LINCOLN, Nebraska – The No. 5-ranked Nebraska volleyball team earned its second top-15 win of the week and third of the season with a 25-20, 26-24, 25-19 victory over Arizona State on Friday night before a crowd of 8,772 at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.

Merritt Beason gave the Huskers (7-1) a boost with 15 kills on .429 hitting. Harper Murray added 10 kills and nine digs.

Nebraska’s middles were sharp again. Andi Jackson had 10 kills and hit .389, while Rebekah Allick had seven kills and hit .462 with a team-high five blocks.

Nebraska hit .319 and Arizona State (7-1) hit .213. The Huskers held a 7-3 advantage in blocks and 2-0 in aces.

Bergen Reilly had 41 assists and 15 digs for her sixth double-double of the season. Lexi Rodriguez had 10 digs and Olivia Mauch had a career-high nine.

Geli Cyr led Arizona State with 14 kills and a .357 batting average.

Series 1: The Huskers used a 4-0 run to take a 6-4 lead, with Jackson and Murray recording kills. A block by Lindsay Krause and Allick extended the lead to four, 12-8. The teams then traded sideouts for 16 rallies to take a 20-16 Husker lead. Rodriguez served an ace to make it 21-16, and kills by Beason and Jackson extended the lead to 23-18. Jackson added a sixth kill before set point, and the Huskers won 25-20.

Set 2: Arizona State held a 15-12 lead at the media timeout after three straight kills. The Big Red responded with a 7-3 run to take a 19-18 lead, powered by kills by Jackson, Krause, Allick and Beason, and a block by Allick and Reilly. Two more kills by Beason put Nebraska ahead, 21-20, but the Sun Devils took advantage of two Husker hitting errors to pull ahead 22-21. An ASU service error after a timeout tied the score at 22-22, and Krause and Jackson combined for a block and a 23-22 NU lead. A kill by Cyr tied the score before a service error gave Nebraska a set point at 24-23. The Huskers crossed under the net to keep a ball alive, but Arizona State sent the ensuing serve long for another chance at set point for NU. A kill from Beason gave the Huskers a 26-24 victory.

Series 3: The Huskers jumped out to a 5-1 lead with kills by Allick, Murray and Beason and two blocks by Beason and Allick. However, the Sun Devils came back to take an 11-10 lead after a 5-1 run. Allick, Beason and Krause responded with kills to put the Huskers up 13-11. After a sideout by Arizona State, Beason hit back-to-back kills to make it 15-12. Murray was awarded a kill on video review and an error by Arizona State gave NU an 18-15 lead. Kills by Jackson and Krause gave NU a 22-17 lead. An attack error by the Sun Devils bought the Huskers a set point and Krause laid it down to secure the 25-19 set win and the 3-0 match victory.

Next: The Huskers host Wichita State in the final of the Nebraska Classic on Saturday at 2 p.m. The game will be streamed on B1G+.