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The late start comes as a result of Wisconsin's five-set win against Texas A&M lasting about 2 1/2 hours. So, get comfortable, and maybe get a little caffeine brewing as the Huskers look to solidify an Elite Eight showdown with Wisconsin on Sunday. Scroll down for updates, and click here to refresh the page for the latest.
One pregame note: No Lindsay Krause during warmups. No Lindsay Krause during warmups for Nebraska. Sounds like she's feeling under the weather.
SET TWO Nebraska leads match, 1-0 10:09 p.m. Wow.
Dayton starting setter Alyssa Miller is back in the match. She's definitely limited. Can't put a lot of weight on her leg.
She's a couple of steps slower than usual, and, naturally, the ball finds her right away. People are also reading..
. 10:05 p.m.
Tightening up a bit. Dayton trims the Nebraska lead to 13-12. 9:57 p.
m. It's all Huskers in the second set. They lead 9-4, forcing an early Dayton timeout.
SET ONE Nebraska wins 25-17 9:47 p.m. Nebraska wins the first set 25-17.
Set point is a Harper Murray kill. Dayton was giving Nebraska all it could handle but was clearly deflated by an injury to its starting setter. 9:44 p.
m. It's 22-17, Nebraska. Dayton calls timeout.
9:43 p.m. Dayton's starting setter Alyssa Miller is back on the sideline in tears and a huge wrap on her left leg.
A guess: she won't return to tonight's game. Big development. 9:42 p.
m. Bergen Reilly's dump kill gives Nebraska a 19-16 lead. 9:38 p.
m. Big development: Dayton starting setter Alyssa Miller is out with an apparent leg/ankle injury. She limped off before the timeout and then was ushered back into the locker room.
Ava Larkin, a sophomore, is now in — she's played in just 17 of the team's 110 sets this season. Miller had six assists before exiting — Larson has three all year. 9:35 p.
m. Harper Murray's 33rd ace of the season gives Nebraska a 17-14 lead. Then Andi Jackson gets a kill down and the Huskers have their biggest lead at 18-14.
Timeout, Flyers. Devaney crowd getting into it. 9:32 p.
m. Andi Jackson slide kill finds open court and Nebraska leads 15-14 as we go to a timeout. 9:30 p.
m. Nebraska's first block of the match ties the first set, 12-12. Credit Merritt Beason and Andi Jackson with the block.
9:27 p.m. Huskers were creeping closer, but Dayton's lead is back up to three points (11-8).
9:26 p.m. Lauren West says on the radio broadcast Nebraska coaches didn't know they would be without Lindsay Krause (illness) until tonight.
Definitely a late development. 9:25 p.m.
It's 8-7 Dayton after Taylor Landfair's kill. 9:22 p.m.
Dayton scored the first point of the match, and then shoots out to a 5-2 lead. No Lindsay Krause during warmups for Nebraska. Sounds like she's feeling under the weather.
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