aces against the Illini?
Will Poulter develop consistency with her hitters?
Can Wong-Orantes match her 27 digs against Illinois she had in October?
How much of an impact does Crittenden need to have for Illinois?


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Pre-game radio show is up. 25 minutes to game time! Let's GBR!

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Hall gets the touch. Successful challenge by Cook. 2-1 Illinois early

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Bastianelli with back to back kills. 10-6 Illinois

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15-12 Nebraska,

Nebraska on a run ending on a block from Hall, also with kills from Kadie, Fien, Foecke, and Hall. Huskers heatin up!

Media TO

[notpriddy (COIF)]

Why did not Hambly go through with the challenge just because the green card was not where it should be? Treating that point so cavalierly could have stopped this run by Nebraska.

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15-13 Nebraska

Illinois won a challenge off the block

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17-14 Nebraska

TO Illinois

[holidayhusker]

Hambly is a very classy coach.

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20-14 Nebraska

TO Illinois

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Nov 25, 2015 20:21:51 GMT -5 notpriddy (COIF) said:

Why did not Hambly go through with the challenge just because the green card was not where it should be? Treating that point so cavalierly could have stopped this run by Nebraska.

Agreed... That was odd.

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Nebraska wins set 1, 25-16

Stats after 1

Team Hitting %:
Huskers: .333
Illini: .073

Husker Kill Leaders:
A. Rolfzen 5-0-8; .625
Foecke 4-1-12; .250
Fien 3-1-8; .250

Illini Kill Leaders:
Birks 4-3-16; .062
Bastianelli 2-0-2; 1.000
Crittenden 2-2-6; .000

[notpriddy (COIF)]

If the coach is not going to show intensity, the players are not likely to either.

[holidayhusker]

Nov 25, 2015 20:36:20 GMT -5 notpriddy (COIF) said:

If the coach is not going to show intensity, the players are not likely to either.

You don't need a screaming mimi for a coach to get motivated. You guys didn't notice him getting intense during eh timeouts?

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11-5 Nebraska

TO Illinois