PREVIEW
• Nebraska volleyball will make its Sanford Pentagon debut with a spring exhibition match towards Iowa State on Saturday, April 11 at 1 p.m.
• Big Ten Network will televise the match. Larry Punteney and John Cook can be on the decision.
• Huskers Radio Network will broadcast all of the motion on their volleyball affiliate stations, on Huskers.com and on the Huskers App. John Baylor and Lauren Cook West can be on the decision.
• The Sanford Pentagon hosted two NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball AVCA First Serve matches in 2025, Kansas-Penn State and Minnesota-Texas A&M.
• The Pentagon additionally hosted 9 Division I basketball video games in 2025. The Nebraska males defeated Oklahoma at the Pentagon on Nov. 15, 2025, whereas the Husker ladies have been victorious over North Dakota State the next afternoon. The Big Red women and men additionally performed again-to-again dates at the Pentagon in 2024.
ROTATION RUNDOWN
• Saturday’s match will function a homecoming for Sioux Falls native and O’Gorman graduate Bergen Reilly.
• Reilly was named AVCA Setter of the Year, Big Ten Player of the Year, Big Ten Setter of the Year, All-Big Ten First Team and AVCA West Region Player of the Year in 2025.
• Reilly was the primary setter to win Big Ten Player of the Year since Minnesota’s Samantha Seliger-Swenson in 2018.
• Reilly additionally turned the second participant in Big Ten historical past to be named Big Ten Setter of the Year 3 times (Sydney Hilley, Wisconsin).
• Reilly’s 3,723 profession assists rank third in class historical past within the rally-scoring period.
• Outside hitter Harper Murray earned AVCA All-America and All-Big Ten First Team honors for the third straight 12 months in 2025.
• Murray was additionally an AVCA Player of the Year Semifinalist and AVCA All-Region for the third straight 12 months after main the Huskers with a profession-finest 3.54 kills per set on a profession-excessive .295 hitting share.
• Senior center blocker Andi Jackson was chosen to the AVCA All-America First Team for the second straight 12 months, in addition to the All-Big Ten First Team, and he or she was named the AVCA Middle Blocker of the Year.
• Jackson was additionally an AVCA Player of the Year Semifinalist and AVCA All-Region for the third straight 12 months. She averaged 2.74 kills per set on .467 hitting with 1.12 blocks per set and 16 aces.
• Jackson’s .467 hitting share led the nation and was the No. 3 hitting share in class historical past for a single season. In convention-solely matches, hit .559 to interrupt the Big Ten report for hitting share in convention-solely matches in a season.
• Jackson ended her junior season with a profession hitting share of .437, which is the No. 1 mark in class historical past and the No. 1 mark amongst lively Division I gamers.
• Senior libero Laney Choboy averaged a staff-excessive 2.71 digs per set in 2025 and was chosen to the AVCA All-Region Team and All-Big Ten Second Team.
• Junior libero Olivia Mauch averaged 2.56 digs per set final season.
• Sophomore outdoors hitter Teraya Sigler performed primarily within the again row in her first season as a Husker however completed with 0.69 kills per set and 1.50 digs per set with 17 aces.
• Sophomore reverse hitter Virginia Adriano was a Big Ten All-Freshman Team choice final season, averaging 2.16 kills per set on .287 hitting with 0.67 blocks per set.
• Sophomore center blocker Manaia Ogbechie noticed restricted motion in her freshman season however was spectacular when she performed, averaging 2.30 kills per set on .529 hitting with 1.11 blocks per set.
• Sophomore outdoors hitter Skyler Pierce put down 1.33 kills per set in her first season of motion with the Big Red in 2025.
• Middle blocker Kenna Cogill, reverse hitter Ryan Hunter and libero Keri Leimbach all redshirted in 2025.
• Three freshmen joined the Huskers at semester: outdoors hitters Gabby DiVita and Jayden Robinson, and center blocker Keoni Williams.
