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- RecapNebraska Volleyball Sweeps Penn State: 45 Straight Wins, and 250 for Busboom KellyNo. 1 Nebraska swept No. 16 Penn State 25-20, 25-17, 25-18 and hit a season-high .440 at Rec Hall. The regular-season winning streak is 45, and Dani Busboom Kelly won her 250th career match.
- PreviewNebraska Volleyball at Penn State: 44 Straight Regular-Season Wins, and the Last Loss Came ThereNo. 1 Nebraska is 13-0 and riding a 44-match regular-season winning streak into Penn State, the last team to beat the Huskers in the regular season. Kennedy Martin has 1,798 career kills, and Nebraska's block is holding opponents to .078.
- HonorsThirty Kills, Fourteen Blocks: Andi Jackson Named Big Ten Player of the WeekNebraska senior middle blocker Andi Jackson hit .578 with 30 kills and 14 blocks in a 3-0 week against Missouri, Rutgers and Ohio State. On Monday the Big Ten named her its Player of the Week.
- RecapA Sweep That Didn't Feel Like One: Nebraska Survives the Best Rutgers Team Anybody Here RemembersNebraska led the second set 23-13 and needed six set points to close it. The Huskers swept Rutgers anyway to open Big Ten play 1-0 and go 12-0, behind 15 kills from Harper Murray and a .632 night from Andi Jackson.
- RecapThe Wrigley Do-Over Lasted Three Sets: Nebraska Sweeps Missouri to Finish 11-0The match the wind and rain took away at Wrigley Field got replayed in Lincoln from 0-0, and Nebraska won it 25-10, 25-17, 25-14. Andi Jackson hit .667 with no errors, and the Huskers close non-conference play unbeaten.
- RecapNebraska Went to Its Bench, FGCU Stole a Set, Then the Huskers Slammed the DoorWith four first-set regulars on the bench, Nebraska lost a wild third set to FGCU 27-25. Harper Murray came back for the fourth, the Huskers hit .542 with zero errors, and No. 1 moved to 10-0.
- RecapTwo Records in Three Nights: Nebraska Sweeps Creighton, Aces Out North CarolinaNo. 1 Nebraska swept No. 20 Creighton in front of the biggest indoor home crowd in program history, then served its way past No. 25 North Carolina with a Devaney Center-record 13 aces. The Huskers are 9-0.
- PreviewCreighton Has Never Beaten Nebraska. It Keeps Taking Them to Five Anyway.Nebraska is 24-0 all-time against Creighton, and three of the last four meetings went five sets. No. 1 hosts No. 20 Wednesday night at a sold-out Pinnacle Bank Arena.
- ProgramWhat Are the Blackshorts?Blackshorts is what Husker fans call Nebraska volleyball... a play on football's Blackshirts. What the name means, where you'll see it, and the one part nobody can tell you.
- VolleyballThe First One They've Lost: Nebraska Drops a Set, Then Buries Georgia TechGeorgia Tech took the opening set 26-24 and ended Nebraska's perfect run through the season. Then the Huskers hit .526 in the fourth and won going away.
- VolleyballTwenty-One Swings, Zero Errors: Nebraska Sweeps No. 20 BaylorManaia Ogbechie hit .571 without a single attack error as No. 1 Nebraska swept No. 20 Baylor in front of a sellout. The third set was a lot closer than the score line suggests.
- VolleyballNever Say Never: The Half of Busboom Kelly's Wrigley Answer Nobody RanDani Busboom Kelly questioned the future of outdoor volleyball on Sunday and it travelled. On Tuesday she pointed out that the caveat she said in the same breath did not, and repeated it on the record.
- VolleyballThe Court Got Slick and Nobody Went Home: Nebraska and Missouri Sang at WrigleySunday night's match at Wrigley Field was suspended when humidity made the court unsafe. Then both teams started singing Kelly Clarkson, and a night that could have curdled turned into the best thing that happened all weekend.
