As part of the 100-year Anniversary Celebration of Memorial Stadium, Nebraska Athletics is opening the historic East Stadium entrance to fans on Friday, Oct. 20 from 4:30–7:30 p.m..  Fans will have the opportunity to get a professional picture under the original stadium rotunda and “Through These Gates Pass the Greatest Fan In College Football” sign.  Professional photographers will be on site to take photos of families and groups free of charge.

On October 20, 1923, Memorial Stadium was officially dedicated.  Following the ceremonies, Nebraska and Kansas played to a 0-0 tie.

The 100-Year Memorial Stadium commemorative book and stadium bench seats will be available for purchase inside the East Stadium lobby.

Parking is available in the Memorial Mall/Memorial Loop on the east side of the Stadium.  Please enter the stadium through Gate 20.

HUSKERS HEAD TO NORTHWESTERN FOR WEDNESDAY MATCHUP

MATCH PREVIEW
• The No. 2 Nebraska volleyball team visits Northwestern for a 7 p.m. match on Wednesday at Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston, Ill. 
• Wednesday’s match will be streamed on B1G+ (subscription required). 
• The Huskers Radio Network will broadcast all the action on their radio affiliates, including 107.3 FM in Lincoln and AM 590 in Omaha. A live audio stream will be provided at Huskers.com and on the Huskers app. 
• John Baylor is in his 30th season doing play-by-play for the Husker volleyball program. Lauren (Cook) West, a former All-America setter for the Huskers, will provide color commentary.

ABOUT THE HUSKERS
• Nebraska (17-0, 8-0 Big Ten) is off to its best start to a season since beginning the 2008 season with a 20-0 record. 
• The Huskers, who led the nation in defense in 2022, have held their opponents this season to a combined .122 hitting percentage, which leads the nation.  
• Nebraska has been sharp offensively this season, hitting .293 to rank 10th nationally and second in the Big Ten. 
• The Big Red is averaging 2.61 blocks per set, which ranks 23rd in the country. 
• Two-time All-America junior libero Lexi Rodriguez paces the Husker defense with 3.58 digs per set. 
• Junior opposite hitter Merritt Beason, a Florida transfer, contributes a team-leading 3.56 kills per set and 2.03 digs per set. Beason is a two-time Big Ten Player of the Week this season. 
• Freshman outside hitter Harper Murray is averaging 3.41 kills per set and 1.92 digs per set. Murray has been named Big Ten Freshman of the Week three times this season. 
• Sophomore middle blocker Bekka Allick ranks 13th nationally and third in the Big Ten with 1.43 blocks per set. 
• Freshman middle blocker Andi Jackson is off to a strong start as a Husker, averaging 2.18 kills per set on a team-high .405 hitting percentage, which ranks second among Big Ten players and 20th in the nation. Jackson is also contributing 1.16 blocks per set. 
• Freshman setter Bergen Reilly is putting up 10.37 assists and 2.48 digs per set. Reilly became just the second true freshman setter to be a day one starter under John Cook (Nicklin Hames). Reilly has been named Big Ten Setter of the Week twice this year and leads the conference in assists per set. 
• From Sept. 12-Sept. 29, Nebraska played five straight ranked teams and won all five matches. It was the sixth time in school history Nebraska played five matches in a row against ranked teams but the first time NU won all five. 
• The Huskers went undefeated in non-conference play for the first time since 2016 and just the second time since 2008.
• Nebraska was the last NCAA Division I program to drop a set this season when Creighton won set three of NU’s 3-1 win on Sept. 6. The Huskers had opened the season with 17 consecutive set wins.

SCOUTING REPORT: NORTHWESTERN
• Northwestern (9-9, 3-5 Big Ten) is coming off a split last weekend. The Wildcats won 3-1 at home against Maryland on Oct. 13 before falling 3-2 at Minnesota on Sunday. 
• Julia Sangiacomo leads the team with 4.13 kills per set, fourth-most among Big Ten players. Libero Ellee Stinson ranks second in the Big Ten with 4.30 digs per set. 
• The Wildcats are hitting .241 on the season and allowing opponents to hit .203. 

SERIES HISTORY
• Nebraska is 18-1 all-time against Northwestern and has won 14 in a row. The teams played two matches last season with the Huskers winning 3-0 in Lincoln on Oct. 16 and 3-2 in Evanston on Nov. 6. 

