Nebraska clinches share of Big Ten title

No. 1 Nebraska swept No. 18 Washington 3-0 in Seattle on Sunday. The win clinched at least a share of the Big Ten title and pushed the Huskers' unbeaten season to 25-0. Read more: Nebraska clinches share of Big Ten title

The Huskers won 25-20, 25-13, 25-22 at Alaska Airlines Arena, hitting .477 as a team. That figure weighs kills against attack errors over total swings. That is Nebraska's best hitting percentage against a ranked opponent in the rally-scoring era, but Washington answered with just a .210 mark.

Harper Murray led the way with 13 kills on .357 hitting and three aces. Virginia Adriano added nine kills at a .438 clip, and Manaia Ogbechie hit .778 on seven kills. Teraya Sigler chipped in 10 digs and six kills, and setter Bergen Reilly ran the offense with 37 assists and eight digs.

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Four straight conference titles

The win is Nebraska's 38th conference title overall and its seventh since joining the Big Ten. It also marks the program's first run of four consecutive conference titles since 2004-08. The Huskers were still in the Big 12 back then.

Nebraska needs just one more win in its final three Big Ten matches to claim the Big Ten title outright. That chase starts Thursday against Illinois at the Bob Devaney Sports Center in Lincoln.

Sunday's sweep also pushed Nebraska's winning streak to 56 straight matches this regular season. The Huskers' 27-match true road and neutral-site winning streak ties for seventh all-time in NCAA history and ranks second in program history. In fact, Coach Dani Busboom Kelly is now 24-1 against ranked opponents since arriving at Nebraska.

Nebraska stayed No. 1 in the Nov. 9 AVCA Division I women's volleyball coaches poll. The Huskers took all 63 first-place votes to remain unanimous at 25-0.

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Nebraska closes the regular season at home against Illinois on Thursday, then Iowa and Minnesota. A win in any of those three matches locks up the outright Big Ten title.