- VolleyballTwelve Sets, Zero Losses, and a Ballpark: Nebraska Plays Wrigley TonightThe No. 1 Huskers take an unbeaten record and a perfect 12-0 mark in sets into the first Nebraska volleyball match ever played at Wrigley Field. Missouri, 8 p.m. Central on FOX.
- VolleyballEight Kills on Ten Swings: Teraya Sigler Only Needed One SetNo. 1 Nebraska swept DePaul 25-19, 25-13, 25-15 and hit .434 as a team. Sigler did her damage in a single set, Kenna Cogill made her first career start and led everyone in blocks, and 8,786 packed Wintrust.
- VolleyballVolleyball at Wrigley: Nebraska Plays a First and a 47-Year Reunion in Three DaysThe No. 1 Huskers are at DePaul on Friday for the first time since 1979, then face Missouri on Sunday in the first volleyball match ever played at Wrigley Field. Both on national television.
- VolleyballSeventeen Times in Four Years: Nebraska Fills Another Building and SweepsA record 5,113 packed First Bank & Trust Arena to watch the Huskers win 25-18, 25-20, 25-15. Bergen Reilly moved into Nebraska's all-time top five in assists on the way.
- VolleyballBack to Brookings: Nebraska's First Trip to South Dakota State in 19 YearsThe Huskers are 2-0, serving better than any Nebraska team in over a decade, and 102-0 under Dani Busboom Kelly when they reach 20 points first. Wednesday, 7 p.m., on Midco.
- VolleyballFourteen and Counting: Bergen Reilly Is Big Ten Setter of the Week AgainReilly ran Nebraska past UNLV and No. 2 Texas without dropping a set, took MVP of the Players Era Showcase, and picked up the 14th weekly honor of her career. Wednesday she plays an hour from home.
- VolleyballNebraska Swept the Team That Swept Them for the TitleNo. 1 beat No. 2 in straight sets at T-Mobile Arena, 25-19, 25-19, 25-16, and the match turned on a 10-0 run in the first. Nebraska is 2-0. Texas is 2-2.
- VolleyballNebraska Held UNLV to .054 and Now Gets TexasThe Huskers opened the season with a sweep at T-Mobile Arena, 25-18, 25-15, 25-16, blocking the Rebels 10-2 and holding them under .060. No. 2 Texas is next, Sunday at 2:30 on FOX.
- VolleyballNo. 1 vs. No. 2: Nebraska Has Been in the Last Five of TheseThe Huskers open the real season tonight against UNLV, then play No. 2 Texas on Sunday... a rematch of the 2023 national championship, and the fifth straight 1-versus-2 match involving Nebraska.
- VolleyballNebraska Went to the Cowboys' Stadium and Didn't Lose a SetThe Huskers swept Florida and then SMU to win the inaugural Spikes Under the Lights in front of nearly 40,000 at AT&T Stadium... and left Texas with $350,000.
- VolleyballA Million Dollars at the Cowboys' Stadium, in Matches That Don't CountNebraska volleyball opens against Florida tonight at AT&T Stadium in the first women's collegiate event ever held there... playing for the largest prize in the history of women's college sports.
- VolleyballNebraska Volleyball's 2026 Roster: A Senior at Every Position That MattersThe Huskers open 2026 at No. 1 in the AVCA poll. A look at the roster behind it... four seniors running the floor, ten underclassmen, and the tallest front row Nebraska has had in years.
- VolleyballFour Huskers Named to AVCA Watch List: Nebraska's Volleyball Dominance ContinuesNebraska volleyball shines with four players on the AVCA Watch List, highlighting the Huskers' dominance and potential for a national championship run.
- VolleyballHusker Volleyball Sweeps #4 LouisvilleHusker Volleyball sweeps No. 4 Louisville, showcasing dominance with seven aces and nine blocks, improving to 10-1 this season. Read about their powerful performance.