NU Volleyball On The Road at Iowa

With two weeks left in the regular season, the Huskers are in third place in the Big Ten standings at 14-2, behind Wisconsin and Ohio State at 15-1. Nebraska is hitting .249 as a team and is holding opponents to .125 hitting, which leads the nation. The Huskers rank 10th nationally at 2.76 blocks per set. In Big Ten matches only, Nebraska ranks first in opponent hitting percentage (.124), first in opponent kills allowed (10.96 per set) and first in opponent service aces allowed (0.65). Nebraska is 36-0 all-time against Iowa, and the last five wins have been sweeps. The Huskers swept the Hawkeyes last Friday in Lincoln. Nebraska's defense had a strong showing, holding Iowa to just 17 kills in the match, tied for the fewest by a Husker opponent this season. Nebraska is 36-0 all-time against Iowa, and the last five wins have been sweeps. The Huskers swept the Hawkeyes last Friday in Lincoln. Nebraska's defense had a strong showing, holding Iowa to just 17 kills in the match, tied for the fewest by a Husker opponent this season.

Nebraska head coach John Cook is in his 23rd season as the Nebraska volleyball head coach in 2022. He has led the Huskers to four national championships, 10 final fours, 12 conference championships and 20 top-10 final rankings since 2000. Cook has 813 career wins and is one of the all-time winningest coaches in NCAA history. Since taking over the program in 2000, Cook has led the Huskers to a nation-leading .873 win percentage (652-95). Under Cook, the Huskers have achieved 57 AVCA All-Americans and 19 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, both among the best in the nation. He is a two-time AVCA National Coach of the Year, earning the prestigious honor in 2000 and 2005, and a seven-time conference coach of the year, including Big Ten Coach of the Year in 2016 and 2017, his first and second Big Ten honors with the Huskers in their Big Ten era (2011-present).

John Cook is one of only three active coaches - and one of six all-time - to be a two-time AVCA National Coach of the Year and was honored in 2008 by USA Volleyball, receiving its All-Time Great Coach Award. Cook was inducted into the AVCA Hall of Fame in 2017, joining former Husker volleyball coach Terry Pettit in the hall.

Outside hitter Madi Kubik (#10) is averaging a team-high 3.23 kills per set and adds 2.26 digs per set. Kubik surpassed 1,000 career kills on Sept. 10 against Long Beach State, becoming the 24th Husker all-time to reach that mark.

Middle blocker Kaitlyn Hord (#23) is averaging 1.38 kills and a .296 hitting percentage to go with 1.63 blocks per set, which leads the nation. Hord ranks No. 2 among active NCAA Division I players in career blocks with 659.

Outside hitter Whitney Lauenstein (#13) is averaging 3.04 kills per set and has a team-high 24 service aces. Lauenstein had a career-high 25 kills on .385 hitting in a win at No. 17 Creighton on Sept. 7. It was the most kills by a Husker in a match since Mikaela Foecke had 27 kills in the NCAA Championship match against Stanford in 2018.

Joe Mixan

Date

November 18, 2022

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