There was absolute havoc in the women’s college volleyball sphere this week. Attendance records were broken, four of last week’s Power 10 teams fell and only two teams in the nation remain undefeated. See Michella Chester’s Week 9 Power 10 rankings below:
1. Nebraska (Previous: 2)
The Huskers battled fellow undefeated Wisconsin in a five-set thriller Saturday night. Despite playing from behind for the majority of the match, Nebraska emerged victorious with wins in sets 1, 4 and 5.
⏪️ REWIND: How Nebraska beat Wisconsin to claim the top spot in DI volleyball
This skirmish lived up to every expectation of the record-breaking crowd of 9,198 fans that packed the Bob Devaney Center. The top-2 duel was scrappy from the start; Wisconsin out-hit Nebraska .217 to .130 as the Huskers erred over twice the amount (44) that the Badgers did (18). Nebraska also got out-blocked by Wisconsin, 18-7, but Big Red tallied three aces to Wisconsin’s zero.
The teams were evenly-matched across the board through the fourth set. Wisconsin led the fifth frame up until the 12th point, which was the first of three Harper Murray kills that gave Nebraska the advantage (then the game was put away by a…