HUSKERS RANKED NO. 2 IN AVCA COACHES POLL
• Nebraska is ranked second in the AVCA Coaches Poll this week.
• The Huskers have been ranked in the top 10 a total of 551 times, which is also the most in NCAA history.
• Nebraska has appeared in all 612 AVCA Coaches Polls it has been eligible for since it was established in 1982. Nebraska is the only program to be ranked in every eligible poll all-time.
• Nebraska’s 612 consecutive weeks of being ranked is the longest active streak in Division I for any sport, leading Connecticut women’s basketball and North Carolina women’s soccer.
• Nebraska has been ranked No. 1 in 102 all-time polls, the most in NCAA history. 

AVCA HALL OF FAMER JOHN COOK IN 24TH SEASON AT NEBRASKA
• Nebraska head coach John Cook is in his 24th season as the Nebraska volleyball head coach in 2023. He has led the Huskers to four national championships, 10 final fours, 12 conference championships and 21 top-10 final rankings since 2000. 
• Cook has 832 career wins and is one of the all-time winningest coaches in NCAA history. Since taking over the program in 2000, Cook has led the Huskers to a nation-leading .873 win percentage (671-98). 
• Under Cook, the Huskers have achieved 64 AVCA All-Americans and 20 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, both among the best in the nation. He is a two-time AVCA National Coach of the Year, earning the prestigious honor in 2000 and 2005, and a seven-time conference coach of the year, including Big Ten Coach of the Year in 2016 and 2017, his first and second Big Ten honors with the Huskers in their Big Ten era (2011-present).
• Cook is one of only two active coaches - and one of six all-time - to be a two-time AVCA National Coach of the Year and was honored in 2008 by USA Volleyball, receiving its All-Time Great Coach Award.
• Cook was inducted into the AVCA Hall of Fame in 2017, joining former Husker volleyball coach Terry Pettit in the hall. 

HUSKER VOLLEYBALL SETS ATTENDANCE RECORDS
• It was a record-breaking night at Memorial Stadium on Aug. 30 when Nebraska hosted Omaha in an outdoor volleyball match. The attendance of 92,003 set a record for the largest crowd to watch a women’s sporting event in the United States. The crowd of more than 92,000 also surpassed what is widely regarded as the world-record attendance for any women’s sporting event.
• The previously recognized world record was 91,648 fans in an UEFA Champions League match between Barcelona and Wolfsburg on April 22, 2022, at Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain. The previous record for an American women’s sporting event was 90,185 in USA’s FIFA World Cup Final against China on July 10, 1999, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif.
• Along with the two records mentioned above, the Huskers shattered a pair of NCAA records, exceeding the previous records for any NCAA volleyball match and an NCAA volleyball regular-season match. 
• Entering the match, the largest-ever crowd for any NCAA volleyball match was 18,755 when Nebraska played Wisconsin in the NCAA Final at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, on Dec. 18, 2021. The largest NCAA volleyball regular-season attendance was 16,833 when Wisconsin hosted Florida at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis., on Sept 16, 2022.
• The Husker volleyball program has sold out 313 consecutive regular-season matches entering this week. Nebraska’s sellout streak is an NCAA women’s record. The Huskers have led the nation in attendance every season since moving into the Bob Devaney Sports Center in 2013.
• Nine of the top 11 crowds in NCAA volleyball history are matches that have involved the Huskers. 
• Of the 16 largest NCAA volleyball regular-season crowds, 14 have been Nebraska matches.
• On Sept. 22, Nebraska broke its Devaney Center attendance record since the arena was reconfigured for volleyball in 2013. A crowd of 8,711 turned out to see the Nebraska-Ohio State match. Over the summer, 402 seats were added to the Devaney Center, increasing the capacity to 8,309. 

