LINCOLN, Neb. -&nbsp;The No. 1 Nebraska volleyball team advanced to the NCAA Semifinals with a hard-fought 3-1 victory over third-seeded Arkansas Saturday evening in front of 8,713 fans at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.

Nebraska erased a late five-point deficit to rally and win set one, 26-24. The Huskers then cruised to a 25-14 victory in set two but Arkansas (28-6) battled over the next two sets. The Razorbacks won set three, 25-21, handing the Huskers their first set loss of the NCAA Tournament. Arkansas then led 19-17 in set four before NU rallied for a 25-23 victory.

Nebraska (32-1) will head to the NCAA Semifinals for the 17th time in program history and the sixth time in the last nine years. The Huskers will face No. 4 Pittsburgh on Thursday at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla. The match is set for 6:00 pm CST, followed by Wisconsin vs. Texas.

The Huskers, who finished 21-0 at home this season, hit just .194 in the match, but Nebraska held Arkansas to a .100 attack percentage. The Huskers had the advantage in kills (57-47), blocks (17-9) and digs (78-62), but the Razorbacks served up eight aces while Nebraska's lone ace came on the first point of the match.

Merritt Beason, the NCAA Lincoln Regional Most Outstanding Player, finished with a match-high 19 kills. She recorded a double-double by adding 11 digs and nearly posted a triple-double after finishing with eight blocks, tying her career high. Harper Murray had 15 kills and 12 digs for the Big Red. Bergen Reilly also had a double-double with 40 assists and 16 digs.

Defensively, Bekka Allick had a career-high 12 blocks. Her 12 stuffs were the most ever by a Husker in an NCAA Tournament match during the rally-scoring era and were just one shy of the program record for any postseason match. Lexi Rodriguez had a match-high 20 digs to lead the Nebraska floor defense, as five Huskers finished with double-digit digs.

Reilly and Rodriguez joined Beason on the Lincoln Regional All-Tournament team.

Three Razorbacks finished with double-digit kills, led by 14 from Jillian Gillen.

Set 1:&nbsp;Arkansas went up 6-3 after three straight kills. The Razorbacks led 12-6 after a kill and ace by Gillen on back-to-back rallies. Murray and Beason posted back-to-back kills, and Beason and Allick combined for a block as the Huskers pulled within 12-10 after a 4-0 run. Arkansas answered with three points in a row and held a 16-11 lead before a kill by Batenhorst and Arkansas hitting error made it 16-13. However, the Razorbacks restored their five-point lead at 18-13. Back-to-back kills by Jackson brought NU back within three, 19-16, but once again Arkansas had an answer with a kill and block by Gillen to go up 21-16. Murray posted a sideout kill, which brought Kennedi Orr in to serve. From there, Murray terminated again and then added a block with Allick. A hitting error by Arkansas cut its lead to one, 21-20, after the Huskers' 4-0 run. The Razorbacks led 23-21 when a service error and block by Allick and Beason tied the score at 23-23. Beason terminated a kill for the Huskers' first lead since 2-1 and set point, 24-23. An Arkansas kill tied it 24-24, but Beason once again put down a kill to earn a second chance at set point. This time, a block by Beason and Jackson won the set, 26-24.&nbsp;

Set 2:&nbsp;Allick had a block and kill, and Beason, Batenhorst and Jackson combined for six kills as the Huskers went ahead 9-2. Back-to-back kills by Jackson and Reilly kept the lead at seven, 11-4. Arkansas cut it to 15-10, but a kill by Beason and block by Beason and Jackson made it 17-10 Huskers. Arkansas got within five again, 17-12, but Beason recorded a kill and Jackson terminated on the slide to make it 19-12 Huskers. Jackson and Murray had kills for a 23-13 lead, and a kill by Beason and block by Allick and Reilly closed the set out, 25-14.&nbsp;

Set 3:&nbsp;Arkansas held an 8-7 lead when kills by Allick and Beason put the Huskers on top, 10-8. Back-to-back aces by Gillen put Arkansas back in front, 13-12, but Batenhorst and Murray terminated two straight kills for a 15-14 NU lead at the media timeout. But the Razorbacks responded with a 4-0 run out of the break to claim an 18-15 advantage, and the Huskers used a timeout. A solo block by Murray ended the run, and a kill by Murray and block by Beason and Allick cut it to 19-18. But after a timeout, the Razorbacks got a kill and a block to go up 21-18, and the Huskers called timeout. Beason then tallied her 14th kill, and a back-row kill by Murray got NU within 21-20. The Razorbacks answered with a 4-1 run to win the set, 25-21.&nbsp;

Set 4:&nbsp;Nebraska led 9-8 when a kill by Murray brought Orr in to serve again, and she delivered a 4-0 Husker run that put the Big Red up 13-8. Reilly and Allick had a block in that run, and Reilly dumped a kill. A kill by Murray put the Huskers ahead 14-10, but two straight hitting errors and a net violation allowed the Razorbacks within 14-13. Arkansas tied the score at 16-16, but Beason hit off the block and out to put NU back on top. But a service error and hitting error put Arkansas in front, 18-17, and an ace made it 19-17 Arkansas. Batenhorst terminated after a timeout, and a kill by Beason tied the score at 19-19. Arkansas regained a 20-19 lead but the committed a service error and attacking error to give the Huskers a 21-20 lead. Gillen answered with a kill, but the Huskers won the next three points on a pair of blocks and a third Arkansas attack error. The Razorbacks then fought off two match points before a service error sent Nebraska into the NCAA Semifinals.

LINCOLN, Neb. -&nbsp;The No. 1 Nebraska volleyball team advanced to the NCAA Semifinals with a hard-fought 3-1 victory over third-seeded Arkansas Saturday evening in front of 8,713 fans at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.<figure>
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 </figure>Nebraska erased a late five-point deficit to rally and win set one, 26-24. The Huskers then cruised to a 25-14 victory in set two but Arkansas (28-6) battled over the next two sets. The Razorbacks won set three, 25-21, handing the Huskers their first set loss of the NCAA Tournament. Arkansas then led 19-17 in set four before NU rallied for a 25-23 victory.Nebraska (32-1) will head to the NCAA Semifinals for the 17th time in program history and the sixth time in the last nine years. The Huskers will face No. 4 Pittsburgh on Thursday at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla. The match is set for 6:00 pm CST, followed by Wisconsin vs. Texas.The Huskers, who finished 21-0 at home this season, hit just .194 in the match, but Nebraska held Arkansas to a .100 attack percentage. The Huskers had the advantage in kills (57-47), blocks (17-9) and digs (78-62), but the Razorbacks served up eight aces while Nebraska's lone ace came on the first point of the match.Merritt Beason, the NCAA Lincoln Regional Most Outstanding Player, finished with a match-high 19 kills. She recorded a double-double by adding 11 digs and nearly posted a triple-double after finishing with eight blocks, tying her career high. Harper Murray had 15 kills and 12 digs for the Big Red. Bergen Reilly also had a double-double with 40 assists and 16 digs.Defensively, Bekka Allick had a career-high 12 blocks. Her 12 stuffs were the most ever by a Husker in an NCAA Tournament match during the rally-scoring era and were just one shy of the program record for any postseason match. Lexi Rodriguez had a match-high 20 digs to lead the Nebraska floor defense, as five Huskers finished with double-digit digs.Reilly and Rodriguez joined Beason on the Lincoln Regional All-Tournament team.Three Razorbacks finished with double-digit kills, led by 14 from Jillian Gillen.Set 1:&nbsp;Arkansas went up 6-3 after three straight kills. The Razorbacks led 12-6 after a kill and ace by Gillen on back-to-back rallies. Murray and Beason posted back-to-back kills, and Beason and Allick combined for a block as the Huskers pulled within 12-10 after a 4-0 run. Arkansas answered with three points in a row and held a 16-11 lead before a kill by Batenhorst and Arkansas hitting error made it 16-13. However, the Razorbacks restored their five-point lead at 18-13. Back-to-back kills by Jackson brought NU back within three, 19-16, but once again Arkansas had an answer with a kill and block by Gillen to go up 21-16. Murray posted a sideout kill, which brought Kennedi Orr in to serve. From there, Murray terminated again and then added a block with Allick. A hitting error by Arkansas cut its lead to one, 21-20, after the Huskers' 4-0 run. The Razorbacks led 23-21 when a service error and block by Allick and Beason tied the score at 23-23. Beason terminated a kill for the Huskers' first lead since 2-1 and set point, 24-23. An Arkansas kill tied it 24-24, but Beason once again put down a kill to earn a second chance at set point. This time, a block by Beason and Jackson won the set, 26-24.&nbsp;Set 2:&nbsp;Allick had a block and kill, and Beason, Batenhorst and Jackson combined for six kills as the Huskers went ahead 9-2. Back-to-back kills by Jackson and Reilly kept the lead at seven, 11-4. Arkansas cut it to 15-10, but a kill by Beason and block by Beason and Jackson made it 17-10 Huskers. Arkansas got within five again, 17-12, but Beason recorded a kill and Jackson terminated on the slide to make it 19-12 Huskers. Jackson and Murray had kills for a 23-13 lead, and a kill by Beason and block by Allick and Reilly closed the set out, 25-14.&nbsp;Set 3:&nbsp;Arkansas held an 8-7 lead when kills by Allick and Beason put the Huskers on top, 10-8. Back-to-back aces by Gillen put Arkansas back in front, 13-12, but Batenhorst and Murray terminated two straight kills for a 15-14 NU lead at the media timeout. But the Razorbacks responded with a 4-0 run out of the break to claim an 18-15 advantage, and the Huskers used a timeout. A solo block by Murray ended the run, and a kill by Murray and block by Beason and Allick cut it to 19-18. But after a timeout, the Razorbacks got a kill and a block to go up 21-18, and the Huskers called timeout. Beason then tallied her 14th kill, and a back-row kill by Murray got NU within 21-20. The Razorbacks answered with a 4-1 run to win the set, 25-21.&nbsp;Set 4:&nbsp;Nebraska led 9-8 when a kill by Murray brought Orr in to serve again, and she delivered a 4-0 Husker run that put the Big Red up 13-8. Reilly and Allick had a block in that run, and Reilly dumped a kill. A kill by Murray put the Huskers ahead 14-10, but two straight hitting errors and a net violation allowed the Razorbacks within 14-13. Arkansas tied the score at 16-16, but Beason hit off the block and out to put NU back on top. But a service error and hitting error put Arkansas in front, 18-17, and an ace made it 19-17 Arkansas. Batenhorst terminated after a timeout, and a kill by Beason tied the score at 19-19. Arkansas regained a 20-19 lead but the committed a service error and attacking error to give the Huskers a 21-20 lead. Gillen answered with a kill, but the Huskers won the next three points on a pair of blocks and a third Arkansas attack error. The Razorbacks then fought off two match points before a service error sent Nebraska into the NCAA Semifinals.

Husker Volleyball Punches Ticket to Tampa

Sterling, Colo. – Landon Broer had a career high 16 points, but North Platte was unable to overcome a Western Wyoming rally in the opening minutes of the second half in a 71-67 loss Friday afternoon.

Broer connected on 4-of-6 shots from downtown to lead four Knights players in double figures. North Platte finished the game shooting 46.6 percent (26-61) from the floor, including 6-of-17 from beyond the arc.

The Mustangs leapt out to an 18-10 advantage in the opening 11:28 of the first half. Broer found a crease in the defense and was able to finish at the basket to ignite the Knights offense. The layup triggered a 12-5 run, which cut the margin to one inside the final five minutes. North Platte settled in down the stretch as they built a three-point advantage by the halftime break.

The margin grew to 36-29 in the opening minute of the second half, but a 15-2 run over the next 5:16 helped the Mustangs recapture the momentum. Western Wyoming pushed their lead into double digits where it would remain until Michael Cooper connected from long range with 5:44 to play.

The Mustangs offense hit a cold spell, as the Knights trimmed the deficit down to 66-64 as the clock moved inside 2:35 remaining. A short 5-3 spurt in the final minutes ended the Knights chances of completing the come from behind victory.

North Platte (4-6) will conclude the Region IX Crossover on Saturday against Eastern Wyoming College. Tip is set for 6:30 p.m. inside the Bank of Colorado Event Center in Sterling.

Daniel Stinman NPCCSterling, Colo. – Landon Broer had a career high 16 points, but North Platte was unable to overcome a Western Wyoming rally in the opening minutes of the second half in a 71-67 loss Friday afternoon.Broer connected on 4-of-6 shots from downtown to lead four Knights players in double figures. North Platte finished the game shooting 46.6 percent (26-61) from the floor, including 6-of-17 from beyond the arc.The Mustangs leapt out to an 18-10 advantage in the opening 11:28 of the first half. Broer found a crease in the defense and was able to finish at the basket to ignite the Knights offense. The layup triggered a 12-5 run, which cut the margin to one inside the final five minutes. North Platte settled in down the stretch as they built a three-point advantage by the halftime break.The margin grew to 36-29 in the opening minute of the second half, but a 15-2 run over the next 5:16 helped the Mustangs recapture the momentum. Western Wyoming pushed their lead into double digits where it would remain until Michael Cooper connected from long range with 5:44 to play.The Mustangs offense hit a cold spell, as the Knights trimmed the deficit down to 66-64 as the clock moved inside 2:35 remaining. A short 5-3 spurt in the final minutes ended the Knights chances of completing the come from behind victory.North Platte (4-6) will conclude the Region IX Crossover on Saturday against Eastern Wyoming College. Tip is set for 6:30 p.m. inside the Bank of Colorado Event Center in Sterling.

Knights open Region IX Crossover with loss to Mustangs

Kearney, Neb. –&nbsp;Redshirt freshman reserve post&nbsp;Bailee Sobczak&nbsp;scored a season-high 18 points and redshirt sophomore point guard&nbsp;Jillian Aschoff&nbsp;got close to a triple double to help Nebraska Kearney rolled past Missouri Western State,&nbsp;<a href="https://unk_ftp.sidearmsports.com/custompages/wbball/Stats/2023-2024%20Season/24wbnk09.htm" target="_blank">76-54</a>, Thursday night at the Health &amp; Sports Center.

The Lopers (8-1, 2-1) wax the Griffons (5-3, 1-2) at home for the second straight year and push its win streak at Buckle Court to 24 in a row. Northwest Missouri (7-1, 2-1) is the next test this Saturday at 2 p.m.

Mo West just dropped out of the WBCA Top 25 poll and hung around thanks to five first half threes. However, they struggled from inside the arc for much of the night and got blitzed 28-15 in the third quarter. Thus, UNK turned a 28-24 halftime score into an insurmountable 56-39 lead.

“In the Northeastern State game (74-71 loss last Saturday), I thought our toughness was just okay. I really challenged them this week to be tougher and that you’re going to have to be ready to go,” said UNK head coach&nbsp;Drew Johnson.&nbsp;“We really paid attention to the defensive scouting report, and it paid off for us.”

Beating the Griffs 91-55 last year in the H &amp;S Center, the Lopers made 57% (16 of 28) of its shots after the break including a sizzling 7 of 10 effort from downtown. Senior guard&nbsp;Trinity Law&nbsp;(Brandon, S.D.) hit all four of her triples after the break with Sobczak (Rapid, S.D.) one of four others to make one. Defensively, UNK limited MWSU to 8 of 31 three-point shooting as well as being plus 10 on the boards.

“We made the first run in the second half. We missed a couple of layups in the first quarter, and it could’ve been a seven- or nine-point lead for us,” said Johnson.

Sobczak reached her game-high point total in just 17 minutes as she was 5 of 10 from the field and 7 of 9 at line. She also had eight rebounds (five offensive) with Aschoff (Lincoln Pius) having a game-high 12, all on the defensive end. She also had a season-high 16 points, eight assists and two steals. In the season-opener vs. Minnesota-Crookston, Aschoff had stat line of 15-11-7.&nbsp;

“She plays incredibly hard and I think she’s going to get that triple double at some point this season,” said Johnson.

Also for UNK, Law finished with 14 points, post&nbsp;Shiloh McCool&nbsp;(Pleasant Hill, Ia.) had nine points, five rebounds and four dimes and freshman wing&nbsp;Brinly Christensen&nbsp;(Lincoln SW) had five points in 20 minutes off the bench.

Jayme Jackson paced MWSU with 15 points, six rebounds and two assists.

UNK AthleticsKearney, Neb. –&nbsp;Redshirt freshman reserve post&nbsp;Bailee Sobczak&nbsp;scored a season-high 18 points and redshirt sophomore point guard&nbsp;Jillian Aschoff&nbsp;got close to a triple double to help Nebraska Kearney rolled past Missouri Western State,&nbsp;<a href="https://unk_ftp.sidearmsports.com/custompages/wbball/Stats/2023-2024%20Season/24wbnk09.htm" target="_blank">76-54</a>, Thursday night at the Health &amp; Sports Center.The Lopers (8-1, 2-1) wax the Griffons (5-3, 1-2) at home for the second straight year and push its win streak at Buckle Court to 24 in a row. Northwest Missouri (7-1, 2-1) is the next test this Saturday at 2 p.m.Mo West just dropped out of the WBCA Top 25 poll and hung around thanks to five first half threes. However, they struggled from inside the arc for much of the night and got blitzed 28-15 in the third quarter. Thus, UNK turned a 28-24 halftime score into an insurmountable 56-39 lead.“In the Northeastern State game (74-71 loss last Saturday), I thought our toughness was just okay. I really challenged them this week to be tougher and that you’re going to have to be ready to go,” said UNK head coach&nbsp;Drew Johnson.&nbsp;“We really paid attention to the defensive scouting report, and it paid off for us.”Beating the Griffs 91-55 last year in the H &amp;S Center, the Lopers made 57% (16 of 28) of its shots after the break including a sizzling 7 of 10 effort from downtown. Senior guard&nbsp;Trinity Law&nbsp;(Brandon, S.D.) hit all four of her triples after the break with Sobczak (Rapid, S.D.) one of four others to make one. Defensively, UNK limited MWSU to 8 of 31 three-point shooting as well as being plus 10 on the boards.“We made the first run in the second half. We missed a couple of layups in the first quarter, and it could’ve been a seven- or nine-point lead for us,” said Johnson.Sobczak reached her game-high point total in just 17 minutes as she was 5 of 10 from the field and 7 of 9 at line. She also had eight rebounds (five offensive) with Aschoff (Lincoln Pius) having a game-high 12, all on the defensive end. She also had a season-high 16 points, eight assists and two steals. In the season-opener vs. Minnesota-Crookston, Aschoff had stat line of 15-11-7.&nbsp;“She plays incredibly hard and I think she’s going to get that triple double at some point this season,” said Johnson.Also for UNK, Law finished with 14 points, post&nbsp;Shiloh McCool&nbsp;(Pleasant Hill, Ia.) had nine points, five rebounds and four dimes and freshman wing&nbsp;Brinly Christensen&nbsp;(Lincoln SW) had five points in 20 minutes off the bench.Jayme Jackson paced MWSU with 15 points, six rebounds and two assists.

