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Lincoln Arneal

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I cover Nebraska volleyball for HuskersIllustrated, co-host the Volleyball State podcast, tweet national stories & write about pro volleyball. Email volleyballstate@gmail.com.

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Lincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 15h
With Campbell Flynn setting, Andi Jackson didn't miss a beat as she finished with 12 kills and 6 aces in a sweep over Maryland. Flynn got the spot start for Bergen Reilly and showed out. “Campbell did great running the offense,” Dani Busboom Kelly said. roundtable.io/sports/ncaa/...
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A Differe Setter Doesn't Slow Down Jackson in Sweep at Maryland
The Huskers mix up the lineup and use their depth to dominate during a sweep in front of 15,127 fans
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Lincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 17h
The attendance for Maryland’s match against Nebraska was 15,127 which breaks the school record of 13,071 that was set the last night the Huskers visited the XFINITY Center.
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Lincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 18h
FINAL: No. 1 Nebraska rolls over Maryland in straight sets: 13, 20, 15. Jackson leads the way with 12 kills at a .526 clip to go with 6 aces, 5 blocks and 4 digs. Flynn records 33 assists as the Huskers hit .272. Sigler had 8 kills and 2 aces. Bryant had 8 kills for the Terps.
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Lincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 18h
After Sigler serves an ace, Gabby DiVita checks in for her and serves an ace of her own. The Huskers are closing in on a sweep with a 23-14 lead in the third set.
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Lincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 18h
The Huskers lead 15-10 at the media timeout in the third set. Nebraska is hitting .095 this set with 5 hitting errors, but 3 aces by Jackson and kill Choboy giving NU a spark. Sigler up to 8 kills on 12 errorless swings. Maryland is negative with 3 kills and 4 errors.
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Lincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 18h
DEFENSIVE SPECIALIST KILL! Kill by Laney Choboy. She passes a serve from Eva Rohrback and it goes over and no one from Maryland went for it. That's Choboy's first career kill with the Huskers.
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Lincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 18h
Andi Jackson with 3 aces during a 5-0 run that puts Nebraska up 10-7. Jackson doing it all with 10 kills on 16 swings, 6 (!!!) aces, 4 digs and 4 blocks. Just an impressive match from the middle blocker playing with a new setter.
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Lincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 18h
Nebraska promptly falls behind 4-0 in the third set on three hitting errors and giving up an ace. Sigler gets the Huskers on the board with a kill.
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Lincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 18h
The Huskers win the second set 25-20 for a 2-0 lead on Maryland. Jackson making a case for a second straight conference/national player of the week award with 8 kills at a .429 clip. She also has 3 aces and 4 blocks. NU hitting .370 for the match as Flynn has 22 assists.
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Lincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 18h
Nebraska leads Maryland 15-14 at the media timeout. The Terps led 4-1 early. After Jackson's third ace of the match, the teams traded 16 sideouts until a 3-0 run by NU. The Terps are hitting .643 this set with 10 kills on 14 swings. NU has a .533 hitting percentage.
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Lincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 18h
Murray ends the longest rally of the match with a kill to put the Huskers up 19-16 in the second set. She's up to 3 kills while Sigler and Jackson have 6 kills each. The Huskers have 6 aces in the match.
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Lincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 19h
After Maryland led 6-5, Nebraska runs away with the rest of the first set to win it 25-13. The Huskers hit .385 as Flynn recorded 11 assists. Sigler had 4 kills on 6 swings. Hunter has 3 kills. Jackson with 2K, 2A, 2B, 2D. Rohrbach posted 3 kills for the Terps, which hit .087.
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Lincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 19h
Nebraska leads Maryland 15-9 at the first set media timeout. The Huskers are hitting .333 as Silger, Ogbechie and Hunter all have two kills. Jackson has a kill and 2 blocks. Rohrbach is 3-for-3 attacks, but the rest of the Terps have 4 kills, 5 errors on 15 swings.
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Lincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 19h
Also of note: Nebraska-Maryland is the first match for in the Discover In-Season Volleyball Challenge. All weekend league matches until Nov. 1 count toward the standings. The Huskers won the challenge last year with a perfect record. bigten.org/news/2026/9/...
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Big Ten Announces Year Two of Discover In-Season Volleyball Challenge
ROSEMONT, Ill. - The Big Ten Conference and Big Ten Network (BTN) have announced the second year of the Discover In-Season Volleyball Challenge. The Challenge will start Oct. 3 with all 18 Big Ten vol...
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Lincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 19h
Maryland challenges an attack error by Bryant. The Terps are looking for a touch. The call is confirmed and Nebraska is up 9-6. Jackson follows up with an ace and then Ogbechie adds a kill for a 6-0 Husker run. NU is up 11-6 in the first set.
