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North Platte, Neb. – North Platte Community College volleyball opened Region IX play against No. 5 Northeastern Junior College on Tuesday night. The Knights fell in straight sets, 25-14, 25-16, 25-21 to the visiting Plainswomen.

Freshman Makenna Stephenson closed out the night with seven kills on 20 swings. Sophomore Nya Lual recorded six kills, while libero Zoe Maher led the defense with eight digs.

"I saw some glimpses of what we can do, but we need to be more consistent,” said head coach Alexa McCall. "We made some adjustments during the match, but we need to make them quicker.”

The Plainswomen came out firing and surged out to a 13-5 lead in the opening set. The Knights responded with a 3-0 run, but Northeastern held firm limiting NPCC to just 14 points to take a one set lead.

In the second set, the teams traded points early before North Platte took a brief 9-7 lead following a Northeastern attacking error. The Plainswomen quickly answered with a 5-0 run and never looked back, pulling away late to go up two sets.

The third set featured a tight battle, with the teams tied at 11-11. A solo block by Kiera Heaven Loe sparked a decisive run that sealed the sweep for the Plainswomen.

North Platte (6-10) will host Western Nebraska Community College on Friday at 6 p.m. at the McDonald-Belton Gymnasium in North Platte.

Story by NPCC Athletic CommunicationNorth Platte, Neb. – North Platte Community College volleyball opened Region IX play against No. 5 Northeastern Junior College on Tuesday night. The Knights fell in straight sets, 25-14, 25-16, 25-21 to the visiting Plainswomen.Freshman Makenna Stephenson closed out the night with seven kills on 20 swings. Sophomore Nya Lual recorded six kills, while libero Zoe Maher led the defense with eight digs."I saw some glimpses of what we can do, but we need to be more consistent,” said head coach Alexa McCall. "We made some adjustments during the match, but we need to make them quicker.”The Plainswomen came out firing and surged out to a 13-5 lead in the opening set. The Knights responded with a 3-0 run, but Northeastern held firm limiting NPCC to just 14 points to take a one set lead.In the second set, the teams traded points early before North Platte took a brief 9-7 lead following a Northeastern attacking error. The Plainswomen quickly answered with a 5-0 run and never looked back, pulling away late to go up two sets.The third set featured a tight battle, with the teams tied at 11-11. A solo block by Kiera Heaven Loe sparked a decisive run that sealed the sweep for the Plainswomen.North Platte (6-10) will host Western Nebraska Community College on Friday at 6 p.m. at the McDonald-Belton Gymnasium in North Platte.

Knights fall to Plainswomen at home

Brady def. South Loup (Callaway/Arnold) 25-18, 25-18 (2-0)

Broken Bow def. Wood River 25-18, 25-9 (2-0)

Cozad def. Alma 25-18, 24-26, 25-21 (2-1)

Gothenburg def. North Platte St. Patrick's 25-11, 25-11, 25-19 (3-0)

Grand Island Central Catholic def. Broken Bow 25-21, 16-25, 25-22 (2-1)

Maywood-Hayes Center def. Hershey 22-25, 25-16, 25-23, 25-20 (3-1)

Mullen def. Sutherland 25-21, 25-20 (2-0)

North Platte def. Lexington 25-20, 25-16, 25-13 (3-0)

Overton def. Maxwell 26-24, 18-25, 25-19, 25-23 (3-1)

Paxton def. Perkins County 25-27, 25-23, 27-25 (2-1)

Paxton def. South Platte 25-9, 25-18 (2-0)

Perkins County def. South Platte 25-22, 25-7 (2-0)

Sandhills/Thedford def. Medicine Valley 25-15, 25-20, 25-14 (3-0)

South Loup (Callaway/Arnold) def. Bertrand 25-19, 25-20 (2-0)

Southwest def. Wauneta-Palisade 25-17, 25-21, 25-16 (3-0)

Sutherland def. Wallace 25-19, 25-19 (2-0)

<h2>Softball</h2> Centura 9 vs Southern Valley/Alma 1Chase County 0 @ Gering 17Gothenburg 1 @ Polk County 11Gothenburg 0 @ Kearney Catholic 10<h2>Volleyball</h2>Brady def. Bertrand 25-23, 25-19 (2-0)Brady def. South Loup (Callaway/Arnold) 25-18, 25-18 (2-0)Broken Bow def. Wood River 25-18, 25-9 (2-0)Cozad def. Alma 25-18, 24-26, 25-21 (2-1)Cozad def. Arapahoe 25-14, 25-21 (2-0)Gothenburg def. North Platte St. Patrick's 25-11, 25-11, 25-19 (3-0)Grand Island Central Catholic def. Broken Bow 25-21, 16-25, 25-22 (2-1)Maywood-Hayes Center def. Hershey 22-25, 25-16, 25-23, 25-20 (3-1)Mullen def. Sutherland 25-21, 25-20 (2-0)Mullen def. Wallace 25-17, 25-10 (2-0)North Platte def. Lexington 25-20, 25-16, 25-13 (3-0)Overton def. Maxwell 26-24, 18-25, 25-19, 25-23 (3-1)Paxton def. Perkins County 25-27, 25-23, 27-25 (2-1)Paxton def. South Platte 25-9, 25-18 (2-0)Perkins County def. South Platte 25-22, 25-7 (2-0)Sandhills/Thedford def. Medicine Valley 25-15, 25-20, 25-14 (3-0)South Loup (Callaway/Arnold) def. Bertrand 25-19, 25-20 (2-0)Southwest def. Wauneta-Palisade 25-17, 25-21, 25-16 (3-0)Sutherland def. Wallace 25-19, 25-19 (2-0)<h2>Girls Golf</h2>Hastings Invitational1. Kearney - 3392. North Platte - 3483.Adams Central - 3854. Hastings - 3904. York - 3905. Kearney Catholic - 4676. Sandy Creek - 501<h2>North Platte Individual Results&nbsp;</h2>Allie 81 3rd 
Neeva 86 6th PR 
Janee 90 10th 
Presley 91 13th PR 
Taylor 101

Area High School Sports scores from 9-16

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(Volleyball) Northeastern Junior College Vs. North Platte Community College

Medicine Valley def. Creek Valley 25-20, 25-8, 25-14 (3-0)

<h2>Softball</h2>Hershey 7 @ Holyoke, CO 6Hershey 18 @ Holyoke, CO 1Northwest 19 @ North Platte 3<h2>Volleyball</h2>Medicine Valley def. Creek Valley 25-20, 25-8, 25-14 (3-0)

Area High School Sports scores from 9-15

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The No. 1 Nebraska volleyball team faces No. 18 Creighton on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at CHI Health Center Omaha.

• Tuesday’s match will air on FS1 and FoxSports.com.

• Huskers Radio Network with John Baylor and Lauren (Cook) West will broadcast all the action on their volleyball affiliate stations, on Huskers.com and on the Huskers App.

• Nebraska is off to an 8-0 start for only the third time in the last 13 years.

• The Huskers’ match against No. 18 Creighton on Tuesday will be the fifth match among NU’s first nine against a ranked team. The Huskers haven’t played that many ranked opponents within the first nine matches since 2007.

• The Huskers rank first in the nation in opponent hitting percentage at .100. NU led the nation in opponent hitting percentage in 2022 and 2023 and was sixth in 2024.

• NU’s offense ranks 10th with a .309 hitting percentage.

• Nebraska is 22-0 this season in sets when reaching the red zone (20 points) first. NU is 2-4 in sets when the opponent reaches the red zone first.

• Over the last five seasons (2021-25), Dani Busboom Kelly has a 126-15 record for an .895 win percentage, which is the best by any Division I head coach in that span.

• Junior outside hitter Harper Murray leads the team with 3.71 kills per set and is hitting .303. Murray averages 2.46 digs per set and has a team-high seven aces.

• Senior middle blocker Rebekah Allick is off to a strong start in her final year as a Husker with 2.65 kills per set on .441 hitting with a team-high 1.43 blocks per set. Allick was named AVCA National Player of the Week and Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week in the opening week of the season after averaging 2.86 kills and 1.71 blocks per set with a .406 hitting percentage. She was also named MVP of the win over Stanford.

• Junior setter Bergen Reilly paces the Husker attack with 9.35 assists per set, and she also contributes 3.09 digs per set. Reilly was named Big Ten Setter of the Week for the 10th time in her career after the AVCA First Serve. The Huskers hit .385 against Stanford, their best hitting percentage against a ranked team since 2016.

• Reilly will move to No. 6 in school history in career assists in the rally scoring era with 23 more assists, which will pass Rachel Holloway (2,861).

