The season-high 3,254 fans in attendance at Ahearn Field House helped power an electric atmosphere, but the defending national champions could not be stopped.

The No. 12 K-State volleyball team won the first two games against No. 2 Nebraska Saturday, but the Huskers made a hard push after the break, winning the final three games to prevail 3-2 (24-30, 27-30, 30-25, 30-19, 15-8).

The Wildcats followed the lead of junior Nataly Korobkova, who finished with a team-high 22 kills.

On the defensive end, senior Angie Lastra amassed 32 digs, the sixth most in K-State history in a five-game match.

"Angie Lastra was fabulous," said K-State coach Suzie Fritz. "She is the best libero in the country."

Besides Korobkova, three other Wildcats finished with double-digit kills, including junior Rita Liliom (14), sophomore Kelsey Chipman (12), and junior Megan Farr (10).

"We left everything out on the court," said senior setter Stacey Spiegelberg, who finished with a team-high 61 assists. "It was definitely disappointing, but I was proud that we showed some fight."

Nebraska's Sarah Pavan, the reigning National Player of the Year, recorded a match-high 31 kills on .375 hitting.

"They just started setting their All-American a lot," Fritz said. "There are five of them out there, by the way, but there aren't a lot of answers for (Pavan).

"That is a national championship team. All of those kids were on that team."

The Wildcats jumped to an early 2-0 lead behind 13 Korobkova kills.

But K-State couldn't keep out the red in game three.

The Huskers trailed 9-5 but fought back with a 10-2 run.

Three Liliom kills brought the Wildcats within one point - the closest they would come after losing the lead.

"The longer (the match) goes, the lesser our chances are going to be," Fritz said. "We needed to take care of game three, and we just didn't."

Both teams were in a dead-heat in kills and digs after game four, with 65 and 72, respectively.

The Huskers' high hitting percentage already had started to pull away, as K-State hit less than .200 in the last two games.

Nebraska finished off K?State in game five, posting 11 kills to the Wildcats' five.

The Wildcats will face Texas A&M on Wednesday, with first serve set for 7 p.m.