No. 2 Nebraska Volleyball will play two matches within 24 hours. They start off at Michigan State for at 5 p.m. CT match on Friday. Then NU travels to Columbus, OH to face Ohio State on Saturday at 2:30 p.m.
Here is a breakdown of the matchups:
No. 2 Nebraska beats No. 1 Wisconsin in five sets 25-22, 17-25, 20-25, 26-24, 15-13
The Huskers snap a 10-0 losing streak to the Badgers and beat them for the first time since 2017. Nebraska is still undefeated 19-0
Taylor Landfair’s post is back up. The former Minnesota outside hitter is transferring to Nebraska. The 6-foot-5 OH was the 2022 Bug Ten Player of the Year and a 2022 AVCA First Team All-American
John Cook said on the HRN that Nebraska will be rolling out their black TeraFlex court for a couple matches this season. He’s not sure which matches yet.
Cook said Alberts, the previous AD, did not like black. NU has black uniforms this season too.
BREAKING: Merritt Beason announced on Instagram that she is transferring from Florida to Nebraska. The 6-foot-3 outside hitter/right side has 2 seasons of eligibility remaining. She averaged 3.35 kills per set and hit .261 in 2022.
Former Oklahoma pitcher and two-time national champion Jordy Bahl is officially going to be a Husker.
Bahl could put Nebraska in the national championship conversation and will make a huge impact on the interest of Husker softball.
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Former Husker middle blocker Lauren Stivrins will be the color commentator for Nebraska’s matches vs. UCLA and USC. She will call the matches on BTN with Larry Punteney.
BREAKING: Nebraska lands their middle blocker transfer. Former San Diego middle Leyla Blackwell is going to be a Husker. She has one season of eligibility remaining.
Nebraska softball land Arkansas transfers Hannah and Lauren Camenzind. The twins won 2 state titles for Omaha Skutt before spending a season at Arkansas.
Hannah, a left-handed pitcher, was an All-SEC second team pick. Lauren, a catcher, made the NFCA All-South Region Third Team
No. 5 Nebraska Volleyball sweeps No. 2 Stanford (25-16, 25-22, 25-14).
They hand the Cardinal their first loss of the season and the Huskers beat Stanford for the first time at Devaney.
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BREAKING: Nebraska lands 6-foot-4 2026 middle blocker Keoni Williams. She is the No. 6 overall prospect in her class by .
The Fort Worth native average 1.8 kills and 1.0 blocks per set in 2023 for Boswell. She hit .335 as a sophomore.
This is great and much deserved! Now the Husker volleyball players needs some Blackshirts. 😉 They are leading the country in defense and have all season long.
Nebraska volleyball ‘24 MB commit Ayden Ames and Nebraska football ‘23 WR commit Jeremiah Charles today at a volleyball tournament in Dallas, TX.
Ames’s club team Drive Nation 17 Red won the Unity Bid Event tournament.
Nebraska lands a commitment from 2023 libero Laney Choboy from North Carolina. The No. 5 ranked recruit in her class flipped from Minnesota.
Choboy is the 5th member of Nebraska’s 2023 class.
Nebraska outside hitter Whitney Lauenstein announces she is stepping away from volleyball to “focus on herself and be with her family” after her father passed away.
The sophomore averaged 2.06 kills per set and .8 blocks over her career. She was on the ‘22 All-Region team
Nebraska OH Lindsay Krause didn't play against Kentucky because she was rear-ended near the intersection of O St and 48th Street. Cook went on a rant about the lack of safety on O St.
The accident happened on Wednesday, and Krause only practiced for 10 minutes on Sunday.
BREAKING: Nebraska Women’s Basketball guard Jaz Shelley is the 29th overall pick in the 2024 WNBA Draft. The 5-foot-9 shooting guard was selected in the third round by the Phoenix Mercury.
She is the first Husker to be drafted in 10 years.
Nebraska is heading to Columbus!
The No. 10 Huskers upset No. 2 Texas 3-1 (25-21, 25-23, 23-25, 25-21).
NU will play No. 3 Pittsburgh on Thursday Dec. 16
With a sweep over Michigan, No. 1 Nebraska has clinched at least a share of the Big Ten Title for the first time since 2017.
