Spurs Senior Night Sweep
 Hall |  Rolfzen |  Fien |
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1 2 3
Michigan (NR) 23 20 21
NEBRASKA (11) 25 25 25
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The Huskers (20-7, 14-4 Big Ten) avenged a sweep at the hands of the Wolverines (12-16, 7-11 Big Ten) in Ann Arbor on Oct. 12 and did so with an impressive defensive display. NU tallied 15 total blocks with Hall posting 13 block assists and Rolfzen adding 12, both career highs. Hall's 13 blocks assists were the most by a Big Ten player in a match this season and tied the school record for block assists in a three-set match.
Kadie Rolfzen had 13 kills and nine digs, and Kelsey Fien had 11 kills. In addition to her 12 blocks, Amber Rolfzen had eight kills, and Hall finished with four kills on six attacks. Senior setter Mary Pollmiller had 33 assists and three kills in her final regular-season match at the Devaney Center. The Husker captain was honored following the match.
NU hit .262 and held Michigan to .174. During the Huskers' eight-match win streak, they have held each opponent under .200 hitting. The last time NU held eight straight opponents under .200 hitting was 2008 when the Huskers did so 13 times in a row. Abby Cole led Michigan with 12 kills, and Caroline Knop had 11, but the two hit .121 and .027, respectively.
Nebraska fell behind 9-5 in the first set but reeled off a 4-0 run to tie it 9-9, capped by a Kadie Rolfzen kill. Kills by Cole and Knop with a hitting error by the Huskers gave Michigan a 13-10 lead, however, forcing a Husker timeout. Michigan pushed the lead to 21-16, but the Huskers roared back with a block by Amber Rolfzen and Hall, a Kadie Rolfzen kill, a Michigan attack error and Annika Albrecht ace to cut it to 21-20. The teams traded points before Michigan hit long to tie the set 22-22. Amber Rolfzen killed off a block after a Michigan timeout for the Huskers' first lead of the set, 23-22. Knop tied it, but Michigan hit wide for a 24-23 Husker lead. Kadie Rolfzen capped off the comeback with her seventh kill of the set. She had no errors while hitting .412 in the first set.
The Huskers held the early edge in set two, but an Adeja Lambert ace tied the set at 8-8. The Huskers used a 4-0 run to go back in front, 15-10, with kills by Amber and Kadie Rolfzen and a block by Amber Rolfzen and Hall. The Huskers continued to pull away after the media timeout, going up 17-11 with a kill by Amber Rolfzen and Michigan error to force the Wolverines to take a timeout. Michigan pulled within 20-19 on a Cole kill, but Fien answered to put NU up 21-19. Out of a Michigan timeout, an Albrecht ace off the top of the net put NU up 23-20. Amber Rolfzen killed to give NU set point, 24-20, and then she teamed up with Hall for a stuff for the set win, 25-20.
In the third set, Amber Rolfzen and Hall combined for four blocks in the Huskers' first six points to spark a 6-2 lead. The duo went on to combine on five blocks in the set, and the Huskers led by as many as seven at 23-16. The Huskers hit .387 in the final frame with Fien contributing five kills and Kadie Rolfzen four. NU had eight of its 15 blocks in the third set.
The Huskers are on the road next week for two top-10 matches. Nebraska is at Illinois on Wednesday at 7 p.m. and at Penn State on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. (CT) to close out the regular season.