hello welcome to my YouTube channel number two Nebraska swept by SMU loses first match to unranked opponent since 2017 the number two Nebraska volleyball team became the third Juggernaut in the college volleyball world to be upset within the first two weeks of the Season plagued by sloppy passing passive serving and an inability to establish a consistent offense the Huskers were swept by a motivated SMU Squad 25 to 23 25 to 21 25 to 18 Tuesday night in front of 6773 at boy Coliseum in Dallas what made the result so bizarre was the Blazing start by the Huskers Nebraska recorded seven kills in their first 13 swings but three service errors kept the opening set close sophomore Andy Jackson cracked down five kills and her first career Ace to go up 21 to6 an insurmountable lead vanished before Nebraska's eyes with a 6 to Zer run by SMU to take a 22 to 21 Advantage the back breaker came with the score tied at 23 where consecutive kills from SMU NTI oamar and Natalie Foster secured the 25 to 23 comeback set win to set the tone for the night we got punched in the mouth and we let them keep punching US Nebraska coach John Cook said I'm pretty disappointed in how we responded tonight but to be honest I saw this this was all starting Saturday night we talked about frustration and we didn't fix it we had a great practice last night but we did not compete tonight it was pretty disappointing it's the first loss to an unranked opponent since 2017 for Nebraska who hasn't had the best start to its 2024 campaign after a fouret win over number9 Kentucky in its season opener cracks within the Huskers started to show especially offensively a fouret win over TCU exposed some holes in the offense while Tuesday showed how far the Huskers need to go in its serving game which rarely put the Mustangs out of system Nebraska was limited to a 171 hitting percentage with 18 errors compared to 36 kills SMU hit a superior 242 the Mustangs out dug the Huskers 43 to 36 while SMU had its way from the service line with seven Aces versus Nebraska's one the Mustangs also had the upper hand with 10 blocks while the Huskers mustered nine no player reached double-digit kills as Meritt beas and led new with Nine Kills while nashim and Maya to Bron also each had nine tallies Jackson recorded eight kills on a667 hitting percentage with six blocks Foster also totaled eight kills on a462 clip Bergen Riley tallied a double for the Huskers with 31 assists and 11 digs Lexi Rodriguez tied her teammate with 11 but SMU outside hitter Jameson wheeler had a match High 13 digs they're going to have to step up cook said part of it is we think we're Nebraska and we're going to roll out here and smoke teams this team SMU played very inspired tonight they played great they won all the long rallies let's put it that way that's attitude and effort right there Nebraska has to regroup quickly as they prepare to host the hus Invitational new will take on the Citadel on Thursday at 6 p.m. CDT on BTN before facing Montana State on Saturday at 2 p.m. CDT on Nebraska public media for more news subscribe my channel thank you so much