Nebraska def. Rutgers 3–0
Nebraska beat visiting Rutgers 3-0 (25-21, 25-22, 25-15) on Fri, Sep 25, 2026. Nebraska's Harper Murray led with 15 kills, and Laney Choboy added 15 digs.
Data through · final Sep 25
| Set | 1 | 2 | 3 | Sets |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUTGER | 21 | 22 | 15 | 0 |
| NEB | 25 | 25 | 25 | 3 |
Win probability
No single rally moved win probability by a full point: Nebraska stayed the heavy favorite throughout.
Pre-match
Season fit · includes this match
Rutgers wins
Nebraska wins
- RUTGER break %
- 28.2% vs this opp
- NEB break %
- 54.0% vs this opp
Exact Markov model on each team's RallyIQ serve and receive strength, adjusted for schedule and applied to this matchup (D1 average break % 42.5%). Ratings use the whole season, including this match. Gold = actual result.
Box score
Official NCAA box
| Player | S | K | E | TA | Hit% | AST | SA | SE | DIG | RE | BS | BA | BLK | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | .444 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| 3 | 9 | 6 | 29 | .103 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | .091 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | .182 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 17 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 7 | 2 | 17 | .294 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | -.059 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1.000 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team totals | 34 | 21 | 95 | .137 | 33 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 58 |
| Player | S | K | E | TA | Hit% | AST | SA | SE | DIG | RE | BS | BA | BLK | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 15 | 5 | 31 | .323 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 17 | |
| 3 | 14 | 2 | 19 | .632 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2.5 | 16.5 | |
| 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | .308 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | |
| 3 | 5 | 2 | 11 | .273 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | .000 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 4 | 1 | 21 | .143 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.5 | 4.5 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team totals | 47 | 15 | 100 | .320 | 45 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 75 |
Starters listed first. BLK is the NCAA total: a solo counts 1, a block assist ½. Recaps and press releases usually quote solos + assists instead, so the same night can be reported as a bigger, whole number. The box score is the source for every counting stat on this page.
Momentum
Point differential by rally
Set 1
21-25
Set 2
22-25
Set 3
15-25
Bars above the line = Nebraska leads, below = Rutgers leads. Bright bars are points inside a run of 3+.
Rotations
Sideout and break % by rotation slot
Rutgers
| Slot | Sideout % | Break % |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 70%7/10 | 50%5/10 |
| 2 | 44%7/16 | 30%3/10 |
| 3 | 28%7/25 | 22%2/9 |
| 4 | 75%6/8 | 42%5/12 |
| 5 | 50%4/8 | 45%5/11 |
| 6 | 57%4/7 | 43%3/7 |
| All | 47%35/74 | 39%23/59 |
Nebraska
| Slot | Sideout % | Break % |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 64%7/11 | 40%4/10 |
| 2 | 88%7/8 | 22%2/9 |
| 3 | 70%7/10 | 75%21/28 |
| 4 | 60%6/10 | 50%6/12 |
| 5 | 56%5/9 | 29%2/7 |
| 6 | 36%4/11 | 50%4/8 |
| All | 61%36/59 | 53%39/74 |
Slot = rotations since the start of the set (slot 1 is the lineup a team opened the set in), not a fixed player alignment. Only clean sets count (3 of 3 here): sets where the NCAA play-by-play has gaps or score corrections are left out because the rotation can't be tracked through them.
