Nebraska Cornhuskers women's volleyball
Nebraska Cornhuskers women's volleyball | |
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Founded | 1975 |
University | University of Nebraska–Lincoln |
Athletic director | Trev Alberts |
Head coach | John Cook (22nd season) |
Conference | Big Ten |
Location | Lincoln, NE |
Home arena | Devaney Center (Capacity: 7,907) |
Nickname | Cornhuskers |
Colors | Scarlet and cream[1] |
AIAW/NCAA Tournament champion | |
1995, 2000, 2006, 2015, 2017 | |
AIAW/NCAA Tournament runner-up | |
1986, 1989, 2005, 2018, 2021 | |
AIAW/NCAA Tournament semifinal | |
1986, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021 | |
AIAW/NCAA Tournament appearance | |
1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 | |
Conference tournament champion | |
Big Eight 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995 | |
Conference regular season champion | |
Big Eight 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995 Big 12 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 Big Ten 2011, 2016, 2017 |
The Nebraska Cornhuskers women's volleyball team competes as part of NCAA Division I, representing the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the Big Ten. Nebraska plays its home games at the Bob Devaney Sports Center, and has sold out every home match since 2001.[2] The team has been coached by John Cook since 2000.
The program was founded in 1975 and is one of the most decorated in women's volleyball, with more wins than any other program and five national championships.[3] Nebraska has been ranked in every weekly poll since the introduction of the AVCA National Poll in 1982 and has spent more weeks ranked number one than any other program. The Cornhuskers' 98 All-Americans are the most in the country.[4][5] Nebraska regularly leads the NCAA in average attendance and has participated in several of the highest-attended women's volleyball games ever played.[6]
History[]
Pat Sullivan (1975–76)[]
Pat Sullivan became Nebraska's first head coach when the program was founded shortly after the passing of Title IX in 1972.[7] Sullivan compiled an 83–21 record over two seasons, including an AIAW regional final appearance in 1975 and NU's first Big Eight championship in 1976.[8]
Terry Pettit (1977–99)[]
Terry Pettit was hired as Nebraska's second head coach in 1977. Pettit, an Indiana native, was an English teacher and volleyball coach at Louisburg College in North Carolina when a fellow coach found out about Nebraska's open job and directed Pettit to apply.[9] From 1977 to 1999, he led the Cornhuskers to a record of 694–148, winning 21 conference championships and the 1995 national championship.[10]
In his 23 years as head coach, Pettit built the program into a national power. Under his guidance, Nebraska appeared in 19 consecutive NCAA tournaments, including six national semifinals, two national runner-up finishes, and NU's first national title. Pettit's teams won a conference championship in all but two seasons during his tenure. His list of honors includes induction into the AVCA Hall of Fame in 2009, USA Volleyball All-Time Great Coach Award, and several national and regional coach of the year awards from various publications.[11][12] Under Pettit, Nebraska became one of the first schools to offer scholarships to female athletes. In 1978, Terri Kanouse and Shandi Pettine were the first players to receive full scholarships for volleyball, and just three years later, the university allowed Pettit to offer up to 12 scholarships.[13] Pettit coached 36 AVCA All-Americans at Nebraska, the highest number of any school in that time span.[10]
Pettit's only national championship as a head coach came in 1995. After dropping an early-season match to Stanford, NU swept 22 consecutive opponents and won 31 straight matches. Nebraska defeated Texas 3–1 to win the title, and AVCA National Player of the Year Allison Weston was among three Huskers named first-team All-Americans. Before the 1999 season, Pettit hired former assistant John Cook as associate head coach. Following Nebraska's loss in the national semifinals, Pettit retired and Cook became head coach. In 2020, Pettit was inducted into the Nebraska Athletics Hall of Fame.[14]
John Cook (2000–present)[]
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Cook succeeded the retiring Pettit before the 2000 season after a seven-year stint as head coach at Wisconsin. In twenty years at Nebraska, Cook has guided the Huskers to four national championships, five other national semifinal appearances and an NCAA tournament berth in each season. Cook was named National Coach of the Year in 2000 and 2005, Central Region Coach of the Year four times, and conference coach of the year six times. He was awarded the USA Volleyball All-Time Great Coach Award in 2008, and was inducted into the AVCA Hall of Fame in 2017. Under Cook, Greichaly Cepero, Christina Houghtelling, and Sarah Pavan won AVCA National Player of the Year, and Pavan won the Honda-Broderick Cup in 2007 as the Collegiate Female Athlete of the Year.
