Nebraska Volleyball streak means nothing without National Championship: Rebekah Allick

Nebraska Volleyball's Rebekah Allick shared her perspective on not focusing on the outcome and instead staying in the moment to play the best volleyball, en route to winning the National title. She and her team came fresh off trouncing Michigan State at the Bob Devaney Arena.

Rebekah Allick, one of the most formidable middle blockers on the Nebraska team, has been making strides on the court since 2022. In the last two matches, she played a crucial role in helping her team secure wins over Northwestern and Michigan State. She recorded seven kills and six kills, and five blocks in the games, respectively.

Ahead of the Huskers' match-up with Wisconsin, the middle blocker attended a press conference where she talked about the accolades they’ve racked up this season, noting that those wins won’t determine whether they win the National Championship. She also emphasized the importance of staying in the moment and playing her best volleyball, something that Nebraska Volleyball’s former coach, John Cook, has instilled in his mentees.

"It's an accolade, but it's nothing more than an Instagram post. It doesn't decide if you won the national championship or a conference title or anything. Becoming fixated on the outcome has never ever worked in anyone's favor. So just staying in the moment is huge. And a big takeaway that I have from John Cook, like just coaching me over the last few years, he almost used to come with a little bit of an attitude when we were ranked number one. He was like, 'So you think you guys can just coach this week because you're ranked number one?'" "So when it comes down to sets, if we drop a set, okay, they probably earned it, or we weren't playing very well. But it's just being mature about it. Sometimes teams are going to win sets, sometimes they don't. So it's like just focus on what you can control. We don't really pay attention to that stuff. We're not really doing it for the flash factor. Again, we just want to play high-level volleyball, execute the things that we should be executing, but also having a lot of fun."

Allick and the Nebraska Volleyball team will play against Wisconsin on October 31 and will face Oregon on November 2, 2025.

Nebraska Volleyball's Rebekah Allick revealed that her team treats every game as a National Championship

Nebraska Volleyball's Allick at the NCAA VOLLEYBALL: DEC 15 Division I Regional Final - Wisconsin vs Nebraska - Source: Getty

The Nebraska Volleyball team faced a tough blow in 2024, losing in the NCAA semifinals to the eventual champions, Penn State. Since then, the Huskers have been grinding and racking up win after win this season, treating every match like the Nationals, as middle blocker Allick said in a press conference.

"I don't even know how to explain it. We're just really freaking good. I'm going to say it. We're just really freaking good. We have pushed ourselves since January. December 21st is playing in all of our heads. It has always been that John used to, and Dani like they are always thinking like ' Every match is a National Championship', and so when we go to practice, like we go in sixes."

Allick earned a spot on the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) National Player of the Year Watch List on October 2, 2025.

Edited by Agnijeeta Majumder