• Junior middle blocker Andi Jackson is averaging 2.28 kills per set on .303 hitting with 1.16 blocks per set.&nbsp;&nbsp;

• Laney Choboy (3.15 digs per set) and Olivia Mauch (2.39 digs per set) lead the Husker back row.&nbsp;&nbsp;

• The Huskers played three AVCA top 10 teams among their first four matches and went 3-0. The only other time Nebraska played three top 10 teams in the first four matches was 1995. NU went 2-1 against those teams - No. 6 Penn State (won), No. 1 Stanford (lost), No. 4 Pacific (won).

• With its first win of the season on Aug. 22 against Pitt, Nebraska became the first NCAA Division I women’s volleyball program to reach 1,500 all-time wins.

• Creighton enters Tuesday’s match with a 5-4 record. The Bluejays lost to No. 4 Louisville at home on Friday, snapping a 32-match home win streak. Creighton responded with sweeps over Rice and Northern Iowa on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.

• Ava Martin leads the Jays with 3.91 kills per set and adds 1.79 digs per set. Kiara Reinhardt contributes 2.48 kills per set.

• Nebraska is 23-0 all-time against Creighton, though two of the matches came in 1980 before the Bluejays dropped their volleyball program for 13 years. Since Creighton’s program returned in 1994, the Huskers are 21-0.

• The teams went five sets last year with Nebraska prevailing 3-2 at the Devaney Center.

• Junior outside hitter Harper Murray was an AVCA Second Team All-American last year, leading the Huskers in kills with 3.40 per set and a team-high 39 service aces. Murray is a two-time All-Big Ten First Team selection and two-time AVCA All-American.

• Junior setter Bergen Reilly is the first player in Big Ten history to win Big Ten Setter of the Year as both a freshman and sophomore, and she is coming off her second straight AVCA All-America Second Team honor. Reilly averaged 11.08 assists per set in 2024 while leading the Huskers to a .284 hitting percentage, their best since 2016.

• Junior middle blocker Andi Jackson had a breakout year in 2024, earning AVCA All-America First Team and All-Big Ten First Team. Jackson averaged 2.62 kills per set with a .439 hitting percentage, which ranked sixth in the nation. She also put up 1.18 blocks per set.

• Senior middle blocker Rebekah Allick recorded 1.82 kills per set in 2024 with a career-best .357 hitting percentage. She had a team-high 1.43 blocks per set, which ranked third among Big Ten players and 14th nationally. Allick ranks sixth in school history with 415 career blocks entering the 2025 season.

• Senior outside hitter Taylor Landfair returns after starting 20 matches in 2024, averaging 2.49 kills per set.

• Maisie Boesiger, Laney Choboy and Olivia Mauch all return in the back row for the Big Red. Mauch, a sophomore, had 196 digs and 21 aces in her first year as a Husker last season. Choboy, a junior, had 185 digs and 36 set assists. Boesiger, entering her senior season, played in nine matches as a serving sub in 2024.

• Skyler Pierce will look to make an impact at outside hitter after redshirting in her first year at NU. Pierce had an accomplished prep career at Olathe Northwest in Kansas and was the MVP of the Under Armour All-America Game in 2024.

• Eight of the 17 players on the 2025 roster are newcomers.

• Senior opposite hitter Allie Sczech is the lone transfer the Huskers brought in for 2025. Sczech was a two-time All-Big 12 Second Team performer at Baylor, averaging 2.44 kills per set with a .273 hitting percentage in 2024. Sczech posted a career-high 21 kills and hit .463 in Baylor’s NCAA Tournament second round defeat to Dayton last year. She totaled 754 kills in three seasons at Baylor.

• In addition to Sczech, seven freshmen have joined the fold. Campbell Flynn (6-3, Setter), Ryan Hunter (6-2, Opposite Hitter), Keri Leimbach (5-4, Libero) and Teraya Sigler (6-3, Outside Hitter) all enrolled at Nebraska in January. Virginia Adriano (6-5, Opposite Hitter), Kenna Cogill (6-4, Middle Blocker) and Manaia Ogbechie (6-3, Middle Blocker) joined the Huskers in June.

BUSBOOM KELLY DEBUTS AS NEW HEAD COACH&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

• Nebraska native Dani Busboom Kelly was named the fourth head coach in program history on Jan. 29, 2025 by Nebraska Director of Athletics Troy Dannen. Busboom Kelly succeeds her former coach and mentor, John Cook, who announced his retirement following the 2024 season after 25 seasons as Nebraska’s head volleyball coach.

• A Husker national champion player and assistant coach, Busboom Kelly spent eight years (2017-24) building Louisville into a national power. The Cardinals reached two NCAA Championship matches, three NCAA Semifinals, five regional finals and won four ACC titles.

• Busboom Kelly compiled a 203-44 (.822) record in her eight seasons at Louisville, including a 120-15 (.889) mark from 2021-24, which was the second-best winning percentage in the country during that span. In 2024, the Cardinals reached the NCAA Championship match for the second time in three seasons.

• Busboom Kelly was the starting libero on Nebraska’s 2006 national championship team, and she was an assistant coach when the Huskers won the 2015 national championship in Omaha. She took the helm at Louisville late in 2016 after being named AVCA National Assistant Coach of the Year in her final season as a Husker assistant, and she guided the Cardinals to heights the program had never experienced.&nbsp;

• Nebraska has won 49 home matches in a row dating back to Dec. 1, 2022, which is the longest active streak in the nation.

• The Huskers’ home win streak is its longest since moving into the Devaney Center in 2013.

• Nebraska’s longest all-time home win streak was 88 matches from 2004-09.

• The Huskers went 22-0 at home in 2024, a school record for home wins in a season.

• Nebraska has won 26 consecutive NCAA Tournament matches played in the Devaney Center, a school record.

REGENTS APPROVE NAMING OF JOHN COOK ARENA

• The home of Nebraska Volleyball will now officially bear the name of one of the legendary coaches in the history of the sport, as the University of Nebraska Board of Regents approved the naming of John Cook Arena at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.

• Cook retired in January following a remarkable 25-year run as the Huskers’ head coach. He guided the Huskers to four national championships, 12 NCAA Semifinal appearances and 14 conference championships. Cook achieved a career record of 883-176 (.834), the fifth-best winning percentage all-time for a Division I volleyball coach. His record of 722-103 at Nebraska was the best winning percentage (.875) for any DI program from 2000-24.

• In addition to the naming of John Cook Arena at the Bob Devaney Sports Center, the project also includes a bronze statue honoring Cook on the north side of the Devaney Sports Center. Nationally recognized sculpture artist and Nebraska native George Lundeen has been commissioned to produce the life-size tribute to Cook and his career.

• The court inside John Cook Arena will continue to hold the name of Terry Pettit Court to recognize Cook’s predecessor and fellow Hall of Famer. Additionally, the full athletics complex will continue to be named the Bob Devaney Sports Center in honor of Nebraska Hall of Fame football coach and long-time athletic director Bob Devaney.

• The new John Cook Arena signage and the bronze statue will be dedicated on Thursday, Sept. 18.

• Nebraska volleyball airs on television 24 times this season. The Huskers have 19 national TV appearances on Big Ten Network, FOX, FS1, NBC, ABC and ESPN.&nbsp;

• Additionally, Nebraska Public Media was granted the rights to televise the Red-White Scrimmage (Aug. 9), the Alumni Match (Aug. 16), and three regular-season home matches: Grand Canyon (Sept. 13), Maryland (Sept. 27) and Northwestern (Oct. 24).

• All matches that are televised on Nebraska Public Media are also streamed on B1G+. All home matches and Big Ten road matches not selected for TV are streamed on B1G+.

• NU’s match at Lipscomb is available on ESPN+.

• Four student-athletes from the Nebraska volleyball team were named to the Preseason All-Big Ten Team after a vote by the league’s 18 head coaches.&nbsp;

• Juniors Andi Jackson, Harper Murray and Bergen Reilly were three of just five unanimous selections to the Preseason All-Big Ten Team. They were joined on the 20-player team by senior Rebekah Allick.

• The coaches picked Nebraska as the top team in the preseason poll. The Huskers won their fifth Big Ten title in 2024 with a 19-1 conference record to share the crown with Penn State. Nebraska finished the season at 33-3 and reached the NCAA Semifinals. Penn State, Wisconsin, Minnesota and UCLA rounded out the top five.

• Jackson, a junior middle blocker, had a breakout year in 2024, earning AVCA All-America First Team and unanimous All-Big Ten First Team honors. Jackson averaged 2.62 kills per set with a .439 hitting percentage, which ranked sixth in the nation and fourth in school history. She also put up 1.18 blocks per set.