Rally log
133 rallies
| # | RUTGER-NEB | Srv | Point | End | Player | Setter / blockers / passer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Set 1 | ||||||
| 1 | 1-0 | NEB | RUTGER | Kill | Imani Howell | set Brooke Baldwin |
| 2 | 1-1 | RUTGER | NEB | Kill | Manaia Ogbechie | set Bergen Reilly |
| 3 | 2-1 | NEB | RUTGER | Kill | Skylar George | set Brooke Baldwin |
| 4 | 2-2 | RUTGER | NEB×6 | Kill | Harper Murray | set Bergen Reilly |
| 5 | 2-3 | NEB | NEB×6 | Ace | Nebraska | aced Kenzie Dyrstad |
| 6 | 2-4 | NEB | NEB×6 | Attack err | Skylar George | |
| 7 | 2-5 | NEB | NEB×6 | Kill | Harper Murray | set Olivia Mauch |
| 8 | 2-6 | NEB | NEB×6 | Kill | Andi Jackson | set Harper Murray |
| 9 | 2-7 | NEB | NEB×6 | Kill | Harper Murray | set Bergen Reilly |
| 10 | 3-7 | NEB | RUTGER | Kill | Skylar George | set Lily Bolen |
| 11 | 3-8 | RUTGER | NEB | Serve err | Rutgers | |
| 12 | 4-8 | NEB | RUTGER | Kill | Malia Romes | set Lily Bolen |
| 13 | 4-9 | RUTGER | NEB | Kill | Andi Jackson | set Bergen Reilly |
| 14 | 5-9 | NEB | RUTGER | Serve err | Nebraska | |
| 15 | 5-10 | RUTGER | NEB | Attack err | Aspen Maxwell | |
| 16 | 5-11 | NEB | NEB | Attack err | Aspen Maxwell | |
| 17 | 6-11 | NEB | RUTGER | Kill | Imani Howell | set Brooke Baldwin |
| 18 | 7-11 | RUTGER | RUTGER | Ace | Rutgers | aced Skyler Pierce |
| 19 | 7-12 | RUTGER | NEB | Kill | Manaia Ogbechie | set Bergen Reilly |
| 20 | 8-12 | NEB | RUTGER | Kill | Aspen Maxwell | set Brooke Baldwin |
| 21 | 8-13 | RUTGER | NEB×3 | Kill | Virginia Adriano | set Bergen Reilly |
| 22 | 8-14 | NEB | NEB×3 | Ace | Nebraska | aced Kaila Kalama-Bajet |
| 23 | 8-15 | NEB | NEB×3 | Kill | Andi Jackson | set Olivia Mauch |
| 24 | 9-15 | NEB | RUTGER | Kill | Natalie Robinson | set Brooke Baldwin |
| 25 | 10-15 | RUTGER | RUTGER | Kill | Natalie Robinson | set Lily Bolen |
| 26 | 10-16 | RUTGER | NEB | Kill | Virginia Adriano | set Bergen Reilly |
| 27 | 10-17 | NEB | NEB | Attack err | Skylar George | |
| 28 | 11-17 | NEB | RUTGER | Attack err | Andi Jackson | |
| 29 | 11-18 | RUTGER | NEB | Kill | Andi Jackson | set Bergen Reilly |
| 30 | 12-18 | NEB | RUTGER | Kill | Malia Romes | set Lily Bolen |
| 31 | 12-19 | RUTGER | NEB | Kill | Bergen Reilly | set Harper Murray |
| 32 | 13-19 | NEB | RUTGER | Blocked | Manaia Ogbechie | blk Karis Willow, Imani Howell |
| 33 | 13-20 | RUTGER | NEB | Kill | Skyler Pierce | set Bergen Reilly |
| 34 | 13-21 | NEB | NEB | Attack err | Karis Willow | |
| 35 | 14-21 | NEB | RUTGER×3 | Kill | Aspen Maxwell | set Brooke Baldwin |
| 36 | 15-21 | RUTGER | RUTGER×3 | Kill | Imani Howell | set Brooke Baldwin |
| 37 | 16-21 | RUTGER | RUTGER×3 | Kill | Skylar George | set Imani Howell |
| 38 | 16-22 | RUTGER | NEB | Kill | Manaia Ogbechie | set Bergen Reilly |
| 39 | 17-22 | NEB | RUTGER | Kill | Skylar George | set Brooke Baldwin |
| 40 | 17-23 | RUTGER | NEB | Kill | Harper Murray | set Bergen Reilly |
| 41 | 18-23 | NEB | RUTGER | Kill | Aspen Maxwell | set Brooke Baldwin |
| 42 | 18-24 | RUTGER | NEB | Kill | Andi Jackson | set Bergen Reilly |
| 43 | 19-24 | NEB | RUTGER×3 | Serve err | Nebraska | |
| 44 | 20-24 | RUTGER | RUTGER×3 | Kill | Malia Romes | set Skylar George |