HUSKERS RACK UP BIG TEN WEEKLY AWARDS
• On Aug. 28, Nebraska freshman outside hitter Harper Murray was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week. In her first collegiate matches, Murray led the Huskers to a 3-0 record at the Ameritas Players Challenge. The Ann Arbor, Mich., native averaged 3.67 kills per set with a .343 hitting percentage. She also posted 2.33 digs per set and totaled six blocks, five aces and four set assists. Murray had nine kills on .350 hitting with five blocks and four digs in her collegiate debut against Utah State. She followed with 10 kills on .389 hitting with seven digs and three aces. Murray finished the weekend with 14 kills on .310 hitting with 10 digs for her first collegiate double-double. 
• On Sept. 18, Merritt Beason was named Big Ten Player of the Week. Beason led the Huskers to a 3-1 road win at No. 5 Stanford and a 3-1 home win against No. 21 Kentucky with 4.00 kills per set on a .354 hitting percentage to go with 1.88 digs per set. Beason had a season-high 17 kills and 10 digs and hit .438 in the win over Kentucky. The junior from Gardendale, Ala., had 15 kills and hit .273 at Stanford. 
• Also on Sept. 18, Murray earned her second Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor after averaging 3.63 kills per set with a .349 hitting percentage and 2.00 digs per set in Nebraska’s two victories. The Ann Arbor, Mich., native finished with 17 kills and 10 digs and hit .308 in the win over Kentucky. She had 12 kills, six digs, four blocks and three aces while hitting .417 at Stanford.
• On Sept. 25, Bergen Reilly was named the Big Ten Setter of the Week and the Big Ten Freshman of the Week. She led the Huskers to sweeps of No. 21 Ohio State and No. 12 Minnesota by averaging 12.67 assists per set, 1.67 digs per set and 0.83 blocks per set. In the 3-0 win against the Buckeyes, Reilly had 37 assists as the Huskers hit .333. Against Minnesota, Reilly showed her defensive prowess, totaling 39 assists with eight digs and four blocks, including a solo stuff. 
• On Oct. 2, Beason was named Big Ten Player of the Week for the second time. Beason led the Huskers to road wins at No. 17 Purdue and Indiana with 4.56 kills per set on a .384 hitting percentage to go with 2.33 digs per set. The junior opposite hitter had 19 kills and hit .368 with nine digs and five blocks in a 3-2 win at No. 17 Purdue. Beason followed up in a 3-1 win at Indiana with a career-high 22 kills and season-high 12 digs while hitting .400. 
• Also on Oct. 2, Murray was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week for the third time. Murray posted 4.22 kills per set and 1.67 digs per set while hitting .278 in wins at No. 17 Purdue and Indiana. At Purdue, she had a career-high 21 kills with 10 digs and two blocks in a 3-2 win over the Boilermakers. She followed up the next day at Indiana with 17 kills on a .368 hitting percentage to go with five digs. 
• Finally on Oct. 2, Reilly earned Big Ten Setter of the Week for the second week in a row. Reilly led the Huskers to wins at No. 17 Purdue and Indiana over the weekend with 11.89 assists per set and 1.89 digs per set with eight kills and a pair of service aces. She guided the Huskers to a combined .323 hitting percentage on the road. In a 3-2 win at No. 17 Purdue, Reilly had a career-high 54 assists with 12 digs and five kills. She followed up on Saturday in a 3-1 win at Indiana with 53 assists, five digs and three kills.
• On Oct. 9, Lindsay Krause earned her first career Big Ten Player of the Week award after sparking the Huskers to a 3-1 win at Michigan State and a 3-0 sweep at Michigan with 3.43 kills per set on a .458 hitting percentage. Krause had a season-high 15 kills and just one error on 27 swings for a .519 hitting percentage at Michigan. One day earlier at Michigan State, Krause posted nine kills with four digs and two aces while hitting .381.
• On Oct. 16, Lexi Rodriguez earned Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week for the fourth time in her career. Rodriguez led the Huskers to a pair of wins against Michigan State and Penn State by averaging 4.86 digs per set along with 1.57 assists per set. The two-time All-American libero tied her season high with 18 digs in a sweep of No. 13 Penn State on Oct. 14. She had 12 digs alone in the first set. Rodriguez also had four set assists and was perfect on 23 receptions. On Oct. 13 against Michigan State, Rodriguez had 16 digs in a 3-1 win with seven set assists and 10 perfect receptions.

MATCH PREVIEW
• The No. 2 Nebraska volleyball team visist Northwestern for a 7 p.m. match on Wednesday at Welsh-Ryan Arena in Evanston, Ill. 
• Wednesday’s match will be streamed on B1G+ (subscription required). 
• The Huskers Radio Network will broadcast all the action on their radio affiliates, including 107.3 FM in Lincoln and AM 590 in Omaha. A live audio stream will be provided at Huskers.com and on the Huskers app. 
• John Baylor is in his 30th season doing play-by-play for the Husker volleyball program. Lauren (Cook) West, a former All-America setter for the Huskers, will provide color commentary.