Big Nights for Aschoff & Sobczak

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Kearney, Neb. –&nbsp;Redshirt junior lefty wing&nbsp;Damiri Lindo&nbsp;hit a halfcourt buzzer beater to help Nebraska Kearney stun No. 22 Missouri Western State,&nbsp;<a href="https://lopers.com/boxscore.aspx?path=mbball&amp;id=7553" target="_blank">93-90,</a>&nbsp;Thursday night at the Health &amp; Sports Center. The Lopers (4-3, 2-1) and Griffons (7-1, 2-1) have now played 10 straight games decided by 10 points or less. Each team has won five with Mo West's luck in close games coming to an end. They have four wins by four points or less and another by 10."I was surprised because I thought they would give some more pressure and not just let the ball in," said UNK interim head coach&nbsp;Antoine Young. "When they did, we said forget what we drew up, just get it up the floor as close as you can and try and get a shot off.

I'm glad it worked out. "Last Saturday at home, junior guard Zion Swader hit a buzzer beating three to help the Griffs knock off Missouri Southern, 62-61. He did again, knocking down a left wing three with 2.7 seconds remaining to knot things up at 90. UNK had the ball up 84-76 with 1:30 left but Swader's fourth triple of the night capped a furious 14-6 run.Lindo (Oakland), who missed the start of the year due to injury, made his Buckle Court debut a memorable one as he hit a 45-footer to win it. Previously playing for Division II Holy Names (Calif.) University, Lindo received the inbound&nbsp;pass but allowed the ball to roll for a split second. Unguarded by the Griffs, his shot didn't hit glass but went straight through the hoop. "We work on these types of plays in practice. They don't happen often, but we want to be prepared at high level when they do," said Lindo. "I wanted to get as close to halfcourt as possible and they give me a little too much space. "In a game with 10 ties and 10 lead changes, UNK had five players scored in double figures. Lindo had a team-high 21, junior lefty&nbsp;Taden King&nbsp;(Rexburg, Idaho) went for season-high 20 on 7 of 10 shooting, junior point guard&nbsp;Miguel Robles&nbsp;(East L.A.) had 17 in 26 minutes with guards&nbsp;Sean Evans&nbsp;(12) and&nbsp;D'Aundre Samuels&nbsp;(14) combing for 26. King fouled out with Lindo, Evans and Robles having four fouls apiece. However, MWSU didn't take full advantage as they went 15 of 22 at the line. "We were moving the ball really well, playing together and for most part took good shots," said Young. "We also won the rebounding battle which we had to do if we wanted to have a chance. "Going 35 of 71 from the field including a 12 of 28 effort from the arc, the Lopers also were plus seven on the glass due in large part to New Zealand junior forward&nbsp;Sean Murphy.&nbsp;He had a career-high 18 rebounds (14 defensive), pushing his season total to 67 (9.6 avg). Trey Lansman (Nov. 2017) and Dusty Jura (March 2007) both had 20 rebounds in a game with "Tall" Paul Collison setting the Loper standard with 32 rebounds in a 1957 contest vs. Colorado Mines. MWSU finished 13 of 32 from downtown with Swader (4 of 7) and junior guard Julius Dixon (6 of 10) doing the most damage. Dixon had a game-high 28 points with Swader at 27. Swader went for 23 in the second half with Dixon having 12 first half points and a team-best 11 rebounds. Finally, forward Taye Fields (13 points, nine rebounds) got close to a double double. UNK hosts nationally-ranked Northwest Missouri on Saturday. The Bearcats (5-3, 2-1) lost at Fort Hays State tonight, 57-49&nbsp;&nbsp;

Story by UNK Athletic CommunicationsKearney, Neb. –&nbsp;Redshirt junior lefty wing&nbsp;Damiri Lindo&nbsp;hit a halfcourt buzzer beater to help Nebraska Kearney stun No. 22 Missouri Western State,&nbsp;<a href="https://lopers.com/boxscore.aspx?path=mbball&amp;id=7553" target="_blank">93-90,</a>&nbsp;Thursday night at the Health &amp; Sports Center. The Lopers (4-3, 2-1) and Griffons (7-1, 2-1) have now played 10 straight games decided by 10 points or less. Each team has won five with Mo West's luck in close games coming to an end. They have four wins by four points or less and another by 10."I was surprised because I thought they would give some more pressure and not just let the ball in," said UNK interim head coach&nbsp;Antoine Young. "When they did, we said forget what we drew up, just get it up the floor as close as you can and try and get a shot off. <div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet">Sound up … Gives you chills 😤 <a href="https://twitter.com/espn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@espn</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SCtop10?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#SCtop10</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/JaysonJorgensen?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JaysonJorgensen</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/LopesUp?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#LopesUp</a> <a href="https://t.co/XihrJskELM">pic.twitter.com/XihrJskELM</a>&mdash; UNK Athletics (@UNK_Athletics) <a href="https://twitter.com/UNK_Athletics/status/1732980852567818492?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 8, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div>UNK AthleticsI'm glad it worked out. "Last Saturday at home, junior guard Zion Swader hit a buzzer beating three to help the Griffs knock off Missouri Southern, 62-61. He did again, knocking down a left wing three with 2.7 seconds remaining to knot things up at 90. UNK had the ball up 84-76 with 1:30 left but Swader's fourth triple of the night capped a furious 14-6 run.Lindo (Oakland), who missed the start of the year due to injury, made his Buckle Court debut a memorable one as he hit a 45-footer to win it. Previously playing for Division II Holy Names (Calif.) University, Lindo received the inbound&nbsp;pass but allowed the ball to roll for a split second. Unguarded by the Griffs, his shot didn't hit glass but went straight through the hoop. "We work on these types of plays in practice. They don't happen often, but we want to be prepared at high level when they do," said Lindo. "I wanted to get as close to halfcourt as possible and they give me a little too much space. "In a game with 10 ties and 10 lead changes, UNK had five players scored in double figures. Lindo had a team-high 21, junior lefty&nbsp;Taden King&nbsp;(Rexburg, Idaho) went for season-high 20 on 7 of 10 shooting, junior point guard&nbsp;Miguel Robles&nbsp;(East L.A.) had 17 in 26 minutes with guards&nbsp;Sean Evans&nbsp;(12) and&nbsp;D'Aundre Samuels&nbsp;(14) combing for 26. King fouled out with Lindo, Evans and Robles having four fouls apiece. However, MWSU didn't take full advantage as they went 15 of 22 at the line. "We were moving the ball really well, playing together and for most part took good shots," said Young. "We also won the rebounding battle which we had to do if we wanted to have a chance. "Going 35 of 71 from the field including a 12 of 28 effort from the arc, the Lopers also were plus seven on the glass due in large part to New Zealand junior forward&nbsp;Sean Murphy.&nbsp;He had a career-high 18 rebounds (14 defensive), pushing his season total to 67 (9.6 avg). Trey Lansman (Nov. 2017) and Dusty Jura (March 2007) both had 20 rebounds in a game with "Tall" Paul Collison setting the Loper standard with 32 rebounds in a 1957 contest vs. Colorado Mines. MWSU finished 13 of 32 from downtown with Swader (4 of 7) and junior guard Julius Dixon (6 of 10) doing the most damage. Dixon had a game-high 28 points with Swader at 27. Swader went for 23 in the second half with Dixon having 12 first half points and a team-best 11 rebounds. Finally, forward Taye Fields (13 points, nine rebounds) got close to a double double. UNK hosts nationally-ranked Northwest Missouri on Saturday. The Bearcats (5-3, 2-1) lost at Fort Hays State tonight, 57-49&nbsp;&nbsp;

MWSU rallies late, only to see UNK newcomer drain 45-footer

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LINCOLN, Neb. -&nbsp;The No. 1 Nebraska volleyball team swept 12th-ranked and fifth-seeded Georgia Tech Thursday afternoon in a third-round NCAA Tournament match in front of 8,580 fans at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.

With the win, the Huskers (31-1) advanced to an NCAA Regional Final for the 11th time in the last 12 years. Nebraska will play the winner of No. 2 seed Kentucky and No. 3 seed Arkansas, on Saturday at 5 p.m. at the Devaney Center.&nbsp;

Nebraska was impressive and efficient in posting its third sweep in three postseason matches. The Huskers hit .326 in the match, just the third time this season that a Georgia Tech opponent hit .300 or better. While Nebraska's offense was clicking with 37 kills and only nine errors, the Husker defense held the Yellow Jackets to a .019 attack percentage. Georgia Tech had 28 attack errors while being held to a season-low hitting percentage.

Merritt Beason paced the Huskers with 11 kills on only 23 swings, hitting .435 in the match. Ally Batenhorst added 10 kills on 25 swings. Andi Jackson had four kills on six error-free swings while posting a match-high five blocks. Bekka Allick added four blocks and totaled six kills on 11 swings. Lexi Rodriguez had a match-high 12 digs, while Bergen Reilly added 10 digs to go along with 30 assists and three blocks.

Tamara Otene led Georgia Tech (24-7) with nine kills, while Bianca Bertolino had eight kills.

Set 1:&nbsp;Allick and Batenhorst each had two early kills as the Huskers went up 5-1. Two more kills by Batenhorst had the Huskers up 10-3, and Murray put down a pair of kills as the Huskers built the lead to eight at 15-7. Beason had two kills and an ace, and Jackson had a block with Batenhorst and a kill, and the Huskers extended their advantage to 21-10. Nebraska closed out the set, 25-11, hitting .281 to -.111 for Georgia Tech.&nbsp;

Set 2:&nbsp;Beason started the set with a solo block, and Murray had two kills to help NU go up 6-1. Another solo block by Beason between Batenhorst kills made it 9-5. Jackson teamed up with Reilly for a block, and then Jackson tallied a kill for a 12-7 advantage. The Yellow Jackets put together a 3-0 spurt to cut it to 14-12, but Beason terminated a kill and Jackson and Batenhorst combined for a block before Jackson put down a kill and a 17-12 lead. A kill by Beason and block by Jackson and Murray pushed the lead to 20-14. The Huskers earned a set point at 24-16 on a double block from Beason and Allick, forcing a Georgia Tech timeout. Following the timeout, a Murray kill gave Nebraska a 2-0 lead.

Set 3:&nbsp;Nebraska took an 8-6 lead after a block by Jackson and Reilly, but the Yellow Jackets fought back to take a 13-11 lead. Beason pounded her seventh kill, and Georgia Tech hit long before Batenhorst hammered down an overpass for a 14-13 advantage, and the Huskers led 15-14 at the media timeout after another Beason kill. The Yellow Jackets answered to take a 17-16 lead, but a block by Allick and Reilly tied it 18-18. With the score tied 19-19, Beason put down a kill after a scramble at the net, and the AVCA Region Player of the Year tipped a kill to the floor to make it 21-19. Batenhorst added a kill on Murray's service run for a 22-19 advantage, and Murray then served an ace off the top of the net, and Allick and Beason posted a block for match point, 24-19. The Yellow Jackets finally earned sideout, but Nebraska won 25-21 on Beason's 11th kill.&nbsp;

Story by NU Athletic CommunicationsLINCOLN, Neb. -&nbsp;The No. 1 Nebraska volleyball team swept 12th-ranked and fifth-seeded Georgia Tech Thursday afternoon in a third-round NCAA Tournament match in front of 8,580 fans at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.With the win, the Huskers (31-1) advanced to an NCAA Regional Final for the 11th time in the last 12 years. Nebraska will play the winner of No. 2 seed Kentucky and No. 3 seed Arkansas, on Saturday at 5 p.m. at the Devaney Center.&nbsp;Nebraska was impressive and efficient in posting its third sweep in three postseason matches. The Huskers hit .326 in the match, just the third time this season that a Georgia Tech opponent hit .300 or better. While Nebraska's offense was clicking with 37 kills and only nine errors, the Husker defense held the Yellow Jackets to a .019 attack percentage. Georgia Tech had 28 attack errors while being held to a season-low hitting percentage.Merritt Beason paced the Huskers with 11 kills on only 23 swings, hitting .435 in the match. Ally Batenhorst added 10 kills on 25 swings. Andi Jackson had four kills on six error-free swings while posting a match-high five blocks. Bekka Allick added four blocks and totaled six kills on 11 swings. Lexi Rodriguez had a match-high 12 digs, while Bergen Reilly added 10 digs to go along with 30 assists and three blocks.Tamara Otene led Georgia Tech (24-7) with nine kills, while Bianca Bertolino had eight kills.Set 1:&nbsp;Allick and Batenhorst each had two early kills as the Huskers went up 5-1. Two more kills by Batenhorst had the Huskers up 10-3, and Murray put down a pair of kills as the Huskers built the lead to eight at 15-7. Beason had two kills and an ace, and Jackson had a block with Batenhorst and a kill, and the Huskers extended their advantage to 21-10. Nebraska closed out the set, 25-11, hitting .281 to -.111 for Georgia Tech.&nbsp;Set 2:&nbsp;Beason started the set with a solo block, and Murray had two kills to help NU go up 6-1. Another solo block by Beason between Batenhorst kills made it 9-5. Jackson teamed up with Reilly for a block, and then Jackson tallied a kill for a 12-7 advantage. The Yellow Jackets put together a 3-0 spurt to cut it to 14-12, but Beason terminated a kill and Jackson and Batenhorst combined for a block before Jackson put down a kill and a 17-12 lead. A kill by Beason and block by Jackson and Murray pushed the lead to 20-14. The Huskers earned a set point at 24-16 on a double block from Beason and Allick, forcing a Georgia Tech timeout. Following the timeout, a Murray kill gave Nebraska a 2-0 lead.Set 3:&nbsp;Nebraska took an 8-6 lead after a block by Jackson and Reilly, but the Yellow Jackets fought back to take a 13-11 lead. Beason pounded her seventh kill, and Georgia Tech hit long before Batenhorst hammered down an overpass for a 14-13 advantage, and the Huskers led 15-14 at the media timeout after another Beason kill. The Yellow Jackets answered to take a 17-16 lead, but a block by Allick and Reilly tied it 18-18. With the score tied 19-19, Beason put down a kill after a scramble at the net, and the AVCA Region Player of the Year tipped a kill to the floor to make it 21-19. Batenhorst added a kill on Murray's service run for a 22-19 advantage, and Murray then served an ace off the top of the net, and Allick and Beason posted a block for match point, 24-19. The Yellow Jackets finally earned sideout, but Nebraska won 25-21 on Beason's 11th kill.&nbsp;Nebraska Post-Match Notes<ul>
 <li>With the win, Nebraska advanced to an NCAA Regional Final for the 32nd time in program history and for the 11th time in the last 12 seasons. The Huskers’ 32 regional final appearances are the most in NCAA history.</li><li>Nebraska improved to 128-36 all-time in the NCAA Tournament. The Huskers rank second in NCAA history in postseason wins and winning percentage (.780).</li><li>Nebraska improved to 32-7 all-time in Regional Semifinal matches, including a 15-1 record in matches played in Lincoln.</li><li>The win was Nebraska’s 21st consecutive home victory in the NCAA Tournament dating back to 2013. NU improved to 82-7 all-time in home NCAA Tournament matches, including 27-2 at the Devaney Center.</li><li>The Huskers have swept their opponent 17 times in their 21-match home winning streak in the NCAA Tournament, posting a 66-7 set record during the winning streak.</li><li>Nebraska moved to 20-0 at home this season with the win.</li><li>The attendance for today’s match was 8,580. On the season, NU has drawn 255,953 fans for its 20 home matches (including the Memorial Stadium match). Nebraska has become the first female sport in NCAA history to draw 250,000 home fans in a single season.</li><li>Nebraska faced Georgia Tech for the first time in the NCAA Tournament. The Yellow Jackets are the 78th different opponent the Huskers have defeated in the NCAA Tournament. Georgia Tech became the 65th team John Cook has defeated during his Nebraska NCAA Tournament career.</li><li>The Huskers moved to 10-0 all-time against ACC teams in the NCAA Tournament.</li><li>John Cook coached the 119th NCAA Tournament match of his career today. He has coached the second-most postseason matches in NCAA history, as he entered today tied with John Dunning (Pacific/Stanford) with 118 NCAA Tournament matches coached. Russ Rose (Penn State) owns the NCAA record with 106 matches coached in the NCAA Tournament.</li><li>Cook improved to 87-19 in the NCAA Tournament as Nebraska’s head coach. He improved to 95-24 in his NCAA Tournament career. Cook ranks second all-time in career NCAA Tournament victories and NCAA Tournament wins at one school.</li><li>The Huskers won the first two sets against Georgia Tech and are 99-1 in the NCAA Tournament when taking a 2-0 lead. Nebraska has won 98 consecutive postseason matches when winning the first two sets.</li><li>Nebraska did not trail at any point in the first two sets. Through three NCAA Tournament matches this season, the Huskers have never trailed in either set one or set two.</li><li>The Huskers hit .326 in the match becoming just the third opponent to hit .300 against Georgia Tech.&nbsp;</li><li>Nebraska hit .300 or better against a ranked opponent for the sixth time this season but for the first time since hitting .311 in a five-set win at Purdue on Sept. 29.</li><li>The Huskers held the Yellow Jackets to a season-low .019 attack percentage, which also marked NU's second-lowest opponent hitting percentage of the season.</li><li>Nebraska held an opponent under .100 hitting for the second straight match and for the 14th time this season. Georgia Tech was the second ranked opponent Nebraska has held under a .100 attack percentage this season (also No. 21 Ohio State on Sept. 22, 2003 [.090]).</li><li>Nebraska won the opening set 25-11. That marked the first time the Huskers had held an opponent to 11 or fewer points in a set in an NCAA Regional since defeating Colorado, 25-11, in the second set of a 2017 regional semifinal.</li><li>Merritt Beason had 11 kills and hit .435 in the match. Through three NCAA Tournament matches this season, Beason has totaled 36 on .449 hitting. Beasons has had exactly 23 attacks in all three postseason matches, totaling double-digit kills with at least a .435 attack percentage in every match.</li>
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NU sweeps way into Regional Final

