One way to lighten the load of a difficult back-to-back weekend is to make quick work on the front end.

Nebraska played one of its best matches of the season and needed just 97 minutes to sweep No. 12 Oregon 25-12, 25-16, 25-20 Saturday night in front of a school-record crowd of 12,364 fans at Matthew Knight Arena in Eugene, Oregon.

Shortly after the match, the top-ranked Huskers flew to Seattle, where they will face No. 18 Washington just under 19 hours after finishing off the Ducks.

NU coach Dani Busboom Kelly said they had a great mentality from the first serve and built off a great week of practice. Even though only eight Huskers saw the court, she called it a total team win.

“From the start, we talked about playing with confidence, trust, and joy, and that was our main focus,” NU coach Dani Busboom Kelly said in a post-match television interview. “We didn’t want to play the scoreboard.…