In his first year as NU's head coach, Cook guided the Huskers to their second national championship. After starting the season outside the national top ten, Nebraska went 20–0 in Big 12 play and defeated Cook's former team, Wisconsin, in a five-set national title match to cap a 34–0 season and become the second undefeated team in NCAA volleyball history.[15] Sophomore setter Greichaly Cepero was named National Player of the Year and won the Honda Sports Award as the best female athlete in collegiate sports.[5] Nebraska finished the 2001 and 2002 seasons 20–0 in conference play, but lost late in the tournament to Stanford and Hawaii, ending both seasons 31–2. Nebraska's 77-game Big 12 winning streak ended with a loss at Kansas State in 2003 as the Cornhuskers failed to make it out of a regional.
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Nebraska earned the number one overall seed in the 2004 NCAA tournament, which began an NCAA-record 88 consecutive weeks the Cornhuskers were ranked atop the AVCA weekly poll. The Huskers fell to two-time defending champion USC but freshman Sarah Pavan was named AVCA National Freshman of the Year. Pavan became one of the most decorated players in volleyball history, including four First-Team All-American honors and the 2006 National Player of the Year award. Nebraska was again the top seed in the 2005 NCAA Tournament and swept through the first five rounds, but was upset by Washington in the national title match.[16]
Nebraska lost only once in the 2006 regular season as its streak at the top of the rankings continued. The Cornhuskers were the top seed in the NCAA Tournament for the third consecutive year and returned to the national title match after a five-set win over Minnesota.[17] Nebraska dropped the first set to Stanford but won the next three to win the school's third championship in front of a then-NCAA volleyball-record crowd of 17,209.[18] Nebraska swept 24 of 33 opponents and lost just fourteen sets all season and became the first team to win the championship while hosting the finals since UCLA in 1991.[5] Pavan won numerous awards after the season and sophomore Jordan Larson was named a first-team All American.[19][20]
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Nebraska's season opener in 2007 marked the program's 1,000th game, a sweep of Tennessee in the AVCA Showcase.[21] The Cornhuskers' 88-week streak at number one came to an end in October, but NU won its fourth straight Big 12 title. After surviving an upset bid by unseeded Michigan State in the NCAA Tournament, Nebraska fell to California in the regional final.[22] Pavan joined Texas softball pitcher Cat Osterman as the only repeat Big 12 Female Athlete of the Year and Nebraska placed a then-record five players on All-America teams.[23] Nebraska won its fifth consecutive Big 12 title in 2008[24] and advanced through the first three rounds of the NCAA Tournament to face Washington.[25] After losing the first two sets, Nebraska came back to tie the match, and used a nine-point run to win set five.[26] Nebraska met undefeated Penn State in the national semifinal and again fell behind 2–0. The Huskers rallied to deal the Nittany Lions their first two set losses of the season, snapping their NCAA-record 111 consecutive set wins, but lost the match in five sets.[27]
Nebraska's NCAA-record 90-game home winning streak came to an end at the beginning of the 2009 season.[28] In the 2009 NCAA Tournament Texas became the first team to beat NU three times in one season after ending the Huskers' five-year stretch atop the Big 12.[29] In 2010, the University of Nebraska announced it would be ending its fifteen-year relationship with the Big 12 and joining the Big Ten. The Cornhuskers won the Big 12 in 2010, departing with an all-time conference record of 278–22.
