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USA Today
3 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Nebraska volleyball releases 2025 schedule
Nebraska volleyball releases 2025 schedule Nebraska released the volleyball schedule for the 2025 season earlier this week. The Huskers finished the 2024 season with a 33-3 record. They also won the Big Ten title with a 19-1 conference mark. They entered the NCAA Tournament as the third overall seed, making it all the way to the semifinals before falling to eventual national champion Penn State. One of the key storylines for this season will be new coach Dani Busboom Kelly. She took over in January 2025, following the retirement of legendary coach John Cook. Now, Nebraska volleyball will begin a new era. The Huskers kick off the season on Friday, Aug. 22, when they host the Pitt Panthers at Pinnacle Bank Arena as part of the AVCA First Serve Showcase. They start Big Ten play against the Michigan Wolverines on Wednesday, Sep. 24, in Lincoln, Nebraska. They close the 2025 season on Nov. 29 at home against Ohio State. The program looks poised for another major run in 2025, but will have to try to replace All-Americans Lexi Rodriguez and Merritt Beason. Things will look a bit different on the sidelines without Cook, but the program should be in good hands with a new head coach, and most of last season's starters are returning. Find the entire schedule below. Contact/Follow us @CornhuskersWire on X (formerly Twitter), and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Nebraska news, notes, and opinions.
Yahoo
05-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Nebraska to face Kentucky in Broadway Block Party in Nashville
The Nebraska Cornhuskers are one of six teams participating in a new women's volleyball tournament. The Broadway Block Party, hosted by the Nashville Sports Council and ESPN Events, will take place on Aug. 31 in Nashville, TN. The Huskers will be joined by the Purdue Boilermakers, Kentucky Wildcats, Illinois Fighting Illini, Tennessee Lady Volunteers, and Vanderbilt Commodores. Nebraska will play Kentucky in the first match, which will be broadcast at 11:00 a.m. CT on ABC. Purdue will face Tennessee in the second match while Illinois will play Vanderbilt to wrap up the day. This will be the fourth straight year that Nebraska and Kentucky will meet in non-conference play. In 2024, Nebraska beat Kentucky 3-1 at the 2024 AVCA First Serve Showcase. Nebraska will open the season by participating in the 2025 AVCA First Serve Showcase at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln from Aug. 22 to 24. The Huskers will face Pittsburgh on Friday, Aug. 22, and Stanford on Sunday, Aug. 24. This season will be the first under new head coach Dani Busboom Kelly. Nebraska is coming off a season that saw the Huskers finish with a 33-3 record and a trip to the NCAA Semifinals. NEB TO NASH 🤠🎶The Huskers will face off against Kentucky in Nashville for the 2025 Broadway Block Party! 🎉 — Nebraska Volleyball (@HuskerVB) March 4, 2025 This article originally appeared on Cornhuskers Wire: Nebraska volleyball to play Kentucky Wildcats in Broadway Block Party
Yahoo
25-02-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Penn State, the defending national champs, to play in AVCA First Serve Showcase
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Big news from the volleyball court Monday evening. The 2025 AVCA First Serve Showcase will feature a star-studded lineup of 10 Division I women's volleyball teams. They will play in a series of matches at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska and at the Sanford Pentagon. Celebrating 30 years of Siouxland Libraries 'This is a massive event in terms of volleyball in terms of any event for this region,' said Jesse Smith. Jesse Smith is the vice president of Sanford Sports. He says the field for this year's AVCA First Serve Showcase includes five teams that made the elite eight last year, including last year's national champion, Penn State. 'Very very excited to have Penn State be a part of the field it's going to be unlike anything we've ever hosted at the Pentagon,' Smith said. Minnesota will play Texas A&M and Penn State will face Kansas to round out the opening weekend of the volleyball season. 'This is huge, we've never hosted anything like this at the Sanford Pentagon, but in Sioux Falls as well, this is a very huge event for the region,' Sanford Pentagon Events Manager Kiah Damme-Krieger said. The biggest reason the Pentagon is able to host the showcase is because of what it did last year with the Division Two Championship game. 'Our team worked really hard with the AVCA to attract this event developed a relationship with the Division Two national championship, they administer that and our team got familiar with the AVCA we've been trying to recruit a division one high level division one game for many many years and this is the pathway that worked out,' Smith said. Having two regional teams playing in the showcase, both Minnesota and Kansas, means Heritage Court is likely going to be packed. 'I would not wait to get tickets we assume we are going to sell out very quickly, so if you want to be a part of it buy them fast,' Damme-Krieger said. Ticket presales open Thursday for the matches in Lincoln and on March 6th for the matches in Sioux Falls. All tickets will be available to purchase through Ticketmaster. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
