Volleyball archive: 2020
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.
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.
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.
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1/23 @Indiana* W 3-0
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2/05 Maryland* W 3-1
2/06 Maryland* W 3-0
2/12 @Rutgers* W 3-0
2/13 @Rutgers* W 3-1
2/19 Minnesota* L 3-1
2/21 Minnesota* W 3-0
2/26
2/27
3/05 @Illinois* W 3-0
3/06 @Illinois* W 3-0
3/12 Ohio State* W 3-2
3/13 Ohio State* L 3-2
3/17 @Iowa* W 3-0
3/20 Iowa* W 3-0
3/26 @Michigan* W 3-1
3/27 @Michigan* W 3-0
4/01
4/02
4/15 Texas State W 3-0**
4/18 Baylor W 3-0**
4/19 Texas** L 3-1
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