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One recruit, two sports: Set on playing volleyball and basketball, Maggie Mendelson finds home with Huskers
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One recruit, two sports: Set on playing volleyball and basketball, Maggie Mendelson finds home with Huskers
- Brent Wagner | Lincoln Journal Star
- Nov 20, 2021
- Nov 20, 2021 Updated Jul 2, 2022
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Maggie Mendelson (center) listens to Nebraska volleyball assistant coach Jaylen Reyes (left) at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Nov. 20, 2021. It was while attending that women's basketball game against North Carolina Central that Mendelson posted on social media that she had committed to Nebraska.
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Photos: NU volleyball takes on Penn State in final home match
Nebraska’s Madi Kubik (left) and Lauren Stivrins (26) celebrate the Huskers' come-from-behind win in the second set over Penn State last Friday at the Devaney Sports Center.
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Nebraska’s Whitney Lauenstein (13) and Lauren Stivrins (26) celebrate a block in the second set against Penn State on Friday at the Devaney Sports Center.
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Nebraska’s Lauren Stivrins (facing) joins in a group hug with fellow Senior Night teammates Kayla Caffey, Nicklin Hames, Callie Schwarzenbach and Lexi Sun after the Huskers defeated Penn State 3-0 on Friday at the Devaney Sports Center.
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Nebraska’s Callie Schwarzenbach (25) reaches for her teammates during Senior Night festivities after the Huskers defeated Penn State on Friday at the Devaney Sports Center.
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Nebraska's Nicklin Hames (1) heads towards her teammates during Senior Night festivities after the Huskers swept Penn State on Friday at the Devaney Sports Center.
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Nebraska's Kayla Caffey (left) hugs her mother, Nicole Fuller, during Senior Night festivities after a match against Penn State on Friday at the Devaney Sports Center.
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Nebraska’s Lauren Stivrins (26) gets a hug from coach John Cook during the Senior Night festivities after the Huskers defeated Penn State 3-0 on Nov. 19 at the Devaney Sports Center.
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Nebraska's Lauren Stivrins (26) and Lindsay Krause (22) celebrate their block against Penn State in the first set Friday at the Devaney Sports Center.
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Nebraska’s Lexi Sun serves a match-winning ace as teammate Lauren Stivrins (26) looks on in the third set against Penn State on Nov. 19 at the Devaney Sports Center.
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Nebraska’s Lexi Sun watches a Penn State shot in the third set Friday at the Devaney Sports Center.
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Nebraska’s Whitney Lauenstein (left) and Kayla Caffey celebrate a point in the third set against Penn State on Friday at the Devaney Sports Center.
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Penn State coach Russ Rose (left) talks with Anjelina Starck during the second set Friday against Nebraska at the Devaney Sports Center.
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Nebraska’s Whitney Lauenstein and Lauren Stivrins (back) combine for a block for a point in the second set against Penn State on Friday at the Devaney Sports Center.
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Nebraska’s Madi Kubik (left) and Lauren Stivrins (26) celebrate the Huskers' come-from-behind win in the second set over Penn State on Friday at the Devaney Sports Center.
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Nebraska’s Lauren Stivrins (26) and Madi Kubik (10) defend at the net against Penn State on Friday at the Devaney Sports Center.
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Nebraska’s Lauren Stivrins (left) and Lindsay Krause team up for a block to score a point against Penn State in the first set Friday at the Devaney Sports Center.
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Nebraska’s Lauren Stivrins (left) and Lindsay Krause celebrate their block for a point against Penn State in the first set Friday at the Devaney Sports Center .
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Nebraska middle blocker Kayla Caffey attacks at the net during a match against Penn State in November 2021. Granted a rare seventh season of college volleyball, Caffey put her name in the transfer portal this week.
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Nebraska’s Madi Kubik (right) attempts a kill against Penn State's Jonni Parker in the first set Friday at the Devaney Sports Center.
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Maggie Mendelson (center) listens to Nebraska volleyball assistant coach Jaylen Reyes (left) at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Nov. 20, 2021. It was while attending that women's basketball game against North Carolina Central that Mendelson posted on social media that she had committed to Nebraska.
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