ABOUT THE HUSKERS
• Nebraska (17-0, 8-0 Big Ten) is off to its best start to a season since beginning the 2008 season with a 20-0 record. 
• The Huskers, who led the nation in defense in 2022, have held their opponents this season to a combined .122 hitting percentage, which leads the nation.  
• Nebraska has been sharp offensively this season, hitting .293 to rank 10th nationally and second in the Big Ten. 
• The Big Red is averaging 2.61 blocks per set, which ranks 23rd in the country. 
• Two-time All-America junior libero Lexi Rodriguez paces the Husker defense with 3.58 digs per set. 
• Junior opposite hitter Merritt Beason, a Florida transfer, contributes a team-leading 3.56 kills per set and 2.03 digs per set. Beason is a two-time Big Ten Player of the Week this season. 
• Freshman outside hitter Harper Murray is averaging 3.41 kills per set and 1.92 digs per set. Murray has been named Big Ten Freshman of the Week three times this season. 
• Sophomore middle blocker Bekka Allick ranks 13th nationally and third in the Big Ten with 1.43 blocks per set. 
• Freshman middle blocker Andi Jackson is off to a strong start as a Husker, averaging 2.18 kills per set on a team-high .405 hitting percentage, which ranks second among Big Ten players and 20th in the nation. Jackson is also contributing 1.16 blocks per set. 
• Freshman setter Bergen Reilly is putting up 10.37 assists and 2.48 digs per set. Reilly became just the second true freshman setter to be a day one starter under John Cook (Nicklin Hames). Reilly has been named Big Ten Setter of the Week twice this year and leads the conference in assists per set. 
• From Sept. 12-Sept. 29, Nebraska played five straight ranked teams and won all five matches. It was the sixth time in school history Nebraska played five matches in a row against ranked teams but the first time NU won all five. 
• The Huskers went undefeated in non-conference play for the first time since 2016 and just the second time since 2008.
• Nebraska was the last NCAA Division I program to drop a set this season when Creighton won set three of NU’s 3-1 win on Sept. 6. The Huskers had opened the season with 17 consecutive set wins.

SCOUTING REPORT: NORTHWESTERN
• Northwestern (9-9, 3-5 Big Ten) is coming off a split last weekend. The Wildcats won 3-1 at home against Maryland on Oct. 13 before falling 3-2 at Minnesota on Sunday. 
• Julia Sangiacomo leads the team with 4.13 kills per set, fourth-most among Big Ten players. Libero Ellee Stinson ranks second in the Big Ten with 4.30 digs per set. 
• The Wildcats are hitting .241 on the season and allowing opponents to hit .203. 

SERIES HISTORY
• Nebraska is 18-1 all-time against Northwestern and has won 14 in a row. The teams played two matches last season with the Huskers winning 3-0 in Lincoln on Oct. 16 and 3-2 in Evanston on Nov. 6. 

HUSKERS RANKED NO. 2 IN AVCA COACHES POLL
• Nebraska is ranked second in the AVCA Coaches Poll this week.
• The Huskers have been ranked in the top 10 a total of 551 times, which is also the most in NCAA history.
• Nebraska has appeared in all 612 AVCA Coaches Polls it has been eligible for since it was established in 1982. Nebraska is the only program to be ranked in every eligible poll all-time.
• Nebraska’s 612 consecutive weeks of being ranked is the longest active streak in Division I for any sport, leading Connecticut women’s basketball and North Carolina women’s soccer.
• Nebraska has been ranked No. 1 in 102 all-time polls, the most in NCAA history. 

