The NCAA volleyball tournament opens tonight, and for the ninth straight season the Huskers are hosting first and second round action at the NU Coliseum. The Huskers, who finished the regular season with a 23-6 record and in a second place tie in the Big Ten Conference, are the fourth overall seed in the tournament. Tonight they take on Maryland-Eastern Shore, the champions of the Mid-Eastern Atlantic Conference. Nebraska’s match will be the nightcap in a first-round doubleheader at the Coliseum tonight. In the first match, Kansas State, the team that upset the Huskers in the second round last season, will take on Northern Iowa at 4:30. The Huskers match will follow at 7 PM. The winners tonight will face each other on Friday night for the right to advance to the Omaha Regional.