It also helps that Kubik and Knuckles seem to be pretty good players, looking the part and carrying a lot of confidence.
“They’re both pretty composed for freshmen,” Nebraska coach John Cook said. “They’re not afraid, and acting like freshmen. You can’t tell they’re freshmen out there. That’s the first good thing. There are days where they have been really good, and there have also been days when they’ve struggled. But this is a tough gym right now.”
It’s a tough gym because the Huskers have a lot of good returning players. Nebraska has returning starters with setter Nicklin Hames, middle blockers Lauren Stivrins and Callie Schwarzenbach, outside hitter Lexi Sun and right-side hitter Jazz Sweet.