AVCA HALL OF FAMER JOHN COOK IN 24TH SEASON AT NEBRASKA
• Nebraska head coach John Cook is in his 24th season as the Nebraska volleyball head coach in 2023. He has led the Huskers to four national championships, 10 final fours, 12 conference championships and 21 top-10 final rankings since 2000. 
• Cook has 832 career wins and is one of the all-time winningest coaches in NCAA history. Since taking over the program in 2000, Cook has led the Huskers to a nation-leading .873 win percentage (671-98). 
• Under Cook, the Huskers have achieved 64 AVCA All-Americans and 20 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, both among the best in the nation. He is a two-time AVCA National Coach of the Year, earning the prestigious honor in 2000 and 2005, and a seven-time conference coach of the year, including Big Ten Coach of the Year in 2016 and 2017, his first and second Big Ten honors with the Huskers in their Big Ten era (2011-present).
• Cook is one of only two active coaches - and one of six all-time - to be a two-time AVCA National Coach of the Year and was honored in 2008 by USA Volleyball, receiving its All-Time Great Coach Award.
• Cook was inducted into the AVCA Hall of Fame in 2017, joining former Husker volleyball coach Terry Pettit in the hall. 

HUSKER VOLLEYBALL SETS ATTENDANCE RECORDS
• It was a record-breaking night at Memorial Stadium on Aug. 30 when Nebraska hosted Omaha in an outdoor volleyball match. The attendance of 92,003 set a record for the largest crowd to watch a women’s sporting event in the United States. The crowd of more than 92,000 also surpassed what is widely regarded as the world-record attendance for any women’s sporting event.
• The previously recognized world record was 91,648 fans in an UEFA Champions League match between Barcelona and Wolfsburg on April 22, 2022, at Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain. The previous record for an American women’s sporting event was 90,185 in USA’s FIFA World Cup Final against China on July 10, 1999, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif.
• Along with the two records mentioned above, the Huskers shattered a pair of NCAA records, exceeding the previous records for any NCAA volleyball match and an NCAA volleyball regular-season match. 
• Entering the match, the largest-ever crowd for any NCAA volleyball match was 18,755 when Nebraska played Wisconsin in the NCAA Final at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, on Dec. 18, 2021. The largest NCAA volleyball regular-season attendance was 16,833 when Wisconsin hosted Florida at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis., on Sept 16, 2022.
• The Husker volleyball program has sold out 313 consecutive regular-season matches entering this week. Nebraska’s sellout streak is an NCAA women’s record. The Huskers have led the nation in attendance every season since moving into the Bob Devaney Sports Center in 2013.
• Nine of the top 11 crowds in NCAA volleyball history are matches that have involved the Huskers. 
• Of the 16 largest NCAA volleyball regular-season crowds, 14 have been Nebraska matches.
• On Sept. 22, Nebraska broke its Devaney Center attendance record since the arena was reconfigured for volleyball in 2013. A crowd of 8,711 turned out to see the Nebraska-Ohio State match. Over the summer, 402 seats were added to the Devaney Center, increasing the capacity to 8,309. 