• Murray, a junior outside hitter, was an AVCA Second Team All-American last year after earning third-team honors as a freshman. Murray led the Huskers in 2024 with 3.40 kills per set and a team-high 39 service aces. She is a two-time All-Big Ten First Team selection. Murray was selected to the NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team last season and was the NCAA Lincoln Regional Most Outstanding Player.

• Reilly, a junior setter, is the first player in Big Ten history to win Big Ten Setter of the Year as both a freshman and sophomore, and she is coming off her second straight AVCA All-America Second Team honor. Reilly averaged 11.08 assists per set in 2024 while leading the Huskers to a .284 hitting percentage, their best since 2016.&nbsp;

• Allick, a senior middle blocker, recorded 1.82 kills per set in 2024 with a career-best .357 hitting percentage. She had a team-high 1.43 blocks per set, which ranked third among Big Ten players and 14th nationally. Allick ranks sixth in school history with 415 career blocks entering the 2025 season. She was an All-Big Ten Second Team selection in 2022 and 2023.

JACKSON, MURRAY, REILLY ON AVCA WATCH LIST

• Andi Jackson, Harper Murray and Bergen Reilly were named to the AVCA Player of the Year Watch List in July. The three Husker juniors are among 30 players who are part of the Player of the Year Watch List.

• The Player of the Year Watch List was compiled by the AVCA Division I Women’s Volleyball Awards Committee. They will also be the group working on the additional phases of the Player of the Year process. Midseason additions to the list will come in October, and the semifinalists will be named in November. Finalists will be announced on Dec. 15, and the Player of the Year Award will be presented in Kansas City at the AVCA Awards Banquet on Friday, Dec. 19.

• Freshman Campbell Flynn was named the Gatorade National Player of the Year on Jan. 10.

• Flynn, a 6-3 setter from Oakland, Mich., was a two-time Gatorade Michigan Volleyball Player of the Year. She recorded 730 assists and 180 digs in her senior season for Mercy High School, leading the Marlins to a 31-3 record and the Division I regional semifinals in 2024. Flynn also compiled 131 kills, 52 blocks and 36 service aces while posting a .394 hitting percentage at net.

• Flynn was a member of the U.S. U21 Women’s National Team that won the gold medal at the NORCECA Championships in 2024 and was ranked as the nation’s No. 4 overall recruit and top setter recruit in the Class of 2025 by PrepDig.com. Flynn concluded her prep volleyball career, which included a state championship in 2023, with 1,973 assists and 737 kills. She also competed in the Under Armour All-America Game. Off the court, Flynn maintained a 3.94 GPA in the classroom.

• Flynn is the sixth Husker all-time to be named the Gatorade National Player of the Year. The others are Harper Murray (2022-23), Ally Batenhorst (2020-21), Lexi Sun (2016-17), Mikaela Foecke (2014-15) and Gina Mancuso (2008-09).

FLYNN, SIGLER EARN GATORADE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

• In addition to being named Gatorade National Player of the Year, Campbell Flynn was named the Gatorade Michigan Volleyball Player of the Year for the second straight year, while fellow Husker newcomer Teraya Sigler was named the Gatorade Arizona Volleyball Player of the Year for the second straight time.

• Sigler, a 6-2 outside hitter from Scottsdale, Ariz., led Horizon High School to a 25-5 record and a fourth straight Conference 5A state championship in 2024. Sigler amassed 619 kills and 354 digs, including 33 kills and 20 digs in the state championship match. She also had 65 service aces and 28 blocks while posting a .398 hitting percentage.

• Ranked as the No. 1 recruit in the Class of 2025 by PrepDig.com, Sigler was a member of the U.S. U21 Women’s National Team that won the gold medal at the NORCECA Championships in 2024. She concluded her prep volleyball career with 1,951 kills and 1,128 digs and competed in the Under Armour All-America Game.

• Nebraska finished the 2024 season 33-3 overall and advanced to the NCAA Semifinals for the second year in a row and seventh time in the last 10 years.

• Nebraska won its 36th all-time conference title and fifth Big Ten title with a 19-1 record in Big Ten play last season. The Huskers went back-to-back as Big Ten champions for the second time, also accomplishing that feat in 2016 and 2017.

• The Huskers’ 29 regular-season wins last year tied the 1983 school record for most wins in a regular season in the NCAA era.

• The Huskers’ 33 wins last season were tied for the most victories by a Husker team since the 2000 national championship team went 34-0.

• The Huskers ranked 11th nationally with a team hitting percentage of .284 in 2024.

• The Huskers ranked sixth nationally and first in the Big Ten in opponent hitting percentage at .143 last season. NU led the nation in opponent hitting percentage in 2022 and 2023.

