The Huskers are off to a good start in a challenging November that will decide whether they win the Big Ten title or not. Nebraska (23-1, 13-0 in conference play) has now won 12 straight sets dating back to last month’s match at Michigan.

Sophomore outside hitter Harper Murray led the Huskers with 14 kills, including a huge kill to win the extended second set. Murray had a hitting percentage of .414 and also had 10 digs.

Junior outside hitter Taylor Landfair added 13 kills and hit .407. Landfair quickly started getting kills on five of her first seven attempts. She did a great job mixing her shots, with tips and power shots.

Nebraska’s defense was good again, holding Oregon to a .133 hitting percentage. Nebraska has held each of its past four opponents under .155.

Freshman Olivia Mauch had two ace serves and served up a 6-0 run in the third set to put the Ducks away for the final time.

Nebraska had four aces and no service errors. It was the first time since September 16, 2017 that Nebraska did not have a service error.

“Once again our serve, serve and defense did a really good job,” coach John Cook said on the Huskers Radio Network.

It was a late night for the fans in Nebraska with a 9 p.m. start, but the Huskers’ strong play – and winning that close second set – had the fans still in bed at 11 p.m.

For the second straight game, No. 2 Nebraska coming to town helped an opponent set an attendance record, with Oregon getting 8,556. That’s about 1,000 more than the previous record.

Oregon ran much of its offense through star outside hitter Mimi Colyer — she had 52 of the team’s 120 hitting attempts — but Nebraska was equal to the challenge.

Colyer had some impressive kills from both the back row and the net, finishing with 13, but her hitting percentage of .115 was well below her season average of .271. She made 33 more swings than any of her teammates.

The first set ended lopsided, but was ultimately tied at six. But then Nebraska won 10 of the next 12 rallies for a 17-8 lead. Nebraska had a .476 hitting percentage in the set and held Oregon to a negative hitting percentage.

The end of the second set was close, but Nebraska had the better finish, including two kills from Andi Jackson and a key kill from Landfair to win a very long rally. On the third set point, Murray ended it with a shot from the hands of the Oregon blockers.

“That was a big girl hit,” Cook said.

With 14 digs as a team leader, Lexi Rodriguez claimed sole possession of second place in school history with 1,720 career digs, passing Kayla Banwarth (1,706). Justine Wong-Orantes is the school record holder with 1,890.

Mia Tvrdy, a freshman from Papillion-La Vista, was in the starting lineup for Oregon as a middle blocker.

When Nebraska received its schedule from the league office this summer, the Oregon game in Week 7 concerned Cook. It followed a big game in Wisconsin last week. Nebraska also played last Sunday, and had to play again on Thursday after a long flight to the West Coast. And Oregon has some really good players.

But Nebraska’s players showed their coach again that they are something special.

“I’m just really proud of our team, how hard they fought tonight and how tough they were,” Cook said.

Nebraska plays Washington on Big Ten Network on Saturday at 9:30 p.m.