| 45 | 21-24 | RUTGER | RUTGER×3 | Attack err | Bergen Reilly | |
| 46 | 21-25 | RUTGER | NEB | Kill | Andi Jackson | set Bergen Reilly |
| Set 2 | ||||||
| 1 | 1-0 | RUTGER | RUTGER | Attack err | Manaia Ogbechie | |
| 2 | 1-1 | RUTGER | NEB | Kill | Harper Murray | set Bergen Reilly |
| 3 | 2-1 | NEB | RUTGER | Attack err | Virginia Adriano | |
| 4 | 2-2 | RUTGER | NEB×4 | Kill | Virginia Adriano | set Bergen Reilly |
| 5 | 2-3 | NEB | NEB×4 | Blocked | Aspen Maxwell | blk Harper Murray, Andi Jackson |
| 6 | 2-4 | NEB | NEB×4 | Kill | Harper Murray | set Bergen Reilly |
| 7 | 2-5 | NEB | NEB×4 | Blocked | Skylar George | blk Bergen Reilly, Andi Jackson |
| 8 | 3-5 | NEB | RUTGER | Kill | Aspen Maxwell | set Brooke Baldwin |
| 9 | 4-5 | RUTGER | RUTGER | Blocked | Harper Murray | blk Natalie Robinson, Malia Romes |
| 10 | 4-6 | RUTGER | NEB | Kill | Harper Murray | set Bergen Reilly |
| 11 | 4-7 | NEB | NEB | Kill | Harper Murray | set Bergen Reilly |
| 12 | 5-7 | NEB | RUTGER | Kill | Natalie Robinson | set Lily Bolen |
| 13 | 5-8 | RUTGER | NEB | Kill | Skyler Pierce | set Bergen Reilly |
| 14 | 6-8 | NEB | RUTGER | Kill | Karis Willow | set Lily Bolen |
| 15 | 6-9 | RUTGER | NEB×3 | Kill | Manaia Ogbechie | set Bergen Reilly |
| 16 | 6-10 | NEB | NEB×3 | Blocked | Malia Romes | blk Manaia Ogbechie, Skyler Pierce |
| 17 | 6-11 | NEB | NEB×3 | Kill | Manaia Ogbechie | set Bergen Reilly |
| 18 | 7-11 | NEB | RUTGER×4 | Kill | Karis Willow | set Lily Bolen |
| 19 | 8-11 | RUTGER | RUTGER×4 | Kill | Karis Willow | set Brooke Baldwin |
| 20 | 9-11 | RUTGER | RUTGER×4 | Ace | Rutgers | aced Harper Murray |
| 21 | 10-11 | RUTGER | RUTGER×4 | Attack err | Virginia Adriano | |
| 22 | 10-12 | RUTGER | NEB | Kill | Manaia Ogbechie | set Bergen Reilly |
| 23 | 10-13 | NEB | NEB | Blocked | Imani Howell | blk Manaia Ogbechie |
| 24 | 11-13 | NEB | RUTGER | Kill | Karis Willow | set Brooke Baldwin |
| 25 | 11-14 | RUTGER | NEB | Serve err | Rutgers | |
| 26 | 12-14 | NEB | RUTGER | Kill | Skylar George | set Brooke Baldwin |
| 27 | 12-15 | RUTGER | NEB×5 | Kill | Harper Murray | set Bergen Reilly |
| 28 | 12-16 | NEB | NEB×5 | Kill | Andi Jackson | set Bergen Reilly |
| 29 | 12-17 | NEB | NEB×5 | Attack err | Aspen Maxwell | |
| 30 | 12-18 | NEB | NEB×5 | Kill | Andi Jackson | set Bergen Reilly |
| 31 | 12-19 | NEB | NEB×5 | Attack err | Natalie Robinson | |
| 32 | 13-19 | NEB | RUTGER | Serve err | Nebraska | |
| 33 | 13-20 | RUTGER | NEB×4 | Kill | Andi Jackson | set Bergen Reilly |
| 34 | 13-21 | NEB | NEB×4 | Attack err | Lily Bolen | |
| 35 | 13-22 | NEB | NEB×4 | Kill | Harper Murray | set Bergen Reilly |
| 36 | 13-23 | NEB | NEB×4 | Ace | Nebraska | aced Jenna DeLaMater |
| 37 | 14-23 | NEB | RUTGER×4 | Kill | Skylar George | set Lily Bolen |
| 38 | 15-23 | RUTGER | RUTGER×4 | Kill | Natalie Robinson | set Lily Bolen |
| 39 | 16-23 | RUTGER | RUTGER×4 | Kill | Karis Willow | set Kenzie Dyrstad |
| 40 | 17-23 | RUTGER | RUTGER×4 | Attack err | Andi Jackson | |
| 41 | 17-24 | RUTGER | NEB | Kill | Andi Jackson | set Bergen Reilly |
| 42 | 18-24 | NEB | RUTGER×5 | Blocked | Skyler Pierce | blk Malia Romes, Natalie Robinson |