This is a huge accomplishment for the Huskers, who are undefeated at 26-0 and 17-0 in the Big Ten.
Nebraska loves its volleyball and shows it with another record.
The Omaha Supernovas' attendance of 11,624 at the CHI Health Center breaks the record for the most attendance professional volleyball match in U.S. history.
Volleyball in the state of Nebraska is top tier.
The Huskers are No. 1 in DI and Creighton is No. 15. Wayne State and UNK rank top 10 in DII and Midland is top 5 in NAIA.
Nebraska has 4 high schools that are on the cusp of being ranked nationally by
BREAKING: Nebraska outside hitter Ally Batenhorst has entered the transfer portal. She has one year of eligibility remaining. The 6-foot-5 OH played in 245 sets over three seasons as a Husker and averaged 2.18 kills and .45 blocks per set.
Nebraska sweeps Pitt to advance to the national championship (25-20, 25-23, 25-17).
The Huskers hit .245 and held a great Pitt offense to a .137 clip. NU had 15 blocks. Allick had 10.
Murray led NU with 13 kills and hit .273. Beason and Batenhorst had 8. Babcock added 12.
The Nebraska vs. Pitt attendance tonight was 19,598. This is the second-highest attendance in NCAA women's athletics history behind the Husker's match in Memorial Stadium.
The previous indoor record was 19,485, set by Iowa & LSU in the 2022 WBB national championship in Dallas
Soon-to-be Husker freshman OH Skyler Pierce is the MVP of the Under Armour All-America match. She went off with 20 kills and hit nearly .500 in Team Fire’s 5 set win
Nebraska and Creighton shattered the regular-season volleyball attendance record with tonight's attendance of 15,797 in the CHI Health Center.
The previous record was 14,022 which was set by the same two teams in 2018.
“This is one of the hardest things to do in college volleyball is to win the Big Ten conference,” Husker Head Coach John Cook said.
And he did it with no seniors. Soak this moment in Huskers and then get back to work. They have much bigger dreams
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6-4 Texas middle blocker/outside hitter Ayden Ames (
@aydenamess
) commits to Nebraska. Ames is the top middle blocker and the No. 5 overall prospect in the ‘24 class.
She joins libero Olivia Mauch and outside hitter Skyler Pierce in the Huskers’ 2024 class of commits.
Former Nebraska All-American middle blocker Kayla Caffey commits to Texas. She’ll play her 7th year of college volleyball as a Longhorn.
Defensive specialist Keonilei Akana transferred from Nebraska to Texas this off-season as well.
Keisei's parents, Hiroyuki and Hitomi Tominaga, who flew in from Japan to watch
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today, are full of pure joy watching their son do his thing!
BREAKING: Nebraska lands former San Diego middle blocker Leyla Blackwell, who has one year of eligibility remaining.
The 6-foot-4 San Diego native is a three-time All-WCC First Team honoree and started on the Toreros 2022 Final Four team.
Kenzie Knuckles gives a heartfelt goodbye to volleyball and a thank you to Nebraska. The senior defensive specialist tore her ACL at practice this week. Senior Night is tonight after the Minnesota match.
UNL chancellor Ronnie Green congratulated Nebraska volleyball’s Kenzie Knuckles and Kayla Caffey who were unable to make it to graduation because they are in Columbus for the National Championship game. Congrats on your degrees
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Nebraska women's basketball lands 5-star guard Britt Prince, who has led Elkhorn North to three Class B titles. The 5-foot-11 guard is the first 5-star player to come out of Nebraska since Taylor Kissinger in 2017.
She picked NU over some great programs:
Nebraska is going to the Final Four!
They defeat Arkansas in four sets (26-24, 25-14, 21-25, 25-23)
The Huskers hit .194 and held Arkansas to a .100 hitting percentage. Beason had 19 kills, 11 digs and hit .239. Murray added 15 kills & 12 digs. Allick had 12 blocks and 5 kills
BREAKING: 6-foot-1 outside hitter Gabby DiVita becomes the first 2026 player to commit to Nebraska. DiVita, the No. 9 overall player, averaged 5.6 kills and 2.9 digs per set for Grosse Pointe (MI) South as a sophomore.
