Nebraska @ Wisconsin 11-24-2023 WVB

Dear Readers~

    Welcome Back!  This blog will cover the second match up between Nebraska and Wisconsin. In the previous match up between the two teams, they both went into the game undefeated, but Nebraska walked away with the win and was the only team left undefeated. Going into this game, Nebraska is still undefeated after a few more wins against schools like Iowa and Michigan. Since their last match up, only Penn State and Purdue have been able to beat Wisconsin. With Nebraska remaining undefeated with only a few games left in the regular season, they wanted to maintain that perfect record. With Nebraska being undefeated, Wisconsin wanted to be the first team to beat Nebraska this season. Do you think Nebraska will remain undefeated and beat Wisconsin in both match ups or will Wisconsin hand Nebraska their first loss of the regular season this season and get some revenge for the previous match up? This game took place on Friday, November 24th at 3pm at the Wisconsin Field House in Madison, Wisconsin. Let's find out how the most recent matchup between the two teams went.

    Starting off with Kills we have Wisconsin's Anna Smrek, with 18, followed by her teammate Sarah Franklin, with 16. The leaders for Nebraska are Harper Murray, with 15, followed by Merritt Beason and Ally Batenhorst, each with 11. Wisconsin's MJ Hammill was the only athlete with 2 Aces while Wisconsin's CC Crawford and Julia Orzol along with Nebraska's Maisie Boesigner, Laney Choboy, and Harper Murray all had 1 ace each. The leader in Blocks goes to Wisconsin's CC Crawford, with 4, followed shortly by her teammate Anna Smrek, with 3. Wisconsin's Carter Booth and Nebraska's Bekka Allick each had 2, while Nebraska's Merritt Beason and Andi Jackson had 1 block each. The leader in Assists goes to Nebraska's Bergen Reilly, with 32, while MJ Hammill led Wisconsin with 25. The leader in Digs was a tie between Wisconsin's Sarah Franklin and Julia Orzol, with 12 each. the leader for Nebraska was Bergen Reilly, with 10.

    Now it's time to see how each set of the game ended. The first set ended at 25-22 in favor of Wisconsin. The second set ended a little closer at 28-26 in favor of Wisconsin yet again. Nebraska didn't want to have their first loss of the season, much less in only 3 sets, so they tried their hardest on the third set. That third set would end at 25-16 in favor of Wisconsin and giving them the win over Nebraska as well as handing Nebraska their first loss of the season. At the end of the game, Wisconsin led in Points, 63-51, Kills, 52-45, Aces 5-3, Blocks, 6-3, Assists 50-41, and Digs, 45-42.

This is Nebraska's Match Day post they put on their Instagram for the big game. Don't forget to follow them over there to see how they end their 2023 season: @huskervb

The upset post the NCAA put on their Instagram after the big game. Wisconsin didn't have a game day post but that's no reason to not follow them and don't forget to give the NCAA a follow as well: @badgervb and @ncaavolleyball

    That concludes the regular season for the sport. Nebraska ended their regular season at 28-1 while Wisconsin ended their regular season at 26-3. Stay tuned to see who makes it to round 1 of the 2023 NCAA Tournament. Until next time, Miller out

~J. Miller