Nebraska’s match against South Dakota State looked to be in hand when the Huskers got their biggest scare of the night. Andi Jackson got her feet tangled with Teraya Sigler’s while going up for a block. The senior middle blocker landed awkwardly and hobbled around on the court while the play finished. Jackson subbed out of the game and walked to the locker room on her own power. Not too long after, the top-ranked Huskers finished off a 25-18, 25-20, 25-15 sweep of SDSU in front of a school-record crowd of 5,113 Wednesday night at First Bank & Trust Arena in Brookings, South Dakota. After the match, NU coach Dani Busboom Kelly said Jackson’s injury looked worse than it actually was. After the match, Jackson was walking around without crutches. “I think she’s fine,” Busboom Kelly said on her post-match radio interview. “She just rolled her ankle a little bit, so it does not appear to be very serious.” Bergen Reilly played the match just up the road from her hometown of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, and had a lot of supporters in the crowd. The All-American senior setter put on a show as she amassed 32 assists, five digs, three kills, two blocks and an ace. She was dangerous with her serve again, after running off 10 straight points against Texas on Sunday. Reilly ran off five points in a row, including an ace, to put the Huskers up 20-13 in the first set. Olivia Mauch goes up for a serve against South Dakota State. The junior libero recorded one ace to go with her six digs. | Nebraska Athletics The second set was tight as well, and the Jacks used an 8-2 run to go up 12-11. Later, libero Olivia Mauch sparked the Huskers with an ace that was part of five straight points that gave NU a 24-19 advantage. The Huskers (3-0) turned to their depth in the third set. Sophomore middle blocker Kenna Cogill recorded a kill before freshman outside hitter Gabby DiVita fired an ace for an 11-7 lead. NU won the point when Jackson got hurt and went up 16-10. NU cruised the rest of the way as Keoni Williams came in and recorded a block. The only Huskers who didn’t see the court were sophomore setter Campbell Flynn and sophomore opposite Ryan Hunter. While the Huskers haven’t had much time to practice in the last two weeks, Busboom Kelly doesn’t mind them working on skills during live action in matches. They came in with a plan to play Skyler Pierce in place of Harper Murray for the final two sets, as well as getting Cogill an extended look. “Those are two players that are knocking on the door for some significant playing time,” Busboom Kelly said. “We wanted to get them in for an extended period of time and let them work through some things.”
Nebraska sweeps South Dakota State in Brookings. Next up: at DePaul on Friday. pic.twitter.com/FZe4UbEr8F — Huskers Illustrated (@Hillustrated) September 3, 2026 Teraya Sigler led NU with 10 kills and a .320 hitting percentage, while Pierce recorded seven kills on 14 swings. Adriano had 5 kills, but also four errors. Jackson led the defense with five blocks to go with her three kills. Choboy tallied seven digs, while Mauch had six. The Huskers hit .267 for the match, and two-time Summit League Player of the Year Sylvie Zgonc put up 12 kills. SDSU (1-3) hit .011 for the match with 25 kills and 24 errors. Busboom Kelly said they weren’t as sharp as they had been in their first two matches, which contributed to 14 hitting errors and 13 serving miscues. Busboom Kelly said she isn’t too worried about the serving errors because many players were serving for the first time this season, but they need to play cleaner. “In general, it felt like we lacked a little bit of focus,” she said. “When you’re letting tips drop, and we come out of a timeout, and we have a great plan, and they do exactly what we want, and we thought they were going to do, and we let them do it. You’re like, ‘Okay, we’re not dialed in here.’” The Huskers continued their road journey after the match, heading directly to Chicago for their next match against DePaul on Friday.