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Two Husker volleyball players earn Big Ten weekly honors

Huskers’ Sigler and Mauch and Badgers’ Fuerbringer and Champion earn weekly recognition

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - Two Nebraska volleyball players each earned a Big Ten weekly honor on Monday.

Nebraska volleyball’s Teraya Sigler was named Big Ten Player of the Week and Olivia Mauch was named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week.

Sigler led the No. 1 Huskers to a 2-0 week with a sweep at Northwestern and a 3-1 win against No. 13 Purdue. She averaged 3.29 kills per set on .391 hitting, adding 2.57 digs per set across the two matches.

Sigler hit .467 with eight kills, 12 digs, three blocks and two aces at Northwestern, and recorded 15 kills on .355 hitting with six digs and a block in the win against the Boilermakers.

Mauch helped the No. 1 Huskers to a 2-0 week with a sweep at Northwestern and a 3-1 win against No. 13 Purdue. She led a Nebraska defense that held opponents to a combined .091 hitting percentage.

Mauch anchored the Husker defense that held opponents below 20 points in six of seven sets played on the week, averaging 4.00 digs per set. She recorded a career-high 21 digs and added eight assists and an ace against the 13th-ranked Boilermakers.

Mauch became the first Nebraska libero with a 20-dig, eight-assist match since 2023.

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