SCOUTING IOWA STATE
• Iowa State, underneath head coach Christy Johnson-Lynch – who performed at Nebraska from 1991-95 – completed the 2025 season 23-8 (12-6 Big 12) and reached the second spherical of the NCAA Tournament.
• Cyclones junior libero Rachel Van Gorp was named the AVCA Libero of the Year, Big 12 Libero of the Year and a second-staff AVCA All-American in 2025.
• Alea Goolsby returns as ISU’s prime hitter. The sophomore averaged 3.22 kills per set and was a unanimous All-Big 12 Rookie Team choice.
SERIES HISTORY
• Nebraska is 83-2 all-time towards Iowa State. The final time the groups met was Sept. 9, 2018, a 3-0 Husker sweep at the Bob Devaney Sports Center in Lincoln. Nebraska and Iowa State have a historical past taking part in one another within the spring as they met three straight years from 2012-14. The 2014 spring match at Iowa State’s Hilton Coliseum is the final time the Huskers performed a spring match outdoors the state of Nebraska.
Huskers TO VISIT Creighton at D.J. Sokol Arena ON APRIL 17
• Nebraska will play Creighton in a spring match on Friday, April 17 at 7 p.m. at D.J. Sokol Arena in Omaha.
• The match can be televised statewide on Nebraska Public Media, and Huskers Radio Network may have audio protection.
• Both groups reached the NCAA Regional Finals final season and completed within the prime 10 of the AVCA Poll. Nebraska and Creighton have performed a 5-set match in three of the final 4 seasons, together with final September’s 3-2 Husker victory at CHI Health Center Omaha that attracted 17,675 followers. That crowd stays the most important common-season volleyball-solely indoor crowd in NCAA historical past.
HuskerS WILL HEAD TO CHADRON FOR APRIL 25 MATCH AGAINST NORTHERN COLORADO
• Nebraska will play its third and ultimate spring match in Chadron on Saturday, April 25. The Huskers will tackle Northern Colorado at the Chicoine Center. First serve is ready for Noon (MT)/1 p.m. (CT). Doors will open at 10:30 a.m. (MT).
• That match can be televised statewide on Nebraska Public Media and streamed on-line on B1G+. In addition to tv and streaming protection, the match will air on choose Huskers Radio Network associates and the official Huskers App.
• The journey to Chadron continues Nebraska’s custom of touring the state for spring volleyball matches. Since 2007, Nebraska has performed spring matches in North Platte, Scottsbluff, Grand Island, Norfolk, Wayne, Ogallala, Kearney, McCook, Central City and Ord.
HUSKERS TO PLAY MISSOURI AT WRIGLEY FIELD
• Nebraska will play a match at Wrigley Field, house of the Chicago Cubs, on Sunday, Sept. 6 as half of the Big Ten/SEC Volleyball Challenge Week.
• Nebraska will tackle Missouri, whereas Penn State will battle Kentucky, bringing some of the nation’s premier volleyball packages to 1 of essentially the most recognizable venues in sports activities. The matches will mark the primary time volleyball has been performed at Wrigley Field, creating a singular expertise for groups and followers alike and including a brand new chapter to 1 of essentially the most recognizable venues in sports activities.
• Both out of doors matches can be broadcast reside on FOX, with the primary match scheduled for six p.m. CT, adopted by an 8 p.m. CT begin time for the second match.
• Leading as much as the Wrigley Field out of doors match on Sept. 6, the Huskers will even play a match at DePaul on Friday, Sept. 4 at Wintrust Arena in Chicago.
2025 SEASON RECAP
• Nebraska is coming off a 33-1 season, reaching the NCAA Regional Finals earlier than falling to eventual nationwide champion Texas A&M in a 3-2 thriller in Lincoln.
• The Huskers return three AVCA All-Americans in seniors Andi Jackson, Harper Murray and Bergen Reilly.
• Nebraska completed the 2025 common season unbeaten for the third time in class historical past (1994 and 2000), dropping solely seven units general and one in Big Ten play.
