Nebraska junior middle blocker Andi Jackson was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week on Monday. 

Jackson was dominant in Nebraska's 3-0 wins at Michigan State and Michigan over the weekend. She totaled 10 blocks for an average of 1.67 per set, and three of her blocks were solo blocks. 

Jackson was phenomenal on the other side of the net as well with 2.17 kills per set on a blistering .706 hitting percentage (13-1-17). Jackson led the Husker defense to a .139 opponent hitting percentage for the week, including a .079 hitting percentage for Michigan, which was a season low.

At Michigan State on Friday, Jackson posted five kills (.571), four blocks and three aces. At Michigan on Sunday, she had eight kills (.800), six blocks and three digs. 

It marks Jackson's second career Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week honor, as she also collected the accolade on Oct. 28, 2024. 

Nebraska-USC Set for 6:30 p.m. Kickoff on NBC

The Big Ten Conference and its television partners announced Monday afternoon that Nebraska’s game against USC on Saturday, Nov. 1, will kickoff at 6:30 p.m. (central) and will be televised on NBC. It will also be available online on Peacock with radio coverage provided by the Huskers Radio Network.  The matchup with USC will be NU’s first appearance on NBC this season. The game is already a sellout.

The Huskers are 5-2 on the season heading into Saturday’s game with Northwestern. A very limited number of tickets are available by visiting Huskers.com/tickets.

Other than the previously announced games against Iowa (Nov. 28, 11 a.m., CBS), the remaining regular season kickoff times (UCLA and Penn State) will be determined 12 or six days in advance.

Saturday, Nov. 1
11 a.m. CT - Penn State at Ohio State – FOX
11 a.m. CT - Rutgers at Illinois – NBC
2:30 p.m. CT - Indiana at Maryland – CBS
2:30 p.m. CT - Michigan State at Minnesota – BTN
6 p.m. CT - Purdue at Michigan – BTN
6:30 p.m. CT - USC at Nebraska – NBC

Huskers Stall at UCLA

The Nebraska soccer team fell to the UCLA Bruins by a score of 3-0 on Sunday afternoon in Los Angeles, Calif.

With the loss, the Huskers fell to 8-4-5 (3-4-3 Big Ten) while the Bruins improved to 10-4-2 (6-2-2 Big Ten). 

The Big Red allowed 28 shots by the Bruins, almost double the most shots that NU had previously allowed by an opponent this season. UCLA also had 13 shots on target. Nebraska only took five shots with two on goal. Reagan Raabe was responsible for three of those total attempts. 

Cece Villa (7-4-5) took the loss in goal but recorded a career-high nine saves, all of which came in the first half.

NU was limited to just two shots in the first half, while UCLA took 20, including 11 on target.

Bella Winn recorded a brace for the Bruins and Payten Cooper added a goal.

NU will close out the regular season at Barbara Hibner Stadium on Sunday, Oct. 26 against the No. 16 Michigan State Spartans. The match is set to start at 12:05 p.m. (CT) and will be streamed on B1G+.