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Former San Jose State volleyball star Brooke Slusser says the university failed to inform players about decades-old allegations against head coach Todd Kress, claiming warnings and lack of disclosure during the 2024 season despite emails indicating the school acknowledged the claims; Slusser is pursuing related legal action and warns current players about the coach’s conduct as allegations and scrutiny continue.
Four-time Olympic medalist Jordan Larson unretires to rejoin LOVB Nebraska for the 2026-27 season after a standout 2026 in which she ranked sixth in LOVB Pro with 267 points, fifth with 234 kills and 15 service aces, earning Best Outside Hitter and Icons First Team honors; she will also remain a co-owner as LOVB Nebraska names Giannis Athanasopoulos head coach and prepares to announce the full roster.
Six-foot-five Megan Hodges from Orange County, California, committed to Nebraska’s 2028 volleyball class, giving the Huskers their third top-10 recruit in the cycle. Hodges can play middle blocker or opposite and is ranked as high as No. 3 by PrepVolleyball and No. 6 by PrepDig; she has early ties to fellow 2028 commits Shayla Rautenberg and Josalyn Samuels. Her announcement followed a planned, photo-perfect reveal after a late-night coordination with NU coaches.
Federal findings allege SJSU knowingly recruited a male transgender athlete to its women’s volleyball team to gain a competitive advantage, with most female teammates reportedly unaware of the athlete’s birth sex, fueling a Title IX dispute between CSU and the federal government alongside ongoing coaching changes and lawsuits surrounding the program.
A poster for a Portuguese beach volleyball final features a typography kerning fail: the designer used a scroll-style font for the F and a regular serif for the rest of the word, causing the letters in 'Final' to crowd together and ruin the banner. It serves as a blunt, humorous reminder that font choices can ruin sports advertising.
Nebraska’s 2026 volleyball schedule features 28 regular-season matches (17 Big Ten, 11 non-conference), with nine against teams that finished in the 2025 AVCA top 25. The trip starts with Spikes Under the Lights in Arlington on Aug. 27, then the Players Era Showcase in Las Vegas (UNLV on Aug. 29, Texas on Aug. 30). After South Dakota State, DePaul, and Missouri at Wrigley Field, the Huskers host New Mexico, Baylor, and Georgia Tech, plus Creighton at Pinnacle Bank Arena and a non-conference closer with North Carolina and Florida Gulf Coast. Big Ten play opens at home vs Rutgers and Ohio State, followed by three road tests (Penn State, Maryland, Indiana), a Wisconsin home date, Northwestern, a home stretch against Purdue, UCLA and USC, a four-game road swing to Michigan, Michigan State, Oregon and Washington, and a closing run of Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota at home. The inaugural Big Ten Tournament runs Nov. 20–25 in Fishers, Indiana; start times and TV info will be announced later, with Red-White Scrimmage to be determined.
Nebraska will join SMU, Penn State and Florida for Spikes Under the Lights at AT&T Stadium on Aug. 27, 2026, a three-match exhibition with a $1 million prize pool; each school receives $200,000 (disbursed to athletes via NIL), with primetime national TV coverage and no official-record impact, potentially drawing a record crowd at the Dallas Cowboys’ venue.
The Big Ten announced the 2026–27 women's volleyball opponent rotation for all 18 schools, implementing a 17-match conference schedule in a single round-robin so every team faces each other annually, with an inaugural Big Ten Volleyball Tournament in 2026 and home/away sites flipping in 2027; dates, times and TV coverage will be announced later.
The Big Ten unveiled Nebraska’s 2026 volleyball schedule: a 17-match conference slate with nine home games and eight away to accommodate a first-ever Big Ten Tournament; Nebraska will host Wisconsin, Purdue, USC, Minnesota, UCLA, Illinois, Iowa, Ohio State, Rutgers, and more in Lincoln and travel to Indiana, Oregon, Washington, Michigan, Michigan State, Northwestern, Maryland, and others, with dates to be announced, and the season will culminate with a 15-team conference tournament in Fishers, Indiana.
Nebraska’s Tereya Sigler hammered 11 kills on 17 swings and flashed versatility in a spring exhibition win over Creighton, 3-1 (25-19, 25-19, 25-15, 15-25), reaffirming her return from injury as the Huskers rotated lineups each set. Redshirt Kenna Cogill and other reserves contributed solidly, while Creighton’s Ayden Ames—back in Nebraska state—had seven kills and three blocks. NU coach Dani Busboom Kelly called the spring lineup experimentation a mix of positives and hiccups, underscoring growth and depth ahead of the fall.
Nebraska’s women’s volleyball team beat Creighton 3-1 in a spring exhibition at DJ Sokol Arena (2,374 in attendance), taking sets 25-19, 25-18 and 25-15 while Creighton won a fourth set 25-15. Teraya Sigler led NU with 11 kills on .647 hitting, with Manaia Ogbechie and Kenna Cogill adding six each; Bergen Reilly posted 20 assists. Nebraska hit .248 to Creighton’s .171. Up next, NU travels to Chadron to face Northern Colorado on April 25 for another spring match.
The Big Ten will launch its first end-of-season volleyball tournament in 2026, a 15-team event at Fishers Event Center in Indiana (Nov. 20-25) featuring a bracket with byes that shortens the regular season from 20 to 17 matches. Nebraska coach Dani Busboom Kelly and others welcome the new postseason format as a chance to prepare for the NCAA Tournament, while noting potential revenue impacts from losing some home games; ticket/broadcast details will follow.
The Big Ten will hold its first-ever postseason volleyball tournament Nov. 20–25, 2026 at Fishers Event Center in Indiana, featuring the top 15 teams in a multi-round bracket as the league shortens the regular season to 17 matches. TV and ticket details will follow, and the announcement also previews a Chicago media day on Aug. 3 and a Big Ten/SEC Volleyball Challenge Week culminating in a Wrigley Field doubleheader on Sept. 6.
Nebraska’s volleyball team swept Iowa State 4-0 in Sioux Falls at the Sanford Pentagon (25-17, 25-16, 25-16, 26-24), hitting .360 to ISU’s .171. Skyler Pierce led with eight kills (.889), Virginia Adriano added eight on .667 hitting, Teraya Sigler had eight, and Harper Murray (six) and Andi Jackson (five) also contributed. Bergen Reilly dished 17 assists in the first two sets, Campbell Flynn had 18 in the last two, and NU totaled 11 blocks, with Keoni Williams and Kenna Cogill anchoring at the net. Libero duties were split by Olivia Mauch and Laney Choboy. After the win, Nebraska heads to Creighton in Omaha next Friday for a 7 p.m. matchup televised by Nebraska Public Media.
Nebraska volleyball headlines a sold-out homecoming exhibition in Sioux Falls as Bergen Reilly returns to her hometown to face Iowa State at the Sanford Pentagon, with the match airing on BTN. The event doubles as a showcase for NU’s lineup questions and new faces ahead of the regular season, including the debut of three true freshmen, and sets up a Sept. 2 road match at South Dakota State.