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Lincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 19h
Uniform Watch: Nebraska is wearing long-sleeved red jerseys. Mauch has on a black long-sleeved jersey as the libero. Maryland has on long-sleeved white jerseys . Chwialkowski is wearing a red long-sleeved jersey.
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Lincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 19h
Ryan Hunter gets the start at opposite for the Huskers. Flynn is at setter. Starters for Nebraska OH: Murray, Pierce MB: Jackson, Ogbechie OPP: Hunter S: Flynn L: Mauch Starters for Maryland: OH: Brass, Davidson (DS) MB: Rohrbach, Gökçen OPP: Brown S: Toth L: Chwialkowski
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Lincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 20h
We are 30 minutes away from first serve between No. 1 Nebraska (14-0, 3-0) and Maryland (11-3, 1-3) from the big arena at the XFINITY Center. Campbell Flynn will start at setter for the Huskers. Stream: B1G+ Radio: Husker Radio Network, including 107.3.
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Lincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 20h
Bergen Reilly will not start against Maryland, per John Baylor on the pregame radio show. It is a precautionary measure after Reilly landed on a Penn State players foot on Thursday night.
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Lincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Illinois picks up its third ranked Big Ten win with a 22, 22, 20 sweep over No. 22 Washington. Chapman, Starostenko and Agauyo all finished with 10 kills with 17 digs, 6 blocks and 11 digs, respectively. The Illini hit .229. The Huskies were led by 13 kills from Mateska.
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Lincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
No. 17 Oregon pulls off a reverse sweep of No. 10 Purdue, winning the final set 15-9. Donkers finished with 23 kills and 14 digs while Clemente added 13 kills. The Ducks outhit PU .197 to .188. Vice led 4 Boilermakers in double figures with 13 kills and Tindall had 12 kills.
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Lincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
No. 18 BYU beats No. 19 Kansas in straight sets: 25, 18, 21. The Cougars hit .303 as Mortensen finished with 14 kills at a .333 clip. Little Chambers had 11 kills and ended the match with an ace — their only of the match. Stanley led the Jayhawks with 13 kills.
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Lincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
No. 9 TCU downs No. 24 Colorado 3-1. Kelley led the Horned Frogs with 17 kills and Hendrix added 16 kills and 12 digs. TCU oublocked the Buffs 16-7 as Young had 12 stuffs. Burilovic recorded 13 kills for CU but also had 11 errors. Colorado hit .106.
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Lincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
No. 7 Florida sweeps No. 11 Tennessee 22, 18, 23. King led the Gators with 15 kills and 5 blocks. Rothe had 8 kills at a .500 clip. UF hit .276 for the match. Rogers put up 15 kills for the Lady Vols, which hit .190.
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Lincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Harper Murray played with a chip on her shoulder against Penn State. The senior outside hitter put up 13 kills and led the Huskers to a Big Ten sweep on the road. “My coaches say I play better when I’m mad, so maybe I was a little mad,” Murray said. roundtable.io/sports/ncaa/...
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A Fired Up Murray Leads Huskers to a Sweep Over Penn State
The Nebraska senior outside hitter posted 13 kills as the Huskers finished with a season-best hitting percentage
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Lincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Here is the updated final box score from Nebraska’s sweep over Penn State.
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Lincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
No. 6 Wisconsin takes the fifth set 15-8 to survive against No. 15 Indiana. Flanagan led the Badgers with 17 kills at a .441 clip. Auguste hit .526 with 11 kills. UW hit .302 for the match and .545 in the fifth. The Hoosiers were led by 16 kills from Tatum and Jager.
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Lincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Harper Murray played with a chip on her shoulder against Penn State. The senior outside hitter put up 13 kills and led the Huskers to a Big Ten sweep on the road. “My coaches say I play better when I’m mad, so maybe I was a little mad,” Murray said. roundtable.io/sports/ncaa/...
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A Fired Up Murray Leads Huskers to a Sweep Over Penn State
The Nebraska senior outside hitter posted 13 kills as the Huskers finished with a season-best hitting percentage
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Lincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
FINAL: No. 1 Nebraska sweeps No. 16 Penn State 25-20, 25-17, 25-18. Murray leads NU with 13 kills at a .414 clip with 2 aces and 4 blocks. Jackson added 11 kills (.625) with 7 blocks. The Huskers hit .440 as Reilly tallied 34 assists and 15 digs. Choboy recorded 2 aces.
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Lincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Adriano gets a kill off the block, but Penn State will challenge saying the ball landed in. It's a quick confirmation. NU is one point away from a sweep.
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Lincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
We have a third straight play with a replay review. Murray's attack was called wide, but the Huskers all say there was a touch. The call is reversed. Murray gets the kill for this one. It's 20-16 Nebraska.
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Lincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Penn State wins the point on the next rally on a Lauenstein kill, but the Huskers will challenge that PSU touched the net earlier in the rally on an attack by Murray. The play is reversed and Murray gets the kill. The Huskers are up 19-16 in the third set.
