Husker volleyball shrugs off sluggish start to beat Michigan

Lexi Sun led the Huskers with 13 kills while Keonilei Akana had five aces to spark the Big Red.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (KLKN) — It wasn’t a pretty start, but No. 5 Nebraska rallied to win at Michigan in four sets (19-25, 25-16, 25-15, 25-20).

The Huskers trailed the Wolverines by as many as 12 points in the first set as Michigan jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the match. However, Nebraska rallied in a big way in the second set and didn’t look back after that.

Lexi Sun led the Huskers with 13 kills while Keonilei Akana had five aces to spark the Big Red.

The same teams return to action on Friday with a 6:00 p.m. start on BTN.