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Nebraska defeats Illinois, moves on to NCAA volleyball championship game
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Another B1G team is chasing down a national championship. On Thursday night, Nebraska defeated Illinois in the semifinal round of the women’s volleyball Final Four, meaning the Huskers will compete for a title on Saturday.
Nebraska defeated Illinois 3-2 on Thursday, overcoming a two-set deficit to reach the championship game. The Huskers will play Stanford on Saturday night, which defeated BYU earlier in the evening.
The Huskers will compete for a national title just one week after the Maryland men’s soccer team defeated Akron in the NCAA championship to claim the program’s fifth crown. That’s not a bad fall for the B1G.
Saturday, Nebraska will have an opportunity to win its third national championship in four seasons and win back-to-back titles for the first time in program history. The Huskers won the 2015 and 2017 national championships. Other titles came in 1995, 2000 and 2006.
After the thrilling come-from-behind victory, even head football coach Scott Frost was fired up, sending out a tweet in support of the volleyball team.
https://twitter.com/coach_frost/status/1073440635984666625
The Huskers will play Stanford at 9 p.m. ET for the national championship on Saturday night.
Dustin grew up in the heart of Big Ten country and has been in sports media since 2010. He has been covering Big Ten football since 2014. You can follow him on Twitter: @SchutteCFB