LINCOLN, Neb. -&nbsp;The No. 1 Nebraska volleyball team swept 12th-ranked and fifth-seeded Georgia Tech Thursday afternoon in a third-round NCAA Tournament match in front of 8,580 fans at the Bob Devaney Sports Center.With the win, the Huskers (31-1) advanced to an NCAA Regional Final for the 11th time in the last 12 years. Nebraska will play the winner of No. 2 seed Kentucky and No. 3 seed Arkansas, on Saturday at 5 p.m. at the Devaney Center.&nbsp;<figure>
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 </figure>Nebraska was impressive and efficient in posting its third sweep in three postseason matches. The Huskers hit .326 in the match, just the third time this season that a Georgia Tech opponent hit .300 or better. While Nebraska's offense was clicking with 37 kills and only nine errors, the Husker defense held the Yellow Jackets to a .019 attack percentage. Georgia Tech had 28 attack errors while being held to a season-low hitting percentage.Merritt Beason paced the Huskers with 11 kills on only 23 swings, hitting .435 in the match. Ally Batenhorst added 10 kills on 25 swings. Andi Jackson had four kills on six error-free swings while posting a match-high five blocks. Bekka Allick added four blocks and totaled six kills on 11 swings. Lexi Rodriguez had a match-high 12 digs, while Bergen Reilly added 10 digs to go along with 30 assists and three blocks.Tamara Otene led Georgia Tech (24-7) with nine kills, while Bianca Bertolino had eight kills.Set 1:&nbsp;Allick and Batenhorst each had two early kills as the Huskers went up 5-1. Two more kills by Batenhorst had the Huskers up 10-3, and Murray put down a pair of kills as the Huskers built the lead to eight at 15-7. Beason had two kills and an ace, and Jackson had a block with Batenhorst and a kill, and the Huskers extended their advantage to 21-10. Nebraska closed out the set, 25-11, hitting .281 to -.111 for Georgia Tech.&nbsp;Set 2:&nbsp;Beason started the set with a solo block, and Murray had two kills to help NU go up 6-1. Another solo block by Beason between Batenhorst kills made it 9-5. Jackson teamed up with Reilly for a block, and then Jackson tallied a kill for a 12-7 advantage. The Yellow Jackets put together a 3-0 spurt to cut it to 14-12, but Beason terminated a kill and Jackson and Batenhorst combined for a block before Jackson put down a kill and a 17-12 lead. A kill by Beason and block by Jackson and Murray pushed the lead to 20-14. The Huskers earned a set point at 24-16 on a double block from Beason and Allick, forcing a Georgia Tech timeout. Following the timeout, a Murray kill gave Nebraska a 2-0 lead.Set 3:&nbsp;Nebraska took an 8-6 lead after a block by Jackson and Reilly, but the Yellow Jackets fought back to take a 13-11 lead. Beason pounded her seventh kill, and Georgia Tech hit long before Batenhorst hammered down an overpass for a 14-13 advantage, and the Huskers led 15-14 at the media timeout after another Beason kill. The Yellow Jackets answered to take a 17-16 lead, but a block by Allick and Reilly tied it 18-18. With the score tied 19-19, Beason put down a kill after a scramble at the net, and the AVCA Region Player of the Year tipped a kill to the floor to make it 21-19. Batenhorst added a kill on Murray's service run for a 22-19 advantage, and Murray then served an ace off the top of the net, and Allick and Beason posted a block for match point, 24-19. The Yellow Jackets finally earned sideout, but Nebraska won 25-21 on Beason's 11th kill.&nbsp;

Huskers Sweep Way into Regional Final

OMAHA, Neb.&nbsp;– The&nbsp;<a href="http://www.supernovas.com/" target="_blank">Omaha Supernovas,</a>&nbsp;Nebraska’s professional volleyball team in the newly-established&nbsp;<a href="http://www.provolleyball.com/" target="_blank">Professional Volleyball Federation</a>, has announced that single-match tickets are now available to purchase&nbsp;for the inaugural season.&nbsp;

Tickets can be purchased&nbsp;at&nbsp;<a href="https://supernovas.com/" target="_blank">Supernovas.com</a>&nbsp;or by calling 402-502-5438 during business hours (8 a.m. - 5 p.m.). Additionally, fans can purchase&nbsp;tickets on the official Supernovas app, available for download on any smartphone or tablet. Prices start at just $20 a match with season tickets still available at less than $200 for the full 12-match schedule. &nbsp;

The Supernovas just finished their inaugural mini-camp as 15 different players,&nbsp;with accolades ranging from multi-time All-Americans to Olympians, took the court for three days on the campus of College of Saint Mary. The Supernovas will return to Omaha in early January as the team looks to finalize&nbsp;a 14-person roster for the inaugural season of the Pro Volleyball Federation beginning with the league’s first-ever match on January&nbsp;24, 2024,&nbsp;against&nbsp;the Atlanta Vibe. &nbsp;

The Supernovas will play 12 home matches and 12 away matches, for 24 matches in the 16-week regular season.&nbsp;The full schedule is available on the team’s website,&nbsp;<a href="https://supernovas.com/" target="_blank">Supernovas.com</a>. The Supernovas will make history&nbsp;with the first-ever match of the Professional Volleyball Federation held at the CHI Health Center in Omaha on January 24, 2024,&nbsp;at 7 p.m. as the Supernovas take on the Atlanta Vibe.&nbsp;&nbsp;

After the regular season&nbsp;concludes, the Supernovas are aiming to be one of the top four squads in the standings that will compete for the Pro Volleyball Federation Championship in May.&nbsp;The location of the championship will be determined and announced at a later date.&nbsp;

Fans will have the chance to see the current Supernovas&nbsp;world-class roster&nbsp;that&nbsp;includes Olympians, U.S. National Team veterans, NCAA National Champions and All-Americans. That roster consists of Anna Church, Bethania de la Cruz, Tori Dixon, Danielle Hart, Sydney Hilley, Gina Mancuso-Prososki, Allison Mayfield, Brooke Nuneviller,&nbsp;Yossiana&nbsp;Pressley, Nia Reed, Jess Schaben-Lansman, Jazz Schmidt, Natalia Valentín-Anderson, Hristina Vuchkova, Lindsey Vander Weide and Kendall White.&nbsp;

The Supernovas will begin their first-ever training camp in early January to finalize&nbsp;a 14-person roster for the inaugural season of the Pro Volleyball Federation beginning on January 24, 2024. &nbsp;

REAL PRO VOLLEYBALL&nbsp;competition will officially begin in the United States with the Omaha Supernovas hosting the Atlanta Vibe in the first match in league history at the CHI Health Center in downtown Omaha on January 24, at 7:00 p.m. CT. Nebraska supports volleyball better than anyone, as evidenced by the more than 92,000 fans that turned out this season for a collegiate match at the Nebraska’s Memorial Stadium in August, setting a new world record for the highest attended women’s sporting event.&nbsp;

The Supernovas are one of seven U.S. teams for the 2024 inaugural season: Omaha Supernovas,&nbsp;<a href="https://atlantavibe.com/inaugural-season-tickets-on-sale/" target="_blank">Atlanta Vibe</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://orlandoprovb.com/" target="_blank">Orlando Valkyries</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.columbusfury.com/" target="_blank">Columbus Fury</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.grrise.com/" target="_blank">Grand Rapids Rise</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://sandiegoprovb.com/" target="_blank">San Diego Mojo</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://vegasthrill.com/" target="_blank">Vegas Thrill</a>. Two expansion teams,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dallasprovolleyball.com/" target="_blank">Dallas Pro Volleyball</a>&nbsp;and Kansas City Pro Volleyball, have been announced for 2025. In Season One, the Pro Volleyball Federation will&nbsp;be showcased&nbsp;in three different U.S. time zones. Matches will take place on 67 different dates between January and May 2024, occurring on every day of the week.&nbsp;

The Omaha Supernovas aims to be the premier home of professional volleyball throughout the world. The team is owned by global music sensation Jason Derulo and entrepreneurs Danny White and Chris Erickson, Co-Founders of City+Ventures, an investment and business acceleration organization headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska.&nbsp;

ABOUT PRO VOLLEYBALL FEDERATION&nbsp;

Pro Volleyball Federation is&nbsp;REAL PRO VOLLEYBALL&nbsp;and the premier women’s professional volleyball league in North America. Pro Volleyball Federation will begin play in January 2024 with world class players and coaches, including some of America’s greatest volleyball players and elite players from around the world. Our entire focus is on ensuring that our level and quality of play, our treatment of players, the quality of our event presentations, and our day-to-day fan experience is world class and the very best offered in North America.&nbsp;For more information, visit&nbsp;<a href="http://www.provolleyball.com/" target="_blank">ProVolleyball.com</a>.&nbsp;

Geoff ExstromOmaha SupernovasOMAHA, Neb.&nbsp;– The&nbsp;<a href="http://www.supernovas.com/" target="_blank">Omaha Supernovas,</a>&nbsp;Nebraska’s professional volleyball team in the newly-established&nbsp;<a href="http://www.provolleyball.com/" target="_blank">Professional Volleyball Federation</a>, has announced that single-match tickets are now available to purchase&nbsp;for the inaugural season.&nbsp;Tickets can be purchased&nbsp;at&nbsp;<a href="https://supernovas.com/" target="_blank">Supernovas.com</a>&nbsp;or by calling 402-502-5438 during business hours (8 a.m. - 5 p.m.). Additionally, fans can purchase&nbsp;tickets on the official Supernovas app, available for download on any smartphone or tablet. Prices start at just $20 a match with season tickets still available at less than $200 for the full 12-match schedule. &nbsp;The Supernovas just finished their inaugural mini-camp as 15 different players,&nbsp;with accolades ranging from multi-time All-Americans to Olympians, took the court for three days on the campus of College of Saint Mary. The Supernovas will return to Omaha in early January as the team looks to finalize&nbsp;a 14-person roster for the inaugural season of the Pro Volleyball Federation beginning with the league’s first-ever match on January&nbsp;24, 2024,&nbsp;against&nbsp;the Atlanta Vibe. &nbsp;The Supernovas will play 12 home matches and 12 away matches, for 24 matches in the 16-week regular season.&nbsp;The full schedule is available on the team’s website,&nbsp;<a href="https://supernovas.com/" target="_blank">Supernovas.com</a>. The Supernovas will make history&nbsp;with the first-ever match of the Professional Volleyball Federation held at the CHI Health Center in Omaha on January 24, 2024,&nbsp;at 7 p.m. as the Supernovas take on the Atlanta Vibe.&nbsp;&nbsp;After the regular season&nbsp;concludes, the Supernovas are aiming to be one of the top four squads in the standings that will compete for the Pro Volleyball Federation Championship in May.&nbsp;The location of the championship will be determined and announced at a later date.&nbsp;Fans will have the chance to see the current Supernovas&nbsp;world-class roster&nbsp;that&nbsp;includes Olympians, U.S. National Team veterans, NCAA National Champions and All-Americans. That roster consists of Anna Church, Bethania de la Cruz, Tori Dixon, Danielle Hart, Sydney Hilley, Gina Mancuso-Prososki, Allison Mayfield, Brooke Nuneviller,&nbsp;Yossiana&nbsp;Pressley, Nia Reed, Jess Schaben-Lansman, Jazz Schmidt, Natalia Valentín-Anderson, Hristina Vuchkova, Lindsey Vander Weide and Kendall White.&nbsp;The Supernovas will begin their first-ever training camp in early January to finalize&nbsp;a 14-person roster for the inaugural season of the Pro Volleyball Federation beginning on January 24, 2024. &nbsp;REAL PRO VOLLEYBALL&nbsp;competition will officially begin in the United States with the Omaha Supernovas hosting the Atlanta Vibe in the first match in league history at the CHI Health Center in downtown Omaha on January 24, at 7:00 p.m. CT. Nebraska supports volleyball better than anyone, as evidenced by the more than 92,000 fans that turned out this season for a collegiate match at the Nebraska’s Memorial Stadium in August, setting a new world record for the highest attended women’s sporting event.&nbsp;The Supernovas are one of seven U.S. teams for the 2024 inaugural season: Omaha Supernovas,&nbsp;<a href="https://atlantavibe.com/inaugural-season-tickets-on-sale/" target="_blank">Atlanta Vibe</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://orlandoprovb.com/" target="_blank">Orlando Valkyries</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.columbusfury.com/" target="_blank">Columbus Fury</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.grrise.com/" target="_blank">Grand Rapids Rise</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://sandiegoprovb.com/" target="_blank">San Diego Mojo</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://vegasthrill.com/" target="_blank">Vegas Thrill</a>. Two expansion teams,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dallasprovolleyball.com/" target="_blank">Dallas Pro Volleyball</a>&nbsp;and Kansas City Pro Volleyball, have been announced for 2025. In Season One, the Pro Volleyball Federation will&nbsp;be showcased&nbsp;in three different U.S. time zones. Matches will take place on 67 different dates between January and May 2024, occurring on every day of the week.&nbsp;ABOUT OMAHA SUPERNOVAS&nbsp;The Omaha Supernovas aims to be the premier home of professional volleyball throughout the world. The team is owned by global music sensation Jason Derulo and entrepreneurs Danny White and Chris Erickson, Co-Founders of City+Ventures, an investment and business acceleration organization headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska.&nbsp;ABOUT PRO VOLLEYBALL FEDERATION&nbsp;Pro Volleyball Federation is&nbsp;REAL PRO VOLLEYBALL&nbsp;and the premier women’s professional volleyball league in North America. Pro Volleyball Federation will begin play in January 2024 with world class players and coaches, including some of America’s greatest volleyball players and elite players from around the world. Our entire focus is on ensuring that our level and quality of play, our treatment of players, the quality of our event presentations, and our day-to-day fan experience is world class and the very best offered in North America.&nbsp;For more information, visit&nbsp;<a href="http://www.provolleyball.com/" target="_blank">ProVolleyball.com</a>.&nbsp;

Omaha Supernovas Single-Match Tickets on Sale Now, Supernovas wrap up mini-camp



A panel of head coaches from around the country selects the squad. A player first must be named all-region to be up for All-American status. Neff (North Platte) was first-team All-Central this fall with Ferguson (Lincoln SW) receiving honorable mention accolades.

Ferguson and Neff are the 30th and 31st All-Americans in UNK volleyball history. This is Neff's first such honor while Ferguson was a 2022 third-team pick playing for Northwest Missouri.I n the recently completed season, Ferguson led the&nbsp;Lopers&nbsp;in kills (328), was tied for the lead in service aces (35), ranked third in both kills per set (2.83) and blocks (75) and posted a .944 serve receiving percentage. Reaching the 1,000 career kill mark, she also hit .273, averaged 3.03 digs per set had 10 double doubles.

Neff had the same number of double doubles while directing an offense that hit .264 and averaged 14.2 kps. In her second year as a starter, she came in at 11.4 assists, 2.4 digs, 0.8 kills, 0.6 blocks and 0.3 aces per set. Hitting a team-best .308, Neff was the only&nbsp;Loper&nbsp;to appear in all 117 sets and is now up to 2,666 career assists.

UNK went 29-6 (16-4 MIAA), reaching the NCAA Tournament for a 24th&nbsp;consecutive year and posting a perfect 12-0 home record.



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A panel of head coaches from around the country selects the squad. A player first must be named all-region to be up for All-American status. Neff (North Platte) was first-team All-Central this fall with Ferguson (Lincoln SW) receiving honorable mention accolades.Ferguson and Neff are the 30th and 31st All-Americans in UNK volleyball history. This is Neff's first such honor while Ferguson was a 2022 third-team pick playing for Northwest Missouri.I n the recently completed season, Ferguson led the&nbsp;Lopers&nbsp;in kills (328), was tied for the lead in service aces (35), ranked third in both kills per set (2.83) and blocks (75) and posted a .944 serve receiving percentage. Reaching the 1,000 career kill mark, she also hit .273, averaged 3.03 digs per set had 10 double doubles.Neff had the same number of double doubles while directing an offense that hit .264 and averaged 14.2 kps. In her second year as a starter, she came in at 11.4 assists, 2.4 digs, 0.8 kills, 0.6 blocks and 0.3 aces per set. Hitting a team-best .308, Neff was the only&nbsp;Loper&nbsp;to appear in all 117 sets and is now up to 2,666 career assists.UNK went 29-6 (16-4 MIAA), reaching the NCAA Tournament for a 24th&nbsp;consecutive year and posting a perfect 12-0 home record.

Right Side & Setter Tabbed by the AVCA, includes North Platte native Peyton Neff

On Wednesday, the United Soccer Coaches and the Missouri Athletic Club (MAC) announced the women’s finalists for the 2023 MAC Hermann Trophy, with Husker senior Eleanor Dale one of three selected by NCAA Division I women’s soccer coaches.&nbsp;

The MAC Hermann Trophy is the most coveted individual honor in NCAA Division I soccer and has been awarded annually since 1967. Most recently, Michelle Cooper (Duke) received the award for her outstanding intercollegiate performance last season.

The other two 2023 finalists joining Dale are Florida State’s midfielder Onyi Echegini of England and BYU’s forward Brecken Mozingo of Utah. The 2023 MAC Hermann Trophy banquet will be held at the historic Missouri Athletic Club in St. Louis on Jan. 5, 2024, to formally announce this year’s winner.&nbsp;

A native of Billingham, England, Dale turned in one of the best overall seasons in NCAA Division I soccer in 2023 with 61 points, 28 goals and five assists. She leads the country in total goals and now ranks third in Big Ten history in single-season goals and is just the fourth player in Big Ten history to total 60 points in a season.

In an outstanding senior season, Dale scored her nation-leading 27th and 28th goals in the third-round of the NCAA Tournament to post her 11th multi-goal match of the season, while helping Nebraska (17-4-3) to the third Elite Eight appearance in program history. With her total goals, she broke the Nebraska record for goals in a season with Kim Engesser, who previously held the record with 27 goals in 1998. Additionally, she is tied for first in the Husker record books in game-winning goals and her total shots this season place her at the top of the list.

Story by NU Athletic CommunicationsOn Wednesday, the United Soccer Coaches and the Missouri Athletic Club (MAC) announced the women’s finalists for the 2023 MAC Hermann Trophy, with Husker senior Eleanor Dale one of three selected by NCAA Division I women’s soccer coaches.&nbsp;The MAC Hermann Trophy is the most coveted individual honor in NCAA Division I soccer and has been awarded annually since 1967. Most recently, Michelle Cooper (Duke) received the award for her outstanding intercollegiate performance last season.The other two 2023 finalists joining Dale are Florida State’s midfielder Onyi Echegini of England and BYU’s forward Brecken Mozingo of Utah. The 2023 MAC Hermann Trophy banquet will be held at the historic Missouri Athletic Club in St. Louis on Jan. 5, 2024, to formally announce this year’s winner.&nbsp;A native of Billingham, England, Dale turned in one of the best overall seasons in NCAA Division I soccer in 2023 with 61 points, 28 goals and five assists. She leads the country in total goals and now ranks third in Big Ten history in single-season goals and is just the fourth player in Big Ten history to total 60 points in a season.In an outstanding senior season, Dale scored her nation-leading 27th and 28th goals in the third-round of the NCAA Tournament to post her 11th multi-goal match of the season, while helping Nebraska (17-4-3) to the third Elite Eight appearance in program history. With her total goals, she broke the Nebraska record for goals in a season with Kim Engesser, who previously held the record with 27 goals in 1998. Additionally, she is tied for first in the Husker record books in game-winning goals and her total shots this season place her at the top of the list.

Dale selected as MAC Hermann trophy finalist

Story by NU Athletic Communications&nbsp;

The top-ranked Nebraska volleyball team will host an NCAA Regional in Lincoln for the first time since 2016 when the Huskers welcome No. 12 Georgia Tech to the Bob Devaney Sports Center for a 1 p.m. match on Thursday on ESPN2. The other regional semifinal features No. 8 Kentucky vs. No. 9 Arkansas at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday on ESPNU. The winners will meet in Saturday’s regional final at 5 p.m. on ESPNU. &nbsp;• Courtney Lyle, Holly McPeak and Katie George will be on the call for the TV broadcasts. All matches will be streamed on WatchESPN.com.• The Huskers Radio Network will broadcast all the action on their radio affiliates, including 107.3 FM in Lincoln and AM 590 in Omaha. A live audio stream will be provided at Huskers.com and on the Huskers app.&nbsp;• John Baylor is in his 30th season doing play-by-play for the Husker volleyball program. Lauren (Cook) West, a former All-American setter for the Huskers, will provide color commentary.