• Nebraska’s 33 straight wins was the second-longest win streak in class historical past within the NCAA period. The Huskers have gained 33 matches in three straight seasons.
• The Huskers’ 99 wins from 2023-25 are essentially the most in a 3-12 months stretch in program historical past within the NCAA period.
• The Huskers gained their third straight Big Ten title in 2025 with an ideal 20-0 report in convention play. It was the Huskers’ first unbeaten convention season since 2004 within the Big 12.
• Nebraska has gained 37 convention titles all-time, together with six within the Big Ten (2011, 2016, 2017, 2023, 2024, 2025).
• Dani Busboom Kelly turned the primary volleyball coach in Big Ten historical past to win the convention title of their first 12 months as head coach at the college. John Cook gained a Big Ten title at Nebraska in his first 12 months within the convention in 2011, however it was his twelfth season as head coach at Nebraska at the time.
• Nebraska hit over .400 9 occasions final season, a faculty report within the rally-scoring period.
• Nebraska was 96-0 final season in units when reaching the crimson zone (20 factors) first.
• Nebraska’s offense (.351) and protection (.129) each ranked first nationally final season. The Huskers’ hitting share broke the earlier college report of .331 in 1986.
• NU has led the nation in opponent hitting share 3 times within the final 4 seasons (2022, 2023 and 2025).
• Over the final 5 seasons (2021-25), Dani Busboom Kelly has a 153-16 report for a .905 profitable share, which is the perfect by any Division I head coach in that span.
• Nebraska swept 15 matches in a row and gained 48 units in a row from late September by mid-November in 2025. Both have been the longest such streaks because the 2007 staff swept 17 matches in a row and gained 53 units in a row.
REILLY, BUSBOOM KELLY HEADLINE REGION HONORS
• Nebraska junior setter Bergen Reilly was named AVCA West Region Player of the Year, and Head Coach Dani Busboom Kelly earned AVCA West Region Coach of the Year to spotlight the AVCA All-Region awards.
• Reilly was one of 5 Huskers on the AVCA West All-Region Team. Joining her have been Rebekah Allick, Laney Choboy, Andi Jackson and Harper Murray.
• Virginia Adriano and Taylor Landfair each acquired honorable point out.
• Reilly is the fourth Husker general and third in a row to be named AVCA Region Player of the Year, becoming a member of Kelly Hunter (2017), Merritt Beason (2023) and Lexi Rodriguez (2024).
• Busboom Kelly earned her fifth profession AVCA Region Coach of the Year accolade (2017, 2020, 2021, 2022 at Louisville). In her first 12 months as head coach at Nebraska, Busboom Kelly made historical past with a 30-0 common-season report and 20-0 mark in Big Ten play. She was voted Big Ten Coach of the Year after turning into the primary coach to win a Big Ten volleyball convention title within the first 12 months as head coach at the college.
• Jackson, Murray and Reilly have been named to the AVCA All-Region Team every of the previous three years. Allick earned her third profession choice, whereas Choboy was named to the staff for the primary time.
HUSKERS HAUL IN BIG TEN POSTSEASON HONORS
• After finishing the Big Ten’s first 20-0 marketing campaign since 2009, the Nebraska volleyball program was effectively represented within the Big Ten Volleyball Postseason Honors.
• Junior setter Bergen Reilly was named the Big Ten Player of the Year and Big Ten Setter of the Year. Head Coach Dani Busboom Kelly was voted Big Ten Coach of the Year by each the coaches and media.
• Reilly was joined on the All-Big Ten First Team by Rebekah Allick, Andi Jackson and Harper Murray. Jackson, Murray and Reilly have been three of 9 unanimous choices.
• Laney Choboy and Taylor Landfair have been chosen to the All-Big Ten Second Team. Virginia Adriano was named to the All-Freshman Team, and Maisie Boesiger earned a Big Ten Sportsmanship Award.
