LEXINGTON, Ky. – The Nebraska volleyball team will officially make the journey to Omaha for the NCAA Semifinals.

The fourth-seeded Huskers qualified for their first NCAA Semifinals since 2008 by beating fifth-seeded and top-ranked Washington, 3-1 (25-17, 21-25, 25-20, 25-21), on Saturday at Kentucky’s Memorial Coliseum. Continue reading “Headed to Omaha! Huskers Beat Washington to Reach NCAA Semifinals”

Berkeley, Calif. – Natalie Romeo scored 24 points and hit six three-pointers, while Rachel Theriot added her second double-double of the season with 17 points and 15 assists, but Nebraska fell 87-80 in overtime at No. 22 California on Saturday.

The Huskers, who slipped to 7-2 overall with their only other setback coming on the road at No. 1 UConn, trailed by as many as 10 points late in the first half before rallying to take leads of 72-70 and 74-72 in the final two minutes and heading to overtime tied at 74. Continue reading “Huskers Fall in OT at No. 22 Cal”

Piscataway, N.J. – No. 4 Nebraska (7-1, 1-1 Big Ten) suffered its first loss of the season to No. 11 Rutgers, 17-16, at Rutgers Athletic Center on Saturday afternoon.

After all 10 matches, the teams were tied 16-16, but the Scarlet Knights won on total match points criteria, 51-48. NU’s loss snapped a streak of 17 straight wins, which dated back to last season. Rutgers improves to 10-2 on the season. Continue reading “Huskers Fall by Criteria to Rutgers, 17-16”

LEXINGTON, Ky. – The fourth-seeded Nebraska volleyball team moved within one win of Omaha by sweeping 13th-seeded BYU, 26-24, 25-17, 25-23, on Friday at Memorial Coliseum.

The Huskers improved to 29-4 with the win and advanced to a regional final for the fourth straight year. Nebraska will face fifth-seeded Washington on Saturday at 3 p.m. (CT) in the NCAA regional final, with the winner advancing to the NCAA semifinals in Omaha next week. Continue reading “Huskers Sweep BYU to Reach Regional Final”

College Park, Md. – No. 4 Nebraska (7-0, 1-0 Big Ten) opened its conference slate with a 30-9 win over Maryland at the XFINITY Center on Friday night.

Trailing the Terrapins, 6-5, after three matches, NU won six bouts in a row, including four by bonus points. No. 4 Austin Wilson began the Husker rally with a 6-1 decision over Derrick Evanovich at 165 pounds. Wilson, a senior from Hastings, Neb., improves to 7-0 this season. Continue reading “Huskers Topple Terps in Big Ten Opener, 30-9”

Lincoln – The Nebraska football team returned for its first practice in preparation for its Dec. 26 Foster Farms Bowl game against UCLA, practicing for two hours in the Hawks Championship Center on Friday in helmets and shoulder pads. Friday’s workout marked the first of seven practices between now and next Saturday. The team will depart for the Bay Area on Dec. 21.   Continue reading “Huskers Hold First Bowl Practice”

Lincoln – Nebraska’s Rachel Theriot and Jessica Shepard are two of 50 candidates named to the 2016 Naismith Trophy Women’s College Player of the Year Early Season Watch List announced today by the Atlanta Tipoff Club.

Theriot, a 6-0 senior point guard from Middleburg Heights, Ohio, earned a spot on the Naismith Watch List for the second straight season, while Shepard, a 6-4 forward from Fremont, Neb., is the only freshman to earn a spot on the prestigious list. She is also the first freshman in Nebraska women’s basketball history to earn mention on a national player-of-the-year watch list. Continue reading “Theriot, Shepard Named to Naismith Trophy List”

Omaha – Despite a game-high 28 points from Andrew White, the Nebraska basketball team fell at Creighton, 83-67, Wednesday at CenturyLink Center Omaha.

Nebraska (6-4) whittled a 14-point first half deficit to 36-32 after an Andrew White III basket in the opening minute of the second half, but the Bluejays went on a 16-2 run as Geoffrey Groselle scored six of his 15 points in the spurt. Continue reading “Huskers Fall to Creighton”

Lincoln – Jessica Shepard, Kyndal Clark, Rachel Blackburn and Allie Havers all produced big games to power Nebraska to an 85-40 women’s basketball win over Evansville at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Tuesday night.

Nebraska improved to 7-1 with the victory, while Evansville slipped to 1-7 on the season.

Shepard, a three-time Big Ten Freshman of the Week, set the tone inside for the Huskers with 18 points, seven rebounds, three assists and one blocked shot in just 15 minutes of action on the night. Continue reading “Big Red Overpower Purple Aces”

LINCOLN – Five members of the Nebraska volleyball team earned AVCA All-North Region honors on Tuesday, matching the most all-region selections by the Husker volleyball team in school history.

Kadie Rolfzen earned her third career honor, while four Huskers – Mikaela Foecke, Kelly Hunter, Amber Rolfzen and Justine Wong-Orantes – earned their first career all-region honors. The last time the Huskers had five players on the all-region first team was 2007. The only other time was 2001. Nebraska tied Florida and Texas for the most all-region first-team selections this season. Continue reading “Five Huskers Named to AVCA All-Region Team”