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NU volleyball notes: The latest on Lauren Stivrins’ injury update; Huskers in the poll; Krause earns honor | Volleyball



“I’ve noticed this in recruiting, there used to be just a few good players everybody was recruiting,” Cook said. “Now there are a lot of good players that everybody is recruiting. The depth and the quality of volleyball, I think it’s the most popular girls sport in America now. There is just a lot of really good volleyball players.”

Krause earns Big Ten award: After her best week as a Husker right-side hitter, Lindsay Krause was named the Big Ten freshman of the week. In a win against Northwestern, she had 15 kills and hit .500. While beating Iowa, Krause made only one hitting error over 22 attempts, finishing with 12 kills and a .500 hitting percentage.

Future Huskers win with USA: The United States junior national team, which includes four Nebraska commits, won again at the FIVB World Championships in Durango, Mexico. The Americans beat Argentina on Sunday in five sets, winning the fifth set 15-7, to improve to 5-0.

Bekka Allick, a Husker commit from Waverly, finished with 10 points on four kills, a team-high four blocks and two ace serves.

In the family business: Taylor Els, a 2016 graduate of Lincoln Southwest, is in her first season as a full-time assistant coach for the Montana State volleyball team.

Last season Els, who played in college at Northern Colorado, was a volunteer assistant coach at Michigan State. That year Els, her dad and brother all were coaches at Michigan State. Ross Els is the special teams coach and linebacker coach for the Spartan football team. Bo Els is a graduate assistant football coach.



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