• Reilly turned the primary setter to win Big Ten Player of the Year since Samantha Seliger-Swenson in 2018. She is Nebraska’s second-ever Big Ten Player of the Year (Kelsey Robinson, 2013) and the primary Husker setter to earn convention participant of the 12 months since Greichaly Cepero in 2002. Reilly additionally turned the second participant in Big Ten historical past to be named Big Ten Setter of the Year 3 times (Sydney Hilley, Wisconsin).
• In her first 12 months as head coach at Nebraska, Busboom Kelly made historical past with a 30-0 common-season report and 20-0 mark in Big Ten play. She was voted Big Ten Coach of the Year after turning into the primary coach to win a Big Ten volleyball convention title within the first 12 months as head coach at the college. Busboom Kelly has gained 4 convention coach of the 12 months honors within the final six years, as she was a 3-time ACC Coach of the Year at Louisville (2020, 2021, 2022). Busboom Kelly has had two undefeated common seasons in her 9-12 months teaching profession (2021 at Louisville).
• Reilly and Murray are three-time All-Big Ten First Team choices. Jackson earned her third profession All-Big Ten honor and second choice to the primary staff. Allick earned her third profession All-Big Ten honor, however her first choice to the primary staff.
• Landfair is a 4-time All-Big Ten honoree, whereas Choboy was named All-Big Ten for the primary time in her profession.
HOME SWEET HOME
• Nebraska gained 63 house matches in a row from Dec. 1, 2022 to Dec. 14, 2025. It is tied for the fifth-longest streak in NCAA historical past.
• The Huskers’ latest house court docket win streak was its longest since transferring into the Devaney Center in 2013, and it’s the tied for the second-longest house court docket win streak in program historical past.
• Nebraska’s longest all-time house win streak was 90 matches from 2004-09. Nebraska additionally gained 63 straight at house from 1999-2002.
• Penn State holds the all-time report of 94 from 2006-10.
• The Huskers went 22-0 at house in 2024, a faculty report for house wins in a season.
BIG RED WINS BIG TEN DISCOVER CHALLENGE
• The Nebraska volleyball staff gained the primary-ever Big Ten Discover Challenge trophy in October 2025.
• Five chosen matches for every Big Ten staff performed on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays in October counted towards the problem standings.
• Nebraska and Purdue each went 5-0, however the Huskers gained the tiebreaker with an ideal 15-0 report in units.
BUSBOOM KELLY DEBUTS AS NEW HEAD COACH
• Nebraska native Dani Busboom Kelly was named the fourth head coach in program historical past on Jan. 29, 2025 by Nebraska Director of Athletics Troy Dannen. Busboom Kelly succeeds her former coach and mentor, John Cook, who introduced his retirement following the 2024 season after 25 seasons as Nebraska’s head volleyball coach.
• A Husker nationwide champion participant and assistant coach, Busboom Kelly spent eight years (2017-24) constructing Louisville right into a nationwide energy. The Cardinals reached two NCAA Championship matches, three NCAA Semifinals, 5 regional finals and gained 4 ACC titles.
• Busboom Kelly compiled a 203-44 (.822) report in her eight seasons at Louisville, together with a 120-15 (.889) mark from 2021-24, which was the second-finest profitable share within the nation throughout that span. In 2024, the Cardinals reached the NCAA Championship match for the second time in three seasons.
• Busboom Kelly was the beginning libero on Nebraska’s 2006 nationwide championship staff, and he or she was an assistant coach when the Huskers gained the 2015 nationwide championship in Omaha. She took the helm at Louisville late in 2016 after being named AVCA National Assistant Coach of the Year in her ultimate season as a Husker assistant, and he or she guided the Cardinals to heights this system had by no means skilled.
HUSKERS ENTER THE PRO RANKS
• Nebraska volleyball seniors Taylor Landfair and Allie Sczech have been chosen within the 2025 Major League Volleyball Draft on Nov. 24.
• Landfair was the No. 28 general choose by the Indy Ignite. One choose later at No. 29, Sczech was chosen by the Omaha Supernovas.
• Rebekah Allick signed with LOVB Madison after her collegiate profession ended.
