This archive includes calendar year 2020 and the volleyball season that was postponed to spring of 2021. After playing just 16 matches in a conference-only regular season, the Huskers advanced to the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament before being eliminated by Texas in Omaha. | Schedule & results

 APRIL

• Jazz Sweet and Hayley Densberger won’t use the bonus senior season of eligibility at their disposal, and decisions from Lauren Stivrins and Lexi Sun are pending.

• Lauren Stivrins earns first-team AVCA All-America honors, while Nicklin Hames is a second-teamer, Lexi Sun is on the third team, and Madi Kubik earns honorable mention.

• Texas ends the Huskers’ season with a 3-1 victory while holding Nebraska to .171 hitting. | Stats | Highlights | Photos: 1, 2 | Postgame video

• With Lauren Stivrins sidelined by an unspecified injury, Nebraska overcomes Baylor’s fast start and sweeps the Bears to advance to the regional final. | Stats | Highlights | Photos

• The Huskers show little rust from their long layoff as they open NCAA tournament play with a sweep of Texas State. Up next is a Sunday match against Baylor. | Highlights | Stats | Photos

• The NCAA is facing mounting criticism about the setup of the volleyball tournament in Omaha.

• Lauren Stivrins, Lexi Sun and Nicklin Hames earn first-team All-Big Ten honors for a second consecutive season.

• The Huskers get the No. 5 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament and will play April 15 after a first-round bye. | 20-day layoff | Brackets

 MARCH

• The Penn State matches have been canceled due to COVID-19 concerns.

• Middle blockers Kayla Caffey and Lauren Stivrins tally 10 kills apiece in a sweep at Michigan. | Highlights | Stats

• The Huskers rebound from a bad first set for a 3-1 win Michigan. | Highlights | Stats

• Lexi Sun again earns Big Ten player of the week honors.

• Coach John Cook gets his 600th win at Nebraska as the Huskers sweep Iowa. | Stats | Highlights | Photos

• Nebraska sweeps the Hawkeyes in Iowa City, finishing the evening with the Huskers’ most lopsided set victory of the season (25-11). | Stats | Highlights

• Setter Nicole Drewnick is entering the transfer portal.

• It’s another five-set match for the Huskers and Buckeyes, but this time Ohio State prevails and earns a weekend split. | Stats | Highlights

• Ohio State takes the first two sets, but Nebraska storms back for a 3-2 victory over the previously unbeaten Buckeyes. | Stats | Highlights | Photos

• Lexi Sun earns Big Ten player of the week honors.

• Illinois gives the Huskers all they can handle in the first two sets, but Nebraska is able to pull off another sweep. | Highlights | Stats

• After a rough start, the Huskers sweep Illinois in their return to action. | Highlights | Stats

 FEBRUARY

• COVID issues at Wisconsin have forced the postponement of this weekend’s Husker-Badger matches in Madison.

• Lexi Sun and Madi Kubik register double-doubles as Nebraska earns a weekend split with a sweep of Minnesota | Stats | Highlights | Photos

• Minnesota hands the Huskers their first loss, 3-1, with a big boost from a 4-0 run that flipped the third set. | Highlights | Stats | Photos: 1, 2

• Rutgers takes the first set, but Nebraska bounces back for a 3-1 win. | Stats

• Lexi Sun leads the Huskers with 17 kills on .484 hitting in a sweep at Rutgers. | Highlights | Stats

• The offense clicks as Nebraska has a season-best hitting percentage in a sweep of Maryland. | Stats | Highlights | Photos: 1, 2, 3

• Lauren Stivrins records 18 kills on 20 swings in the Huskers’ 3-1 win over Maryland in Lincoln. | Stats | Highlights | Photos: 1, 2, 3*

• It’s official: Omaha will host the entire 48-team NCAA tournament this spring.

 JANUARY

• The Northwestern series has been postponed because of COVID-19 issues in the Wildcats’ program.

• Nebraska uses a strong defensive performance to complete a weekend sweep of Indiana. | Highlights | Stats

• Five Huskers record at least six kills as Nebraska opens the season with a sweep of Indiana. | Highlights | Stats

• Lauren Stivrins and Lexi Sun are voted to the preseason All-Big Ten team by the league’s coaches.

• BTN will televise a dozen Nebraska matches, and three others will air on NET.

• Backup setter Nicole Drewnick is opting out this season but plans to rejoin the team in the fall.

• The Huskers are No. 5 in the preseason AVCA poll.

 DECEMBER

• The 22-match conference-only schedule begins at Indiana.

• Ten Huskers earn Academic All-Big Ten honors.

 NOVEMBER

• The Reds sweep the White squad in Thursday night’s scrimmage. | Cook postgame

• It’s official: The Huskers’ No. 1-ranked recruiting class has been signed.

 OCTOBER

• Omaha remains the site of the rescheduled 2020 Final Four.

• Jazz Sweet is cited for DUI after a 3 a.m. traffic stop in Lincoln.

 SEPTEMBER

• The NCAA announces that Omaha will host the 2022 championships.

• John Cook says Big Ten coaches are pushing for a 22-game, conference only schedule.

• The NCAA approves a Jan. 22 start to the season and a championship tournament in April.

 AUGUST

• Top-ranked recruit Kennedi Orr will enroll in January.

• With sports called off for fall, the quest for another national championship will have to wait. | Moving forward

 JULY

• The Huskers’ recruiting class might be the best ever in college sports, Sam McKewon writes.

 MAY

• Coach John Cook says Nebraska is working on a plan to allow fans at volleyball matches this fall, and a pared-back schedule appears likely.

• Middle blocker Kayla Caffey, a graduate transfer from Missouri with two seasons of eligibility remaining, commits to the Huskers.

 APRIL

• Former Husker Capri Davis is among seven women suing the NCAA for failure to protect in sexual assault cases.

• Four future Huskers make it official with their signatures: Keonilei Akana, Kalynn Meyer, Annika Evans and Abby Johnson.

• John Cook explains how the pandemic is changing how his team is preparing for a season that’s still in question.

• Keonilei Akana from Hawaii, who was granted a scholarship release from Southern California after a coaching change there, commits to the Huskers.

 MARCH

• Terry Pettit and Jordan Larson have been selected for induction into the Nebraska Athletic Hall of Fame.

• The Huskers have canceled their spring exhinbition match against Northern Colorado in Grand Island.

• Lauren Stivrens is one of 30 semifinalists for the James E. Sullivan Award, presented to the nation’s most outstanding amateur athlete.

• The Huskers will play a spring match in Grand Island against Northern Colorado on April 25.

 JANUARY

• Tyler Hildebrand’s contract includes a $175,000 salary, up from the $100,000 he earned in his first stint at Nebraska.

• Defensive specialist Megan Miller is entering her name in the NCAA tranfer portal.

• Tyler Hildebrand will return to Nebraska in August as an associate head coach, and former Husker Kelly Hunter will serve until then as an interim assistant coach.

• Anezka Szabo is transferring to Kansas, and Chen Abramovich has entered the NCAA transfer portal.