ABOUT THE HUSKERS• Nebraska is the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament for the sixth time in program history. The other years were 2000 (NCAA Champion), 2004 (NCAA Regional Finalist), 2005 (NCAA Runner-Up), 2006 (NCAA Champion) and 2016 (NCAA Semifinalist).• The Huskers won the outright Big Ten title this season with a 19-1 league record, earning their first Big Ten title since 2017. Nebraska has now won four Big Ten titles since joining the conference in 2011. The years were 2011, 2016, 2017 (co-champions) and 2023. All-time, Nebraska volleyball has won 35 conference titles. John Cook has been head coach for 13 of them.&nbsp;• Nebraska won 27 matches in a row to begin the season and finished 28-1, its best regular-season record since going 28-1 in 2005.&nbsp;• NU went 17-0 in home matches in the regular season. The last time the Huskers went undefeated at home in the regular season was 2017 (15-0).&nbsp;• The Huskers have won 30 matches in a season for the first time since 2017. Nebraska has won 30 matches in a season 24 times in program history, including 12 times under John Cook.• From Sept. 12-Sept. 29, Nebraska played five straight ranked teams and won all five matches. It was the sixth time in school history Nebraska played five matches in a row against ranked teams but the first time NU won all five.&nbsp;• The Huskers went undefeated in non-conference play for the first time since 2016 and just the second time since 2008.• The Huskers, who led the nation in defense in 2022, have held their opponents this season to a combined .140 hitting percentage, which ranks third nationally.&nbsp;• Nebraska has been sharp offensively this season, hitting .281 to rank 17th nationally. The Huskers rank 10th nationally with 14.10 kills per set and 14th in assists per set at 13.06.&nbsp;• Nebraska had four All-Big Ten First Team selections and two All-Big Ten Second Team selections for a total of six all-conference players this season, the most in program history.

NEBRASKA’S NCAA TOURNAMENT NOTES• Nebraska advanced to an NCAA Regional for the 12th consecutive season and for the 39th time in program history. The Huskers’ 39 regional appearances are the most in NCAA history, while Nebraska’s 12 consecutive regional berths rank second nationally.• Nebraska is 127-36 all-time in the NCAA Tournament. The Huskers rank second in NCAA history in postseason wins and winning percentage (.779).• The Huskers have won 20 consecutive home matches in the NCAA Tournament dating back to 2013. NU is 81-7 all-time in home NCAA Tournament matches, including 26-2 at the Devaney Center.• John Cook coached in the 118th NCAA Tournament match of his career last Saturday (including his time at Wisconsin). He tied John Dunning (Pacific/Stanford) for the second-most NCAA Tournament matches coached in NCAA Division I history.• Cook is 86-19 in the NCAA Tournament as Nebraska’s head coach. He is 94-24 in his NCAA Tournament career. • Cook ranks second all-time in career NCAA Tournament victories and NCAA Tournament wins at one school.

HUSKERS RACK UP POSTSEASON AWARDS• Merritt Beason, a junior opposite hitter who transfered to NU from Florida, was named the AVCA Region Player of the Year, as well as All-Big Ten First Team and All-Region Team. Beason has stepped in as a team captain and is contributing a team-leading 3.83 kills per set this season with 2.05 digs per set and a .293 hitting percentage. A native of Gardendale, Ala., Beason earned four Big Ten Player of the Week honors this season and was the AVCA National Player of the Week on Oct. 24 following 21 kills in a 3-2 win over then-No. 1 Wisconsin. Beason had a career-high 27 kills on .426 hitting in a 3-2 reverse sweep at then-No. 16 Penn State on Nov. 3. As a sophomore at Florida in 2022, Beason was an All-SEC and AVCA All-Region selection.• Junior libero Lexi Rodriguez was named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year for the second time in her career, becoming the fifth player in Big Ten history to receive that honor twice in a career. She also earned AVCA All-Region and All-Big Ten First Team honors for the third time. Rodriguez, who averages 3.56 digs and 1.26 assists per set with a .980 serve reception percentage, leads a Husker defense that ranks third nationally in opponent hitting percentage. The junior from Sterling, Ill., was twice named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week this season despite opponents frequently tailoring their game plans to avoid Rodriguez on the court. Rodriguez was a first-team AVCA All-American in 2021 and a second-team AVCA All-American in 2022.&nbsp;• Freshman outside hitter Harper Murray was voted the AVCA Region Freshman of the Year and the Big Ten Freshman of the Year, making her the second ever Husker (Madi Kubik, 2019) to earn that distinction. Murray also earned All-Big Ten First Team and unanimous All-Freshman Team accolades. Murray ranks second on the Huskers in kills with 3.25 per set on .247 hitting and adds 2.08 digs per set with a team-high 33 service aces. Murray was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week three times this season and has seven double-doubles.• Freshman setter Bergen Reilly was chosen Big Ten Setter of the Year, becoming the first ever freshman to earn the award since it originated in 2012. She also earned All-Big Ten First Team, All-Freshman Team, and AVCA All-Region Team accolades. Reilly, just the second true freshman setter to be the starter at Nebraska under head coach John Cook, is putting up 10.69 assists and 2.63 digs per set and has 13 double-doubles this season. The Sioux Falls, S.D., native ranks 14th nationally in assists per set. Reilly was named Big Ten Setter of the Week four times this year and Big Ten Freshman of the Week twice. She paces a Husker offense that ranks in the top 20 nationally in hitting percentage (.281) and kills per set (14.10).&nbsp;• Bekka Allick, a sophomore middle blocker from Lincoln, Neb., has been Nebraska’s top defensive presence at the net with a team-best 1.39 blocks per set this season. Offensively, Allick adds 1.82 kills per set on .324 hitting. Allick had a career-high nine blocks in the regular-season finale at Minnesota. Allick received AVCA All-Region and All-Big Ten Second Team honors for the second year in a row.&nbsp;• Andi Jackson, a freshman middle blocker from Brighton, Colo., averages 2.07 kills per set and 1.08 blocks per set and has a team-high .398 hitting percentage, which ranks 19th nationally. Jackson was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week in November and has hit .500 or better in 12 matches this season. She was selected to the AVCA All-Region Team, All-Big Ten Second Team and Big Ten All-Freshman Team. &nbsp;

SCOUTING REPORT: GEORGIA TECH• No. 5 seed Georgia Tech (24-6, 13-5 ACC) upset No. 4 seed Florida, 3-2, in the NCAA Second Round to advance to a regional for the fourth time in program history.&nbsp;• Tamara Otene leads the Yellow Jackets with 3.64 kills per set and 3.00 digs per set. Bianca Bertolino adds 3.04 kills per set and has served 62 aces this season, sixth-most in the country. Both outside hitters were named AVCA All-Region and All-ACC First Team.&nbsp;• Georgia Tech runs a 6-2 with Isabella D’Amico and Heloise Soares providing 6.97 and 5.57 assists per set, respectively.&nbsp;• As a team, Georgia Tech is hitting .251 and allowing opponents to hit .182.&nbsp;

SERIES HISTORY• Nebraska and Georgia Tech have only played twice and split the all-time series, 1-1. The Yellow Jackets won 3-2 on Sept. 14, 2003, while the Huskers won 3-0 on Sept. 12, 2015.&nbsp;

HUSKERS RANKED NO. 1 IN AVCA COACHES POLL• Nebraska is ranked No. 1 in the AVCA Coaches Poll this week.• Nebraska has been ranked No. 1 in 108 all-time polls, the most in NCAA history.&nbsp;• The Huskers have been ranked in the top 10 a total of 557 times, which is also the most in NCAA history.• Nebraska has appeared in all 618 AVCA Coaches Polls it has been eligible for since it was established in 1982. Nebraska is the only program to be ranked in every eligible poll all-time.• Nebraska’s 618 consecutive weeks of being ranked is the longest active streak in Division I for any sport, leading Connecticut women’s basketball and North Carolina women’s soccer.

AVCA HALL OF FAMER JOHN COOK IN 24TH SEASON AT NEBRASKA• Nebraska head coach John Cook is in his 24th season as the Nebraska volleyball head coach in 2023. He has led the Huskers to four national championships, 10 final fours, 13 conference championships and 21 top-10 final rankings since 2000.&nbsp;• Cook has 847 career wins and is one of the all-time winningest coaches in NCAA history. Since taking over the program in 2000, Cook has led the Huskers to a nation-leading .874 win percentage (686-99).&nbsp;• Under Cook, the Huskers have achieved 64 AVCA All-Americans and 20 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, both among the best in the nation. He is a two-time AVCA National Coach of the Year, earning the prestigious honor in 2000 and 2005, and an eight-time conference coach of the year, including Big Ten Coach of the Year in 2016, 2017 and 2023.• Cook was voted AVCA North Region Coach of the Year and Big Ten Coach of the Year after leading a young Nebraska team with no seniors to its first Big Ten title since 2017. The Huskers finished the regular season 28-1 overall, their best regular season record since going 28-1 in 2005. After going 26-6 last year and missing the NCAA Regional Finals for the first time since 2011, the Huskers started over with a starting lineup featuring four true freshmen and a junior transfer (Beason). Cook’s Huskers won their first 27 matches of the season and held the No. 1 ranking from Oct. 23 through the end of the regular season. Despite having no seniors on the roster for just the second time in Cook’s 24 years at Nebraska - as well as starting a true freshman at setter for only the second time in Cook’s tenure - the Huskers earned the overall No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2016 and the sixth time overall under Cook.• Cook is one of only two active coaches - and one of six all-time - to be a two-time AVCA National Coach of the Year and was honored in 2008 by USA Volleyball, receiving its All-Time Great Coach Award.• Cook was inducted into the AVCA Hall of Fame in 2017, joining former Husker volleyball coach Terry Pettit in the hall.&nbsp;

HUSKER VOLLEYBALL SETS ATTENDANCE RECORDS• It was a record-breaking night at Memorial Stadium on Aug. 30 when Nebraska hosted Omaha in an outdoor volleyball match. The attendance of 92,003 set a record for the largest crowd to watch a women’s sporting event in the United States. The crowd of more than 92,000 also surpassed what is widely regarded as the world-record attendance for any women’s sporting event.• The previously recognized world record was 91,648 fans in an UEFA Champions League match between Barcelona and Wolfsburg on April 22, 2022, at Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain. The previous record for an American women’s sporting event was 90,185 in USA’s FIFA World Cup Final against China on July 10, 1999, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif.• Along with the two records mentioned above, the Huskers shattered a pair of NCAA records, exceeding the previous records for any NCAA volleyball match and an NCAA volleyball regular-season match.&nbsp;• Entering the match, the largest-ever crowd for any NCAA volleyball match was 18,755 when Nebraska played Wisconsin in the NCAA Final at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, on Dec. 18, 2021. The largest NCAA volleyball regular-season attendance was 16,833 when Wisconsin hosted Florida at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis., on Sept 16, 2022.• The Husker volleyball program has sold out 319 consecutive regular-season matches. Nebraska’s sellout streak is an NCAA women’s record. The Huskers have led the nation in attendance every season since moving into the Bob Devaney Sports Center in 2013.• Nine of the top 11 crowds in NCAA volleyball history are matches that have involved the Huskers.&nbsp;• Of the 16 largest NCAA volleyball regular-season crowds, 14 have been Nebraska matches.• On Oct. 21, Nebraska broke its Devaney Center attendance record since the arena was reconfigured for volleyball in 2013. A crowd of 9,198 turned out to see a five-set thriller between undefeated No. 1 Wisconsin and undefeated No. 2 Nebraska. Over the summer, 402 seats were added to the Devaney Center, increasing the seating capacity to 8,309.

Story by NU Athletic Communications&nbsp;The top-ranked Nebraska volleyball team will host an NCAA Regional in Lincoln for the first time since 2016 when the Huskers welcome No. 12 Georgia Tech to the Bob Devaney Sports Center for a 1 p.m. match on Thursday on ESPN2. The other regional semifinal features No. 8 Kentucky vs. No. 9 Arkansas at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday on ESPNU. The winners will meet in Saturday’s regional final at 5 p.m. on ESPNU. &nbsp;• Courtney Lyle, Holly McPeak and Katie George will be on the call for the TV broadcasts. All matches will be streamed on WatchESPN.com.• The Huskers Radio Network will broadcast all the action on their radio affiliates, including 107.3 FM in Lincoln and AM 590 in Omaha. A live audio stream will be provided at Huskers.com and on the Huskers app.&nbsp;• John Baylor is in his 30th season doing play-by-play for the Husker volleyball program. Lauren (Cook) West, a former All-American setter for the Huskers, will provide color commentary.ABOUT THE HUSKERS• Nebraska is the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament for the sixth time in program history. The other years were 2000 (NCAA Champion), 2004 (NCAA Regional Finalist), 2005 (NCAA Runner-Up), 2006 (NCAA Champion) and 2016 (NCAA Semifinalist).• The Huskers won the outright Big Ten title this season with a 19-1 league record, earning their first Big Ten title since 2017. Nebraska has now won four Big Ten titles since joining the conference in 2011. The years were 2011, 2016, 2017 (co-champions) and 2023. All-time, Nebraska volleyball has won 35 conference titles. John Cook has been head coach for 13 of them.&nbsp;• Nebraska won 27 matches in a row to begin the season and finished 28-1, its best regular-season record since going 28-1 in 2005.&nbsp;• NU went 17-0 in home matches in the regular season. The last time the Huskers went undefeated at home in the regular season was 2017 (15-0).&nbsp;• The Huskers have won 30 matches in a season for the first time since 2017. Nebraska has won 30 matches in a season 24 times in program history, including 12 times under John Cook.• From Sept. 12-Sept. 29, Nebraska played five straight ranked teams and won all five matches. It was the sixth time in school history Nebraska played five matches in a row against ranked teams but the first time NU won all five.&nbsp;• The Huskers went undefeated in non-conference play for the first time since 2016 and just the second time since 2008.• The Huskers, who led the nation in defense in 2022, have held their opponents this season to a combined .140 hitting percentage, which ranks third nationally.&nbsp;• Nebraska has been sharp offensively this season, hitting .281 to rank 17th nationally. The Huskers rank 10th nationally with 14.10 kills per set and 14th in assists per set at 13.06.&nbsp;• Nebraska had four All-Big Ten First Team selections and two All-Big Ten Second Team selections for a total of six all-conference players this season, the most in program history.NEBRASKA’S NCAA TOURNAMENT NOTES• Nebraska advanced to an NCAA Regional for the 12th consecutive season and for the 39th time in program history. The Huskers’ 39 regional appearances are the most in NCAA history, while Nebraska’s 12 consecutive regional berths rank second nationally.• Nebraska is 127-36 all-time in the NCAA Tournament. The Huskers rank second in NCAA history in postseason wins and winning percentage (.779).• The Huskers have won 20 consecutive home matches in the NCAA Tournament dating back to 2013. NU is 81-7 all-time in home NCAA Tournament matches, including 26-2 at the Devaney Center.• John Cook coached in the 118th NCAA Tournament match of his career last Saturday (including his time at Wisconsin). He tied John Dunning (Pacific/Stanford) for the second-most NCAA Tournament matches coached in NCAA Division I history.• Cook is 86-19 in the NCAA Tournament as Nebraska’s head coach. He is 94-24 in his NCAA Tournament career. • Cook ranks second all-time in career NCAA Tournament victories and NCAA Tournament wins at one school.HUSKERS RACK UP POSTSEASON AWARDS• Merritt Beason, a junior opposite hitter who transfered to NU from Florida, was named the AVCA Region Player of the Year, as well as All-Big Ten First Team and All-Region Team. Beason has stepped in as a team captain and is contributing a team-leading 3.83 kills per set this season with 2.05 digs per set and a .293 hitting percentage. A native of Gardendale, Ala., Beason earned four Big Ten Player of the Week honors this season and was the AVCA National Player of the Week on Oct. 24 following 21 kills in a 3-2 win over then-No. 1 Wisconsin. Beason had a career-high 27 kills on .426 hitting in a 3-2 reverse sweep at then-No. 16 Penn State on Nov. 3. As a sophomore at Florida in 2022, Beason was an All-SEC and AVCA All-Region selection.• Junior libero Lexi Rodriguez was named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year for the second time in her career, becoming the fifth player in Big Ten history to receive that honor twice in a career. She also earned AVCA All-Region and All-Big Ten First Team honors for the third time. Rodriguez, who averages 3.56 digs and 1.26 assists per set with a .980 serve reception percentage, leads a Husker defense that ranks third nationally in opponent hitting percentage. The junior from Sterling, Ill., was twice named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week this season despite opponents frequently tailoring their game plans to avoid Rodriguez on the court. Rodriguez was a first-team AVCA All-American in 2021 and a second-team AVCA All-American in 2022.&nbsp;• Freshman outside hitter Harper Murray was voted the AVCA Region Freshman of the Year and the Big Ten Freshman of the Year, making her the second ever Husker (Madi Kubik, 2019) to earn that distinction. Murray also earned All-Big Ten First Team and unanimous All-Freshman Team accolades. Murray ranks second on the Huskers in kills with 3.25 per set on .247 hitting and adds 2.08 digs per set with a team-high 33 service aces. Murray was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week three times this season and has seven double-doubles.• Freshman setter Bergen Reilly was chosen Big Ten Setter of the Year, becoming the first ever freshman to earn the award since it originated in 2012. She also earned All-Big Ten First Team, All-Freshman Team, and AVCA All-Region Team accolades. Reilly, just the second true freshman setter to be the starter at Nebraska under head coach John Cook, is putting up 10.69 assists and 2.63 digs per set and has 13 double-doubles this season. The Sioux Falls, S.D., native ranks 14th nationally in assists per set. Reilly was named Big Ten Setter of the Week four times this year and Big Ten Freshman of the Week twice. She paces a Husker offense that ranks in the top 20 nationally in hitting percentage (.281) and kills per set (14.10).&nbsp;• Bekka Allick, a sophomore middle blocker from Lincoln, Neb., has been Nebraska’s top defensive presence at the net with a team-best 1.39 blocks per set this season. Offensively, Allick adds 1.82 kills per set on .324 hitting. Allick had a career-high nine blocks in the regular-season finale at Minnesota. Allick received AVCA All-Region and All-Big Ten Second Team honors for the second year in a row.&nbsp;• Andi Jackson, a freshman middle blocker from Brighton, Colo., averages 2.07 kills per set and 1.08 blocks per set and has a team-high .398 hitting percentage, which ranks 19th nationally. Jackson was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week in November and has hit .500 or better in 12 matches this season. She was selected to the AVCA All-Region Team, All-Big Ten Second Team and Big Ten All-Freshman Team. &nbsp;SCOUTING REPORT: GEORGIA TECH• No. 5 seed Georgia Tech (24-6, 13-5 ACC) upset No. 4 seed Florida, 3-2, in the NCAA Second Round to advance to a regional for the fourth time in program history.&nbsp;• Tamara Otene leads the Yellow Jackets with 3.64 kills per set and 3.00 digs per set. Bianca Bertolino adds 3.04 kills per set and has served 62 aces this season, sixth-most in the country. Both outside hitters were named AVCA All-Region and All-ACC First Team.&nbsp;• Georgia Tech runs a 6-2 with Isabella D’Amico and Heloise Soares providing 6.97 and 5.57 assists per set, respectively.&nbsp;• As a team, Georgia Tech is hitting .251 and allowing opponents to hit .182.&nbsp;SERIES HISTORY• Nebraska and Georgia Tech have only played twice and split the all-time series, 1-1. The Yellow Jackets won 3-2 on Sept. 14, 2003, while the Huskers won 3-0 on Sept. 12, 2015.&nbsp;HUSKERS RANKED NO. 1 IN AVCA COACHES POLL• Nebraska is ranked No. 1 in the AVCA Coaches Poll this week.• Nebraska has been ranked No. 1 in 108 all-time polls, the most in NCAA history.&nbsp;• The Huskers have been ranked in the top 10 a total of 557 times, which is also the most in NCAA history.• Nebraska has appeared in all 618 AVCA Coaches Polls it has been eligible for since it was established in 1982. Nebraska is the only program to be ranked in every eligible poll all-time.• Nebraska’s 618 consecutive weeks of being ranked is the longest active streak in Division I for any sport, leading Connecticut women’s basketball and North Carolina women’s soccer.AVCA HALL OF FAMER JOHN COOK IN 24TH SEASON AT NEBRASKA• Nebraska head coach John Cook is in his 24th season as the Nebraska volleyball head coach in 2023. He has led the Huskers to four national championships, 10 final fours, 13 conference championships and 21 top-10 final rankings since 2000.&nbsp;• Cook has 847 career wins and is one of the all-time winningest coaches in NCAA history. Since taking over the program in 2000, Cook has led the Huskers to a nation-leading .874 win percentage (686-99).&nbsp;• Under Cook, the Huskers have achieved 64 AVCA All-Americans and 20 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, both among the best in the nation. He is a two-time AVCA National Coach of the Year, earning the prestigious honor in 2000 and 2005, and an eight-time conference coach of the year, including Big Ten Coach of the Year in 2016, 2017 and 2023.• Cook was voted AVCA North Region Coach of the Year and Big Ten Coach of the Year after leading a young Nebraska team with no seniors to its first Big Ten title since 2017. The Huskers finished the regular season 28-1 overall, their best regular season record since going 28-1 in 2005. After going 26-6 last year and missing the NCAA Regional Finals for the first time since 2011, the Huskers started over with a starting lineup featuring four true freshmen and a junior transfer (Beason). Cook’s Huskers won their first 27 matches of the season and held the No. 1 ranking from Oct. 23 through the end of the regular season. Despite having no seniors on the roster for just the second time in Cook’s 24 years at Nebraska - as well as starting a true freshman at setter for only the second time in Cook’s tenure - the Huskers earned the overall No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2016 and the sixth time overall under Cook.• Cook is one of only two active coaches - and one of six all-time - to be a two-time AVCA National Coach of the Year and was honored in 2008 by USA Volleyball, receiving its All-Time Great Coach Award.• Cook was inducted into the AVCA Hall of Fame in 2017, joining former Husker volleyball coach Terry Pettit in the hall.&nbsp;HUSKER VOLLEYBALL SETS ATTENDANCE RECORDS• It was a record-breaking night at Memorial Stadium on Aug. 30 when Nebraska hosted Omaha in an outdoor volleyball match. The attendance of 92,003 set a record for the largest crowd to watch a women’s sporting event in the United States. The crowd of more than 92,000 also surpassed what is widely regarded as the world-record attendance for any women’s sporting event.• The previously recognized world record was 91,648 fans in an UEFA Champions League match between Barcelona and Wolfsburg on April 22, 2022, at Camp Nou in Barcelona, Spain. The previous record for an American women’s sporting event was 90,185 in USA’s FIFA World Cup Final against China on July 10, 1999, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif.• Along with the two records mentioned above, the Huskers shattered a pair of NCAA records, exceeding the previous records for any NCAA volleyball match and an NCAA volleyball regular-season match.&nbsp;• Entering the match, the largest-ever crowd for any NCAA volleyball match was 18,755 when Nebraska played Wisconsin in the NCAA Final at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, on Dec. 18, 2021. The largest NCAA volleyball regular-season attendance was 16,833 when Wisconsin hosted Florida at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wis., on Sept 16, 2022.• The Husker volleyball program has sold out 319 consecutive regular-season matches. Nebraska’s sellout streak is an NCAA women’s record. The Huskers have led the nation in attendance every season since moving into the Bob Devaney Sports Center in 2013.• Nine of the top 11 crowds in NCAA volleyball history are matches that have involved the Huskers.&nbsp;• Of the 16 largest NCAA volleyball regular-season crowds, 14 have been Nebraska matches.• On Oct. 21, Nebraska broke its Devaney Center attendance record since the arena was reconfigured for volleyball in 2013. A crowd of 9,198 turned out to see a five-set thriller between undefeated No. 1 Wisconsin and undefeated No. 2 Nebraska. Over the summer, 402 seats were added to the Devaney Center, increasing the seating capacity to 8,309.

