Would it be a Friday Five at this point if we didn’t briefly recap volleyball’s Thursday night performance? Probably not.
No. 1 Nebraska handled Northwestern in Evanston, 25-17, 25-14, 25-15, improving to 18-0 overall and 7-0 in Big Ten play. The Huskers hit .287, Bergen Reilly had 39 assists and Andi Jackson led the offense with 10 kills while adding six blocks.
Another Thursday and another sweep. Now, speaking of volleyball...
1. Nebraska took over the Big Ten awards too
It was all Huskers for the Big Ten after last week’s performances against Indiana and Wisconsin. Harper Murray was named Big Ten co-Player of the Week, Reilly earned Setter of the Week and Manaia Ogbechie was selected as Defensive Player of the Week.
Murray was especially impressive across the two sweeps, averaging 5.17 kills per set while hitting .429. Her biggest performance came against Wisconsin, when she finished with a season-high 20 kills on .471 hitting. That was also a career high for Murray in a three-set match.
Reilly directed an offense that hit .379 at Indiana and .396 against Wisconsin. Nebraska finished the week at .388 as a team, second-best nationally over that stretch, while Reilly averaged 12.33 assists per set.
Ogbechie, meanwhile, averaged 2.17 blocks per set and had seven against Wisconsin as Nebraska held the Badgers to .171 hitting.
It was Murray’s second career Big Ten Player of the Week honor. Reilly is now up to 15 career Setter of the Week awards, tied for fourth-most in conference history, while Ogbechie earned Defensive Player of the Week for the first time.
And for anyone who noticed Ogbechie was missing Thursday at Northwestern: she was out with the flu.
2. Nebraska women’s golf nearly chased down a tournament title
Nebraska women’s golf ended its fall schedule one stroke away from another trophy. The Huskers finished second at the 19-team Golf Iconic Classic in Las Cruces, New Mexico, shooting 12-under over three rounds. San Diego State won at 13-under.
Nebraska made a serious run at it Wednesday though. The Huskers entered the final round trailing the Aztecs by eight shots, then posted a 7-under 281 while San Diego State shot even par. They erased seven shots from the deficit, just not the eighth.
Ailis Tribolet finished second individually at 6-under, one shot behind San Diego State’s Kylie Warner.
Kaleigh Babineaux made one of the biggest moves of the entire tournament. Her final-round 65 was a career best and pushed her 32 spots up the leaderboard into fourth place at 3-under. She played the back nine in 31 and added an eagle on the par-5 12th.
Nebraska also had Jessica Jolly, Hannah Kono and Ammy Raemmuang finish inside the top 20.
As for the fall as a whole, Nebraska posted a 285.25 team stroke average across four tournaments, nearly seven shots better than the current school-record season average of 292.21. Babineaux, Kono and Tribolet all finished the fall with scoring averages under par.
The season pauses now until the CIEE Paradise Invitational in Boca Raton, Florida, scheduled for Feb. 1-3.
3. Archie Wilson made the most of a busy afternoon
Sophomore punter Archie Wilson was named one of the Ray Guy Award’s “Ray’s 8” for Week 6 after averaging 57.3 yards on his punts against Indiana last weekend. That was nearly a Nebraska record too. Dan Hadenfelt owns the single-game mark at 57.6 yards per punt, set against Colorado in 1999.
Wilson produced the two longest punts of his career against Indiana, first hitting a 60-yarder in the second quarter before launching a career-best 68-yarder in the fourth.
For the season, Wilson is averaging 44.6 yards across 17 punts, with seven landing inside the opponent’s 20. Nebraska ranks 20th nationally in net punting at 43 yards per kick.
Next comes another major road test for Nebraska, which heads to No. 25 Oregon for a 10 p.m. CT kickoff Saturday on FOX.
Yes, 10 p.m. Get the coffee and energy drinks ready.
4. Three Huskers are wrestling on the world stage
Nebraska wrestling has three athletes competing at the U23 World Championships in Las Vegas this weekend, and all three will represent different countries. LJ Araujo will compete for Brazil at 74 kilograms. Omar Ayoub will represent Puerto Rico at 65 kilograms, while Christopher Minto will wrestle for Jamaica at 79 kilograms.
All three arrive with significant international or collegiate résumés. Araujo won bronze for Brazil at the 2024 U20 World Championships. Ayoub earned U20 World bronze for Puerto Rico in 2025, defeating Russia’s Adlan Saitiev 8-6 in the medal match.
Minto is coming off a runner-up finish at 174 pounds at the 2026 NCAA Championships. The two-time All-American also placed second at the Big Ten Championships and was named Nebraska’s Most Outstanding Wrestler last season.
Araujo begins competition Friday afternoon, with his semifinal session later that evening if he advances. Ayoub and Minto begin Saturday, with medal matches scheduled for Sunday.
5. Nebraska soccer gets its Senior Day
Nebraska soccer begins a three-match homestand Sunday with Senior Day against Illinois.
The Huskers enter at 3-3-8 overall and 1-2-5 in the Big Ten, while Illinois comes to Lincoln at 4-4-6 and 1-4-3 in conference play.
Before the 1:05 p.m. kickoff, Nebraska will honor 10 seniors: Avery Gillahan, Ella Guyott, Reese Borer, Rin Sato, Alexa Gobel, Jo Sees, Emma Prososki, Ella Rudney, Nathalie Lewis and Kayma Carpenter. Senior manager Max Kalkowski will also be recognized.
The series with Illinois has been nearly even, but Nebraska owns an 8-7 advantage and has won the past four meetings. The Huskers have not lost at home to the Illini since 2018.
The ceremony begins at 12:35 p.m. at Barbara Hibner Stadium, with the match streaming on B1G+.
And if all of that somehow isn’t enough for your weekend...
>> Nebraska men’s basketball gets its second exhibition test Friday night at BYU, with an 8 p.m. tip on ESPN+.
>> No. 5 Nebraska bowling begins the Chelsea Gilliam Penguin Classic in Ohio, where the Huskers are trying to win the event for a third consecutive year.
>> Swimming and diving head to Omaha on Saturday for a triangular against Omaha and South Dakota State.
>> And, of course, No. 1 volleyball returns home Saturday for another ranked matchup, this time against No. 13 Purdue at 4 p.m. on BTN.
>> Then there’s that 10 p.m. football game at Oregon.
Yes, it is officially that time of year because that’s not even all of it. There’s seriously so much happening this weekend.
So, pick a sport. There is probably a Husker event to watch.