HUSKERS RACK UP BIG TEN WEEKLY AWARDS
• On Aug. 28, Nebraska freshman outside hitter Harper Murray was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week. In her first collegiate matches, Murray led the Huskers to a 3-0 record at the Ameritas Players Challenge. The Ann Arbor, Mich., native averaged 3.67 kills per set with a .343 hitting percentage. She also posted 2.33 digs per set and totaled six blocks, five aces and four set assists. Murray had nine kills on .350 hitting with five blocks and four digs in her collegiate debut against Utah State. She followed with 10 kills on .389 hitting with seven digs and three aces. Murray finished the weekend with 14 kills on .310 hitting with 10 digs for her first collegiate double-double. 
• On Sept. 18, Merritt Beason was named Big Ten Player of the Week. Beason led the Huskers to a 3-1 road win at No. 5 Stanford and a 3-1 home win against No. 21 Kentucky with 4.00 kills per set on a .354 hitting percentage to go with 1.88 digs per set. Beason had a season-high 17 kills and 10 digs and hit .438 in the win over Kentucky. The junior from Gardendale, Ala., had 15 kills and hit .273 at Stanford. 
• Also on Sept. 18, Murray earned her second Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor after averaging 3.63 kills per set with a .349 hitting percentage and 2.00 digs per set in Nebraska’s two victories. The Ann Arbor, Mich., native finished with 17 kills and 10 digs and hit .308 in the win over Kentucky. She had 12 kills, six digs, four blocks and three aces while hitting .417 at Stanford.
• On Sept. 25, Bergen Reilly was named the Big Ten Setter of the Week and the Big Ten Freshman of the Week. She led the Huskers to sweeps of No. 21 Ohio State and No. 12 Minnesota by averaging 12.67 assists per set, 1.67 digs per set and 0.83 blocks per set. In the 3-0 win against the Buckeyes, Reilly had 37 assists as the Huskers hit .333. Against Minnesota, Reilly showed her defensive prowess, totaling 39 assists with eight digs and four blocks, including a solo stuff. 
• On Oct. 2, Beason was named Big Ten Player of the Week for the second time. Beason led the Huskers to road wins at No. 17 Purdue and Indiana with 4.56 kills per set on a .384 hitting percentage to go with 2.33 digs per set. The junior opposite hitter had 19 kills and hit .368 with nine digs and five blocks in a 3-2 win at No. 17 Purdue. Beason followed up in a 3-1 win at Indiana with a career-high 22 kills and season-high 12 digs while hitting .400. 
• Also on Oct. 2, Murray was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week for the third time. Murray posted 4.22 kills per set and 1.67 digs per set while hitting .278 in wins at No. 17 Purdue and Indiana. At Purdue, she had a career-high 21 kills with 10 digs and two blocks in a 3-2 win over the Boilermakers. She followed up the next day at Indiana with 17 kills on a .368 hitting percentage to go with five digs. 
• Finally on Oct. 2, Reilly earned Big Ten Setter of the Week for the second week in a row. Reilly led the Huskers to wins at No. 17 Purdue and Indiana over the weekend with 11.89 assists per set and 1.89 digs per set with eight kills and a pair of service aces. She guided the Huskers to a combined .323 hitting percentage on the road. In a 3-2 win at No. 17 Purdue, Reilly had a career-high 54 assists with 12 digs and five kills. She followed up on Saturday in a 3-1 win at Indiana with 53 assists, five digs and three kills.
• On Oct. 9, Lindsay Krause earned her first career Big Ten Player of the Week award after sparking the Huskers to a 3-1 win at Michigan State and a 3-0 sweep at Michigan with 3.43 kills per set on a .458 hitting percentage. Krause had a season-high 15 kills and just one error on 27 swings for a .519 hitting percentage at Michigan. One day earlier at Michigan State, Krause posted nine kills with four digs and two aces while hitting .381.
• On Oct. 16, Lexi Rodriguez earned Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week for the fourth time in her career. Rodriguez led the Huskers to a pair of wins against Michigan State and Penn State by averaging 4.86 digs per set along with 1.57 assists per set. The two-time All-American libero tied her season high with 18 digs in a sweep of No. 13 Penn State on Oct. 14. She had 12 digs alone in the first set. Rodriguez also had four set assists and was perfect on 23 receptions. On Oct. 13 against Michigan State, Rodriguez had 16 digs in a 3-1 win with seven set assists and 10 perfect receptions.

#25 HUSKERS LOOK TO PURDUE, ILLINOIS

With a four-match winning streak and tie for second in the conference standings, the No. 25 Nebraska soccer team (11-2-3, 5-1-2 Big Ten) aims to continue its momentum as the Huskers wrap up regular season play at home against Purdue and on the road at Illinois. 

The Huskers host the Boilermakers (3-11-2, 0-6-2 Big Ten) on Thursday starting at 7:05 p.m. (CT) and battle the Fighting Illini (6-6-3, 2-4-2 Big Ten) on Sunday at 12 p.m. (CT) at Demirjian Park in Champaign, Ill. 

Both matches will be streamed live on Big Ten Plus (subscription required to watch).

Last Time Out
The Huskers scored a finish in each half while keeping the Gophers scoreless, as the Nebraska soccer team defeated Minnesota on the road 2-0 Sunday afternoon. 

Next Up
After this week's conference matches, Nebraska ­will await the announcement of its seed for the 2023 Big Ten Women's Soccer Tournament starting on Sunday, Oct. 29.

Quick Notes
The Huskers are currently ranked 21st in this week’s RPI. Penn State (first) is the only team in the Big Ten who is ranked higher, and NU is joined by Wisconsin (26th) and Michigan State (28th) in the top 30. 

Dale earned her fourth Big Ten Offensive Player of the Week honor last week as she currently leads the country and conference in total goals (21) and game-winning goals (6), while also leading the conference in shots (93), shots on goal (44) and points (46). Additionally, she has tallied nine total braces on the season and is currently tied for fourth all-time in the Husker records in goals scored. Nationally, Dale leads in goals per game (1.31), second in shots on goal per game (2.75) and also second in points (46). 

