While Nebraska was cruising against Omaha, in Fayetteville, Arkansas, top-ranked Wisconsin was getting all it could handle from No. 21 Arkansas and diminuitive Jillian Gillen.
Wisconsin rallied from a 24-19 deficit to win the third set, lost the fourth and eventually came away with a 21-25, 25-20, 26-24, 22-25, 15-13 victory.
It was one of just 10 matches on Wednesday, a night that not only saw the No. 4 Huskers throttle Omaha but included Utah State knocking off Utah and No. 9 BYU beating Loyola Marymount.
There are 36 matches on Thursday’s NCAA Division I volleyball schedule, including Wisconsin back at Arkansas.
Sixth-ranked Oregon is at San Deigo State and No. 25 Purdue goes to Kansas.
Among the other matches, USC is at Hawai’i (the last team out of the AVCA top 25), BYU is home for McNeese, Tennessee is at San Diego, West Virginia plays North Carolina, UC Santa Barbara plays Pepperdine, Colorado plays Northern Colorado and Indiana plays Long Beach State.
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WISCONSIN SURVIVES: Gillen, the 5-foot-7 senior outside, had 22 kills for Arkansas, even a block and 14 digs. And her 5-10 counterpart, Taylor Head, had 14 kills, two aces, also a…
