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Any American could hardly skip celebrating Thanksgiving. The USA celebrates the blessing of the previous year on this national holiday. With so many exciting developments every other day, how can the sporting realm not count blessing? Therefore, sportspersons across communities have flooded social media with their celebrations. The Nebraska Huskers women’s volleyball team also caught up with the trend.

The season has been excellent for Nebraska. From maintaining an unbeaten streak of 27 to claiming the Big10 title after seven years, the picture seems perfect for them. All the joy appeared to culminate as the team delved into the well-deserved celebrations of Thanksgiving.

Huskers are all smiles as they count blessings

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The official X page of Nebraska Volleyball recently posted about their good dining time amid the festivities and captioned it with “Teamsgiving 2023.”?The happy faces of the players seem to be telling how are still brimming with the glory of two back-to-back sweeps against Michigan and Iowa. One face among the pictures was noteworthy.

Nebraska’s doting Coach John Cook also joined the celebration with his players. The smiling face of the coach overshadowed the toughness he had brought to the team even when the team was putting up one of their best performances. At one point, when Nebraska was on a 13-match winning streak, the coach was furious at his team because it was not delivering clean serves. He went up to the extent of saying, ?They?re stealing right now so they?re gonna serve it in or they?re going to?jail.??It is probably one of many factors that have put Nebraska as one of the most formidable teams. However, the battle is not over yet.

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Will Nebraska’s triumph prevail?

On November 19th, Nebraska?s volleyball team bagged the 2023 Big Ten Conference championships after sweeping Michigan. They thrashed their opponent with a scoreline of 25-15, 25-12, 25-20. Alongside this, another highlight of the Big10 championship has been Nebraska’s rivalry with Wisconsin Badgers. It was Nebraska who gave the jolt to the Badgers to unsettle them from their number one position.

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In a highly contested match on October 21, Nebraska thrashed the Badgers 3-2. Over a month has passed since then. Meanwhile, Nebraska has climbed to the top whereas Wisconsin slipped further in the table. In this situation, Nebraska is set to face Wisconsin again on November 24. Although, much of the outcome of the tournament has been decided, it would be interesting to watch if Nebraska manages to continue with its Thanksgiving celebration smiles after the much-anticipated match.

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