Dale’s total goals and points are the most in the Big Ten since 2013 when Illinois’ Jannelle Flaws had 23 goals and 48 points.

Junior forward Weber has continued her strong offensive attack as she is second in the conference standings in shots (69), third in shots on goal (30), fourth in points (24) and fifth in goals (9).

Junior midfielder Florence Belzile, a member of last week's Top Drawer Soccer team, recorded two assists in Thursday’s game against Maryland and now has a team-high 11 on the season, good for second in the conference and fourth nationally. She also is 10th in the conference standings with 17 points. 

As a team, the Huskers are fifth in the nation in assists per game (3.12) and total goals (45), sixth in shots on goal per game (9.38) and seventh in points per game (8.75) and shots per game (19.69).

In the goal, senior Sami Hauk has recorded 61 saves on the year and is currently fourth in saves per game (3.81).

NU enters the week tied for second in the conference standings with 17 points (three points for a win, one point for a tie).

Four of NU’s six freshmen have seen the pitch so far this year, led by Reese Borer who has played 214 minutes

The Huskers’ six goals against Eastern Washington marked the most finishes the Huskers have tallied in a regular season match since the 2011 victory against Northern Arizona (8-1) and the most goals on the road since the win in 2009 at Kansas (7-4). Additionally, that was the first time since NU’s victory over Missouri in 2021 that the Big Red has netted four or more goals in the second half

This season’s win over Eastern Washington also marked the 350th win in program history. Head Coach John Walker achieved the same milestone, having been at the helm of the program since its inception in 1994.

Head Coach John Walker is in his 30th season, alongside assistant coaches Savanah Anderson-Baer (first season), Ian Bridge (eighth season) and Marty Everding (26th season).     

Scouting the Purdue Boilermakers
Purdue is 3-11-2 overall with a 0-6-2 record in Big Ten Play. The Boilermakers are coming off a recent 0-0 tie against No. 4 Penn State and a 2-1 loss at Illinois.

Nebraska leads the all-time series, 8-5-1, dating back to the first meeting between the schools in 2001. Most recently, the teams tied 1-1 in 2022 in Indiana. 

Head Coach Drew Roff is in his ninth season at Purdue. He is assisted by Jim Schneiderhahn and Kelsey Brouwer. 

Players to Watch:

• #24 Kayla Budish: Team-high eight points (three goals and two assists)
• #10 Emily Mathews: Team-high five assists
• #1 Charlotte Cyr: Has recorded 62 saves and one shutout on the year 

Scouting the Illinois Fighting Illini
Illinois is 6-6-3 this season with a 2-4-2 record in Big Ten play. The Fighting Illini face Michigan State on Thursday night before their matchup against Nebraska on Sunday.

The Fighting Illini leads the all-time series between the two teams, 5-8-0, dating back to 2004. The Huskers are on a two-match winning streak against the Fighting Illini as NU won 3-1 in both 2021 and 2022.

Head Coach Janet Rayfield is 226-173-43 in her 22nd season at Illinois. Rayfield is assisted by Jeff Freeman and Sammy Jo Prudhomme. 

Players to Watch:

• #22 Lia Howard: Team-high 12 points (four goals and four assists)
• #28 Sydney Stephens: Tied for the team-high with goals, while adding one assist
• #1 Julia Cili: Has recorded 75 saves and two shutouts this season 

CROCKETT TIES FOR THIRD IN LITTLE ROCK

Nebraska men's golfer Harry Crockett fired back-to-back rounds of 68 (-4) to finish with a three-round score of 209 (-7) to tie for third individually at the Everett Buick GMC Classic in Little Rock, Ark., on Tuesday.

Crockett, a junior from Oxted, England, produced six birdies along with 10 pars and a pair of bogeys in Tuesday's final round, after carding nine birdies in Monday's second round. Crockett's second round was scarred only by a pair of bogeys and a triple-bogey on No. 18. After opening the tournament with a 73 (+1) in Monday's first round, Crockett finished five strokes behind tournament champion Mark Stockdale from Central Arkansas, who closed at 204 (-12). Michigan's Hunter Thompson took second at 207 (-9), just two shots ahead of Crockett.