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Three of Nebraska’s 2025 commits are in the building as the Huskers host Ohio State. From left to right: L/DS Keri Leimbach, S Campbell Flynn and OH Teraya Sigler
Nebraska women’s basketball picks up 2025 guard Olivia Hamlin out of Snow Canyon High School in St. George, UT. As a junior, the 5-foot-9 guard averaged 27.5 PPG, 5.1 RPG and 3.5 APG.
Former Nebraska outside hitter Whitney Lauenstein commits to Texas.
She has 2 years of eligibility after being at Nebraska in 2021 and 2022 and taking a season off from volleyball in 2023.
Nebraska’s class of 2024 commits OH Skyler Pierce (
@SkyPierce21
), MB Ayden Ames (
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) and libero Olivia Mauch (
@Liv_Mauch
) watching warm-ups before the Huskers take on Purdue
Former Husker Gina Mancuso and the Omaha Supernovas are in Nebraska Stadium for Volleyball Day in Nebraska.
Players from left to right: Tori Dixon, Nia Reed, Natalia Valentin-Anderson and Gina Mancuso
Louisville Head Coach Dani Busboom Kelly texted John Cook today that the KFC Yum! Center is opening up the upper bowl for No. 4 Louisville and No. 5 Nebraska on Sunday, Sept. 22. There could be over 10,000 fans in attendance for the match.
BREAKING: Nebraska volleyball will play the first-ever match in Memorial Stadium on Aug. 30 against Nebraska-Omaha. UNK and Wayne State will play at 4:30.
The Huskers have an opportunity to break the NCAA attendance record for women's athletics.
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Nebraska freshman outside hitter Skyler Pierce's involvement in multiple sports deepens her volleyball talent and competitiveness. Pierce broke many volleyball and basketball records at Olathe Northwest in Kansas before becoming a Husker.
When the Huskers showed up to practice and Jordan Larson was there, they were confused about why one of the best players in the world was in their gym.
When they learned she was going to be their new assistant coach, a few of them cried.
Nebraska setter Bergen Reilly is a setter because her older sister, Raegen, is setter. Bergen credits Raegen with a large part of why she is the setter she is today.
The sisters share the same court again on Thursday when Nebraska travels to Illinois.
No. 2 Nebraska defeats No. 17 Creighton in a five set thriller (25-18, 25-23, 25-27, 17-25, 15-9)
Whitney Lauenstein had 25 kills and hit .385. Krause had 16 kills and M. Kubik added 14. Nebraska hit .244 with a .407 clip in set 5. Hames had 38 assists and 17 digs
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Shelley is one three away from breaking a Big Ten Tournament three-pointer record.
She is currently tied for the most made threes in the Big Ten tournament with 15. Penn State's Kelly Mazzante had 15 in 2002.
BREAKING: Nebraska volleyball breaks the women's world sporting event attendance record with a crowd of 92,003 at Volleyball Day in Nebraska in Memorial Stadium.
They also break Memorial Stadium's attendance record.
Nebraska middle Rebekah Allick is the Big Ten Co-Defensive Player of the Week.
She averaged 2.00 blocks per set and 2.17 kills per set. She hit .455 against the Huskers' wins over Illinois and Iowa. Allick was the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week earlier this season.
No. 3 Nebraska sweeps No. 14 Penn State 25-18, 25-22 and 25-9
The Huskers hit .208 on the match and .333 in the final set. Penn State hit .017 and -.050 in set three. Kubik had 9 kills and .167. Lauenstein added 7 kills and 8 blocks. Allick had 6 kills and 6 blocks.
Former Husker Caroline Jurevicius is transferring to Penn State. The 6-foot-2 opposite hitter has 4 years of eligibility remaining. She redshirted at Nebraska in 2023.
Nebraska wins set five and defeats No. 10 Purdue (25-22, 22-25, 23-25, 25-22, 17-15)
Beason had 22 kills and hit .278. Murray added 17 kills and Jackson had 14.
Hudson had 26 kills and 15 digs. Chicoine added 22 kills and 13 digs. Both hit over .300.
"That’s about as deep in the hole as we can get," Cook said. "We had a reason to start doubting that we could do it and they never stopped believing.”
No. 1 Nebraska pulled off a reserve sweep over No. 16 Penn State in a packed Rec Hall.
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