Story by NU Athletic CommunicationThe No. 1 Nebraska volleyball team faces No. 18 Creighton on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at CHI Health Center Omaha.• Tuesday’s match will air on FS1 and FoxSports.com.• Huskers Radio Network with John Baylor and Lauren (Cook) West will broadcast all the action on their volleyball affiliate stations, on Huskers.com and on the Huskers App.ABOUT THE HUSKERS• Nebraska is off to an 8-0 start for only the third time in the last 13 years.• The Huskers’ match against No. 18 Creighton on Tuesday will be the fifth match among NU’s first nine against a ranked team. The Huskers haven’t played that many ranked opponents within the first nine matches since 2007.• The Huskers rank first in the nation in opponent hitting percentage at .100. NU led the nation in opponent hitting percentage in 2022 and 2023 and was sixth in 2024.• NU’s offense ranks 10th with a .309 hitting percentage.• Nebraska is 22-0 this season in sets when reaching the red zone (20 points) first. NU is 2-4 in sets when the opponent reaches the red zone first.• Over the last five seasons (2021-25), Dani Busboom Kelly has a 126-15 record for an .895 win percentage, which is the best by any Division I head coach in that span.• Junior outside hitter Harper Murray leads the team with 3.71 kills per set and is hitting .303. Murray averages 2.46 digs per set and has a team-high seven aces.• Senior middle blocker Rebekah Allick is off to a strong start in her final year as a Husker with 2.65 kills per set on .441 hitting with a team-high 1.43 blocks per set. Allick was named AVCA National Player of the Week and Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week in the opening week of the season after averaging 2.86 kills and 1.71 blocks per set with a .406 hitting percentage. She was also named MVP of the win over Stanford.• Junior setter Bergen Reilly paces the Husker attack with 9.35 assists per set, and she also contributes 3.09 digs per set. Reilly was named Big Ten Setter of the Week for the 10th time in her career after the AVCA First Serve. The Huskers hit .385 against Stanford, their best hitting percentage against a ranked team since 2016.• Reilly will move to No. 6 in school history in career assists in the rally scoring era with 23 more assists, which will pass Rachel Holloway (2,861).• Junior middle blocker Andi Jackson is averaging 2.28 kills per set on .303 hitting with 1.16 blocks per set.&nbsp;&nbsp;• Laney Choboy (3.15 digs per set) and Olivia Mauch (2.39 digs per set) lead the Husker back row.&nbsp;&nbsp;• The Huskers played three AVCA top 10 teams among their first four matches and went 3-0. The only other time Nebraska played three top 10 teams in the first four matches was 1995. NU went 2-1 against those teams - No. 6 Penn State (won), No. 1 Stanford (lost), No. 4 Pacific (won).• With its first win of the season on Aug. 22 against Pitt, Nebraska became the first NCAA Division I women’s volleyball program to reach 1,500 all-time wins.SCOUTING CREIGHTON• Creighton enters Tuesday’s match with a 5-4 record. The Bluejays lost to No. 4 Louisville at home on Friday, snapping a 32-match home win streak. Creighton responded with sweeps over Rice and Northern Iowa on Saturday and Sunday, respectively.• Ava Martin leads the Jays with 3.91 kills per set and adds 1.79 digs per set. Kiara Reinhardt contributes 2.48 kills per set.SERIES HISTORY• Nebraska is 23-0 all-time against Creighton, though two of the matches came in 1980 before the Bluejays dropped their volleyball program for 13 years. Since Creighton’s program returned in 1994, the Huskers are 21-0.• The teams went five sets last year with Nebraska prevailing 3-2 at the Devaney Center.RETURNEE RUNDOWN• Junior outside hitter Harper Murray was an AVCA Second Team All-American last year, leading the Huskers in kills with 3.40 per set and a team-high 39 service aces. Murray is a two-time All-Big Ten First Team selection and two-time AVCA All-American.• Junior setter Bergen Reilly is the first player in Big Ten history to win Big Ten Setter of the Year as both a freshman and sophomore, and she is coming off her second straight AVCA All-America Second Team honor. Reilly averaged 11.08 assists per set in 2024 while leading the Huskers to a .284 hitting percentage, their best since 2016.• Junior middle blocker Andi Jackson had a breakout year in 2024, earning AVCA All-America First Team and All-Big Ten First Team. Jackson averaged 2.62 kills per set with a .439 hitting percentage, which ranked sixth in the nation. She also put up 1.18 blocks per set.• Senior middle blocker Rebekah Allick recorded 1.82 kills per set in 2024 with a career-best .357 hitting percentage. She had a team-high 1.43 blocks per set, which ranked third among Big Ten players and 14th nationally. Allick ranks sixth in school history with 415 career blocks entering the 2025 season.• Senior outside hitter Taylor Landfair returns after starting 20 matches in 2024, averaging 2.49 kills per set.• Maisie Boesiger, Laney Choboy and Olivia Mauch all return in the back row for the Big Red. Mauch, a sophomore, had 196 digs and 21 aces in her first year as a Husker last season. Choboy, a junior, had 185 digs and 36 set assists. Boesiger, entering her senior season, played in nine matches as a serving sub in 2024.• Skyler Pierce will look to make an impact at outside hitter after redshirting in her first year at NU. Pierce had an accomplished prep career at Olathe Northwest in Kansas and was the MVP of the Under Armour All-America Game in 2024.HUSKERS WELCOME EIGHT NEWCOMERS• Eight of the 17 players on the 2025 roster are newcomers.• Senior opposite hitter Allie Sczech is the lone transfer the Huskers brought in for 2025. Sczech was a two-time All-Big 12 Second Team performer at Baylor, averaging 2.44 kills per set with a .273 hitting percentage in 2024. Sczech posted a career-high 21 kills and hit .463 in Baylor’s NCAA Tournament second round defeat to Dayton last year. She totaled 754 kills in three seasons at Baylor.• In addition to Sczech, seven freshmen have joined the fold. Campbell Flynn (6-3, Setter), Ryan Hunter (6-2, Opposite Hitter), Keri Leimbach (5-4, Libero) and Teraya Sigler (6-3, Outside Hitter) all enrolled at Nebraska in January. Virginia Adriano (6-5, Opposite Hitter), Kenna Cogill (6-4, Middle Blocker) and Manaia Ogbechie (6-3, Middle Blocker) joined the Huskers in June.BUSBOOM KELLY DEBUTS AS NEW HEAD COACH&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;• Nebraska native Dani Busboom Kelly was named the fourth head coach in program history on Jan. 29, 2025 by Nebraska Director of Athletics Troy Dannen. Busboom Kelly succeeds her former coach and mentor, John Cook, who announced his retirement following the 2024 season after 25 seasons as Nebraska’s head volleyball coach.• A Husker national champion player and assistant coach, Busboom Kelly spent eight years (2017-24) building Louisville into a national power. The Cardinals reached two NCAA Championship matches, three NCAA Semifinals, five regional finals and won four ACC titles.• Busboom Kelly compiled a 203-44 (.822) record in her eight seasons at Louisville, including a 120-15 (.889) mark from 2021-24, which was the second-best winning percentage in the country during that span. In 2024, the Cardinals reached the NCAA Championship match for the second time in three seasons.• Busboom Kelly was the starting libero on Nebraska’s 2006 national championship team, and she was an assistant coach when the Huskers won the 2015 national championship in Omaha. She took the helm at Louisville late in 2016 after being named AVCA National Assistant Coach of the Year in her final season as a Husker assistant, and she guided the Cardinals to heights the program had never experienced.&nbsp;HOME SWEET HOME• Nebraska has won 49 home matches in a row dating back to Dec. 1, 2022, which is the longest active streak in the nation.• The Huskers’ home win streak is its longest since moving into the Devaney Center in 2013.• Nebraska’s longest all-time home win streak was 88 matches from 2004-09.• The Huskers went 22-0 at home in 2024, a school record for home wins in a season.• Nebraska has won 26 consecutive NCAA Tournament matches played in the Devaney Center, a school record.REGENTS APPROVE NAMING OF JOHN COOK ARENA• The home of Nebraska Volleyball will now officially bear the name of one of the legendary coaches in the history of the sport, as the University of Nebraska Board of Regents approved the naming of John Cook Arena at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.• Cook retired in January following a remarkable 25-year run as the Huskers’ head coach. He guided the Huskers to four national championships, 12 NCAA Semifinal appearances and 14 conference championships. Cook achieved a career record of 883-176 (.834), the fifth-best winning percentage all-time for a Division I volleyball coach. His record of 722-103 at Nebraska was the best winning percentage (.875) for any DI program from 2000-24.• In addition to the naming of John Cook Arena at the Bob Devaney Sports Center, the project also includes a bronze statue honoring Cook on the north side of the Devaney Sports Center. Nationally recognized sculpture artist and Nebraska native George Lundeen has been commissioned to produce the life-size tribute to Cook and his career.• The court inside John Cook Arena will continue to hold the name of Terry Pettit Court to recognize Cook’s predecessor and fellow Hall of Famer. Additionally, the full athletics complex will continue to be named the Bob Devaney Sports Center in honor of Nebraska Hall of Fame football coach and long-time athletic director Bob Devaney.• The new John Cook Arena signage and the bronze statue will be dedicated on Thursday, Sept. 18.HUSKERS SET FOR 24 TV BROADCASTS• Nebraska volleyball airs on television 24 times this season. The Huskers have 19 national TV appearances on Big Ten Network, FOX, FS1, NBC, ABC and ESPN.&nbsp;• Additionally, Nebraska Public Media was granted the rights to televise the Red-White Scrimmage (Aug. 9), the Alumni Match (Aug. 16), and three regular-season home matches: Grand Canyon (Sept. 13), Maryland (Sept. 27) and Northwestern (Oct. 24).• All matches that are televised on Nebraska Public Media are also streamed on B1G+. All home matches and Big Ten road matches not selected for TV are streamed on B1G+.• NU’s match at Lipscomb is available on ESPN+.FOUR HUSKERS NAMED PRESEASON ALL-BIG TEN• Four student-athletes from the Nebraska volleyball team were named to the Preseason All-Big Ten Team after a vote by the league’s 18 head coaches.&nbsp;• Juniors Andi Jackson, Harper Murray and Bergen Reilly were three of just five unanimous selections to the Preseason All-Big Ten Team. They were joined on the 20-player team by senior Rebekah Allick.• The coaches picked Nebraska as the top team in the preseason poll. The Huskers won their fifth Big Ten title in 2024 with a 19-1 conference record to share the crown with Penn State. Nebraska finished the season at 33-3 and reached the NCAA Semifinals. Penn State, Wisconsin, Minnesota and UCLA rounded out the top five.• Jackson, a junior middle blocker, had a breakout year in 2024, earning AVCA All-America First Team and unanimous All-Big Ten First Team honors. Jackson averaged 2.62 kills per set with a .439 hitting percentage, which ranked sixth in the nation and fourth in school history. She also put up 1.18 blocks per set.• Murray, a junior outside hitter, was an AVCA Second Team All-American last year after earning third-team honors as a freshman. Murray led the Huskers in 2024 with 3.40 kills per set and a team-high 39 service aces. She is a two-time All-Big Ten First Team selection. Murray was selected to the NCAA Championship All-Tournament Team last season and was the NCAA Lincoln Regional Most Outstanding Player.• Reilly, a junior setter, is the first player in Big Ten history to win Big Ten Setter of the Year as both a freshman and sophomore, and she is coming off her second straight AVCA All-America Second Team honor. Reilly averaged 11.08 assists per set in 2024 while leading the Huskers to a .284 hitting percentage, their best since 2016.&nbsp;• Allick, a senior middle blocker, recorded 1.82 kills per set in 2024 with a career-best .357 hitting percentage. She had a team-high 1.43 blocks per set, which ranked third among Big Ten players and 14th nationally. Allick ranks sixth in school history with 415 career blocks entering the 2025 season. She was an All-Big Ten Second Team selection in 2022 and 2023.JACKSON, MURRAY, REILLY ON AVCA WATCH LIST• Andi Jackson, Harper Murray and Bergen Reilly were named to the AVCA Player of the Year Watch List in July. The three Husker juniors are among 30 players who are part of the Player of the Year Watch List.• The Player of the Year Watch List was compiled by the AVCA Division I Women’s Volleyball Awards Committee. They will also be the group working on the additional phases of the Player of the Year process. Midseason additions to the list will come in October, and the semifinalists will be named in November. Finalists will be announced on Dec. 15, and the Player of the Year Award will be presented in Kansas City at the AVCA Awards Banquet on Friday, Dec. 19.FLYNN NAMED GATORADE NATIONAL POTY• Freshman Campbell Flynn was named the Gatorade National Player of the Year on Jan. 10.• Flynn, a 6-3 setter from Oakland, Mich., was a two-time Gatorade Michigan Volleyball Player of the Year. She recorded 730 assists and 180 digs in her senior season for Mercy High School, leading the Marlins to a 31-3 record and the Division I regional semifinals in 2024. Flynn also compiled 131 kills, 52 blocks and 36 service aces while posting a .394 hitting percentage at net.• Flynn was a member of the U.S. U21 Women’s National Team that won the gold medal at the NORCECA Championships in 2024 and was ranked as the nation’s No. 4 overall recruit and top setter recruit in the Class of 2025 by PrepDig.com. Flynn concluded her prep volleyball career, which included a state championship in 2023, with 1,973 assists and 737 kills. She also competed in the Under Armour All-America Game. Off the court, Flynn maintained a 3.94 GPA in the classroom.• Flynn is the sixth Husker all-time to be named the Gatorade National Player of the Year. The others are Harper Murray (2022-23), Ally Batenhorst (2020-21), Lexi Sun (2016-17), Mikaela Foecke (2014-15) and Gina Mancuso (2008-09).FLYNN, SIGLER EARN GATORADE PLAYER OF THE YEAR• In addition to being named Gatorade National Player of the Year, Campbell Flynn was named the Gatorade Michigan Volleyball Player of the Year for the second straight year, while fellow Husker newcomer Teraya Sigler was named the Gatorade Arizona Volleyball Player of the Year for the second straight time.• Sigler, a 6-2 outside hitter from Scottsdale, Ariz., led Horizon High School to a 25-5 record and a fourth straight Conference 5A state championship in 2024. Sigler amassed 619 kills and 354 digs, including 33 kills and 20 digs in the state championship match. She also had 65 service aces and 28 blocks while posting a .398 hitting percentage.• Ranked as the No. 1 recruit in the Class of 2025 by PrepDig.com, Sigler was a member of the U.S. U21 Women’s National Team that won the gold medal at the NORCECA Championships in 2024. She concluded her prep volleyball career with 1,951 kills and 1,128 digs and competed in the Under Armour All-America Game.2024 SEASON IN REVIEW• Nebraska finished the 2024 season 33-3 overall and advanced to the NCAA Semifinals for the second year in a row and seventh time in the last 10 years.• Nebraska won its 36th all-time conference title and fifth Big Ten title with a 19-1 record in Big Ten play last season. The Huskers went back-to-back as Big Ten champions for the second time, also accomplishing that feat in 2016 and 2017.• The Huskers’ 29 regular-season wins last year tied the 1983 school record for most wins in a regular season in the NCAA era.• The Huskers’ 33 wins last season were tied for the most victories by a Husker team since the 2000 national championship team went 34-0.• The Huskers ranked 11th nationally with a team hitting percentage of .284 in 2024.• The Huskers ranked sixth nationally and first in the Big Ten in opponent hitting percentage at .143 last season. NU led the nation in opponent hitting percentage in 2022 and 2023.