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Lincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Ogbechie is called for being in the net on an attack, but Nebraska will challenge. The call is confirmed and the Huskers are up 18-16 in the third set.
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Lincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
After Penn State tied the third set at 12-all, the Huskers scored the next three points to go up 15-12 at the media timeout. Jackson committed her first hitting error, but responds with a solo block. She has 9 kills on 14 attacks. Murray leads NU with 10 kills and 2 aces.
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Lincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Nebraska goes up 2-0 after winning the second set 25-17 over Penn State. The Huskers hit .455 in the set. Murray leads the way with 8 kills, but Sigler and Jackson have 7K. Adriano with 5K and Ogbechie has 4. Martin is up to 11K while Lauenstein has 10. PSU hit .206 that set.
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Lincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Nebraska is on a 4-0 run with Flynn serving for a 22-14 lead over Penn State in the second set. Murray is up to 8 kills after a back-row attack drops. NU is hitting .464 this set. PSU with 10 kills and 5 errors for a .187 clip.
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Lincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Nebraska has won 5 of the last 6 rallies to go up 15-11 at the media timeout at Penn State. Jackson is up to 7 kills on 8 swings, while Murray has 6 kills. Reilly with 18 assists and an ace. Martin and Lauenstein have 8 kills to pace the Nittany Lions.
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Lincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Nebraska has won 5 of the last 6 rallies to go up 15-11 at the media timeout at Penn State. Jackson is up to 7 kills on 8 swings, while Murray has 6 kills. Reilly with 18 assists and an ace. Martin and Lauenstein have 8 kills to pace the Nittany Lions.
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Lincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Nebraska scores 5 of the final 6 points to win the first set 25-20 over Penn State. The Huskers hit .414 in the set led by 4 kills from Jackson and Murray, on a combined 13 swings. Lauenstein led the Nittany Lions with 7 kills on 11 attacks. Martin had 4K as PSU hit .353.
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Lincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Murray with an ace to set up set point for the Huskers, with a 24-20 lead over Penn State. Choboy also recorded an ace three points prior for NU's two aces in the match.
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Lincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Penn State has trimmed Nebraska's lead to 19-18 in the first set. The Nittany Lions are now hitting .333 after starting negative after 9 swings. Lauenstein has 6 kills on 10 swings. Murray has 4 kills for the Huskers, which are hitting .360.
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Lincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Nebraska leads Penn State 15-11 at the first media timeout. Murray and Jackson lead the Huskers with 3 kills each. Lauenstein has 4 kills for PSU.
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Lincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Murray's attack is called long, but Nebraska will challenge looking for a touch. The call is reversed and Murray gets the kill. The Huskers are up 12-7 in the first set.
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Lincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Bergen Reilly comes up hobbling during the point as she landed on Emmi Sellman's foot. She shakes off NU trainer Jolene Emricson and stays in the match. Sets Jackson for a kill on the next rally.
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Lincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Nebraska all over Penn State early with a 7-1 lead in the first set. The Nittany Lions have 1 kill and 4 attack errors (2 NU blocks). Lauenstein has their only kill on 9 attacks. Jackson has a kill and two blocks, while Adriano also has a kill.
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Lincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
On the first attack of the night, Andi Jackson and Virginia Adriano block Whitney Lauenstein. 2-0 Nebraska after the match started on a PSU service error.
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Lincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Nebraska is wearing short-sleeved red jerseys with black arm sleeves. Mauch has on a white short-sleeved jersey as the libero. Penn State has on sleeveless white jerseys with white arm sleeves. Falduto and Nathan wearing navy sleeveless jerseys.
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Lincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Starters for Nebraska OH: Murray, Pierce MB: Jackson, Ogbechie OPP: Adriano S: Reilly L: Mauch Starters for Penn State: OH: Lauenstein, Burgdorf MB: Northern, Nichols OPP: Martin S: Stucky L: Falduto, Nathan
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Lincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We are 20 minutes away from first serve between No. 1 Nebraska (13-0, 2-0) and No. 16 Penn State (9-3, 1-1). The last time the Huskers visited Happy Valley, Penn State scored 34 points. TV: BTN Stream: Fox One Radio: HRN, including 107.3
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Lincoln Arneal @lincolnvb.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
AVCA will host Match Point, a two-day event on April 10-11 at Freedom Hall in Louisville. The event is in partnership with Intersport. Teams participating include Nebraska, Louisville, Kentucky, Pittsburgh, Stanford and Wisconsin, with two more programs announced later. www.avca.org/blog/intersp...
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Intersport, AVCA Announce Partnership, New Spring VB Event
The partnership will launch with the creation of AVCA Match Point, an elite women’s volleyball championship event April 10-11, 2027, in Louisville.
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