Nebraska’s top-ranked volleyball team kept its perfect season rolling Thursday night with another dominant straight-set win, this time over UCLA, 25-19, 25-11, 25-16.
The Huskers improved to 20-0 overall and 9-0 in Big Ten play, and they did it in emphatic fashion. Nebraska hit .380 as a team while holding UCLA to just .036, a performance that delivered the program’s 10th 20-0 start in school history.
The victory also pushed Nebraska’s regular-season winning streak to 51 matches, the second-longest run in program history during the NCAA era.
Andi Jackson paced the Huskers with 11 kills on .625 hitting, a night that also included six blocks and three digs. It was her 36th career match with at least 10 kills.
Virginia Adriano added 10 kills on .333 hitting, while Harper Murray finished with nine kills, five digs, and three blocks. Teraya Sigler contributed eight kills on .471 hitting and five digs, and Manaia Ogbechie supplied four kills and three blocks.
Thursday also brought a pair of midseason honors for Nebraska football. Center Justin Evans and linebacker Owen Chambliss were both named to The Athletic Mid-Season All-America Team. Evans is viewed as one of the nation’s top centers, while Chambliss is aiming to follow up his 100-tackle season from last year with San Diego State.
Elsewhere, Hall of Famer and Southern head coach Marshall Faulk said earlier this week that he has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s. Faulk said he caught it early enough that his treatments are allowing him to live his life normally so far. Nebraska fans may remember that the Huskers once recruited him, but Tom Osborne wanted to move him to defensive back, so he instead chose San Diego State.
In college football, James Madison’s unbeaten run ended Thursday night in overtime, with App State winning 34-31. Memphis also picked up an overtime win, beating East Carolina 41-34 to move to 6-2.
Former Maryland coach Mike Locksley told ESPN a day after his dismissal that he does not expect another chance to be a head coach in college football, though he hopes to rebuild his career in the NFL or as a coordinator at a college program “you can win a championship at.”
Nebraska women’s basketball is set to open its 2026-27 season with an exhibition against Wayne State on Friday, October 23 at 6 pm (CT) at Pinnacle Bank Arena.
On the soccer side, Nebraska matched its longest shutout streak since 2016 in a 0-0 draw with USC at Barbara Hibner Stadium. The result was the Huskers’ nation-leading 10th draw, leaving them at 3-3-10 on the season.
Nebraska’s final home match of the year comes Sunday, October 25 against No. 10 UCLA.
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The win also brought an end to Millard Souths 33-game winning streak, a streak that had defined the Class A landscape. Westsides defense added to the damage by intercepting quarterback Trae Taylor three times, and now the Warriors head into the state playoffs looking every bit like a top contender with momentum, confidence and a result that has already changed the conversation. [Read more 🡒]