Five Huskers hit .429 or better, led by sophomore middle blocker Sara Westling’s .889 mark. Westling posted eight kills on nine attacks. Laura Pilakowski totaled a match-high 12 kills on a .579 hitting percentage, and Jenny Kropp had 10 kills while swinging at a .714 clip. Sophomore outside hitter Anna Schrad was errorless with seven kills on 11 attacks (.636 pct.), and Nancy Metcalf recorded seven kills on a .429 hitting percentage.

Junior setter Greichaly Cepero posted 43 assists, six digs and four kills in helping the Huskers improve to 14-1 overall and 7-0 in the Big 12 Conference.

Kansas (11-6, 2-6) was led by senior setter Molly LaMere (Papillion, Neb.), who posted 27 assists and a team-best six digs.

“Before the match started, Coach Cook told us that he wasn’t going to be as tense on the bench. He just wanted us to go out and have fun, and I think this is the best we’ve played all season,” Kropp said. “It was so much fun. We played with more passion and with more joy than we have all year. It was the first time that we all really went out there together. We were out there for each other.”

The Huskers were all smiles in game one. Nebraska slammed 18 kills on 27 attacks with no errors to hit .667 as a team in the first period. A 16-11 lead ballooned to 25-11, as Cepero reeled off nine straight points from the service line. Kropp accounted for three points during the run, tallying three of her game-high six kills.

Nebraska Coach John Cook said that ball-handling was the difference in game one.

“We were getting Greicha the ball right where she needed to be -- she never left the net, and she set great,” Cook said. “Ball-handling is our greatest challenge on this team. But when we get Greicha the ball where she needs it, it’s hard to stop us.”

The Huskers continued to cruise in games two and three. NU held the Jayhawks to .000 in the second game, and Westling posted all eight of her kills in the third game.

Nebraska returns to action Sunday at 2 p.m. when it faces No. 17 Texas A&M in College Station, Texas. The match will be televised live on Fox Sports Midwest and Fox Sports Southwest.

Source: University of Nebraska Athletic Dept.

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