Husker Volleyball preview at #18 Creighton

Volleyball - North Platte Bulldogs @ Kearney Tournament

North Platte St. Patrick's 51 vs Kimball 8

Bertrand 78 vs. Brady 24Bridgeport 55 vs. Sandhills Valley 14Broken Bow 28 vs St. Paul 7Chase County 49 @ Gordon-Rushville 30Cozad 17 @ Ogallala 12Gothenburg 15 vs Adams Central 9Norfolk 41 @ North Platte 13North Platte St. Patrick's 51 vs Kimball 8Paxton 56 vs Minatare 6Perkins County 26 vs South Loup 22South Platte 32 vs. Wallace 66Southwest 42 @ Arthur County 18

Area Football Scores from 9-12

Football - Norfolk (1-1) Vs. North Platte (0-2)

Grand Island Central Catholic 42 vs Hershey 0

Dundy County Stratton 48 vs Sutherland 0Garden County 73 @ Medicine Valley 6Grand Island Central Catholic 42 vs Hershey 0Hitchcock County 68 vs Franklin 6

Area High School Football scores from 9-11

Jessica Jolly and Brooke Bream both earned top-25 finishes in their debuts in the Nebraska lineup to help the Husker women's golf team to a tie for eighth at the season-opening Sam Golden Invitational in Corinth, Texas, Tuesday.

Jolly, a transfer from Illinois State, played three strong rounds in her Big Red debut to tie for 19th with a 54-hole total of 211 (-5).&nbsp; The sophomore from Rockford, Mich., put up rounds of 70 (-2) and 69 (-3) on Monday before closing with an even-par 72 on the 6,343-yard layout of the Oakmont Country Club. For the tournament, Jolly recorded 12 birdies against just seven bogeys while making 35 pars.

Bream, a fifth-year senior from Phoenix, Ariz., tied for 25th with a career-best three-round total of 212 (-4) that included back-to-back career-best rounds of 70 (-2) on Monday. She closed the tournament with an even-par 72 Tuesday.

Nebraska's top returning golfer from a year ago, Hannah Kono also put up solid scores throughout the tournament on her way to a tie for 30th at 213 (-3). The junior from Enkoping, Sweden, opened with a 69 (-3) before adding a 71 (-1) in Monday's second round. Kono started the final round strong with birdies on two of her first three holes, but she couldn't overcome a trio of bogeys over the final 15 holes on her way to a 73 (+1). She finished the tournament with eight birdies against five bogeys while making par 41 times in 54 holes.

Danica Lundgren put four Huskers under par for the tournament with a three-round total of 214 (-2). The sophomore from Austin, Texas, fired Nebraska's best round of the tournament with a second-round 67 (-5) on Monday after opening with a 74. She closed with a 73 Tuesday to tie for 35th individually.

Ailis Tribolet also closed her first college tournament with a solid round of even-par 72 to contribute to Nebraska's team score on Tuesday. The true freshman from Chandler, Ariz., opened with rounds of 76 and 75 on Monday on her way to a 223 (+7) in 66th among a 72-player field.

Fellow true freshman Kayleigh Babineaux from Austin, Texas, rounded out Nebraska's contingent in a tie for 53rd while playing as an individual outside the Husker lineup. Babineaux matched Tribolet's even-par 72 on Tuesday, after posting a 71 (-1) in Monday's second round. Babineaux opened the tournament with a 76 and finished with a 54-hole total of 219 (+3).

Missouri ran away with the team title with a three-round total of 824 (-40), 16 strokes in front of both Tulsa and the hosts from North Texas, who finished at 840 (-24). Texas Tech and Kansas State tied for fourth at 842 (-22), while Louisville (844) and Texas State (846) completed the seven teams ahead of the Huskers in the team standings.&nbsp;

Nebraska finished in a tie for eighth with UTSA at 849 (-15), defeating Central Arkansas (860), Middle Tennessee (861), New Mexico State (861) and Tulane (875).

Missouri's Ebba Liljeberg unleashed an amazing 54-hole score of 197 (-19) that included a second-round 61 (-11) on her way to medalist honors. She finished nine shots in front of co-runners-up Bouquet Subsomboon (North Texas) and Yvonne Chamness (Texas State), who finished at 206 (-10).

Nebraska returns to action at the Colonel Wollenberg Ptarmigan Ram Invitational in Fort Collins, Colo. (Sept. 22-23).

