NU opens the season Aug. 26 in the Husker Invitational
The 2022 Nebraska volleyball schedule is finally here.
NU and the Big Ten Conference announced the season schedule Tuesday. The Huskers open Aug. 26-27 by hosting Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Tulsa, and Pepperdine in the Husker Invitational.
The first weekend of September will feature Loyola Maramount and Mississippi coming to town for the Ameritas Players Challenge. Ole Miss is coached by former Husker All-American and assistant coach Kayla Banwarth.
Other teams Nebraska will face in the nonconference include Creighton, Long Beach State, Stanford, and Kentucky. Both Long Beach State and Kentucky feature former NU assistants at the head of their programs.
The 20-match Big Ten slate begins with a home weekend against Michigan State and Ohio State Sept. 23-24.
Nebraska has league home-and-homes with Michigan State, Ohio State, Northwestern, Maryland, Iowa, Purdue, and Wisconsin.
The full schedule is below.
Husker Invitational
- Friday Aug. 26 Tulsa vs. Pepperdine 9 a.m.
- Friday Aug. 26 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 11 a.m.
Ameritas Players Challenge
- Thursday Sept. 1 Loyola Marymount 7 p.m.
- Friday Sept. 2 Mississippi vs. Loyola Marymount 6 p.m.
- Saturday Sept. 3 Mississippi 7:30 p.m.
- Wednesday Sept. 7 at Creighton 5 p.m.
- Saturday Sept. 10 Long Beach State 3 p.m.
- Tuesday Sept. 13 Stanford TBA
- Sunday Sept. 18 at Kentucky 2 p.m. (CT)
Big Ten Conference Schedule
- Friday Sept. 23 Michigan State TBA
- Saturday Sept. 24 Ohio State TBA
- Friday Sept. 30 at Rutgers TBA
- Saturday Oct. 1 at Maryland TBA
- Friday Oct. 7 at Michigan State TBA
- Saturday Oct. 8 at Michigan TBA
- Friday Oct. 14 Penn State TBA
- Sunday Oct. 16 Northwestern TBA
- Wednesday Oct. 19 at Purdue TBA
- Saturday Oct. 22 at Illinois TBA
- Wednesday Oct. 26 at Wisconsin TBA
- Saturday Oct. 29 Maryland TBA
- Wednesday Nov. 2 Indiana TBA
- Sunday Nov. 6 at Northwestern TBA
- Friday Nov. 11 Iowa TBA
- Sunday Nov. 13 at Ohio State TBA
- Friday Nov. 18 at Iowa TBA
- Sunday Nov. 20 Purdue TBA
- Friday Nov. 25 Wisconsin TBA
- Saturday Nov. 26 Minnesota TBA