| 43 | 19-24 | RUTGER | RUTGER×5 | Blocked | Harper Murray | blk Imani Howell |
| 44 | 20-24 | RUTGER | RUTGER×5 | Blocked | Bergen Reilly | blk Karis Willow |
| 45 | 21-24 | RUTGER | RUTGER×5 | Kill | Karis Willow | set Lily Bolen |
| 46 | 22-24 | RUTGER | RUTGER×5 | Blocked | Manaia Ogbechie | blk Karis Willow, Imani Howell |
| 47 | 22-25 | RUTGER | NEB | Attack err | Karis Willow | |
| Set 3 | ||||||
| 1 | 0-1 | NEB | NEB | Kill | Virginia Adriano | set Bergen Reilly |
| 2 | 1-1 | NEB | RUTGER×3 | Kill | Imani Howell | set Brooke Baldwin |
| 3 | 2-1 | RUTGER | RUTGER×3 | Ace | Rutgers | aced Keri Leimbach |
| 4 | 3-1 | RUTGER | RUTGER×3 | Kill | Skylar George | set Aspen Maxwell |
| 5 | 3-2 | RUTGER | NEB | Kill | Harper Murray | set Bergen Reilly |
| 6 | 4-2 | NEB | RUTGER | Attack err | Harper Murray | |
| 7 | 4-3 | RUTGER | NEB×5 | Attack err | Skylar George | |
| 8 | 4-4 | NEB | NEB×5 | Blocked | Natalie Robinson | blk Andi Jackson |
| 9 | 4-5 | NEB | NEB×5 | Attack err | Malia Romes | |
| 10 | 4-6 | NEB | NEB×5 | Kill | Harper Murray | set Bergen Reilly |
| 11 | 4-7 | NEB | NEB×5 | Attack err | Skylar George | |
| 12 | 5-7 | NEB | RUTGER | Serve err | Nebraska | |
| 13 | 5-8 | RUTGER | NEB | Kill | Andi Jackson | set Bergen Reilly |
| 14 | 5-9 | NEB | NEB | Kill | Skyler Pierce | set Olivia Mauch |
| 15 | 6-9 | NEB | RUTGER | Kill | Karis Willow | set Lily Bolen |
| 16 | 7-9 | RUTGER | RUTGER | Kill | Imani Howell | |
| 17 | 7-10 | RUTGER | NEB×3 | Kill | Andi Jackson | set Bergen Reilly |
| 18 | 7-11 | NEB | NEB×3 | Blocked | Imani Howell | blk Manaia Ogbechie, Bergen Reilly |
| 19 | 7-12 | NEB | NEB×3 | Attack err | Malia Romes | |
| 20 | 8-12 | NEB | RUTGER | Attack err | Harper Murray | |
| 21 | 8-13 | RUTGER | NEB | Kill | Harper Murray | set Bergen Reilly |
| 22 | 9-13 | NEB | RUTGER | Kill | Imani Howell | set Brooke Baldwin |
| 23 | 10-13 | RUTGER | RUTGER | Kill | Aspen Maxwell | set Kenzie Dyrstad |
| 24 | 10-14 | RUTGER | NEB×3 | Serve err | Rutgers | |
| 25 | 10-15 | NEB | NEB×3 | Kill | Virginia Adriano | set Olivia Mauch |
| 26 | 10-16 | NEB | NEB×3 | Kill | Manaia Ogbechie | set Bergen Reilly |
| 27 | 11-16 | NEB | RUTGER | Kill | Skylar George | set Brooke Baldwin |
| 28 | 12-16 | RUTGER | RUTGER | Ace | Rutgers | aced Keri Leimbach |
| 29 | 12-17 | RUTGER | NEB | Serve err | Rutgers | |
| 30 | 13-17 | NEB | RUTGER | Kill | Skylar George | set Brooke Baldwin |
| 31 | 13-18 | RUTGER | NEB×5 | Kill | Harper Murray | set Bergen Reilly |
| 32 | 13-19 | NEB | NEB×5 | Kill | Andi Jackson | set Bergen Reilly |
| 33 | 13-20 | NEB | NEB×5 | Blocked | Malia Romes | blk Harper Murray, Andi Jackson |
| 34 | 13-21 | NEB | NEB×5 | Kill | Andi Jackson | set Bergen Reilly |
| 35 | 13-22 | NEB | NEB×5 | Attack err | Skylar George | |
| 36 | 14-22 | NEB | RUTGER | Attack err | Harper Murray | |
| 37 | 14-23 | RUTGER | NEB | Kill | Harper Murray | set Bergen Reilly |
| 38 | 14-24 | NEB | NEB | Kill | Bergen Reilly | |
| 39 | 15-24 | NEB | RUTGER | Serve err | Nebraska | |
| 40 | 15-25 | RUTGER | NEB | Kill | Skyler Pierce | set Bergen Reilly |
Score shown after each rally, Rutgers first.“NCAA feed gap” rows mark points the NCAA play-by-play never logged (tap Why? for details).