Live Discussion: Nebraska Volleyball Plays Ohio State on Senior Night

#1 Nebraska vs. Ohio State

When: Saturday, November 29th, 8:00pm (CT)

Where: Devaney Sports Center, Lincoln, NE

Watch: Big Ten Network

Radio: Husker Radio Network

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Ohio State has nothing to lose. They would love nothing more than to spoil the party. They haven’t had much success this season, but they will enter Devaney and give Nebraska their very best shot. It will not be enough to win, but they may make whichever line up Coach Dani Busboom Kelly puts on the floor work harder than you might expect against a team with a record of 6-21.

Ohio State lost to Iowa last night in four sets. They made too many hitting, service and serve receive errors against the 15th ranked team in the Big Ten. Just too many errors. Regardless of what is happening on the OSU side of the net, Nebraska is ramping up and dialing in to a level of play that they need to sustain for three more weeks. The championship match is December 21st in Kansas City, MO.

The next phase of the season is near. After the match tonight, the NCAA will select the tournament seeds and Nebraska along with 63 other teams will begin the quest to win six matches for a National Championship. Another level of play is appropriate and required.

While the Big Ten has 10-12 excellent teams, there is not one single team, after Nebraska, that can win the championship this year. The teams that will challenge Nebraska live in different conferences and will meet Nebraska head-to-head in the final four and championship match. A next level of play will be needed.

For the immediate future, Coach Dani Busboom Kelly described the challenge that the team faces in playing at a high-level last night and the need for them to return to the court and play crisply tonight against Ohio State. She said that it will be important to give some players that she knows the team will need in the tournament some time on the court tomorrow. We will look for a varied line up tonight.

Nebraska will celebrate their four seniors, Maisie Boesiger, Allie Sczech, Taylor Landfair and Rebekah Allick after the match. Many of the players have family in town because of the holiday weekend and the senior celebration.

#1 Ava Shankle 6’0” SO OPP/Setter#2 Ashley Carr 6’0” RS-SR MB#3 Ella Wrobel 6’4” RS-JR OH#4 Kamiah Gibson 6’1” SR Setter#6 Olivia Hasbrook 5’8” SO DS#8 Sydney Wyman 6’0” RS-SR MB#9 Mia Tuman 6’0” JR Setter#10 Mina Gunes 6’0” FR OH#11 Na’Vea Gauthier 6’1” FR OH#15 Kaitlyn Hoffman 5’8” JR DS#16 Mia Stahler 5’4” FR DS#17 Reese Wuebker 5’9” SO OH#18 Abby Yoder 5’10” SO Setter#19 Kaia Castle 6’4” RS-FR MB#20 Hannah Jones 6’1” JR OH#21 Zaria Ragler 6’0” RS-JR MB#23 Magdalena Juric 6’4” RS-SR OPP

#1 Nebraska Cornhuskers (29-0, 19-0 B1G)

#1 Keri Leimbach 5’4” FR DS/L#2 Bergen Reilly 6’1” JR Setter#3 Allie Sczech 6’4” SR OPP#4 Campbell Flynn 6’3” FR Setter#5 Rebekah Allick 6’4” SR MB#6 Laney Choboy 5’3” JR DS/L#7 Maisie Boesiger 5’6” SR DS/L#8 Kenna Cogill 6’4” FR MB#9 Virginia Adriano 6’5” FR OPP#10 Olivia Mauch 5’6” SO DS/L#11 Teraya Sigler 6’3” FR OH#12 Taylor Landfair 6’5” SR OH#14 Manaia Ogbechie 6’3” FR MB#15 Andi Jackson 6’3” JR MB#18 Ryan Hunter 6’2” FR OPP#21 Skyler Pierce 6’2” RS-FR OH#27 Harper Murray 6’2” JR OH

NCAA Volleyball Tournament Selection ShowSunday November 30th at 5 pm CT on ESPN