Nebraska volleyball loses Kubik, Jurevicius to exchange entrance
Danny Berg Dec. 19, 2023
Nebraska Volleyball vs. Illinois Photo No. 2
Head coach John Cook talks to his group amid a timeout within the coordinate against Illinois at the Weave Devaney Sports Center on Sunday, Nov. 12, 2023, in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Nebraska exterior hitters Hayden Kubik and Caroline Jurevicius entered the exchange entry on Monday. Kubik has two a long time of qualification remaining whereas Jurevicius has all four.
The Huskers were at the grant restrain all through the 2023 season with 12 players on scholarship. With two players within the marking course of 2024 entering, Olivia Mauch, a libero from Bennington, Nebraska, and Skyler Puncture, an exterior hitter from Lenexa, Kansas, two players on the current list would got to leave or play another season without a grant.
Monday’s development within the exchange entrance came as a result of this.
Kubik, a 6-foot-2 sophomore from West Des Moines, Iowa, was a anticipated casualty due to list estimate. She was stuck behind All-Americans in first year recruit Harper Murray and junior Merritt Beason, beside junior Partner Batenhorst and junior Lindsay Krause playing the same position.
With Puncture, a brightened player with an AVCA Tall School All-American grant to her name, entering the crease following year, Kubik was progressing to have to be fight to discover playing time. She will take two a long time of qualification into the entry and will infuse vitality into any program she finds herself in.
This year, Kubik showed up in nine matches, appearing fundamentally in substitution parts. She had three murders on 15 assaults and six burrows amid her time on the floor. For her career, Kubik recorded 10 murders on 37 attacks with an help and thirteen burrows. She recorded a square final season as well.
Jurevicius, a 6-foot-2 first year recruit from Cleveland, Ohio, caught numerous by astonish when it was detailed she was exchanging. Jurevicius utilized a redshirt this season to protect her qualification, meaning she will carry four a long time of important benefit time into the entry.
Coaches rave approximately her capacity to cross the court and make plays, and she features a annihilating hop serve. Jurevicius was ranked the No. 17 player within the 2023 selecting lesson and was too the No. 3 opposite hitter agreeing to Prepvolleyball.com.
\In her senior year of tall school, Jurevicius averaged 4.9 murders per set with a .360 hitting rate, in conjunction with 224 burrows, 44 pieces and 41 experts and a state title. Jurevicius was likely to endure the same destiny as Kubik, having to scrounge for playing time with a gifted bunch of upperclassmen who will be seniors another year.
Nebraska, at the current minute, will be returning 12 players to its list following season with four All-Americans, four first-team All-Big Ten beneficiaries, and two second-team All-Big Ten champs. More important, be that as it may, is that the Huskers are returning 12 players who have experienced the turbulence that’s a deep postseason run.
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