At the service line, Jordan Larson is one of a kind. At least, there was no one that South Dakota State could find to prepare the Jackrabbits for her variety of jump serves.

But on a night where Larson tied her career high with five aces, the Nebraska junior added her name to an exclusive list of all-around greats.

With seven digs against the Jackrabbits, Larson joined Jennifer Saleaumua and Eileen Shannon as the only Huskers ever to reach 1,000 kills and 1,000 digs in a career.

And now with 140 aces, Larson is within 21 of the all-time NU record with a postseason and another whole season to play.

“Tonight they were kind of shifting more to the left back, so I saw that shot to the corner and started hitting that,” Larson said, describing the variety in her serving repertoire. “Then they started moving over this way, so I changed that up, and there are times where I try to go short because sometimes they don’t expect that.”

Larson, too, was solid offensively, tying her career high by hitting .667 with eight kills against the Jackrabbits.

Other milestones reached on Friday:

* NU’s 10 aces as a team were the most since September of last year.

* A Nebraska opponent went without a block for the first time since 2002. The Jackrabbits were the 19th opponent since 2000 to have more attack errors than kills against the Huskers.

* Shockers still battling: Although head coach Chris Lamb joked that his Wichita State team is ready for a vacation, the Shockers sure didn’t look it in easily dispatching of Western Kentucky in Friday’s opening-round match.

Senior setter Abby Harsh has battled a bulging disc, and on Friday, was bothered by migraines. Because of stress fractures in her leg, Stephanie Tokarz rarely practices, and Lamb called senior Sara Lungren “a warrior” for fighting through knee injuries.

But after playing NU in the 2004 tournament and facing the Huskers in a spring exhibition last season, head coach John Cook said the Shockers won’t be intimidated facing his team.

“You’ve got to be ready to play her best,” she said.

* A starting point: While it’s likely that South Dakota State will become a familiar face for NU in the geographically-oriented early rounds of the NCAA Tournament, Cook predicted that the Jackrabbits will be better next time around.

“They took a huge step by getting her tonight,” he said.

The NCAA Tournament appearance, he said, will be a building block for the fledgling Division I program that promises to be the power in The Summit League for years to come.

SDSU coach Andrew Palileo thanked the NU fans for cheering his team after a long third-game rally and even thanked the local media for writing positive stories about his team.

You can expect the Jackrabbits to try to make more recruiting inroads in this area in years to come.

— Todd Henrichs