Final Team Results1. Missouri - 281-271-272=824 (-40)

10. Central Arkansas - 289-283-288=860 (-4)

T11. Middle Tennessee - 290-279-292=861 (-3)

T11. New Mexico State - 290-285-286=861 (-3)

1. Ebba Liljeberg, Missouri - 66-61-70=197 (-19)

T2. Bouquet Subsomboon, North Texas - 67-69-70=206 (-10)

T2. Yvonne Chamness, Texas State - 68-69-69=206 (-10)

T4. Daniela Abonce, UTSA - 74-65-69=208 (-8)

T4. Gudrun Thorsteinsdottir, Central Arkansas - 72-68-68=208 (-8)

T4. Melanie Walker, Missouri - 69-72-67=208 (-8)

T4. Jennifer Roller, Tulsa - 69-72-67=208 (-8)

T8. Mallorie Luitwieler, North Texas - 68-69-72=209 (-7)

T8. Thienna Huynh, Louisville - 67-71-71=209 (-7)

T8. Jiarui Chen, Kansas State - 70-70-69=209 (-7)

*T53. Kayleigh Babineaux - 76-71-72=219 (+3)

Jessica Jolly and Brooke Bream both earned top-25 finishes in their debuts in the Nebraska lineup to help the Husker women's golf team to a tie for eighth at the season-opening Sam Golden Invitational in Corinth, Texas, Tuesday.Jolly, a transfer from Illinois State, played three strong rounds in her Big Red debut to tie for 19th with a 54-hole total of 211 (-5).&nbsp; The sophomore from Rockford, Mich., put up rounds of 70 (-2) and 69 (-3) on Monday before closing with an even-par 72 on the 6,343-yard layout of the Oakmont Country Club. For the tournament, Jolly recorded 12 birdies against just seven bogeys while making 35 pars.Bream, a fifth-year senior from Phoenix, Ariz., tied for 25th with a career-best three-round total of 212 (-4) that included back-to-back career-best rounds of 70 (-2) on Monday. She closed the tournament with an even-par 72 Tuesday.Nebraska's top returning golfer from a year ago, Hannah Kono also put up solid scores throughout the tournament on her way to a tie for 30th at 213 (-3). The junior from Enkoping, Sweden, opened with a 69 (-3) before adding a 71 (-1) in Monday's second round. Kono started the final round strong with birdies on two of her first three holes, but she couldn't overcome a trio of bogeys over the final 15 holes on her way to a 73 (+1). She finished the tournament with eight birdies against five bogeys while making par 41 times in 54 holes.Danica Lundgren put four Huskers under par for the tournament with a three-round total of 214 (-2). The sophomore from Austin, Texas, fired Nebraska's best round of the tournament with a second-round 67 (-5) on Monday after opening with a 74. She closed with a 73 Tuesday to tie for 35th individually.Ailis Tribolet also closed her first college tournament with a solid round of even-par 72 to contribute to Nebraska's team score on Tuesday. The true freshman from Chandler, Ariz., opened with rounds of 76 and 75 on Monday on her way to a 223 (+7) in 66th among a 72-player field.Fellow true freshman Kayleigh Babineaux from Austin, Texas, rounded out Nebraska's contingent in a tie for 53rd while playing as an individual outside the Husker lineup. Babineaux matched Tribolet's even-par 72 on Tuesday, after posting a 71 (-1) in Monday's second round. Babineaux opened the tournament with a 76 and finished with a 54-hole total of 219 (+3).Missouri ran away with the team title with a three-round total of 824 (-40), 16 strokes in front of both Tulsa and the hosts from North Texas, who finished at 840 (-24). Texas Tech and Kansas State tied for fourth at 842 (-22), while Louisville (844) and Texas State (846) completed the seven teams ahead of the Huskers in the team standings.&nbsp;Nebraska finished in a tie for eighth with UTSA at 849 (-15), defeating Central Arkansas (860), Middle Tennessee (861), New Mexico State (861) and Tulane (875).Missouri's Ebba Liljeberg unleashed an amazing 54-hole score of 197 (-19) that included a second-round 61 (-11) on her way to medalist honors. She finished nine shots in front of co-runners-up Bouquet Subsomboon (North Texas) and Yvonne Chamness (Texas State), who finished at 206 (-10).Nebraska returns to action at the Colonel Wollenberg Ptarmigan Ram Invitational in Fort Collins, Colo. (Sept. 22-23).Sam Golden InvitationalSept. 8-9, 2025Corinth, TexasOakmont CC (Par 72, 6,343 Yards)Final Team Results1. Missouri - 281-271-272=824 (-40)T2. Tulsa - 282-278-280=840 (-24)T2. North Texas - 282-280-278=840 (-24)T4. Texas Tech - 283-282-277=842 (-22)T4. Kansas State - 278-285-279=842 (-22)6. Louisville - 277-281-286=844 (-20)7. Texas State - 286-278-282=846 (-18)T8. Nebraska - 283-277-289=849 (-15)T8. UTSA - 287-278-284=849 (-15)10. Central Arkansas - 289-283-288=860 (-4)T11. Middle Tennessee - 290-279-292=861 (-3)T11. New Mexico State - 290-285-286=861 (-3)13. Tulane - 287-297-291=875 (+11)Final Individual Results1. Ebba Liljeberg, Missouri - 66-61-70=197 (-19)T2. Bouquet Subsomboon, North Texas - 67-69-70=206 (-10)T2. Yvonne Chamness, Texas State - 68-69-69=206 (-10)T4. Daniela Abonce, UTSA - 74-65-69=208 (-8)T4. Gudrun Thorsteinsdottir, Central Arkansas - 72-68-68=208 (-8)T4. Melanie Walker, Missouri - 69-72-67=208 (-8)T4. Jennifer Roller, Tulsa - 69-72-67=208 (-8)T8. Mallorie Luitwieler, North Texas - 68-69-72=209 (-7)T8. Thienna Huynh, Louisville - 67-71-71=209 (-7)T8. Zoe Shamy, Tulsa - 69-69-71=209 (-7)T8. Jiarui Chen, Kansas State - 70-70-69=209 (-7)Nebraska IndividualsT19. Jessica Jolly - 70-69-72=211 (-5)T25. Brooke Bream - 70-70-72=212 (-4)T30. Hannah Kono - 69-71-73=213 (-3)T35. Danica Lundgren - 74-67-73=214 (-2)*T53. Kayleigh Babineaux - 76-71-72=219 (+3)T66. Ailis Tribolet - 76-75-72=223 (+7)

Jolly, Bream earn Top 25 finishes to open season

The Nebraska soccer team (5-0-2) hosts the Minnesota Golden Gophers (4-2-0) on Thursday, Sept. 11 to open its Big Ten season. The match is set to start at 7:04 p.m. (CT) at Barbara Hibner Stadium and will be televised on the Big Ten Network.&nbsp;

Fans can purchase tickets at<a href="http://huskers.com/tickets"> huskers.com/tickets</a> and are reminded that there is now a no reentry policy at Husker athletics venues. Concessions are cashless and Hibner Stadium will sell alcoholic beverages – there is a limit of two drinks per person per transaction and IDs will be checked at every transaction.&nbsp;

The Huskers took on Oregon State and Kansas State to close out non-conference play. NU claimed 2-0 victories over both the Beavers and the Wildcats. Kayma Carpenter was responsible for three of the four goals scored last week, and Reagan Raabe contributed one against Oregon State.&nbsp;

With the two wins, the Big Red remained undefeated in 2025, while also handing Kansas State its first loss of the year.

Nebraska will hit the road for Big Ten matches at No. 8 Penn State on Thursday, Sept. 18 and at No. 22 Ohio State on Sunday, Sept. 21. NU’s game against the Nittany Lions is set for 5 p.m. (CT) and will be televised on the Big Ten Network. The contest against the Buckeyes will kick off at 11 a.m. (CT) and be streamed on B1G+.&nbsp;