NCAA Lincoln Regional preview

Lincoln&nbsp;- Jaz Shelley became the first Husker in history to record a pair of triple-doubles in her career by producing 19 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists to fuel Nebraska's largest victory margin over a Division I team in the school record book with a 108-35 women's basketball win over UNCW at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Tuesday night.

Shelley, a graduate student from Moe, Australia, nearly notched a triple-double in the first half with eight points, eight rebounds and 10 assists to help Nebraska bolt to a 62-12 halftime lead. The Huskers (7-2), who scored 31 points in each of the first two quarters, tied the school record for most points in a first half, while holding the Seahawks (2-6) to the second-fewest points by an opponent in a first half in program history.

Shelley, who previously notched a Husker triple-double with 14 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists against North Carolina Central on Nov. 20, 2021, hit 5-of-10 three-pointers on the night to ignite the Huskers to a season-high 16 threes, tying for the second-most threes by a Husker squad in school history.

While Shelley stole the show, her historic performance came in less than 25 game minutes, as the Huskers produced a complete team effort.

Junior center Alexis Markowski notched her fourth straight double-double and fifth of the season with 18 points and a game-high 12 rebounds in just 19 minutes of action.

Freshman Natalie Potts continued her impressive play with 11 points and eight rebounds in just 21 minutes, as she came up just two boards short of her second double-double.

Fellow freshmen Logan Nissley and Jessica Petrie both notched career highs, as Nissley pumped in 18 points on four three-pointers while adding five rebounds, four assists and three steals in 20 minutes. Petrie added 11 points and four boards in front of her family who arrived at the arena from Australia shortly before tip-off.

Darian White (11) and Callin Hake (10) rounded out a group of seven Huskers who scored in double figures on the night, while all 10 available Huskers scored at least three points and grabbed at least one rebound.

For the game, Nebraska hit a season-high 58.1 percent (43-74) from the field as the Husker point total tied for the 10th-highest in school history. The Big Red knocked down a season-best 45.7 percent (16-35) of its threes, while hitting 6-of-10 free throws. Nebraska held a dominant 57-25 edge on the glass, holding the Seahawks without an offensive rebound in the first 20 minutes. The Huskers also won the turnover battle, 18-11.

Nebraska's defense was solid, holding UNCW to just 23 percent (14-61) shooting for the game, including just 2-of-18 threes. Taylor Henderson and Kylah Silver, who were two of three Seahawks who entered the game averaging in double figures, managed led UNCW with nine points apiece.

Nebraska opens Big Ten play on the road Saturday, Dec. 9 as NU battles Michigan State in East Lansing at 1 p.m. (CT). The game will be televised on the Big Ten Network and radio coverage will be provided by the Huskers Radio Network.

Story by NU Athletic CommunicationsLincoln&nbsp;- Jaz Shelley became the first Husker in history to record a pair of triple-doubles in her career by producing 19 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists to fuel Nebraska's largest victory margin over a Division I team in the school record book with a 108-35 women's basketball win over UNCW at Pinnacle Bank Arena on Tuesday night.Shelley, a graduate student from Moe, Australia, nearly notched a triple-double in the first half with eight points, eight rebounds and 10 assists to help Nebraska bolt to a 62-12 halftime lead. The Huskers (7-2), who scored 31 points in each of the first two quarters, tied the school record for most points in a first half, while holding the Seahawks (2-6) to the second-fewest points by an opponent in a first half in program history.Shelley, who previously notched a Husker triple-double with 14 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists against North Carolina Central on Nov. 20, 2021, hit 5-of-10 three-pointers on the night to ignite the Huskers to a season-high 16 threes, tying for the second-most threes by a Husker squad in school history.While Shelley stole the show, her historic performance came in less than 25 game minutes, as the Huskers produced a complete team effort.Junior center Alexis Markowski notched her fourth straight double-double and fifth of the season with 18 points and a game-high 12 rebounds in just 19 minutes of action.Freshman Natalie Potts continued her impressive play with 11 points and eight rebounds in just 21 minutes, as she came up just two boards short of her second double-double.Fellow freshmen Logan Nissley and Jessica Petrie both notched career highs, as Nissley pumped in 18 points on four three-pointers while adding five rebounds, four assists and three steals in 20 minutes. Petrie added 11 points and four boards in front of her family who arrived at the arena from Australia shortly before tip-off.Darian White (11) and Callin Hake (10) rounded out a group of seven Huskers who scored in double figures on the night, while all 10 available Huskers scored at least three points and grabbed at least one rebound.For the game, Nebraska hit a season-high 58.1 percent (43-74) from the field as the Husker point total tied for the 10th-highest in school history. The Big Red knocked down a season-best 45.7 percent (16-35) of its threes, while hitting 6-of-10 free throws. Nebraska held a dominant 57-25 edge on the glass, holding the Seahawks without an offensive rebound in the first 20 minutes. The Huskers also won the turnover battle, 18-11.Nebraska's defense was solid, holding UNCW to just 23 percent (14-61) shooting for the game, including just 2-of-18 threes. Taylor Henderson and Kylah Silver, who were two of three Seahawks who entered the game averaging in double figures, managed led UNCW with nine points apiece.Nebraska opens Big Ten play on the road Saturday, Dec. 9 as NU battles Michigan State in East Lansing at 1 p.m. (CT). The game will be televised on the Big Ten Network and radio coverage will be provided by the Huskers Radio Network.

Shelley Triple-Double highlights big Husker win

Kearney Catholic 42, North Platte St. Patrick's 15

Maywood-Hayes Center 43, Hitchcock County 27

Oberlin-Decatur Comm., KS 31, Wauneta-Palisade 22

Dundy County Stratton 63, Wauneta-Palisade 12

Maywood-Hayes Center 68, Oberlin-Decatur Community, KS 47

North Platte St. Patrick's 58, Kearney Catholic 39

Sumner-Eddyville-Miller 39, Sandhills Valley 25

<h2>Girls Basketball</h2>Brady 62, Sutherland 43Broken Bow 59, Amherst 33Kearney Catholic 42, North Platte St. Patrick's 15Maxwell 57, Hi-Line 25Maywood-Hayes Center 43, Hitchcock County 27Medicine Valley 50, Arapahoe 33Oberlin-Decatur Comm., KS 31, Wauneta-Palisade 22Perkins County 57, Haxtun, CO 49Southwest 53, Dundy County Stratton 31Arthur County 55, Creek Valley 29&nbsp;<h2>Boys Basketball</h2>Arapahoe 54, Medicine Valley 36Brady 49, Sutherland 41Dundy County Stratton 63, Wauneta-Palisade 12Hi-Line 46, Maxwell 26Hitchcock County 48, Southwest 42Kimball 77, Garden County 49Maywood-Hayes Center 68, Oberlin-Decatur Community, KS 47North Platte St. Patrick's 58, Kearney Catholic 39Sumner-Eddyville-Miller 39, Sandhills Valley 25Creek Valley 43, Arthur County 40<div><style type="text/css">
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 <th class="tg-e9p3">Aubrei Wysocki (Grand Island Girls) over Unknown (For.)</th>
 <th class="tg-wnqb">0</th>
 <th class="tg-mcqj">6</th>
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 <td class="tg-vrii">105</td>
 <td class="tg-vrii">Unknown vs. Unknown</td>
 <td class="tg-vrii">0</td>
 <td class="tg-vrii">0</td>
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 <td class="tg-wnqb">110</td>
 <td class="tg-ybpf"><a href="https://www.trackwrestling.com/membership/ViewProfile.jsp?TIM=1701871210037&twSessionId=eqrmrleyge&twId=1087246135" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jasmine Morales</a> (Grand Island Girls) over Unknown (For.)</td>
 <td class="tg-wnqb">0</td>
 <td class="tg-wnqb">6</td>
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 <td class="tg-vrii">115</td>
 <td class="tg-y2n0"><a href="https://www.trackwrestling.com/membership/ViewProfile.jsp?TIM=1701871210037&twSessionId=eqrmrleyge&twId=1875932135" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Amber Gomez</a> (Grand Island Girls) over Janalliah Bourgeois (North Platte Girls) (Fall 1:33)</td>
 <td class="tg-vrii">0</td>
 <td class="tg-vrii">6</td>
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 <td class="tg-wnqb">120</td>
 <td class="tg-ybpf"><a href="https://www.trackwrestling.com/membership/ViewProfile.jsp?TIM=1701871210037&twSessionId=eqrmrleyge&twId=1178792135" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Kim Gonzalez</a> (Grand Island Girls) over <a href="https://www.trackwrestling.com/membership/ViewProfile.jsp?TIM=1701871210037&twSessionId=eqrmrleyge&twId=1629434135" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Jade Stockton</a> (North Platte Girls) (MD 12-3)</td>
 <td class="tg-wnqb">0</td>
 <td class="tg-wnqb">4</td>
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 <td class="tg-vrii">125</td>
 <td class="tg-vrii">Fernanda Perea (Grand Island Girls) over Aaliyah Ramos (North Platte Girls) (Fall 0:22)</td>
 <td class="tg-vrii">0</td>
 <td class="tg-vrii">6</td>
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 <td class="tg-y2n0"><a href="https://www.trackwrestling.com/membership/ViewProfile.jsp?TIM=1701871210037&twSessionId=eqrmrleyge&twId=783724135" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Briannah Kutschkau</a> (Grand Island Girls) over <a href="https://www.trackwrestling.com/membership/ViewProfile.jsp?TIM=1701871210037&twSessionId=eqrmrleyge&twId=1662270135" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Brooklynn Brown</a> (North Platte Girls) (MD 14-4)</td>
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 <td class="tg-vrii">Fabiola Cortez Carcamo (Grand Island Girls) over Madeline Junker (North Platte Girls) (Fall 1:20)</td>
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 <td class="tg-wnqb">Taylor Beeder (Grand Island Girls) over Gisela Rivas (North Platte Girls) (Fall 0:36)</td>
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 <td class="tg-vrii">Brythany Espino (Grand Island Girls) over Unknown (For.)</td>
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Area Basketball and Wrestling scores for 12-5

Ogallala - OHS announced on Monday that senior Lindee Henning has signed with the University of South Dakota to further her academic and athletic career. Henning will be joining the Cross Country team. USD head coach Nolan Fife was announced as the Summits League Women's Cross County Coach of the Year. Fife is only his second year with the program.

Ogallala - OHS announced on Monday that senior Lindee Henning has signed with the University of South Dakota to further her academic and athletic career. Henning will be joining the Cross Country team. USD head coach Nolan Fife was announced as the Summits League Women's Cross County Coach of the Year. Fife is only his second year with the program.<div><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FOgallalaSchools%2Fposts%2Fpfbid02XxgN2kYbawR443Ch9XGFDF75roD3shw5M7M1AUeVxqhdRpBPySn576vbENNe4KSUl&show_text=true&width=500" width="500" height="703" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="true" allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share"></iframe></div>

OHS Senior Lindee Henning signs with University of South Dakota for Cross Country

Story by Omaha Supernovas Communications

OMAHA, Neb.&nbsp;– The&nbsp;<a href="http://www.supernovas.com/" target="_blank">Omaha Supernovas,</a>&nbsp;Nebraska’s professional volleyball team in the newly-established&nbsp;<a href="http://www.provolleyball.com/" target="_blank">Professional Volleyball Federation</a>, has announced the signing of former Creighton and Palm Beach Atlantic star&nbsp;Jazz Schmidt.&nbsp;

Born in Nebraska, Schmidt&nbsp;was a dual-position standout across her six-year college career as she split time at both setter and as a right-side attacker. Schmidt spent her first five seasons at&nbsp;Division II&nbsp;Palm Beach Atlantic where she became one of the most prolific hitters in program history. Her versatility excelled during her 2019 sophomore season where she finished second on the team in kills (315), assists&nbsp;(566) and digs (291) while finishing third in blocks (52) and service aces (30). &nbsp;

After playing in just three matches during the shortened 2020-2021 season, Schmidt was named an AVCA All-American after her senior campaign with the Sailfish. Schmidt was also named the Sunshine State Conference Player of the Year&nbsp;after finishing with 10 triple-doubles which led all of Division II. Schmidt led PBA with 766 assists while being second on the team with 344 kills on&nbsp;a .382 hitting percentage&nbsp;with 33 aces and 297 digs. &nbsp;

“Jazz is an exciting addition to our roster for many reasons,” Supernovas Head Coach&nbsp;Shelton Collier&nbsp;said. “First, she is a talented and skilled player who will contribute as both a setter and as a hitter.&nbsp;Secondly,&nbsp;it’s&nbsp;awesome for us to have a Nebraska native who played at Creighton with our team.&nbsp;

Schmidt brought her dual-position talent to Omaha as she transferred to Creighton for her Super Senior season&nbsp;in 2022. Bluejay Head Coach&nbsp;Kirsten Booth&nbsp;deployed Schmidt as a utility player using her as&nbsp;both an attacker and setter. With the unexpected absence of starting setter Kendra Wait, Schmidt was thrust into the starting role for the opening round of the 2022 NCAA Tournament against Auburn. Schmidt posted a double-double securing 44 assists, 11 digs and one ace.&nbsp;

Following her playing career that included 1,022 career kills, Schmidt spent a couple of months&nbsp;on the Creighton coaching staff before being hired as an assistant volleyball coach for Lauren Tekavec&nbsp;at Division II Wingate University. Tekavec&nbsp;is the successor of NCAA coaching legend&nbsp;Shelton Collier,&nbsp;who is the current head coach for the Supernovas. &nbsp;

“I am so thankful for the opportunity to be back in Omaha with the new Pro Volleyball Federation.&nbsp;Being born in Nebraska, I’ve&nbsp;grown up attached to the sport of volleyball because of all the state has to offer for young girls,” Schmidt said. “Playing at Creighton last year strengthened my love for Omaha and my belief in what the entire state is doing for volleyball on a national stage. I’m&nbsp;confident that the Supernovas are going to do something special with the support this state has, and I’m&nbsp;excited to be a part of it.”&nbsp;

Additionally, Schmidt had a brief tenure with Nebraska. She&nbsp;competed with the Huskers Beach Volleyball team in the spring of 2018 going 5-13.&nbsp;At a&nbsp;young age,&nbsp;Schmidt also had a role as one of Nebraska Volleyball’s ball girls that helped during matches. &nbsp;

