Nebraska volleyball's Lexi Rodriguez claimed her second weekly Big Ten honor of the year on Monday, as the Big Ten named the senior as the conference's defensive player of the week. It is the seventh time the libero has earned the honor.
senior libero was named the Big Ten Conference Defensive Player of the Year on Monday, claiming her second weekly honor of the season and the seventh of her career. The two-time conference Defensive Player of the Year aided Nebraska to sweeps in the Pacific Northwest last week, pushing the Huskers past No. 11 Oregon and Washington.During the weekend, she also surpassed Kayla Banwarth for second all-time in Husker history in career digs with 1,731.
The senior's award becomes another feather in the cowboy hat of coach John Cook, who continues to flex a stout defensive unit for the No. 2 Huskers. Rodriguez' honor is the fifth time a Nebraska player has earned the honor this season, as middle blockers Andi Jackson and Rebekah Allick have each been awarded. Allick and Rodriguez are now tied in defensive
The award is now the eighth time a Husker has been given weekly conference recognition from the Big Ten. Jackson, Allick, Rodriguez, and setterNebraska volleyball middle blocker Leyla Blackwell celebrates a point with setter Bergen Reilly against Rutgers. / Nebraska Athletics Nebraska aims to keep their sweep-streak rolling back to the Bob Devaney Sports Center with back-to-back home matches against No. 16 Minnesota and Indiana on Thursday and Saturday, respectively.Austin Jacobsen is a radio broadcaster and former Sports Director in Central Nebraska. He has seen the Cornhusker state from all corners; growing up in the Panhandle, completing his college degree in Kearney, working in the rural Sandhills, and now residing in Omaha.
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