Both teams impressed last weekend. Nebraska beat Purdue in four sets (23-25, 25-18, 25-15, 25-21). Madi Kubik had 15 kills, Kayla Caffey 14, Lauren Stivrins 14 and Lindsay Krause 13. Lexi Rodriguez had 24 digs and Kenzie Knuckles had 8 digs and 2 aces.
Last weekend Wisconsin beat Ohio State (26-24, 25-22, 18-25, 25-14) and Penn State (25-27, 32-30, 20-25, 25-23, 15-7). Dana Rettke had 24 kills and hit .512 in the five set match against PSU.
These two teams are statically similar except for in three main statistical areas; hitting percentage, digs per set and service ace to error ratio.