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It's all set! Huskers will play in McCook
LINCOLN, Neb. — The Nebraska volleyball team will play its lone 2019 spring match against Colorado State at McCook Community College in McCook, Nebraska on Saturday, April 20 at 1 p.m.
Approximately 1,300 tickets will go on sale Saturday, March 16 at 11 a.m. at the Graff Events Center on the McCook Community College campus.
Tickets are $10 for ages 2 and older.
All tickets must be paid for in cash.
There will be a limit of four tickets sold per person, and you must be 16 or older with an ID in order to purchase tickets.
Doors to the match will open at 11:30 a.m., and the match will air on Husker Sports Network radio affiliates and online at Huskers.com and on the Huskers app.
The Husker volleyball players will sign autographs following the match.
The trip to McCook continues Nebraska’s tradition of touring the state for spring volleyball matches.
The Huskers played Colorado State in Kearney in 2017 and have also made recent visits to Grand Island, Wayne, Norfolk and Ogallala.
Nebraska is coming off a 2018 season in which it reached the NCAA Final Four for the fourth straight year, a first in program history.
Colorado State’s a great opponent with former McCook resident and North Platte High alum Olivia Nicholson.
“She’s a former neighbor of mine who lived right across the street here in McCook,” organizer Bob Elder said during a recent interview with local media. “Everybody’s gonna love to see Olivia and watch her play.”
Nicholson’s a 6’ senior who switched from outside hitter to libero last season.
The Rams were an NCAA tournament team, posting a 15-3 Mountain West Conference record (23-8 overall). They took No. 19 Tennessee through five sets of a first-round tourney loss.
The Huskers were the NCAA runner-ups after dropping a five-set match to Stanford in Minneapolis.
NU returns five starters from that squad, including first-team All-American Lauren Stivrins.
Husker shooter
reaches nationals
Senior Hannah Virga will travel to Morgantown, W. Va. this weekend to contend for an individual national title at the 2019 NCAA Collegiate Men’s and Women’s Rifle Championships.
Virga will compete in the air rifle discipline, which begins at 7 a.m. CT on Saturday.
The Chandler, Ariz. native assembled a career average of 584.54 in air rifle over the last four years and finished the 2019 regular season with an average air rifle score of 585. Her season-high score was 593.