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The 2026 NCHSAA girls volleyball state playoffs begin on Saturday, Oct. 17, with all rounds played at the higher seed's home venue. The state championships are scheduled for Oct. 30-31 at Campbell University. Brackets were released on Oct. 15, with top seeds receiving first-round byes. Local outlets highlight specific team matchups and standout players in the postseason.
The North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) finalized the 2026 girls volleyball state playoff brackets on Thursday, October 15. The first round of competition begins on Saturday, October 17, with all rounds played at the higher seed's home venue. The state championships are scheduled for October 30-31 at Campbell University. The brackets span eight classifications, with top seeds receiving first-round byes. While the primary source focuses on volleyball, secondary sources confirm that tennis dual-team playoffs also began on Monday, October 12, with regionals following on October 16-17.
No. 1 Nebraska volleyball defeated No. 15 Indiana 3-0 on Thursday, extending their regular-season win streak to 47 matches. The Huskers dominated the match with a .379 team hitting percentage, led by Harper Murray’s 11 kills and Bergen Reilly’s 35 assists. This victory marks the end of a three-game road trip and sets up a top-10 clash against Wisconsin next week.
Big Ten football coaches faced intense media scrutiny following a rough nonconference slate, with Dan Lanning of Oregon notably refusing postgame interviews. Meanwhile, Nebraska women's volleyball maintained its No. 1 AVCA ranking, while Creighton climbed to No. 20.
The Big Ten/SEC Volleyball Challenge at Wrigley Field was suspended on Sunday, September 6, 2026, due to condensation on the outdoor court. No. 1 Nebraska led Missouri 11-7 in the first set when play stopped. The match will resume at a later date and venue. Meanwhile, No. 3 Kentucky defeated No. 13 Penn State 3-1 in the preceding match, and No. 1 Nebraska swept DePaul 3-0 earlier in the week.
No. 1 Nebraska volleyball faces DePaul at Wintrust Arena on Friday, Sept. 4, as part of a Chicago swing that includes a match at Wrigley Field. DePaul, ranked 5th in the Big East, aims to break Illinois attendance records while Nebraska seeks to maintain its perfect 4-0 start.
The No. 1 ranked Nebraska women's volleyball team opened the 2026 season with a 3-0 sweep of UNLV in the Players Era Showcase at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. The match, delayed by broadcast issues, featured strong defensive play and key contributions from returning All-Americans. Nebraska will face No. 2 Texas in the showcase's second match on Sunday.
The inaugural Spikes Under the Lights tournament will feature four top college volleyball teams competing for a $1 million prize pool at AT&T Stadium on August 27, 2026. This event marks the first collegiate volleyball match to be played in an NFL stadium and broadcast on TNT Sports. The tournament includes a best-of-three format with matches between Nebraska vs. Florida and Penn State vs. SMU, followed by a championship game. Nebraska, the No. 1 ranked team, is favored to win, while Florida and SMU are also strong contenders. The event is designed as an annual showcase to grow the sport's visibility and revenue.
Nebraska, coming off a 33-1 season in 2025 under head coach Dani Busboom Kelly, opens 2026 ranked No. 1 in the AVCA Coaches Poll and faces a challenging schedule with 11 regular-season matches against top-25 teams, including a season opener Aug. 27 at AT&T Stadium against No. 17 Florida.
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.