Crockett's 209 was a career best as a Husker and represented Nebraska's best individual tournament finish of the fall. It was also NU's best individual score relative to par so far this season.

As a team, Nebraska tied for ninth in a 15-team field, finishing at 863 (-1) over three team rounds. The Huskers were tied for eighth at 290 (+2) after Monday's first round, but surged early in the second round, climbing into a tie for second at 10-under-par. However, several Huskers ran into trouble late on the back nine, and Nebraska closed the second round in eighth at even par 576 after a 286 (-2). The Huskers added a final-round 287 (-1) on the par-72, 7,115-yard layout at the Chenal Country Club.

Hamish Murray was Nebraska's No. 2 finisher at even-par 216, including a final-round 72. Murray opened with a 73, before adding a 71 (-1) in Monday's second round. The junior from Sydney, Australia tied for 33rd overall in the 84-player field.

Fifth-year senior Will Marshall tied for 38th at 218 (+2) with rounds of 71 (-1), 74 and 73, while senior Gentry Scheve tied for 46th at 220 (+4) with rounds of 73, 73 and 74. 

Sophomore Quinn Yost rounded out the Nebraska contingent in Arkansas by tying for 68th at 227 (77-76-74).

No. 24 LSU surged down the stretch to claim the team title with a three-round total of 842 (-22). The Tigers fired the tournament's best round on Tuesday with a 273 (-15), after opening with a 277 (-11) on Monday, which tied for the tournament's second-best round.

Troy took second at 851 (-13), nine strokes back of LSU, while the hosts from Little Rock managed a third-place finish at 852 (-12). Michigan finished fourth at 853 (-11), while Louisiana rounded out the top five at 856 (-8).

Nebraska closed its fall season with a 38-35-1 head-to-head record, marking its second consecutive season under Head Coach Judd Cornell that the Big Red produced a winning fall. Prior to the last two seasons, the Huskers had not finished with a winning fall since 2012-13.

Nebraska is scheduled to return to the course for competition to open the spring season in the Battle at Briar's Creek in South Carolina (Feb. 5-6).

Everett Buick GMC Classic
Oct. 16-17, 2023
Little Rock, Arkansas (Chenal CC)
Par 72, 7,115 Yards

Final Team Results
1. LSU - 277-292-273=842 (-22)
2. Troy - 288-286-277=851 (-13)
3. Little Rock - 283-287-282=852 (-12)
4. Michigan - 286-284-283=853 (-11)
5. Louisiana - 284-288-284=856 (-8)
6. Central Arkansas - 281-289-288=858 (-6)
T7. Boston College - 291-290-278=859 (-5)
T7. Ball State - 287-284-288=859 (-5)
T9. Nebraska - 290-286-287=863 (-1)
T9. ULM - 294-289-280=863 (-1)
11. UTEP - 290-287-290=867 (+3)
12. Lamar - 295-292-282=869 (+5)
13. Oral Roberts - 298-285-291=874 (+10)
14. Northern Colorado - 306-297-279=882 (+18)
15. UT Arlington - 305-287-298=890 (+26)

Final Individual Results
1. Mark Stockdale, Central Arkansas - 71-66-67=204 (-12)
2. Hunter Thompson, Michigan - 72-66-69=207 (-9)
T3. Connor Gaunt, LSU - 69-74-66=209 (-7)
T3. Jay Mendell, LSU - 70-71-68=209 (-7)
T3. Harry Crockett, Nebraska - 73-68-68=209 (-7)
T3. Nick Fowlkes, Troy - 70-69-70=209 (-7)
T7. Jake Marler, Louisiana - 69-67-74=210 (-6)
T7. Eli Ortego, Louisiana - 66-74-70=210 (-6)
T9. Greg Holmes, UTEP - 68-70-73=211 (-5)
T9. Magnus Lomholt, Little Rock - 72-71-68=211 (-5)
T9. Jack Pogorelc, Boston College - 74-70-67=211 (-5)

Nebraska Individuals
T3. Harry Crockett - 73-68-68=209 (-7)
T33. Hamish Murray - 73-71-72=216 (E)
T38. Will Marshall - 71-74-73=218 (+2)
T46. Gentry Scheve - 73-73-74=220 (+4)
T68. Quinn Yost - 77-76-74=227 (+11)