The Supernovas are one of seven U.S. teams for the 2024 inaugural season: Omaha Supernovas,&nbsp;<a href="https://atlantavibe.com/inaugural-season-tickets-on-sale/" target="_blank">Atlanta Vibe</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://orlandoprovb.com/" target="_blank">Orlando Valkyries</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.columbusfury.com/" target="_blank">Columbus Fury</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.grrise.com/" target="_blank">Grand Rapids Rise</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://sandiegoprovb.com/" target="_blank">San Diego Mojo</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://vegasthrill.com/" target="_blank">V</a><a href="https://vegasthrill.com/" target="_blank">egas Thrill</a>. Two expansion teams,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dallasprovolleyball.com/" target="_blank">Dallas Pro Volleyball</a>&nbsp;and Kansas City Pro Volleyball, have been announced for 2025. In Season One, the Pro Volleyball Federation will be showcased&nbsp;in three different U.S. time zones. Matches will take place on 67 different dates between January and May 2024, occurring on every day of the week.&nbsp;

The Supernovas will play 12 home matches and 12 away matches, for a total of 24 matches in the 16-week regular season.&nbsp;The full schedule is available on the team’s website,&nbsp;<a href="https://supernovas.com/" target="_blank">Supernovas.com</a>. After the regular season, the Supernovas are aiming to be one of the top four squads in the standings that will compete for the Pro Volleyball Federation Championship in May. The location of the championship will be determined and announced at a later date.&nbsp;

The current Supernovas world-class roster includes Olympians, U.S. National Team veterans, NCAA National Champions and All-Americans, to include Anna Church, Bethania de la Cruz, Tori Dixon, Danielle Hart, Sydney Hilley, Gina Mancuso-Prososki, Allison Mayfield,&nbsp;Brooke Nuneviller, Yossiana&nbsp;Pressley, Nia Reed, Jess Schaben-Lansman, Jazz Schmidt, Natalia Valentín-Anderson, Hristina Vuchkova, Lindsey Vander Weide and Kendall White.&nbsp;

Season Tickets are available at the team’s website and on the team’s app, available for download on smartphones and tablets.&nbsp;

Story by Omaha Supernovas CommunicationsOMAHA, Neb.&nbsp;– The&nbsp;<a href="http://www.supernovas.com/" target="_blank">Omaha Supernovas,</a>&nbsp;Nebraska’s professional volleyball team in the newly-established&nbsp;<a href="http://www.provolleyball.com/" target="_blank">Professional Volleyball Federation</a>, has announced the signing of former Creighton and Palm Beach Atlantic star&nbsp;Jazz Schmidt.&nbsp;Born in Nebraska, Schmidt&nbsp;was a dual-position standout across her six-year college career as she split time at both setter and as a right-side attacker. Schmidt spent her first five seasons at&nbsp;Division II&nbsp;Palm Beach Atlantic where she became one of the most prolific hitters in program history. Her versatility excelled during her 2019 sophomore season where she finished second on the team in kills (315), assists&nbsp;(566) and digs (291) while finishing third in blocks (52) and service aces (30). &nbsp;After playing in just three matches during the shortened 2020-2021 season, Schmidt was named an AVCA All-American after her senior campaign with the Sailfish. Schmidt was also named the Sunshine State Conference Player of the Year&nbsp;after finishing with 10 triple-doubles which led all of Division II. Schmidt led PBA with 766 assists while being second on the team with 344 kills on&nbsp;a .382 hitting percentage&nbsp;with 33 aces and 297 digs. &nbsp;“Jazz is an exciting addition to our roster for many reasons,” Supernovas Head Coach&nbsp;Shelton Collier&nbsp;said. “First, she is a talented and skilled player who will contribute as both a setter and as a hitter.&nbsp;Secondly,&nbsp;it’s&nbsp;awesome for us to have a Nebraska native who played at Creighton with our team.&nbsp;Schmidt brought her dual-position talent to Omaha as she transferred to Creighton for her Super Senior season&nbsp;in 2022. Bluejay Head Coach&nbsp;Kirsten Booth&nbsp;deployed Schmidt as a utility player using her as&nbsp;both an attacker and setter. With the unexpected absence of starting setter Kendra Wait, Schmidt was thrust into the starting role for the opening round of the 2022 NCAA Tournament against Auburn. Schmidt posted a double-double securing 44 assists, 11 digs and one ace.&nbsp;Following her playing career that included 1,022 career kills, Schmidt spent a couple of months&nbsp;on the Creighton coaching staff before being hired as an assistant volleyball coach for Lauren Tekavec&nbsp;at Division II Wingate University. Tekavec&nbsp;is the successor of NCAA coaching legend&nbsp;Shelton Collier,&nbsp;who is the current head coach for the Supernovas. &nbsp;“I am so thankful for the opportunity to be back in Omaha with the new Pro Volleyball Federation.&nbsp;Being born in Nebraska, I’ve&nbsp;grown up attached to the sport of volleyball because of all the state has to offer for young girls,” Schmidt said. “Playing at Creighton last year strengthened my love for Omaha and my belief in what the entire state is doing for volleyball on a national stage. I’m&nbsp;confident that the Supernovas are going to do something special with the support this state has, and I’m&nbsp;excited to be a part of it.”&nbsp;Additionally, Schmidt had a brief tenure with Nebraska. She&nbsp;competed with the Huskers Beach Volleyball team in the spring of 2018 going 5-13.&nbsp;At a&nbsp;young age,&nbsp;Schmidt also had a role as one of Nebraska Volleyball’s ball girls that helped during matches. &nbsp;The Supernovas will begin their first-ever training camp in early January to finalize&nbsp;a 14-person roster for the inaugural season of the Pro Volleyball Federation beginning on January 24, 2024. &nbsp;REAL PRO VOLLEYBALL&nbsp;competition will officially begin in the United States with the Omaha Supernovas hosting the Atlanta Vibe in the first match in league history at the CHI Health Center in downtown Omaha on January 24, at 7:00 p.m. CT. Nebraska supports volleyball better than anyone, as evidenced by the more than 92,000 fans that turned out this season for a collegiate match at the Nebraska’s Memorial Stadium in August, setting a new world record for the highest attended women’s sporting event.&nbsp;The Supernovas are one of seven U.S. teams for the 2024 inaugural season: Omaha Supernovas,&nbsp;<a href="https://atlantavibe.com/inaugural-season-tickets-on-sale/" target="_blank">Atlanta Vibe</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://orlandoprovb.com/" target="_blank">Orlando Valkyries</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.columbusfury.com/" target="_blank">Columbus Fury</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.grrise.com/" target="_blank">Grand Rapids Rise</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://sandiegoprovb.com/" target="_blank">San Diego Mojo</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://vegasthrill.com/" target="_blank">V</a><a href="https://vegasthrill.com/" target="_blank">egas Thrill</a>. Two expansion teams,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dallasprovolleyball.com/" target="_blank">Dallas Pro Volleyball</a>&nbsp;and Kansas City Pro Volleyball, have been announced for 2025. In Season One, the Pro Volleyball Federation will be showcased&nbsp;in three different U.S. time zones. Matches will take place on 67 different dates between January and May 2024, occurring on every day of the week.&nbsp;The Supernovas will play 12 home matches and 12 away matches, for a total of 24 matches in the 16-week regular season.&nbsp;The full schedule is available on the team’s website,&nbsp;<a href="https://supernovas.com/" target="_blank">Supernovas.com</a>. After the regular season, the Supernovas are aiming to be one of the top four squads in the standings that will compete for the Pro Volleyball Federation Championship in May. The location of the championship will be determined and announced at a later date.&nbsp;The current Supernovas world-class roster includes Olympians, U.S. National Team veterans, NCAA National Champions and All-Americans, to include Anna Church, Bethania de la Cruz, Tori Dixon, Danielle Hart, Sydney Hilley, Gina Mancuso-Prososki, Allison Mayfield,&nbsp;Brooke Nuneviller, Yossiana&nbsp;Pressley, Nia Reed, Jess Schaben-Lansman, Jazz Schmidt, Natalia Valentín-Anderson, Hristina Vuchkova, Lindsey Vander Weide and Kendall White.&nbsp;Season Tickets are available at the team’s website and on the team’s app, available for download on smartphones and tablets.&nbsp;ABOUT OMAHA SUPERNOVAS&nbsp;The Omaha Supernovas aims to be the premier home of professional volleyball throughout the world. The team is owned by global music sensation Jason Derulo and entrepreneurs Danny White and Chris Erickson, Co-Founders of City+Ventures, an investment and business acceleration organization headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska.&nbsp;ABOUT PRO VOLLEYBALL FEDERATION&nbsp;Pro Volleyball Federation is&nbsp;REAL PRO VOLLEYBALL&nbsp;and the premier women’s professional volleyball league in North America. Pro Volleyball Federation will begin play in January 2024 with world class players and coaches, including some of America’s greatest volleyball players and elite players from around the world. Our entire focus is on ensuring that our level and quality of play, our treatment of players, the quality of our event presentations, and our day-to-day fan experience is world class and the very best offered in North America.&nbsp;For more information, visit&nbsp;<a href="http://www.provolleyball.com/" target="_blank">ProVolleyball.com</a>.&nbsp;

Supernovas sign former Creighton Star Jazz Schmidt 

Six Nebraska volleyball players and head coach John Cook were honored by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) in the All-Region Awards announced on Tuesday.&nbsp;

Bekka Allick, Merritt Beason, Andi Jackson, Harper Murray, Bergen Reilly and Lexi Rodriguez were all named to the AVCA North All-Region Team. The Huskers' six All-Region selections ties the 2016 team for the most in program history.&nbsp;

Additionally, Beason was named the North Region Player of the Year, and Murray was named the North Region Freshman of the Year. Cook was named the Region Coach of the Year for the sixth time in his career and first since 2016. &nbsp;

Beason is the second Husker ever to be named AVCA Region Player of the Year, joining Kelly Hunter (2017). A junior opposite hitter who transfered to NU from Florida, Beason has stepped in as a team captain and is contributing a team-leading 3.83 kills per set this season with 2.05 digs per set and a .293 hitting percentage. Beason was a unanimous All-Big Ten First Team selection. A native of Gardendale, Ala., Beason earned four Big Ten Player of the Week honors this season and was the AVCA National Player of the Week on Oct. 24 following 21 kills in a 3-2 win over then-No. 1 Wisconsin. As a sophomore at Florida in 2022, Beason was an All-SEC and AVCA All-Region selection.

Murray is NU's eighth AVCA Region Freshman of the Year. Rodriguez was the last one in 2021. Murray was voted Big Ten Freshman of the Year this season, making her the second ever Husker (Madi Kubik, 2019) to receive that distinction. She also earned All-Big Ten First Team and unanimous All-Freshman Team accolades. An outside hitter from Ann Arbor, Mich., Murray ranks second on the Huskers in kills with 3.25 per set on .247 hitting and adds 2.08 digs per set with a team-high 33 service aces. Murray was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week three times this season and has seven double-doubles.&nbsp;

Rodriguez earned her third AVCA All-Region honor in three years. A two-time All-American libero, Rodriguez was named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year this season for the second time in her career, becoming the fifth player in Big Ten history to receive that honor twice in a career. Rodriguez, who averages 3.56 digs and 1.26 assists per set with a .980 reception percentage, leads a Husker defense that ranks third nationally in opponent hitting percentage. The Husker co-captain also received All-Big Ten First Team honors for the third time. A junior from Sterling, Ill., Rodriguez was twice named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week this season. She was a first-team AVCA All-American in 2021 and a second-team AVCA All-American in 2022.

Allick earned her second All-Region accolade in as many years. A sophomore middle blocker from Lincoln, Neb., Allick has been Nebraska’s top defensive presence at the net with a team-best 1.39 blocks per set this season. Offensively, Allick adds 1.82 kills per set on .324 hitting. Allick received second-team All-Big Ten honors for the second year in a row.&nbsp;

Jackson, a freshman middle blocker from Brighton, Colo., averages 2.07 kills per set and 1.08 blocks per set and has a team-high .398 hitting percentage, which ranks 19th nationally. Jackson was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week in November and has hit .500 or better in 12 matches this season. In addition to picking up AVCA All-Region honors, Jackson was selected to the All-Big Ten Second Team and All-Freshman Team.&nbsp;

Reilly, Nebraska's freshman setter, collected AVCA All-Region honors one week after being named Big Ten Setter of the Year, becoming the first ever freshman to earn the award since it originated in 2012. She also earned All-Big Ten First Team and All-Freshman Team accolades. Reilly, just the second true freshman setter to be the starter at Nebraska under head coach John Cook, is putting up 10.69 assists and 2.63 digs per set and has 13 double-doubles this season. The Sioux Falls, S.D., native ranks 14th nationally in assists per set. Reilly was named Big Ten Setter of the Week four times this year and Big Ten Freshman of the Week twice.&nbsp;

Cook was voted AVCA North Region Coach of the Year and Big Ten Coach of the Year after leading a young Nebraska team with no seniors to its first Big Ten title since 2017. The Huskers finished the regular season 28-1 overall, their best regular season record since going 28-1 in 2005. After going 26-6 last year and missing the NCAA Regional Finals for the first time since 2011, the Huskers started over with a starting lineup featuring four true freshmen and a junior transfer (Beason). Cook’s Huskers won their first 27 matches of the season and held the No. 1 ranking from Oct. 23 through the end of the regular season. Despite having no seniors on the roster for just the second time in Cook’s 24 years at Nebraska - as well as starting a true freshman at setter for only the second time in Cook’s tenure - the Huskers earned the overall No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2016 and the sixth time overall under Cook.

Story by NU Athletic CommunicationsSix Nebraska volleyball players and head coach John Cook were honored by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) in the All-Region Awards announced on Tuesday.&nbsp;Bekka Allick, Merritt Beason, Andi Jackson, Harper Murray, Bergen Reilly and Lexi Rodriguez were all named to the AVCA North All-Region Team. The Huskers' six All-Region selections ties the 2016 team for the most in program history.&nbsp;Additionally, Beason was named the North Region Player of the Year, and Murray was named the North Region Freshman of the Year. Cook was named the Region Coach of the Year for the sixth time in his career and first since 2016. &nbsp;Beason is the second Husker ever to be named AVCA Region Player of the Year, joining Kelly Hunter (2017). A junior opposite hitter who transfered to NU from Florida, Beason has stepped in as a team captain and is contributing a team-leading 3.83 kills per set this season with 2.05 digs per set and a .293 hitting percentage. Beason was a unanimous All-Big Ten First Team selection. A native of Gardendale, Ala., Beason earned four Big Ten Player of the Week honors this season and was the AVCA National Player of the Week on Oct. 24 following 21 kills in a 3-2 win over then-No. 1 Wisconsin. As a sophomore at Florida in 2022, Beason was an All-SEC and AVCA All-Region selection.Murray is NU's eighth AVCA Region Freshman of the Year. Rodriguez was the last one in 2021. Murray was voted Big Ten Freshman of the Year this season, making her the second ever Husker (Madi Kubik, 2019) to receive that distinction. She also earned All-Big Ten First Team and unanimous All-Freshman Team accolades. An outside hitter from Ann Arbor, Mich., Murray ranks second on the Huskers in kills with 3.25 per set on .247 hitting and adds 2.08 digs per set with a team-high 33 service aces. Murray was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week three times this season and has seven double-doubles.&nbsp;Rodriguez earned her third AVCA All-Region honor in three years. A two-time All-American libero, Rodriguez was named the Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year this season for the second time in her career, becoming the fifth player in Big Ten history to receive that honor twice in a career. Rodriguez, who averages 3.56 digs and 1.26 assists per set with a .980 reception percentage, leads a Husker defense that ranks third nationally in opponent hitting percentage. The Husker co-captain also received All-Big Ten First Team honors for the third time. A junior from Sterling, Ill., Rodriguez was twice named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week this season. She was a first-team AVCA All-American in 2021 and a second-team AVCA All-American in 2022.Allick earned her second All-Region accolade in as many years. A sophomore middle blocker from Lincoln, Neb., Allick has been Nebraska’s top defensive presence at the net with a team-best 1.39 blocks per set this season. Offensively, Allick adds 1.82 kills per set on .324 hitting. Allick received second-team All-Big Ten honors for the second year in a row.&nbsp;Jackson, a freshman middle blocker from Brighton, Colo., averages 2.07 kills per set and 1.08 blocks per set and has a team-high .398 hitting percentage, which ranks 19th nationally. Jackson was named Big Ten Freshman of the Week in November and has hit .500 or better in 12 matches this season. In addition to picking up AVCA All-Region honors, Jackson was selected to the All-Big Ten Second Team and All-Freshman Team.&nbsp;Reilly, Nebraska's freshman setter, collected AVCA All-Region honors one week after being named Big Ten Setter of the Year, becoming the first ever freshman to earn the award since it originated in 2012. She also earned All-Big Ten First Team and All-Freshman Team accolades. Reilly, just the second true freshman setter to be the starter at Nebraska under head coach John Cook, is putting up 10.69 assists and 2.63 digs per set and has 13 double-doubles this season. The Sioux Falls, S.D., native ranks 14th nationally in assists per set. Reilly was named Big Ten Setter of the Week four times this year and Big Ten Freshman of the Week twice.&nbsp;Cook was voted AVCA North Region Coach of the Year and Big Ten Coach of the Year after leading a young Nebraska team with no seniors to its first Big Ten title since 2017. The Huskers finished the regular season 28-1 overall, their best regular season record since going 28-1 in 2005. After going 26-6 last year and missing the NCAA Regional Finals for the first time since 2011, the Huskers started over with a starting lineup featuring four true freshmen and a junior transfer (Beason). Cook’s Huskers won their first 27 matches of the season and held the No. 1 ranking from Oct. 23 through the end of the regular season. Despite having no seniors on the roster for just the second time in Cook’s 24 years at Nebraska - as well as starting a true freshman at setter for only the second time in Cook’s tenure - the Huskers earned the overall No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2016 and the sixth time overall under Cook.

