Allick Earns Big Ten Defensive Weekly Honor

Nebraska junior middle blocker Rebekah Allick was named Big Ten Co-Defensive Player of the Week on Monday, the Big Ten Conference announced. 

It's the second time Allick has received the honor this season after also being named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week on Sept. 2. 

Allick averaged 2.00 blocks per set to go along with 2.17 kills per set on .455 hitting in the Nebraska's sweeps of Illinois and Iowa last week. 

At Illinois, Allick played a huge role in shutting down the Illini with nine blocks, and she also put down four kills on .300 hitting. Allick took over in the third set as she was involved in scoring NU's final seven points. Against Iowa on Sunday, Allick posted three blocks with nine kills and hit .583 as the Big Red held the Hawkeyes to .155 hitting.