Story by NU Athletic CommunicationThe Nebraska soccer team (5-0-2) hosts the Minnesota Golden Gophers (4-2-0) on Thursday, Sept. 11 to open its Big Ten season. The match is set to start at 7:04 p.m. (CT) at Barbara Hibner Stadium and will be televised on the Big Ten Network.&nbsp;Fans can purchase tickets at<a href="http://huskers.com/tickets"> huskers.com/tickets</a> and are reminded that there is now a no reentry policy at Husker athletics venues. Concessions are cashless and Hibner Stadium will sell alcoholic beverages – there is a limit of two drinks per person per transaction and IDs will be checked at every transaction.&nbsp;<h2>Last Time Out</h2>The Huskers took on Oregon State and Kansas State to close out non-conference play. NU claimed 2-0 victories over both the Beavers and the Wildcats. Kayma Carpenter was responsible for three of the four goals scored last week, and Reagan Raabe contributed one against Oregon State.&nbsp;With the two wins, the Big Red remained undefeated in 2025, while also handing Kansas State its first loss of the year.<h2>Next Up</h2>Nebraska will hit the road for Big Ten matches at No. 8 Penn State on Thursday, Sept. 18 and at No. 22 Ohio State on Sunday, Sept. 21. NU’s game against the Nittany Lions is set for 5 p.m. (CT) and will be televised on the Big Ten Network. The contest against the Buckeyes will kick off at 11 a.m. (CT) and be streamed on B1G+.&nbsp;<h2>Quick Notes</h2><ul>
 <li>Eight returning Huskers have already notched new career highs in at least one category – Cece Villa (consecutive scoreless minutes), Ava Makovicka (points, goals, assists), Reagan Raabe (assists), Reese Borer (points, goals, assists), Sadie Waite (assists), Maddy Osborn (saves), Ella Rudney (points, goals) and Kayma Carpenter (points, goals, assists).&nbsp;</li><li>The Big Red is undefeated through seven games in 2025, which was its whole non-conference slate. The last time NU went undefeated in non-conference play was 2000.</li><li>Nebraska only allowed three goals across seven games in non-conference play.&nbsp;</li><li>The Huskers’ season-opening win against Southern Indiana was their largest season-opening victory since 1996.&nbsp;</li><li>NU has 11 regular-season home games scheduled for its 11th season at Hibner Stadium in 2025, which includes five non-conference matches and six Big Ten contests. Additionally, the Big Red hosted one exhibition.</li><li>The Huskers’ Big Ten Preseason Players to Watch included Reagan Raabe, Lauryn Anglim and Sadie Waite. Nebraska was tabbed No. 12 in the preseason poll.&nbsp;</li><li>NU returned 10 letterwinners from last season, along with sixth-year Raabe. She was injured in both 2023 and 2024, but was a third-team All-Big Ten honoree in 2021 and 2022. Raabe scored the Huskers’ lone goal of their exhibition matches, her first net since Sept. 11, 2022.&nbsp;</li><li>The Huskers welcomed 15 newcomers in 2025, including 13 freshmen and two transfers. Alyse Then previously competed at Daytona State and SUNY, while Jo Sees comes to the Big Red from Kansas State.&nbsp;</li><li>During the 2024 season, the Huskers averaged 1,437 fans per game at Hibner Stadium, second most in Husker history and 11th in the nation. NU added a total attendance of 12,933, which ranked 18th nationally.</li><li>Head Coach John Walker enters his 32nd season, alongside assistant coaches Savanah Anderson-Baer (third season), Ian Bridge (10th season) and Dan Ball (first season). Walker has a 376-203-64 record in his career and has coached all 31 seasons in Nebraska soccer history.</li>
 </ul>Scouting the Minnesota Golden Gophers<ul>
 <li>Minnesota is 4-2-0 in 2025. The Gophers have grabbed victories over St. Thomas, Northern Illinois, Marquette and Brown and have taken losses against No. 12 BYU and Milwaukee.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Paige Kalal, Davy Mokelke and Freya Jupp have each logged three goals for the Gophers. Kalal adds two assists for a total of eight points.</li><li>Sarah Martin has played every minute in goal for Minnesota this season. She has a 1.17 goals against average and has notched 31 saves.&nbsp;</li><li>As a team, the Gophers have taken 115 shots and only allowed 67 by their opponents. They score 2.33 goals per game and take 19.2 shots per game.</li><li>Head coach Erin Chastain is in her fifth season with Minnesota. She has a 41-27-13 record with the Gophers and is 160-140-47 in her career.</li><li>The Huskers are 10-7-2 all-time against Minnesota. The two teams last met in 2023, when NU grabbed a 2-0 victory.</li>
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Huskers kick off Big Ten competition against Minnesota

Story by UNK Athletic Communication

Keanrey, Neb. –&nbsp;The eighth-ranked Nebraska Kearney volleyball team hit .314 and got kills from 12 different players to sweep Peru State (-<a target="_blank" href="https://lopers.com/boxscore.aspx?path=wvball&amp;id=8343">17, -10, -11</a>) Tuesday night at the Health &amp; Sports Center.

This was the 2025 home opener for the Lopers (5-0). They have five more matches on Buckle Court in the next week, starting Thursday vs. Sioux Falls.

All 19 healthy Lopers took to the court against the NAIA Bobcats who are now 6-5. They put up a fight in the opening set, recording 12 of their 21 kills with Alejandra Villarreal leading the way.

“I thought Peru State came to play, and they are definitely a much-improved program. I like the roster that have; some of their younger players will be heard from soon and I think they’ll have a good year,” said Loper head coach&nbsp;Rick Squiers. “We had to play well to get control of this thing. We struggled to stop them (in the first set) and that was a little concerning on our side.”

UNK had 27 kills over the final two sets with Peru at just eight. Both teams subbed liberally and used many different lineups. Seventeen different ‘Cats played with Villarreal (six kills, seven digs) and Kalolaine (five) leading the offense.

“All of our practice drills are competitive and both sides win. We are deep at every position, and I think that’s made a little more difficult for the coaching staff to try and put this thing together and determine what our rotation is going to be,” said Squiers. “The depth has probably been as strong at it’s been in a longtime.”

Imperial junior&nbsp;Bryn McNair&nbsp;paced the Lopers as she had seven kills and hit .583 with Kansas sophomore&nbsp;Brynn Stowell&nbsp;at six kills, two blocks and hitting .315. Next, Kansas senior middle&nbsp;Abby Rose&nbsp;had five kills in six attempts (.833 pct.) and five digs. Finally, Indiana junior libero&nbsp;Ellie Spang&nbsp;had a season-best 23 digs, Missouri senior&nbsp;Aleena Peterson&nbsp;had two aces with three different setters combing for 41 assists

“All of the setters played well and that’s really had to do coming off the bench. You have to find a little rhythm, and you haven’t touched a ball for 30 or 40 minutes,” said Squiers. “They came in made good decisions and gave our hitters a chance to score.”

USF went 3-1 in a Florida tournament next week, falling to longtime Loper rival Metro State in four sets.

Story by UNK Athletic CommunicationKeanrey, Neb. –&nbsp;The eighth-ranked Nebraska Kearney volleyball team hit .314 and got kills from 12 different players to sweep Peru State (-<a target="_blank" href="https://lopers.com/boxscore.aspx?path=wvball&amp;id=8343">17, -10, -11</a>) Tuesday night at the Health &amp; Sports Center.This was the 2025 home opener for the Lopers (5-0). They have five more matches on Buckle Court in the next week, starting Thursday vs. Sioux Falls.All 19 healthy Lopers took to the court against the NAIA Bobcats who are now 6-5. They put up a fight in the opening set, recording 12 of their 21 kills with Alejandra Villarreal leading the way.“I thought Peru State came to play, and they are definitely a much-improved program. I like the roster that have; some of their younger players will be heard from soon and I think they’ll have a good year,” said Loper head coach&nbsp;Rick Squiers. “We had to play well to get control of this thing. We struggled to stop them (in the first set) and that was a little concerning on our side.”UNK had 27 kills over the final two sets with Peru at just eight. Both teams subbed liberally and used many different lineups. Seventeen different ‘Cats played with Villarreal (six kills, seven digs) and Kalolaine (five) leading the offense.“All of our practice drills are competitive and both sides win. We are deep at every position, and I think that’s made a little more difficult for the coaching staff to try and put this thing together and determine what our rotation is going to be,” said Squiers. “The depth has probably been as strong at it’s been in a longtime.”Imperial junior&nbsp;Bryn McNair&nbsp;paced the Lopers as she had seven kills and hit .583 with Kansas sophomore&nbsp;Brynn Stowell&nbsp;at six kills, two blocks and hitting .315. Next, Kansas senior middle&nbsp;Abby Rose&nbsp;had five kills in six attempts (.833 pct.) and five digs. Finally, Indiana junior libero&nbsp;Ellie Spang&nbsp;had a season-best 23 digs, Missouri senior&nbsp;Aleena Peterson&nbsp;had two aces with three different setters combing for 41 assists“All of the setters played well and that’s really had to do coming off the bench. You have to find a little rhythm, and you haven’t touched a ball for 30 or 40 minutes,” said Squiers. “They came in made good decisions and gave our hitters a chance to score.”USF went 3-1 in a Florida tournament next week, falling to longtime Loper rival Metro State in four sets.

 #8 Lopers start long homestand with sweep of Peru

Story by NPCC Athletic Communications

North Platte, Neb. – North Platte Community College delivered a dominant performance at home on Tuesday, sweeping York University JV in straight sets (25-12, 25-16, 25-17).

Makenna Stephenson led the Knights offensively with nine kills and added four digs on defense. Zoe Maher made a major impact from the service line, recording five aces, and anchored the defense with a team-high nine digs.

"Tonight was a great team win,” said head coach Alexa McCall. “We will take this momentum and use it as motivation throughout the week.”

North Platte opened strong in the first set, jumping out to a commanding 17-5 lead. The Panthers responded with a 5-0 run to slow the Knights’ momentum, but a clutch kill from Jenna Claflin halted the comeback, and the Knights cruised to a first-set victory.

