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LINCOLN, Neb. - The No. 11 University of Hawai`i Rainbow Wahine volleyball (16-4) fell to the Nebraska Cornhuskers (19-0) 22-30, 30-16 and 30-24 in front of an sold-out and NCAA regular-season record crowd of 13,396 at the Bob Devaney Sports Center Sunday.

Jamie Houston led all players with 16 kills, adding eight digs. Juliana Sanders hit .417 with six kills and three blocks while Aneli Cubi-Otineru had nine kills and eight digs. Tara Hittle led UH with 12 digs while Elizabeth Ka`aihue had 11 digs.

Cubi-Otineru had three kills in a five-point span to give UH a 7-6 edge early in the first game. Both teams traded small runs before a 7-2 Cornhusker run broke a 14-14 tie, pushing them ahead 21-16. Nebraska never let up down the stretch, taking game one 30-22.

Nebraska opened a 8-0 lead to start the second game on the tough serve of setter Rachel Holloway. Hawai`i would work the score back down to 11-6, only to see a seven-point run push the Cornhusker advantage to 18-6. The Rainbow Wahine never really got into the game, falling by a final of 30-16.

UH opened a 4-2 edge in game three, but a 7-1 NU run gave the Cornhuskers a 9-5 lead. The teams then traded points back-and-forth with a kill by Sanders cutting it back to 21-18. But Nebraska had too much, using a 4-0 run to get it to 25-18 before finishing off the Rainbow Wahine 30-24.

Hawai`i now heads back to the islands to face No. 18 New Mexico State on Friday, Oct. 26, at 7 p.m. at the Stan Sheriff Center.

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