After battling for four sets, Nebraska dominated Minnesota in the fifth to take down the Gophers in Minneapolis on Friday.
The sixth-ranked Huskers (23-3, 15-2 Big Ten) won 25-22, 25-18, 19-25, 11-25, 15-3 to knock off the seventh-ranked Gophers (20-5, 14-3). Nebraska is now tied for second in the Big Ten standings with Penn State. Both teams are behind Wisconsin, which the Huskers play Sunday.
Nebraska looked really good while winning the first two sets. Nebraska was serving aces and dominating in kills through two sets, 34-22.
But Minnesota is too good, had too much to play for, and had a sellout crowd of 5,200 behind them, so they weren’t done yet.