The second set featured a back-and-forth battle as North Platte trailed 16-14 at the midpoint of the set. Khloee Wright answered with a powerful cross-court kill, sparking an explosive 11-0 rally that gave the Knights a two-set advantage.

North Platte once again came out strong in the third, starting with a 5-1 run. Though the Panthers rallied late, the Knights remained composed and closed out the match to complete the sweep.

North Platte (4-8) will return to tournament play at the Central Wyoming Invitational in Riverton, Wyo. on Friday. The Knights open the day with Central Wyoming at 10 a.m., before taking on the Pronghorns of Gillette College at 2 p.m.

Story by NPCC Athletic CommunicationsNorth Platte, Neb. – North Platte Community College delivered a dominant performance at home on Tuesday, sweeping York University JV in straight sets (25-12, 25-16, 25-17).Makenna Stephenson led the Knights offensively with nine kills and added four digs on defense. Zoe Maher made a major impact from the service line, recording five aces, and anchored the defense with a team-high nine digs."Tonight was a great team win,” said head coach Alexa McCall. “We will take this momentum and use it as motivation throughout the week.”North Platte opened strong in the first set, jumping out to a commanding 17-5 lead. The Panthers responded with a 5-0 run to slow the Knights’ momentum, but a clutch kill from Jenna Claflin halted the comeback, and the Knights cruised to a first-set victory.The second set featured a back-and-forth battle as North Platte trailed 16-14 at the midpoint of the set. Khloee Wright answered with a powerful cross-court kill, sparking an explosive 11-0 rally that gave the Knights a two-set advantage.North Platte once again came out strong in the third, starting with a 5-1 run. Though the Panthers rallied late, the Knights remained composed and closed out the match to complete the sweep.North Platte (4-8) will return to tournament play at the Central Wyoming Invitational in Riverton, Wyo. on Friday. The Knights open the day with Central Wyoming at 10 a.m., before taking on the Pronghorns of Gillette College at 2 p.m.

Knights sweep Panthers at home

Amherst def. Broken Bow 19-24, 24-13, 24-13, 25-22 (3-1)

Bertrand def. Medicine Valley 21-25, 25-14, 25-16, 16-25, 25-10 (3-2)

Brady def. Paxton 25-21, 25-23, 25-8 (3-0)

Cambridge def. Dundy County Stratton 25-14, 23-25, 25-21 (2-1)

Dundy County Stratton def. North Platte St. Patrick's 24-26, 25-20, 25-15 (2-1)

Garden County def. Bridgeport 25-18, 25-20 (2-0)

Garden County def. Kimball 25-18, 25-18 (2-0)

Gering def. North Platte 25-22, 22-25, 25-15, 25-21 (3-1)

Hershey def. Cozad 25-12, 25-20, 23-25, 25-16 (3-1)

Hitchcock County def. Wallace 25-18, 25-10 (2-0)

Maywood-Hayes Center def. Arapahoe 25-14, 25-16 (2-0)

Maywood-Hayes Center def. Loomis 25-18, 25-23 (2-0)

Ogallala def. McCook 25-35, 25-22, 25-15 (3-0)

Morrill def. Arthur County 25-21, 25-16 (2-0)

Perkins County def. Hitchcock County 25-18, 25-20 (2-0)

Perkins County def. Wallace 21-25, 25-18, 25-20 (2-1)

<h2>Volleyball</h2>Amherst def. Broken Bow 19-24, 24-13, 24-13, 25-22 (3-1)Bertrand def. Medicine Valley 21-25, 25-14, 25-16, 16-25, 25-10 (3-2)Brady def. Paxton 25-21, 25-23, 25-8 (3-0)Cambridge def. Dundy County Stratton 25-14, 23-25, 25-21 (2-1)Dundy County Stratton def. North Platte St. Patrick's 24-26, 25-20, 25-15 (2-1)Garden County def. Bridgeport 25-18, 25-20 (2-0)Garden County def. Kimball 25-18, 25-18 (2-0)Gering def. North Platte 25-22, 22-25, 25-15, 25-21 (3-1)Hershey def. Cozad 25-12, 25-20, 23-25, 25-16 (3-1)Hitchcock County def. Wallace 25-18, 25-10 (2-0)Maywood-Hayes Center def. Arapahoe 25-14, 25-16 (2-0)Maywood-Hayes Center def. Loomis 25-18, 25-23 (2-0)Ogallala def. McCook 25-35, 25-22, 25-15 (3-0)Morrill def. Arthur County 25-21, 25-16 (2-0)Perkins County def. Hitchcock County 25-18, 25-20 (2-0)Perkins County def. Wallace 21-25, 25-18, 25-20 (2-1)<h2>Softball</h2>Chase County 2 vs Wray/Yuma, CO 17Chase County 1 vs Wray/Yuma, CO 16Cozad 0 @ Aurora 8GICC vs HersheyHershey 2 @ Adams Central 12North Platte 0 vs Hastings St. Cecilia 8Southern Valley/Alma 19 @ Lexington 4<h2>Golf</h2>McCook DualNorth Platte - 173McCook - 207Allie Jones - 37Neeva Fisher - 48Janee Wagner - 45Presley Pettera - 45Taylor Race - 46Kaylee Lundgreen - 59

Area High School Sports Scores from 9-10

Story by NU Athletic Communications

LINCOLN, Neb. - The No. 1 Nebraska volleyball team improved to 6-0 on the season with a 25-15, 25-18, 25-12 sweep of California in front of 8,521 in John Cook Arena at the Bob Devaney Sports Center on Sunday afternoon. 

The Huskers swept the weekend at the Ameritas Players Challenge, never trailing in the sweep of Cal. Nebraska finished with a .419 hitting percentage against the Golden Bears (2-2). NU's defense was strong once again, holding Cal to a .088 hitting percentage.&nbsp;

Harper Murray had a team-high 14 kills with seven digs and three aces. Andi Jackson had a season-best 12 kills on .450 hitting with four blocks. Rebekah Allick posted six kills and four blocks, and Teraya Sigler recorded five kills and 10 digs.&nbsp;

Bergen Reilly had 20 assists, and Campbell Flynn had 18 assists finishing out the match. Laney Choboy had a match-high 11 digs.&nbsp;

Story by NU Athletic CommunicationsLINCOLN, Neb. - The No. 1 Nebraska volleyball team improved to 6-0 on the season with a 25-15, 25-18, 25-12 sweep of California in front of 8,521 in John Cook Arena at the Bob Devaney Sports Center on Sunday afternoon. The Huskers swept the weekend at the Ameritas Players Challenge, never trailing in the sweep of Cal. Nebraska finished with a .419 hitting percentage against the Golden Bears (2-2). NU's defense was strong once again, holding Cal to a .088 hitting percentage.&nbsp;Harper Murray had a team-high 14 kills with seven digs and three aces. Andi Jackson had a season-best 12 kills on .450 hitting with four blocks. Rebekah Allick posted six kills and four blocks, and Teraya Sigler recorded five kills and 10 digs.&nbsp;Bergen Reilly had 20 assists, and Campbell Flynn had 18 assists finishing out the match. Laney Choboy had a match-high 11 digs.&nbsp;Nebraska had nine blocks and six aces, while Cal had three blocks and three aces. The Huskers had a 43-27 advantage in digs and 49-26 in kills.&nbsp;Set 1:&nbsp;Choboy served the Huskers to a 5-0 start, but Cal went on a 4-0 run of their own. But the Huskers answered with back-to-back kills by Murray and an ace by Adriano. With NU ahead 8-6, the Huskers ripped off a 7-0 run keyed by three aces in a row by Murray, and a solo block and kill by Reilly. Virginia Adriano, Murray and Jackson recorded kills to keep NU in front, 21-12, and the Huskers won 25-15.&nbsp;Set 2:&nbsp;Jackson had three kills and a solo block to lift NU to a 7-3 lead. Murray tacked on two more kills, and Taylor Landfair and Adriano added one each before a solo block by Allick made it 12-6. Three kills in a row by Murray increased NU's lead to 16-8. Jackson and Allie Sczech combined for a block, and each posted a kill before a block by Allick and Flynn made it 23-13 Big Red. The Huskers won 25-18 on an Allick kill.Set 3:&nbsp;The Huskers came out of the gate with an 8-1 run and never looked back. Jackson had four kills in that stretch. Murray recorded two kills, and Jackson added another as the lead grew to 12-3. A block by Allick and Sczech put NU up double digits, 14-4, and the Huskers pulled away to win 25-12.&nbsp; &nbsp;Up Next:&nbsp;The Huskers resume non-conference action at home next weekend against Utah on Friday at 6 p.m., and against Grand Canyon on Saturday at 6 p.m.