Nebraska starts off it’s toughest week of the season Thursday when they head to Bloomington to face #15 Indiana before coming back home to host #7 Wisconsin on Saturday. The Huskers and the Hoosiers play at Wilkinson Hall at 5:30 pm. The game will aired on Big Ten Network.
#15 Indiana Hoosiers (10-3)
2025 Record: 25-8
2025 Conference Record: 14-6 (Big Ten)
NCAA Tournament- Indiana had wins over Toledo and Colorado, before being swept by Texas in the regional semifinal.
Nebraska is 25-1 all time against the Hoosiers. Indiana’s only
win was in their first ever match up in 1978. The two teams only met one other time (1988) before Nebraska joined the Big Ten. Since 2011 the teams have met yearly, sometimes twice a year. The Huskers have swept the Hoosiers 19 of those 24 conference match ups.
Indiana is 3-1 in Big Ten play this season. The Hoosiers swept UCLA and Maryland before losing a hard-fought match against Wisconsin 2-3 last Thursday. The Hoosiers were down 0-2, before taking sets three and four and pushing Wisconsin to a fifth set. They finished off their week with a 3-1 victory over Rutgers.
The Hoosiers offense is led by sophomore setter, Tedora Krickovic. She has nearly 1,800 assists in her career and averages about 10 assists per set. Krickovic is coming off of a career-high 54 assists in the October 1st match up against Wisconsin.
Leading hitters for Indiana are fifth-year opposite Avry Tatum, sophomore outside-hitter Jaiden Jager, and freshman outside-hitter Sara Snowbarger. Tatum had 16 kills against Wisconsin and 12 against Rutgers. Jager tallied up 14 kills against Rutgers, while Snowbarger had 11 against Wisconsin.
Fifth-year middle blocker Kiki Granberry not only had 11 kills and four blocks against Rutgers. While junior middle blocker Ella Boersema had a team high five blocks and also notched 8 kills.
#1 Nebraska (15-0)
#1 Keri Leimbach 5’4” SO DS/L
#2 Bergan Reilly 6’1” SR S
#3 Virginia Adriano 6’5 SO OPP
#4 Campbell Flynn 6’3” SO S
#6 Laney Choboy 5’3” SR DS/L
#8 Kenna Cogill 6’4” SO MB
#10 Olivia Mauch 5’6” JR DS/L
#11 Teraya Sigler 6’3” SO OH
#14 Mania Ogbechie 6’3” SO MB
#15 Andi Jackson 6’3” SR MB
#17 Keoni Williams 6’4” FR MB
#18 Ryan Hunter 6’2” SO OPP
#20 Jayden Robinson 6’3” FR OH
#21 Skyler Pierce 6’2” JR OH
#23 Gabby DeVita 6’1” FR OH
#27 Harper Murray 6’2” SR OH
#15 Indiana (10-3)
#1 Sara Snowbarger 6’1” FR OH
#2 Avery Freeman 5’3” SO DS
#3 Ellie Hepler 5’5” FR DS
#5 Audrey Jackson 5’11 SO OH/DS
#6 Izzy Clark 6’0” JR OH
#7 Hannah Leftridge 5’10” SO DS
#8 Luca Fickell 6’1 SR S
#11 Ava Vickers 5’11” SR MB
#12 Tedora Krickovic 6’2” SO S
#13 Avry Tatum 6’2” 5th Yr. OPP
#14 Emma Segal 5’7” JR DS
#15 Sade Ilowale 5’3” JR S
#18 Avery Daum 6’2” JR OPP
#22 Spyridoula Komini 6’1” JR OH
#23 Victoria Gray 6’2” SO MB
#24 Jaiden Jager 6’2” SO OH
#27 Ella Boersema 6’2” JR MB
#77 Kiki Granberry 6’2” 5th Yr MB
