# No. 1 Nebraska sweeps Northwestern to improve to 18-0 on the volleyball season The Huskers won 25-17, 25-14, 25-15 in Evanston on Thursday night and extended their regular-season match win streak to 49. By The Signal Edition | Sports / College volleyball Published: 2026-10-16T02:30:00Z Updated: 2026-10-16T02:30:00Z Canonical: https://www.thesignaledition.com/article/nebraska-sweeps-northwestern-volleyball-18-0-jzpu4n Image: https://www.thesignaledition.com/media/abe5c2a1bb2095d5414f1ae457b7ba6a.jpg (A KC-135 tanker and an F-16 fly over a packed Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska, before a Nebraska volleyball match in August 2023; credit: A1C Jeremiah Johnson / U.S. Air National Guard, via Wikimedia Commons (public domain / CC BY 2.0)) ## Summary - No. 1 Nebraska beat Northwestern 3-0 (25-17, 25-14, 25-15) at Welsh-Ryan Arena on Thursday, Oct. 15. - The Huskers are 18-0 overall and 7-0 in the Big Ten; Northwestern fell to 7-11 and 0-7. - Andi Jackson had 10 kills on .600 hitting and six blocks, and Bergen Reilly had 39 assists. - Nebraska hosts No. 13 Purdue on Saturday, Oct. 17, at 4 p.m. CDT on BTN. ## Nebraska never trails for long in Evanston Top-ranked Nebraska swept Northwestern 25-17, 25-14, 25-15 on Thursday night at Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston, Illinois, according to a Nebraska Athletics match report. Northwestern's athletics site also lists the result as a 0-3 loss. [1](https://nebraska.tv/news/no-1-nebraska-tames-wildcats-on-thursday) [2](https://nusports.com/sports/womens-volleyball/schedule) The Huskers improved to 18-0 overall and 7-0 in the Big Ten. Northwestern dropped to 7-11 and 0-7 in conference play, its seventh straight loss, per its schedule page. [1](https://nebraska.tv/news/no-1-nebraska-tames-wildcats-on-thursday) [2](https://nusports.com/sports/womens-volleyball/schedule) Nebraska trailed 14-13 in the first set before an 8-0 run put it in control, the report said. The Huskers led from early on in the second set and pulled away after a 2-2 tie in the third. Attendance was listed at 5,329. [1](https://nebraska.tv/news/no-1-nebraska-tames-wildcats-on-thursday) ## Jackson, Reilly and Cogill lead the way Andi Jackson finished with 10 kills on .600 hitting, six blocks and four digs, and the report noted it was her eighth straight match hitting above .350. Harper Murray added nine kills, and Teraya Sigler had eight kills on .467 hitting along with 12 digs. Laney Choboy also had 12 digs. [1](https://nebraska.tv/news/no-1-nebraska-tames-wildcats-on-thursday) Bergen Reilly distributed 39 assists and added seven digs. Kenna Cogill led the team with seven blocks. Skyler Pierce and Gabby DiVita each contributed kills off the bench, and DiVita had the final point of the match. [1](https://nebraska.tv/news/no-1-nebraska-tames-wildcats-on-thursday) As a team, Nebraska hit .287 to Northwestern's .030, with 42 kills to 21, 13 blocks to eight and nine service aces to none. The Wildcats' 46 points tied for the fourth-fewest Nebraska has allowed this season, per the report. [1](https://nebraska.tv/news/no-1-nebraska-tames-wildcats-on-thursday) ## Streaks and what comes next The win was Nebraska's 49th straight in the regular season and 24th in a row away from home or at neutral sites, according to the Nebraska Athletics report, which said that road streak is the longest nationally since 2011. It also described the 18-0 start as the seventh-best in the rally-scoring era. [1](https://nebraska.tv/news/no-1-nebraska-tames-wildcats-on-thursday) The Huskers opened the Big Ten road swing with sweeps at Penn State, Maryland and Indiana, then beat Wisconsin 3-0 in Lincoln on Oct. 10, according to the Nebraska schedule. They return home to face No. 13 Purdue on Saturday, Oct. 17, at 4 p.m. CDT at the Bob Devaney Sports Center, with the match on BTN. UCLA (Oct. 22) and USC (Oct. 24) are also scheduled to visit Lincoln. [1](https://nebraska.tv/news/no-1-nebraska-tames-wildcats-on-thursday) [3](https://huskers.com/sports/volleyball/schedule) Northwestern hosts No. 22 Michigan State at 7 p.m. CDT on Saturday, according to the Wildcats' schedule page. [2](https://nusports.com/sports/womens-volleyball/schedule) ## Reporting sources 1. [NTV Sports (Nebraska Athletics release): No. 1 Nebraska Tames Wildcats on Thursday](https://nebraska.tv/news/no-1-nebraska-tames-wildcats-on-thursday) (2026-10-15) 2. [Northwestern Athletics: 2026 Women's Volleyball Schedule](https://nusports.com/sports/womens-volleyball/schedule) (2026-10-16) 3. [Nebraska Athletics: Volleyball 2026 schedule](https://huskers.com/sports/volleyball/schedule) (2026-10-16)