IN BIG NUMBERS ONCE AGAIN FOR NEBRASKA VOLLEYBALL'S ANNUAL SPRING MATCH IN KEARNEY. IT MARKED THE RETURN OF LINDSAY CROUSE AFTER A SEASON ENDING ANKLE INJURY LAST YEAR, AND THE FIRST MOMENT IN THE SPOTLIGHT FOR NEWCOMERS OLIVIA MAUK AND SCHUYLER PIERCE. HEAD COACH JOHN COOK AND FORMER HUSKER MEGAN PENDERGAST, THE DENVER HEAD COACH MEETING UP JUST BEFORE THE MATCH, FIRST SET FRESHMAN OLIVIA MAUK COMES OUT FIRING HER FIRST SERVE AS A HUSKER. AN ACE. NEBRASKA UP NINE FOUR AND HAVE A DAY SCHUYLER PIERCE, THE OTHER FRESHMAN, HAMMERS DOWN THE KILL, ONE OF HER TEN ON THE DAY AS THE HUSKERS BEGIN TO PULL AWAY 18 TO 9 SET POINT, LINDSEY KRAUSE, BACK FROM INJURY, FINISHES IT WITH A BIG SWING. A MATCH HIGH 12 KILLS FOR HER TODAY. NEBRASKA WINS SET ONE 2513, IN SET TWO, MERRITT BEASON FIRES DOWN THE KILL, ONE OF HER TEN AS NEBRASKA TAKES A COMMANDING LEAD. THE HUSKERS NEVER TRAILED IN THEIR SWEEP. OVER DENVER WITH MORE ON THE MATCH, HERE'S LAUREN MICKELSON FROM KEARNEY. MORE THAN 5000 FANS PACKED THE UMMC HEALTH AND SPORTS CENTER HERE IN KEARNEY TO WITNESS NEBRASKA VOLLEYBALL'S SPRING MATCH AGAINST DENVER. THE HUSKERS GET THE SWEEP. LINDSAY CROUSE THE STORY OF THE DAY FOR THE BIG RED. COMING BACK FROM INJURY, POSTING 12 KILLS. I HAVEN'T REACHED MY CEILING YET AND I HOPE THAT I STILL HAVEN'T. I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS, BUT I YOU KNOW, I KEEP WORKING EVERY DAY, YOU KNOW, ON IN THE GYM, IN THE WEIGHT ROOM REGARDLESS, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE EVENTUALLY THE ULTIMATE GOAL IS TO GET EVEN FURTHER THAN I WAS BEFORE MY INJURY. I THINK SHE'S STILL A LONG WAYS AWAY FROM WHERE SHE WAS WHEN SHE GOT HURT LAST FALL. SHE'S. MAKING PROGRESS, BUT SHE'S SHE'S GOT A WHOLE NOTHER LEVEL. SHE CAN GO TO, AND SHE WILL BY THE TIME WE GET TO AUGUST. SCHUYLER PIERCE ADDED TEN KILLS AND HIT 389 FOR THE HUSKERS BEING INTRODUCED, ESPECIALLY IN FRONT OF ALL THOSE FANS WAS REALLY COOL AND IT DEFINITELY OUT OF BODY EXPERIENCE FOR SURE. COACH COOK DID PROVIDE A SMALL UPDATE ON HARPER MURRAY, SAYING HE'S LETTING. THE LEGAL STUFF BE DEALT WITH ON THE OUTSIDE. FOR NOW. HE IS NOT SURE WHAT HER STATUS IS MOVING FORWARD, COVERING THE