Huskers collect AVCA All-Region Awards

Story by Omaha Supernovas Communication

OMAHA, Neb.&nbsp;– The&nbsp;<a href="http://www.supernovas.com/" target="_blank">Omaha Supernovas,</a>&nbsp;Nebraska’s professional volleyball team in the newly-established&nbsp;<a href="http://www.provolleyball.com/" target="_blank">Professional Volleyball Federation</a>, has announced the addition of&nbsp;Brooke&nbsp;Smith&nbsp;to the Human Performance Team&nbsp;as Head Nutritionist.&nbsp;

Smith is a registered dietitian and licensed medical nutrition therapist. A graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Smith received her&nbsp;bachelor's degree&nbsp;in dietetics before collecting her master's in nutrition and exercise physiology.&nbsp;

Smith marks the third member of the Human Performance Team, which includes Head Strength and Conditioning Coach Laura Pilakowski Buttermore and team psychologist Doctor Larry Widman. That group is led by Head Team Physician Dr. Jaime Seeman, who&nbsp;was&nbsp;<a href="https://supernovas.com/supernovas-name-dr-jaime-fit-fabulous-seeman-head-team-physician/" target="_blank">announced earlier this week</a>.&nbsp;

“I am incredibly honored to join the Supernovas as a member of the Human Performance Team. I take&nbsp;a lot of pride in and am committed to forming authentic relationships with both the athletes and staff to maximize health, wellbeing, performance, and program success," Smith&nbsp;said. “I strongly believe implementing effective nutritional strategies is crucial to optimize&nbsp;elite athletes' physical and mental performance, as well as expedite&nbsp;recovery between training and competition.&nbsp;I can’t&nbsp;wait to get started.”&nbsp;

Smith is a former college volleyball player&nbsp;who competed from 2015-2018.&nbsp;Smith&nbsp;helped Nebraska win&nbsp;its fourth national&nbsp;championship in 2015 during her freshman&nbsp;season. After her sophomore season in Lincoln, the Texas native transferred to Kansas State for her junior campaign before returning&nbsp;to Nebraska for her final season in which the Huskers would lose to Stanford in the 2018 national title match. Smith was a two-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree during her time with the Huskers while being a part of the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team three times. &nbsp;

Smith brings a strong body of work to the Supernovas as she is the current dietician for the University of Nebraska-Omaha's hockey, men’s and women’s basketball, and volleyball programs. She’s&nbsp;also worked with high school, collegiate and professional athletes across 11 different sports. &nbsp;

In July of 2021, Smith founded Team 8 Nutrition to provide&nbsp;individualized nutrition support to enhance athletic performance, overall wellness, and help individuals cultivate success. While her business mostly serves athletes in the Lincoln and Omaha area, Smith’s outreach extends to various states across the country. &nbsp;

Smith is married to her husband, Matt Snyder, who played for the Nebraska football team from 2015-2018. Smith’s family has a strong athletic background as her mother, Janine Gremmel Smith, played volleyball for the University of Texas and helped the Longhorns win a national championship in 1988. Her dad, Warren Smith, was a pole vaulter and decathlete at&nbsp;Texas. Smith’s younger sister, Natalie, was a libero for the University of Michigan from 2017-2020. &nbsp;

The Supernovas are one of seven U.S. teams for the 2024 inaugural season: Omaha Supernovas,&nbsp;<a href="https://atlantavibe.com/inaugural-season-tickets-on-sale/" target="_blank">Atlanta Vibe</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://orlandoprovb.com/" target="_blank">Orlando Valkyries</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.columbusfury.com/" target="_blank">Columbus Fury</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.grrise.com/" target="_blank">Grand Rapids Rise</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://sandiegoprovb.com/" target="_blank">San Diego Mojo</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://vegasprovb.com/" target="_blank">Vegas Pro Volleyball</a>. Two expansion teams,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dallasprovolleyball.com/" target="_blank">Dallas Pro Volleyball</a>&nbsp;and Kansas City Pro Volleyball, have been announced for 2025. In Season One, the Pro Volleyball Federation will be showcased&nbsp;in three different U.S. time zones. Matches will take place on 67 different dates between January and May 2024, occurring on every day of the week.&nbsp;

The current Supernovas world-class roster includes Olympians, U.S. National Team veterans, NCAA National Champions and All-Americans, to include Anna Church, Gabby Curry, Bethania de la Cruz, Tori Dixon, Danielle Hart, Sydney Hilley, Gina Mancuso-Prososki, Allison Mayfield, Brooke Nuneviller, Yossiana&nbsp;Pressley, Nia Reed, Jess Schaben-Lansman, Maddie Squiers, Natalia Valentín-Anderson, Hristina Vuchkova, Lindsey Vander Weide and Kendall White.&nbsp;

Story by Omaha Supernovas CommunicationOMAHA, Neb.&nbsp;– The&nbsp;<a href="http://www.supernovas.com/" target="_blank">Omaha Supernovas,</a>&nbsp;Nebraska’s professional volleyball team in the newly-established&nbsp;<a href="http://www.provolleyball.com/" target="_blank">Professional Volleyball Federation</a>, has announced the addition of&nbsp;Brooke&nbsp;Smith&nbsp;to the Human Performance Team&nbsp;as Head Nutritionist.&nbsp;Smith is a registered dietitian and licensed medical nutrition therapist. A graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Smith received her&nbsp;bachelor's degree&nbsp;in dietetics before collecting her master's in nutrition and exercise physiology.&nbsp;Smith marks the third member of the Human Performance Team, which includes Head Strength and Conditioning Coach Laura Pilakowski Buttermore and team psychologist Doctor Larry Widman. That group is led by Head Team Physician Dr. Jaime Seeman, who&nbsp;was&nbsp;<a href="https://supernovas.com/supernovas-name-dr-jaime-fit-fabulous-seeman-head-team-physician/" target="_blank">announced earlier this week</a>.&nbsp;“I am incredibly honored to join the Supernovas as a member of the Human Performance Team. I take&nbsp;a lot of pride in and am committed to forming authentic relationships with both the athletes and staff to maximize health, wellbeing, performance, and program success," Smith&nbsp;said. “I strongly believe implementing effective nutritional strategies is crucial to optimize&nbsp;elite athletes' physical and mental performance, as well as expedite&nbsp;recovery between training and competition.&nbsp;I can’t&nbsp;wait to get started.”&nbsp;Smith is a former college volleyball player&nbsp;who competed from 2015-2018.&nbsp;Smith&nbsp;helped Nebraska win&nbsp;its fourth national&nbsp;championship in 2015 during her freshman&nbsp;season. After her sophomore season in Lincoln, the Texas native transferred to Kansas State for her junior campaign before returning&nbsp;to Nebraska for her final season in which the Huskers would lose to Stanford in the 2018 national title match. Smith was a two-time Academic All-Big Ten honoree during her time with the Huskers while being a part of the Tom Osborne Citizenship Team three times. &nbsp;Smith brings a strong body of work to the Supernovas as she is the current dietician for the University of Nebraska-Omaha's hockey, men’s and women’s basketball, and volleyball programs. She’s&nbsp;also worked with high school, collegiate and professional athletes across 11 different sports. &nbsp;In July of 2021, Smith founded Team 8 Nutrition to provide&nbsp;individualized nutrition support to enhance athletic performance, overall wellness, and help individuals cultivate success. While her business mostly serves athletes in the Lincoln and Omaha area, Smith’s outreach extends to various states across the country. &nbsp;Smith is married to her husband, Matt Snyder, who played for the Nebraska football team from 2015-2018. Smith’s family has a strong athletic background as her mother, Janine Gremmel Smith, played volleyball for the University of Texas and helped the Longhorns win a national championship in 1988. Her dad, Warren Smith, was a pole vaulter and decathlete at&nbsp;Texas. Smith’s younger sister, Natalie, was a libero for the University of Michigan from 2017-2020. &nbsp;REAL PRO VOLLEYBALL&nbsp;competition will officially begin in the United States with the Omaha Supernovas hosting the Atlanta Vibe in the first match in league history at the CHI Health Center in downtown Omaha on January 24, at 7:00 p.m. CT. Nebraska supports volleyball better than anyone, as evidenced by the more than 92,000 fans that turned out this season for a collegiate match at the Nebraska’s Memorial Stadium in August, setting a new world record for the highest attended women’s sporting event.&nbsp;The Supernovas are one of seven U.S. teams for the 2024 inaugural season: Omaha Supernovas,&nbsp;<a href="https://atlantavibe.com/inaugural-season-tickets-on-sale/" target="_blank">Atlanta Vibe</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://orlandoprovb.com/" target="_blank">Orlando Valkyries</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.columbusfury.com/" target="_blank">Columbus Fury</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.grrise.com/" target="_blank">Grand Rapids Rise</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://sandiegoprovb.com/" target="_blank">San Diego Mojo</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://vegasprovb.com/" target="_blank">Vegas Pro Volleyball</a>. Two expansion teams,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.dallasprovolleyball.com/" target="_blank">Dallas Pro Volleyball</a>&nbsp;and Kansas City Pro Volleyball, have been announced for 2025. In Season One, the Pro Volleyball Federation will be showcased&nbsp;in three different U.S. time zones. Matches will take place on 67 different dates between January and May 2024, occurring on every day of the week.&nbsp;The Supernovas will play 12 home matches and 12 away matches, for a total of 24 matches in the 16-week regular season.&nbsp;The full schedule is available on the team’s website,&nbsp;<a href="https://supernovas.com/" target="_blank">Supernovas.com</a>. After the regular season, the Supernovas are aiming to be one of the top four squads in the standings that will compete for the Pro Volleyball Federation Championship in May. The location of the championship will be determined and announced at a later date.&nbsp;The current Supernovas world-class roster includes Olympians, U.S. National Team veterans, NCAA National Champions and All-Americans, to include Anna Church, Gabby Curry, Bethania de la Cruz, Tori Dixon, Danielle Hart, Sydney Hilley, Gina Mancuso-Prososki, Allison Mayfield, Brooke Nuneviller, Yossiana&nbsp;Pressley, Nia Reed, Jess Schaben-Lansman, Maddie Squiers, Natalia Valentín-Anderson, Hristina Vuchkova, Lindsey Vander Weide and Kendall White.&nbsp;Season Tickets are available at the team’s website and on the team’s app, available for download on smartphones and tablets.&nbsp;ABOUT OMAHA SUPERNOVAS&nbsp;The Omaha Supernovas aims to be the premier home of professional volleyball throughout the world. The team is owned by global music sensation Jason Derulo and entrepreneurs Danny White and Chris Erickson, Co-Founders of City+Ventures, an investment and business acceleration organization headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska.&nbsp;ABOUT PRO VOLLEYBALL FEDERATION&nbsp;Pro Volleyball Federation is&nbsp;REAL PRO VOLLEYBALL&nbsp;and the premier women’s professional volleyball league in North America. Pro Volleyball Federation will begin play in January 2024 with world class players and coaches, including some of America’s greatest volleyball players and elite players from around the world. Our entire focus is on ensuring that our level and quality of play, our treatment of players, the quality of our event presentations, and our day-to-day fan experience is world class and the very best offered in North America.&nbsp;For more information, visit&nbsp;<a href="http://www.provolleyball.com/" target="_blank">ProVolleyball.com</a>.&nbsp;

Supernovas tab former Nebraska National Champion Brooke Smith as Team Nutritionist 

The Nebraska women’s basketball team closes its three-game home stand by taking on UNC Wilmington Tuesday night in Lincoln.

Tip-off between the Huskers (6-2) and the Seahawks (2-5) at Pinnacle Bank Arena is set for 7 p.m., with tickets available now at Huskers.com.&nbsp;

Nebraska fans can listen across the Huskers Radio Network, including 107.3 FM in Lincoln and 590 AM in Omaha, the Huskers App and Huskers.com, as Matt Coatney and Jeff Griesch team up for their 23rd season together calling the action. Pregame starts at 6:30 p.m. (CT).&nbsp;

B1G+ subscribers can also follow the game on the live video stream produced by Big Ten Student U with Bobby Hessling and Justice Rhody on the call.

Nebraska hopes to continue building momentum by completing a sweep of its three-game home stand. The stand began with a 77-53 win over Florida Atlantic on Wednesday, before a resounding 80-72 win over Georgia Tech on Saturday. The Big Red rallied from a 15-point third-quarter deficit by shooting 75.8 percent from the field, including 66.7 percent (8-12) from three-point range in the second half to put up 58 points after halftime.

Two-time Ann Meyers-Drysdale Award candidate Jaz Shelley led Nebraska with 22 points and eight assists. She became the 37th 1,000-point scorer in Husker history with her late shot clock, banked three-point hook shot from near the top of the key to help seal the win. She also moved into the top five on Nebraska’s career three-point list (175) and the top 10 on NU’s career assist list (395).

Two-time Lisa Leslie Award candidate Alexis Markowski (15 points, 10 rebounds) had her third consecutive double-double and fourth of the season in the win over Georgia Tech. Markowski, who is tied for fifth in Husker history with 25 career double-doubles, owns team-best averages of 17.1 points and 9.3 rebounds. She leads the Big Ten in rebounding and ranks seventh in scoring.

Two-time Big Ten Freshman-of-the-Week Natalie Potts pitched in 13 points, four rebounds and two assists against the Yellow Jackets to continue her outstanding start. Potts is averaging 12.6 points and 5.1 rebounds while hitting 79.5 percent (35-44) of her two-point field goal attempts and 80 percent (16-20) of her free throws. She leads the Big Ten in field goal percentage (.667).

Darian White, a four-year starter and three-time All-Big Sky performer at Montana State before transferring to Nebraska as a graduate student, gives Nebraska another potent weapon. The 5-6 point guard is averaging 9.5 points, 6.1 rebounds and a team-best 4.1 assists, which ranks eighth in the Big Ten.

Nebraska Cornhuskers (6-2, 0-0 Big Ten)vs. UNC Wilmington Seahawks (2-5, 0-0 CAA)Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2023, 7 p.m. (CT)Pinnacle Bank Arena - Lincoln, NebraskaTickets:&nbsp;Huskers.com / 1-800-8-BIG-REDLive Video:&nbsp;B1G+ (subscription)Live Stats:&nbsp;Huskers.comLive Radio:&nbsp;Huskers Radio Network (6:30 p.m.)Matt Coatney (PBP), Jeff Griesch (Analyst)Lincoln (107.3 FM), Omaha (590 AM),&nbsp;Huskers.com, Huskers App

Nebraska Cornhuskers&nbsp;(6-2, 0-0 Big Ten)22 - Natalie Potts - 6-2 - Fr. - F/G - 12.6 ppg, 5.1 rpg40 - Alexis Markowski - 6-3 - Jr. - C/F - 17.1 ppg, 9.3 rpg0 - Darian White - 5-6 - Gr. - G - 9.5 ppg, 6.1 rpg1 - Jaz Shelley - 5-9 - Gr. - G - 13.4 ppg, 2.6 rpg42 - Maddie Krull - 5-9 - Gr. - G - 2.6 ppg, 2.0 rpgOff the Bench21 - Annika Stewart - 6-3 - Sr. - F - 9.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg14 - Callin Hake - 5-9 - So. - G - 6.5 ppg, 3.4 rpg2 - Logan Nissley - 6-0 - Fr. - G - 5.5 ppg, 1.9 rpg12 - Jessica Petrie - 6-2 - Fr. - F - 5.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg32 - Kendall Coley - 6-2 - Jr. - F - 2.5 ppg, 2.4 rpg15 - Kendall Moriarty - 6-1 - Jr. - G - 2.4 ppg, 1.1 rpgHead Coach:&nbsp;Amy Williams (Nebraska, 1998)Eighth Season at Nebraska (120-101);&nbsp;17th Season Overall (313-210)

UNCW Seahawks&nbsp;(2-5, 0-0 CAA)4 - Lexi Jackson - 6-4 - Sr. - C - 5.1 ppg, 8.7 rpg0 - Britany Range - 5-10 - Sr. - G - 4.7 ppg, 3.4 rpg1 - Mary Ferrito - 5-10 - So. - G - 1.9 ppg, 3.1 rpg2 - Taylor Henderson - 5-11 - RFr. - G - 12.9 ppg, 5.9 rpg22 - Evan Miller - 5-11 - Sr. - G - 13.1 ppg, 4.9 rpgOff the Bench21 - Kylah Silver - 5-7 - Fr. - G - 11.3 ppg, 4.3 rpg10 - McCall King - 5-10 - So. - G - 4.1 ppg, 2.4 rpg11 - Mingaile Urmuleviciute - 6-3 - So. - F - 2.5 ppg, 1.0 rpg13 - Corrie McLaughlin - 6-2 - Fr. - F - 2.5 ppg, 0.7 rpg15 - Sammy Ackles - 6-3 - So. - F - 1.8 ppg, 2.3 rpg33 - Kylie Chavis - 5-7 - Fr. - G - 1.0 ppg, 0.8 rpgHead Coach:&nbsp;Nicole Woods (Belmont-Abbey, 2006)First Season at UNCW (2-5);&nbsp;First Season Overall (2-5)

First-year head coach Nicole Woods leads UNC Wilmington to Nebraska with a 2-5 record after suffering an 85-58 loss at Iowa State on Sunday.

The loss to the Cyclones was the second game in a four-game road swing that began with a 66-58 overtime win at Winthrop last Wednesday. The Seahawks jumped to a 15-2 lead in the first five minutes, but scored just 36 points in the next 35 minutes as the two teams went to overtime tied at 51. UNCW then outscored Winthrop 15-7 in the extra period.

The Seahawks are led by senior Evan Miller, who is averaging a team-best 13.1 points to go with 4.9 rebounds after a 19-point effort at Iowa State. The 5-11 guard leads UNCW with 10 three-pointers on the year. Miller carried the Seahawks to victory at Winthrop (Nov. 29) with a career-high 26 points on 9-of-16 shooting, including 3-of-5 from long range. She scored 18 in regulation, including a three in the right corner with five seconds left to trim the UNCW deficit to 49-48 before sinking three straight free throws with less than one second left to send the game to OT tied at 51. She added eight points in overtime to account for the final margin.

Redshirt freshman Taylor Henderson has added 12.9 points, 5.9 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 2.1 steals. The 5-11 guard is averaging six free throw attempts, but is hitting just 26.2 percent (28-107) of her shots from the field, including 4-of-25 three-pointers. Henderson had 11 points, eight rebounds, nine turnovers and five fouls in the win at Winthrop. She banked in a 30-footer from the left wing to cut the UNCW deficit to 47-45 with 12 seconds left. She had 12 points and five rebounds at ISU.

Britany Range (4.7 ppg, 3.4 rpg) and Mary Ferrito (1.9 ppg, 3.1 rpg), a Wisconsin transfer, round out a group of four starting guards for the Seahawks. Range has hit a team-best 34.8 percent (8-23) from three-point range, but Ferrito has hit just 4-of-24 shots overall from the field, including 0-of-10 threes. Ferrito is averaging a team-best 3.3 assists per game.

Freshman Kylah Silver gives UNCW a third double-figure scorer by averaging 11.3 points and 4.3 rebounds off the bench. The 5-7 guard averages more than five free throw attempts per game and is shooting 86.5 percent (32-37) at the line. She also ranks second on the team behind Henderson with 2.0 steals per game. Silver had 12 points in the loss at Iowa State.

Sophomore McCall King gives UNCW more backcourt depth with the 5-10 guard averaging 4.1 points and 2.4 rebounds per game.

Lexi Jackson, a 6-4 senior center, leads UNCW inside by averaging 5.1 points and team bests of 8.7 rebounds and 1.9 blocks.

Corrie McLaughlin, a 6-2 freshman forward, has added size and efficiency by going 7-for-7 from the field on the season. The Seahawks have more depth inside with 6-3 sophomore forwards Mingaile Urmuleviciute (2.5 ppg, 1.0 rpg) and Sammy Ackles (1.8 ppg, 2.3 rpg).

As a team, UNCW is shooting just 33.4 percent from the field, including 23.3 percent from beyond the arc. The Seahawks have hit 73.8 percent of their free throws. UNCW has been outscored by an average of 64.3-57.7, and outrebounded 39.9-38.6 on the season. The Seahawks have also been strapped by a minus-1.7 team turnover margin.

Tuesday’s game marks the first meeting in history between Nebraska and UNC Wilmington in women’s basketball.

Nebraska’s last meeting against a team from North Carolina came in 2021-22, when the Huskers ran to an 84-60 victory over then-unbeaten Wake Forest in Winston-Salem (Dec. 1, 2021). Earlier in the 2021-22 season, the Huskers rolled to a 113-58 win over North Carolina Central at Pinnacle Bank Arena (Nov. 20).

