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Nebraska volleyball picked 2nd in Big Ten preseason poll


The Nebraska volleyball team is picked to finish 2nd in the Big Ten in 2019 according to a preseason poll from league coaches. Wisconsin is predicted to win the conference.

The 2nd ranked Huskers had three players make the preseason All-Big Ten team: Lauren Stivrins, Lexi Sun & Nicklin Hames.

NU opens the season Friday August 30 at home against Creighton.

2019 PRESEASON ALL-BIG TEN VOLLEYBALL TEAM
Jacqueline Quade, SR., OH, Illinois
Erika Pritchard, Jr., OH, Maryland
Alexis Hart, Sr., OH, Minnesota
Taylor Morgan, Sr., MB, Minnesota
Stephanie Samedy, Jr., OPP, Minnesota
Nicklin Hames [huskers.com] , So., S, Nebraska
Lauren Stivrins [huskers.com] , Jr., MB, Nebraska
Lexi Sun [huskers.com] , Jr., OH, Nebraska
Kaitlyn Hord, So., MB, Penn State
Jonni Parker, So., RS, Penn State
Kendall White, Sr., DS, Penn State
Blake Mohler, Sr., MB, Purdue
Sydney Hilley, Jr., S, Wisconsin
Dana Rettke, Jr., MB, Wisconsin

2019 BIG TEN PRESEASON POLL
1. Wisconsin
2. Nebraska
3. Minnesota
4. Penn State
5. Illinois
6. Purdue
7. Michigan
8. Ohio State
9. Michigan State
10. Maryland
11. Indiana
12. Northwestern
13. Iowa
14. Rutgers

Wisconsin will ride Rettke as far as she'll take them, and frankly she looks good enough to get them a conference championship. When she was here in Lincoln for the VNL matches, she looked like a seasoned veteran among the other Team USA players. She is dominant in the middle, and one of those players we'll have to try to work around, not stop.

 

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Wisconsin will ride Rettke as far as she'll take them, and frankly she looks good enough to get them a conference championship. When she was here in Lincoln for the VNL matches, she looked like a seasoned veteran among the other Team USA players. She is dominant in the middle, and one of those players we'll have to try to work around, not stop.

Unless Haggerty is fully healthy all season I don't think Wisconsin wins this. Rettke is a monster in the middle but Duello and Loberg aren't strong enough on the pins to win the conference. 

I'd flip Wisconsin and Minnesota and give Nebraska a good shot to steal it.