LINCOLN, Neb. (Huskers.com) – The No. 2 Nebraska volleyball team will play two games at home this weekend as Big Ten play continues.

The Cornhuskers will host No. 10 Purdue on Friday at 7:30 p.m. and Rutgers on Saturday at 7 p.m., which will be Nebraska’s annual “Pink Match” for breast cancer awareness.

Friday’s game against Purdue will air on BTN with Larry Punteney and Lauren Stivrins in conversation. Saturday’s match will only 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.

ABOUT THE HUSKERS

• Nebraska has won 11 straight games since losing at SMU on Sept. 3. Nine of the eleven wins were sweeps.

• The Huskers rank seventh nationally and second in the Big Ten with a team hitting percentage of .298.

• NU ranks 13th nationally in kills per set (14.02).

• In Sunday’s 3-0 win over Iowa, the Huskers had seven aces and just one service error. The last time the Huskers had at least seven aces with one or fewer service errors was on November 12, 2017 against Rutgers (nine aces, one error).

• Outside hitter Harper Murray leads the Huskers with 3.12 kills per set and 15 service aces. Murray also adds 2.14 digs per set.

• Opponent Merritt Beason averages 2.90 kills per set for the Big Red. Over her last nine matches, Beason averaged 3.20 kills per set with a hitting percentage of .312.

• Outside hitter Lindsay Krause adds 2.37 kills per set and has served 15 aces for the team.

• Middle blocker Andi Jackson is averaging 2.66 kills with a team-best hitting percentage of .475, which ranks fifth nationally.

• Middle blocker Rebekah Allick adds 1.81 kills per set on .381 hitting with 1.49 blocks per set, which ranks 10th nationally.

• Setter Bergen Reilly is averaging 10.98 assists per set, which ranks ninth in the country. She also adds 2.86 digs per set and has 12 aces.

• Three-time All-American Lexi Rodriguez leads the Husker back row with 3.82 digs per set.

SCOUTING REPORT: PURDUE

• No. 10 Purdue defeated Northwestern and Michigan State last week to move to 12-3 on the season and 3-1 in Big Ten play.

• The Boilermakers rank 11th in the nation in blocks per set (2.89) and 16th in kills per set (13.91).

• Eva Hudson (4.09 kills per set) and Chloe Chicoine (3.28 kills per set) lead the Purdue attack.

• Raven Colvin ranks first in the Big Ten and second in the nation in blocks per set (1.74). She also adds 2.68 kills per set and is hitting .439.

SCOUTING REPORT: RUTGERS

• Rutgers enters Friday’s game at Iowa 5-10 overall and 0-4 in Big Ten play.

• Alissa Kinkela leads the Scarlet Knights with 3.62 kills per set. Kinkela became Rutgers’ first-ever Big Ten Player of the Week on September 30 after 29 kills on .456 against Iowa and 24 kills on .432 against Michigan.

SERIES HISTORY

• Nebraska is 24-8 all-time against Purdue and has won five straight in the series. The teams played five sets in the only meeting last season on September 29 in West Lafayette, with Nebraska earning a 15-12 victory in the fifth set.

• Nebraska is 14-1 all-time against Rutgers and has won 14 in a row since Rutgers’ lone win in 1978. All but one of the Huskers’ 14 wins have been sweeps.

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