The Huskers are 4-0 against teams from North Carolina under Coach Amy Williams, including an 83-79 win over Duke in Lincoln (Dec. 4, 2019) and a 55-47 victory over Coastal Carolina in Daytona Beach, Fla. (Nov. 24, 2017).

Nebraska owns an eight-game winning streak overall against teams from North Carolina dating back to a 75-62 loss by the No. 15 Huskers at No. 18 North Carolina (Dec. 4, 2013). NU’s winning streak started with a 60-54 win by the No. 12 Huskers over No. 9 Duke at PBA (Dec. 3, 2014) before&nbsp; an 83-57 win over High Point in Lincoln (Dec. 20, 2014). In 2015-16, NU added an 88-47 win over North Carolina Central at PBA (Nov. 21, 2015) before an 88-67 victory over NC State in Lincoln (Dec. 3, 2015).

The Huskers have never lost at home to a team from North Carolina, posting a perfect 9-0 record dating back to an 82-63 win over East Carolina at the Devaney Center on Dec. 30, 2000.&nbsp;

Husker Nuggets• Nebraska has never lost at home to a team from the state of North Carolina (9-0). Overall, the Huskers own an eight-game winning streak against North Carolina teams and are 4-0 against North Carolina schools under Coach Amy Williams.

• Natalie Potts earned her second Big Ten Freshman-of-the-Week award (Nov. 27). She won the inaugural weekly honor (Nov. 13). Potts leads the Big Ten in field goal percentage (.667) while ranking 23rd in the league in scoring (12.6 ppg).

• Alexis Markowski was named to the Big Ten Weekly Honor Roll three of the first four weeks of the 2023-24 season. She also earned a spot on the St. Pete Showcase All-Tournament Team after averaging 15.0 points and 9.5 rebounds over two games in Florida.

• Markowski leads the Big Ten in rebounding (9.3 rpg) while ranking seventh in the league in scoring (17.1 ppg), 11th in field goal percentage (.515) and 18th in free throw percentage (.756).

• The Huskers had six players produce double figures in points against Northwestern State, marking the first time Nebraska accomplished that feat since a 90-61 season-opening win over Oral Roberts on Dec. 4, 2020.

• The Huskers have hit at least one three in 472 straight games dating back to a loss at UTEP on Dec. 20, 2008. Nebraska has hit at least two threes in 351 consecutive games.

• Nebraska has hit 10 or more threes 30 times in the last 80 games, including three times in 2023-24. The Huskers opened 2023-24 with 10 three-pointers in a win over Northwestern State (Nov. 6), before adding 10 threes in a win over Florida Atlantic (Nov. 29). NU hit 10 more threes in the win over Georgia Tech (Dec. 2). Nebraska knocked down a 2022-23 season-high 14 threes in a season-opening win over Omaha (Nov. 7, 2022).&nbsp;

• Through the first 20 seasons with the three-point shot in women’s basketball (1988-2007), Nebraska hit 10 threes in a game just six times (591 games).

• Darian White has scored in double figures 101 times in her college career (97, Montana State; 4, Nebraska) after getting a season-high 16 points against unbeaten TCU (Nov. 25).

•&nbsp; Jaz Shelley is five assists from 400 in her Nebraska career. She moved to No. 10 on the NU career assist list with 395 by notching eight assists in the win over Georgia Tech. She moved past All-American and two-time WNBA All-Star Anna DeForge (392) on the list.&nbsp;&nbsp;

•&nbsp; Jaz Shelley is 13 assists away from 500 in her college career. Only five Huskers in history have totaled 500 collegiate assists (Lindsey Moore, Meggan Yedsena, Rachel Theriot, Jina Johansen, Nicole Kubik). Darian White is 18 assists away from 500 in her career.

• Jaz Shelley is eight three-pointers from catching WNBA star Yvonne Turner (2007-10) at No. 4 on the Nebraska career three-point list (183). Shelley owns 175 threes as a Husker.&nbsp;

• Alexis Markowski moved into the top five on Nebraska’s career double-doubles list (25) by notching her fourth double-double of the season in the win over Georgia Tech. She needs eight double-doubles to catch Emily Cady at No. 4 (33). The Husker record for career double-doubles is 40 by first-team All-Americans Kelsey Griffin (2006-10) and Jordan Hooper (2011-14).

• Maddie Krull is one assist away from 200 in her career.

• Annika Stewart is four points away from 500 in her career.

• Two-time All-Big Ten center Alexis Markowski (Lincoln, Neb.) was the Big Ten’s top rebounder with 322 rebounds in 2022-23. She was the only Big Ten player to average a double-double (12.4 ppg, 10.2 rpg) during regular-season conference play.

• Alexis Markowski is 49 points from reaching 1,000 career points.

• Markowski is 39 rebounds away from 700 in her career and just 89 rebounds from 750, which would move her into a tie for No. 10 on the Nebraska career rebound list.

The Nebraska women’s basketball team closes its three-game home stand by taking on UNC Wilmington Tuesday night in Lincoln.Tip-off between the Huskers (6-2) and the Seahawks (2-5) at Pinnacle Bank Arena is set for 7 p.m., with tickets available now at Huskers.com.&nbsp;Nebraska fans can listen across the Huskers Radio Network, including 107.3 FM in Lincoln and 590 AM in Omaha, the Huskers App and Huskers.com, as Matt Coatney and Jeff Griesch team up for their 23rd season together calling the action. Pregame starts at 6:30 p.m. (CT).&nbsp;B1G+ subscribers can also follow the game on the live video stream produced by Big Ten Student U with Bobby Hessling and Justice Rhody on the call.Nebraska hopes to continue building momentum by completing a sweep of its three-game home stand. The stand began with a 77-53 win over Florida Atlantic on Wednesday, before a resounding 80-72 win over Georgia Tech on Saturday. The Big Red rallied from a 15-point third-quarter deficit by shooting 75.8 percent from the field, including 66.7 percent (8-12) from three-point range in the second half to put up 58 points after halftime.Two-time Ann Meyers-Drysdale Award candidate Jaz Shelley led Nebraska with 22 points and eight assists. She became the 37th 1,000-point scorer in Husker history with her late shot clock, banked three-point hook shot from near the top of the key to help seal the win. She also moved into the top five on Nebraska’s career three-point list (175) and the top 10 on NU’s career assist list (395).Two-time Lisa Leslie Award candidate Alexis Markowski (15 points, 10 rebounds) had her third consecutive double-double and fourth of the season in the win over Georgia Tech. Markowski, who is tied for fifth in Husker history with 25 career double-doubles, owns team-best averages of 17.1 points and 9.3 rebounds. She leads the Big Ten in rebounding and ranks seventh in scoring.Two-time Big Ten Freshman-of-the-Week Natalie Potts pitched in 13 points, four rebounds and two assists against the Yellow Jackets to continue her outstanding start. Potts is averaging 12.6 points and 5.1 rebounds while hitting 79.5 percent (35-44) of her two-point field goal attempts and 80 percent (16-20) of her free throws. She leads the Big Ten in field goal percentage (.667).Darian White, a four-year starter and three-time All-Big Sky performer at Montana State before transferring to Nebraska as a graduate student, gives Nebraska another potent weapon. The 5-6 point guard is averaging 9.5 points, 6.1 rebounds and a team-best 4.1 assists, which ranks eighth in the Big Ten.Nebraska Cornhuskers (6-2, 0-0 Big Ten)vs. UNC Wilmington Seahawks (2-5, 0-0 CAA)Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2023, 7 p.m. (CT)Pinnacle Bank Arena - Lincoln, NebraskaTickets:&nbsp;Huskers.com / 1-800-8-BIG-REDLive Video:&nbsp;B1G+ (subscription)Live Stats:&nbsp;Huskers.comLive Radio:&nbsp;Huskers Radio Network (6:30 p.m.)Matt Coatney (PBP), Jeff Griesch (Analyst)Lincoln (107.3 FM), Omaha (590 AM),&nbsp;Huskers.com, Huskers AppNebraska Cornhuskers&nbsp;(6-2, 0-0 Big Ten)22 - Natalie Potts - 6-2 - Fr. - F/G - 12.6 ppg, 5.1 rpg40 - Alexis Markowski - 6-3 - Jr. - C/F - 17.1 ppg, 9.3 rpg0 - Darian White - 5-6 - Gr. - G - 9.5 ppg, 6.1 rpg1 - Jaz Shelley - 5-9 - Gr. - G - 13.4 ppg, 2.6 rpg42 - Maddie Krull - 5-9 - Gr. - G - 2.6 ppg, 2.0 rpgOff the Bench21 - Annika Stewart - 6-3 - Sr. - F - 9.0 ppg, 5.0 rpg14 - Callin Hake - 5-9 - So. - G - 6.5 ppg, 3.4 rpg2 - Logan Nissley - 6-0 - Fr. - G - 5.5 ppg, 1.9 rpg12 - Jessica Petrie - 6-2 - Fr. - F - 5.0 ppg, 2.0 rpg32 - Kendall Coley - 6-2 - Jr. - F - 2.5 ppg, 2.4 rpg15 - Kendall Moriarty - 6-1 - Jr. - G - 2.4 ppg, 1.1 rpgHead Coach:&nbsp;Amy Williams (Nebraska, 1998)Eighth Season at Nebraska (120-101);&nbsp;17th Season Overall (313-210)UNCW Seahawks&nbsp;(2-5, 0-0 CAA)4 - Lexi Jackson - 6-4 - Sr. - C - 5.1 ppg, 8.7 rpg0 - Britany Range - 5-10 - Sr. - G - 4.7 ppg, 3.4 rpg1 - Mary Ferrito - 5-10 - So. - G - 1.9 ppg, 3.1 rpg2 - Taylor Henderson - 5-11 - RFr. - G - 12.9 ppg, 5.9 rpg22 - Evan Miller - 5-11 - Sr. - G - 13.1 ppg, 4.9 rpgOff the Bench21 - Kylah Silver - 5-7 - Fr. - G - 11.3 ppg, 4.3 rpg10 - McCall King - 5-10 - So. - G - 4.1 ppg, 2.4 rpg11 - Mingaile Urmuleviciute - 6-3 - So. - F - 2.5 ppg, 1.0 rpg13 - Corrie McLaughlin - 6-2 - Fr. - F - 2.5 ppg, 0.7 rpg15 - Sammy Ackles - 6-3 - So. - F - 1.8 ppg, 2.3 rpg33 - Kylie Chavis - 5-7 - Fr. - G - 1.0 ppg, 0.8 rpgHead Coach:&nbsp;Nicole Woods (Belmont-Abbey, 2006)First Season at UNCW (2-5);&nbsp;First Season Overall (2-5)Scouting The UNCW SeahawksFirst-year head coach Nicole Woods leads UNC Wilmington to Nebraska with a 2-5 record after suffering an 85-58 loss at Iowa State on Sunday.The loss to the Cyclones was the second game in a four-game road swing that began with a 66-58 overtime win at Winthrop last Wednesday. The Seahawks jumped to a 15-2 lead in the first five minutes, but scored just 36 points in the next 35 minutes as the two teams went to overtime tied at 51. UNCW then outscored Winthrop 15-7 in the extra period.The Seahawks are led by senior Evan Miller, who is averaging a team-best 13.1 points to go with 4.9 rebounds after a 19-point effort at Iowa State. The 5-11 guard leads UNCW with 10 three-pointers on the year. Miller carried the Seahawks to victory at Winthrop (Nov. 29) with a career-high 26 points on 9-of-16 shooting, including 3-of-5 from long range. She scored 18 in regulation, including a three in the right corner with five seconds left to trim the UNCW deficit to 49-48 before sinking three straight free throws with less than one second left to send the game to OT tied at 51. She added eight points in overtime to account for the final margin.Redshirt freshman Taylor Henderson has added 12.9 points, 5.9 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 2.1 steals. The 5-11 guard is averaging six free throw attempts, but is hitting just 26.2 percent (28-107) of her shots from the field, including 4-of-25 three-pointers. Henderson had 11 points, eight rebounds, nine turnovers and five fouls in the win at Winthrop. She banked in a 30-footer from the left wing to cut the UNCW deficit to 47-45 with 12 seconds left. She had 12 points and five rebounds at ISU.Britany Range (4.7 ppg, 3.4 rpg) and Mary Ferrito (1.9 ppg, 3.1 rpg), a Wisconsin transfer, round out a group of four starting guards for the Seahawks. Range has hit a team-best 34.8 percent (8-23) from three-point range, but Ferrito has hit just 4-of-24 shots overall from the field, including 0-of-10 threes. Ferrito is averaging a team-best 3.3 assists per game.Freshman Kylah Silver gives UNCW a third double-figure scorer by averaging 11.3 points and 4.3 rebounds off the bench. The 5-7 guard averages more than five free throw attempts per game and is shooting 86.5 percent (32-37) at the line. She also ranks second on the team behind Henderson with 2.0 steals per game. Silver had 12 points in the loss at Iowa State.Sophomore McCall King gives UNCW more backcourt depth with the 5-10 guard averaging 4.1 points and 2.4 rebounds per game.Lexi Jackson, a 6-4 senior center, leads UNCW inside by averaging 5.1 points and team bests of 8.7 rebounds and 1.9 blocks.Corrie McLaughlin, a 6-2 freshman forward, has added size and efficiency by going 7-for-7 from the field on the season. The Seahawks have more depth inside with 6-3 sophomore forwards Mingaile Urmuleviciute (2.5 ppg, 1.0 rpg) and Sammy Ackles (1.8 ppg, 2.3 rpg).As a team, UNCW is shooting just 33.4 percent from the field, including 23.3 percent from beyond the arc. The Seahawks have hit 73.8 percent of their free throws. UNCW has been outscored by an average of 64.3-57.7, and outrebounded 39.9-38.6 on the season. The Seahawks have also been strapped by a minus-1.7 team turnover margin.Nebraska vs. UNCW Series HistoryTuesday’s game marks the first meeting in history between Nebraska and UNC Wilmington in women’s basketball.Nebraska’s last meeting against a team from North Carolina came in 2021-22, when the Huskers ran to an 84-60 victory over then-unbeaten Wake Forest in Winston-Salem (Dec. 1, 2021). Earlier in the 2021-22 season, the Huskers rolled to a 113-58 win over North Carolina Central at Pinnacle Bank Arena (Nov. 20).The Huskers are 4-0 against teams from North Carolina under Coach Amy Williams, including an 83-79 win over Duke in Lincoln (Dec. 4, 2019) and a 55-47 victory over Coastal Carolina in Daytona Beach, Fla. (Nov. 24, 2017).Nebraska owns an eight-game winning streak overall against teams from North Carolina dating back to a 75-62 loss by the No. 15 Huskers at No. 18 North Carolina (Dec. 4, 2013). NU’s winning streak started with a 60-54 win by the No. 12 Huskers over No. 9 Duke at PBA (Dec. 3, 2014) before&nbsp; an 83-57 win over High Point in Lincoln (Dec. 20, 2014). In 2015-16, NU added an 88-47 win over North Carolina Central at PBA (Nov. 21, 2015) before an 88-67 victory over NC State in Lincoln (Dec. 3, 2015).The Huskers have never lost at home to a team from North Carolina, posting a perfect 9-0 record dating back to an 82-63 win over East Carolina at the Devaney Center on Dec. 30, 2000.&nbsp;Husker Nuggets• Nebraska has never lost at home to a team from the state of North Carolina (9-0). Overall, the Huskers own an eight-game winning streak against North Carolina teams and are 4-0 against North Carolina schools under Coach Amy Williams.• Natalie Potts earned her second Big Ten Freshman-of-the-Week award (Nov. 27). She won the inaugural weekly honor (Nov. 13). Potts leads the Big Ten in field goal percentage (.667) while ranking 23rd in the league in scoring (12.6 ppg).• Alexis Markowski was named to the Big Ten Weekly Honor Roll three of the first four weeks of the 2023-24 season. She also earned a spot on the St. Pete Showcase All-Tournament Team after averaging 15.0 points and 9.5 rebounds over two games in Florida.• Markowski leads the Big Ten in rebounding (9.3 rpg) while ranking seventh in the league in scoring (17.1 ppg), 11th in field goal percentage (.515) and 18th in free throw percentage (.756).• The Huskers had six players produce double figures in points against Northwestern State, marking the first time Nebraska accomplished that feat since a 90-61 season-opening win over Oral Roberts on Dec. 4, 2020.• The Huskers have hit at least one three in 472 straight games dating back to a loss at UTEP on Dec. 20, 2008. Nebraska has hit at least two threes in 351 consecutive games.• Nebraska has hit 10 or more threes 30 times in the last 80 games, including three times in 2023-24. The Huskers opened 2023-24 with 10 three-pointers in a win over Northwestern State (Nov. 6), before adding 10 threes in a win over Florida Atlantic (Nov. 29). NU hit 10 more threes in the win over Georgia Tech (Dec. 2). Nebraska knocked down a 2022-23 season-high 14 threes in a season-opening win over Omaha (Nov. 7, 2022).&nbsp;• Through the first 20 seasons with the three-point shot in women’s basketball (1988-2007), Nebraska hit 10 threes in a game just six times (591 games).Husker Numbers to Watch• Darian White has scored in double figures 101 times in her college career (97, Montana State; 4, Nebraska) after getting a season-high 16 points against unbeaten TCU (Nov. 25).•&nbsp; Jaz Shelley is five assists from 400 in her Nebraska career. She moved to No. 10 on the NU career assist list with 395 by notching eight assists in the win over Georgia Tech. She moved past All-American and two-time WNBA All-Star Anna DeForge (392) on the list.&nbsp;&nbsp;•&nbsp; Jaz Shelley is 13 assists away from 500 in her college career. Only five Huskers in history have totaled 500 collegiate assists (Lindsey Moore, Meggan Yedsena, Rachel Theriot, Jina Johansen, Nicole Kubik). Darian White is 18 assists away from 500 in her career.• Jaz Shelley is eight three-pointers from catching WNBA star Yvonne Turner (2007-10) at No. 4 on the Nebraska career three-point list (183). Shelley owns 175 threes as a Husker.&nbsp;• Alexis Markowski moved into the top five on Nebraska’s career double-doubles list (25) by notching her fourth double-double of the season in the win over Georgia Tech. She needs eight double-doubles to catch Emily Cady at No. 4 (33). The Husker record for career double-doubles is 40 by first-team All-Americans Kelsey Griffin (2006-10) and Jordan Hooper (2011-14).• Maddie Krull is one assist away from 200 in her career.• Annika Stewart is four points away from 500 in her career.Nebraska Notables• Two-time All-Big Ten center Alexis Markowski (Lincoln, Neb.) was the Big Ten’s top rebounder with 322 rebounds in 2022-23. She was the only Big Ten player to average a double-double (12.4 ppg, 10.2 rpg) during regular-season conference play.• Alexis Markowski is 49 points from reaching 1,000 career points.• Markowski is 39 rebounds away from 700 in her career and just 89 rebounds from 750, which would move her into a tie for No. 10 on the Nebraska career rebound list.• Darian White is 208 points away from 2,000 in her college career.