No. 25 Volleyball Welcomes Crowd of 8,108 Fans Against No. 1 Nebraska

Saturday, October 31

East Lansing, Mich.

4:30 PM

Michigan State University

17-5,7-5Big Ten

Nebraska

23-0,12-0Big Ten

Team	1	2	3	4	Final F
Nebraska	21	25	25	25	3
Michigan St.	25	19	17	12	1

Photo by: Matthew Mitchell

10/31/2026 7:45:00 PM | Volleyball

Box Score Nebraska 3, MSU 1

EAST LANSING, Mich. - No. 25 Michigan State volleyball put up a valiant effort in a four-set loss against top-ranked and undefeated Nebraska (21-25, 25-19, 25-17, 25-12) in front of 8,108 fans Saturday evening at the Breslin Center.

MSU drops to 17-5 overall and 7-5 in the Big Ten with the result, while the Cornhuskers improve to 23-0 and 12-0 this season. The Spartans joined Purdue and Michigan as one of three B1G teams to win a set against the Huskers this season.

Saturday's crowd of 8,108 fans ranked as the fourth-highest attendance total in program history.

Nebraska hit .340 for the match and held MSU to .093 hitting while leading in kills (52-38), digs (33-31) and total blocks (15-11). The Spartans held a 6-5 advantage in service aces.

MSU was led in kills by senior outside hitter Alanna Bankston, who posted 12 for her 16th match of the season with double-digit kills. Senior middle blocker Zora Hardison added eight kills and four total blocks, while junior middle blocker Breccan Scheck and freshman outside hitter Madi Andrews had five kills each. Scheck also hit .571 for the match and led MSU in total blocks with a team-best seven.

Redshirt sophomore setter Malayah Long posted her fourth double-double of the season with team highs in both assists (26) and digs (10).

After the Huskers took a 9-7 lead early with a 4-1 run, MSU bounced back with a Bankston kill, back-to-back Hardison and Andrews blocks and a Nebraska error to take a two-point lead of their own at 11-9. Nebraska followed with 3-0 run to take back a one-point lead at 12-11 before a 4-1 MSU run with a Sarah Vellucci service ace, kill from Andrews and pair of Husker service errors gave the Spartans a two-point, 15-13 lead at the media timeout. Nebraska called timeout after MSU went on a 3-0 run to take a 20-17 lead with a kill from Scheck, Long service ace and Nebraska service error. MSU extended its lead out of the timeout with a Bankston kill, but called a timeout of its own after back-to-back Husker points cut the MSU advantage to two at 22-20. After a successful challenge, MSU earned a point from an Ogden kill and got to set point at 24-20 with a Nebraska error. The Huskers stopped MSU's first set point with a kill, but an Andrews kill to follow gave the Spartans set one, 25-21.

Nebraska opened a 9-3 lead early in the second set before a Hardison kill, block from Scheck and Long and pair of Husker errors forced a timeout at 9-7. Nebraska used a 3-1 run out of the timeout to extend its lead to four before MSU used a Hardison kill and Nebraska error to cut the deficit to two at 14-12. A kill from the Huskers extended Nebraska's lead back to three at the media timeout, 15-12. The Spartans fired off a 4-0 run out of the timeout with a Hardison kill, block from Hardison and Long and back-to-back Andrews service aces to take a one-point lead and took the lead again with another Hardison kill at 17-16. Nebraska then responded with back-to-back kills to take a one-point lead at 19-18 to force an MSU timeout and took a two-point lead out of the timeout with a kill. MSU called a second timeout after Nebraska extended its lead to three with back-to-back points at 22-19. Nebraska scored the final three points of the set to take the second, 25-19.

After a back-and-forth start to the third set, Nebraska used a 5-1 run to take a 15-10 lead at the media timeout. Three-straight MSU points out of the timeout with kills from Hardison and Bankston and a Nebraska error helped the Spartans cut the lead to two at 15-13, but Nebraska responded with a 4-2 run to extend its lead back to four at 19-15 to force an MSU timeout. A Nebraska service error helped MSU to get back within three at 19-16 before two-straight Nebraska points forced a second MSU timeout at 21-16. Nebraska finished the set on a 4-1 run to finish off the third, 25-17.

MSU called a timeout after the Huskers opened a four-point, 8-4 lead early in the fourth set. The Spartans got back within four with a Karolina Staniszewska kill out of the timeout, but Nebraska followed with a 4-1 run to stretch its lead to six at 12-6. A kill from Bankston out of the timeout then cut the Husker lead to seven at 14-7 before Nebraska put down a kill to take a 15-7 lead at the media timeout. Nebraska got to set point at 24-12 and used an ace to finish off the set and match, 25-12.

Up next, MSU travels to Madison to take on Wisconsin on Thursday, Nov. 5 at 8 p.m. ET on B1G+.