VB Preview: Red-White Scrimmage
RED-WHITE SCRIMMAGE
August 16, 2026
Pinnacle Bank Arena | Lincoln, Neb.
BROADCAST INFO
TV – NPM (Larry Punteney, Allie Szech)
RADIO NETWORK – John Baylor, Lauren (Cook) West
INTERNET AUDIO – Huskers.com
APP AUDIO – Official Huskers App
Follow the Match
• Sunday’s Red-White Scrimmage will be televised on Nebraska Public Media and streamed online at B1G+ (subscription required).
• Huskers Radio Network with John Baylor and Lauren (Cook) West will broadcast all the action on their volleyball affiliate stations, on Huskers.com and on the Huskers App.
Huskers Begin Season at No. 1 in AVCA Poll
• The Nebraska volleyball team was ranked No. 1 in the preseason AVCA Coaches Poll released on Aug. 10.
• The Huskers collected 1,568 points in the poll and came in ahead of No. 2 Texas (1,427), No. 3 Kentucky (1,398), No. 4 Pitt (1,383) and No. 5 Stanford (1,312). Nebraska got 57 first-place votes, followed Kentucky with four first-place votes and Texas and Texas A&M with one each.
• It marks Nebraska’s 124th week all-time at No. 1 in the AVCA Coaches Poll, the most of any program in the nation. The Huskers have been ranked No. 1 to start a season in three of the last five years, including 2025 and 2022.
• Nebraska will be tested right out of the gate with a matchup against No. 2 Texas at the Players Era Showcase in Las Vegas on Aug. 30.
2025 Season Recap
• Nebraska is coming off a 33-1 season, reaching the NCAA Regional Finals before falling to eventual national champion Texas A&M in a 3-2 thriller in Lincoln.
• The Huskers return three AVCA All-Americans in seniors Andi Jackson, Harper Murray and Bergen Reilly.
• Nebraska finished the 2025 regular season unbeaten for the third time in school history (1994 and 2000), dropping only seven sets overall and one in Big Ten play.
• Nebraska’s 33 straight wins was the second-longest win streak in school history in the NCAA era. The Huskers have won 33 matches in three straight seasons.
• The Huskers’ 99 wins from 2023-25 are the most in a three-year stretch in program history in the NCAA era.
• The Huskers won their third straight Big Ten title in 2025 with a perfect 20-0 record in conference play. It was the Huskers’ first unbeaten conference season since 2004 in the Big 12.
• Nebraska has won 37 conference titles all-time, including six in the Big Ten (2011, 2016, 2017, 2023, 2024, 2025).
• Dani Busboom Kelly became the first volleyball coach in Big Ten history to win the conference title in their first year as head coach at the school. John Cook won a Big Ten title at Nebraska in his first year in the conference in 2011, but it was his 12th season as head coach at Nebraska at the time.
• Nebraska hit over .400 nine times last season, a school record in the rally-scoring era.
• Nebraska was 96-0 last season in sets when reaching the red zone (20 points) first.
• Nebraska’s offense (.351) and defense (.129) both ranked first nationally last season. The Huskers’ hitting percentage broke the previous school record of .331 in 1986.
• NU has led the nation in opponent hitting percentage three times in the last four seasons (2022, 2023 and 2025).
• Over the last five seasons (2021-25), Dani Busboom Kelly has a 153-16 record for a .905 winning percentage, which is the best by any Division I head coach in that span.
• Nebraska swept 15 matches in a row and won 48 sets in a row from late September through mid-November in 2025. Both were the longest such streaks since the 2007 team swept 17 matches in a row and won 53 sets in a row.
Rotation Rundown
• Bergen Reilly was named AVCA Setter of the Year, Big Ten Player of the Year, Big Ten Setter of the Year, All-Big Ten First Team and AVCA West Region Player of the Year in 2025.
• Reilly was the first setter to win Big Ten Player of the Year since Minnesota’s Samantha Seliger-Swenson in 2018.
• Reilly also became the second player in Big Ten history to be named Big Ten Setter of the Year three times (Sydney Hilley, Wisconsin).
• Reilly’s 3,723 career assists rank third in school history in the rally-scoring era.
• Outside hitter Harper Murray earned AVCA All-America and All-Big Ten First Team honors for the third straight year in 2025.
• Murray was also an AVCA Player of the Year Semifinalist and AVCA All-Region for the third straight year after leading the Huskers with a career-best 3.54 kills per set on a career-high .295 hitting percentage.
• Senior middle blocker Andi Jackson was chosen to the AVCA All-America First Team for the second straight year, as well as the All-Big Ten First Team, and she was named the AVCA Middle Blocker of the Year.
• Jackson was also an AVCA Player of the Year Semifinalist and AVCA All-Region for the third straight year. She averaged 2.74 kills per set on .467 hitting with 1.12 blocks per set and 16 aces.
• Jackson’s .467 hitting percentage led the nation and was the No. 3 hitting percentage in school history for a single season. In conference-only matches, hit .559 to break the Big Ten record for hitting percentage in conference-only matches in a season.
• Jackson ended her junior season with a career hitting percentage of .437, which is the No. 1 mark in school history and the No. 1 mark among active Division I players.
• Senior libero Laney Choboy averaged a team-high 2.71 digs per set in 2025 and was chosen to the AVCA All-Region Team and All-Big Ten Second Team.
• Junior libero Olivia Mauch averaged 2.56 digs per set last season.
• Sophomore outside hitter Teraya Sigler played primarily in the back row in her first season as a Husker but finished with 0.69 kills per set and 1.50 digs per set with 17 aces.
• Sophomore opposite hitter Virginia Adriano was a Big Ten All-Freshman Team selection last season, averaging 2.16 kills per set on .287 hitting with 0.67 blocks per set.
• Sophomore middle blocker Manaia Ogbechie saw limited action in her freshman season but was impressive when she played, averaging 2.30 kills per set on .529 hitting with 1.11 blocks per set.
• Junior outside hitter Skyler Pierce put down 1.33 kills per set in her first season of action with the Big Red in 2025.
• Middle blocker Kenna Cogill, opposite hitter Ryan Hunter and libero Keri Leimbach all redshirted in 2025.
• Three freshmen joined the Huskers at spring semester in January: outside hitters Gabby DiVita and Jayden Robinson, and middle blocker Keoni Williams.