No. 6 Stanford ‘Not Surprised’ by Nebraska’s Dominating Sweep

Earning a preseason No. 1 ranking isn’t something new to Nebraska. Neither is starting the year at home for an AVCA event, which in this case is the 2025 AVCA First Serve Showcase.

What is a bit new is the level of competition Nebraska faced out of the gate. After disposing of No. 3 Pittsburgh in four sets Friday night, the Huskers absolutely trounced a No. 6 Stanford team that was fresh off a 3-1 win of their own over No. 16 Florida. Nebraska swept the Cardinal 25-13, 25-19, 25-14.

“It’s not a surprise to us,” Stanford coach Kevin Hambly admitted during his post-match press conference. “Of course, we would have liked to have kept the score closer, but I thought we fought hard the whole time and tried to do some different things. Even when we had some success, they found ways to expose us.”

Nebraska did it all in this match, and it truly did show that even fellow top-10 teams aren’t stacking up to the Huskers right now. Nebraska combined for a team hitting percentage of .385 while holding Stanford to .094 — safe to say the block was working for Nebraska Sunday.

To add salt to the wound, Nebraska had three players record double-digit kills, with Allie Sczech leading the way with 12, followed by Rebekah Allick with 11 and Harper Murray with 10. Nebraska’s attack was spread out and multifaceted, while Stanford didn’t have a player reach double-digit kills in the match. Elia Rubin led all Cardinal with eight…

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