Move to the Big Ten
The University of Nebraska joined the Big Ten Conference in 2011. This meant for the first time NU would regularly play longtime rival Penn State along with other nationally relevant programs including Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Illinois. The Huskers won the Big Ten in their first year of competition but failed to make a regional semifinal for the first time since 1993.[30] Nebraska did not win another Big Ten title until 2016 and failed to make the national semifinals in six straight seasons, the longest stretch for the program in over thirty years. Nebraska's drought ended in 2015 when the Cornhuskers swept former Big 12 rival Texas to win the program's fourth national championship in front of an NCAA-record crowd in Omaha. Mikaela Foecke had nineteen kills in the title game and became the third freshman named the NCAA Tournament's Most Outstanding Player. The Cornhuskers spent much of the following season ranked number one in the country and won the program's first conference title since 2011.[31] In the 2016 NCAA Tournament, Nebraska fought off two match points to defeat Penn State in the regional semifinals[32] but fell to Texas in the national semifinals.[33]
Nebraska's 2017 season opened with consecutive losses to Florida and Oregon, but the Cornhuskers finished the regular season with just two more losses, ultimately sharing the Big Ten title with Penn State. NU defeated the top-seeded Nittany Lions in five sets to advance to the national title match, and then beat Florida 3–1 to win the school's fifth national title. The championship match took place in Kansas City in front of an NCAA-record crowd of 18,516.[34] Outside hitter Mikaela Foecke was again named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, making her one of four players to win the honor more than once. NU made a program-record fourth straight trip to the national semifinals in 2018, but fell to Stanford in a five-set national title match.
Nebraska's season ended in the NCAA regional finals in both 2019 and 2020. In 2019, #5 seeded Nebraska fell to #4 Wisconsin 3-0 in the finals of the Wisconsin regional. In 2020, due to COVID-19 precautions the NCAA Tournament was reduced to 48 teams versus the normal 64. The entire tournament took place in Omaha and was held in April 2021. Nebraska received a first-round bye and opened the tournament with Texas State, resulting in a 3-0 sweep for the Cornhuskers. After a regional semifinals 3-0 sweep of #12 Baylor, the #5 Cornhuskers fell to #4 Texas 3-1 in the regional finals. Nebraska bested their regional finals finishes in the previous two seasons by making the 2021 NCAA Finals as a #10 seed. It was Nebraska's 10th all-time appearance in the national championship match. The 2021 NCAA Championship match set a new NCAA volleyball attendance record with a crowd of 18,755.[35] Nebraska finished the 2021 season as the NCAA Runner-Up after falling to #4 Wisconsin five sets. Freshman libero, Lexi Rodriguez, garnered AVCA National Freshman of the Year honors, becoming only the second Husker in program history to do so after four-time All-American Sarah Pavan in 2004. Rodriguez was also the first libero in AVCA history to have won the award.
Coaches[]
Coaching history[]
No. | Coach | Tenure | Overall | Conference | Achievements |
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1 | Pat Sullivan | 1975–76 | 83–21 (.798) | – | Big Eight champion (1976) Big Eight Tournament champion (1976) |
2 | Terry Pettit | 1977–99 | 694–148–12 (.820) | 214–12 (.947) | National champion (1995) Big Eight champion (1977–92, 1994, 1995) Big Eight Tournament champion (1977–86, 1988–91, 1994,1995) Big 12 champion (1996, 1998, 1999) AVCA National Coach of the Year (1986, 1994) AVCA Hall of Fame (inducted 2009) |
3 | John Cook | 2000– | 630–92 (.873) | 384–51 (.883) | National champion (2000, 2006, 2015, 2017) Big 12 champion (2000–02, 2004–08, 2010) Big Ten champion (2011, 2016, 2017) AVCA National Coach of the Year (2000, 2005) AVCA Hall of Fame (inducted 2017) |
Assistant coaching history[]
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Coaching staff[]
Coach | Position | First year | Alma mater |
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John Cook | Head coach | 2000 | San Diego |
Jaylen Reyes | Assistant coach / Recruiting coordinator | 2018 | BYU |
Kelly Hunter | Assistant coach | 2020 | Nebraska |
Venues[]
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Nebraska Coliseum[]
NU compiled an all-time record of 511–36 at the 4,030-seat Nebraska Coliseum, losing just three home matches in 33 seasons of conference play. In 1991, the Cornhuskers played home games at the Bob Devaney Sports Center while the Coliseum was being renovated specifically to host volleyball matches. NU has hosted at least one NCAA Tournament match every year since 1984, including a 52–4 postseason record at the Coliseum. Nebraska established an NCAA record with their 88th consecutive home win in 2009,[36] a streak that ended at 90 when UCLA defeated NU in front of an NCAA regular season-record crowd of 13,870.[37] In 2008, the AVCA's Kathy DeBoer described the Coliseum as "the epicenter of volleyball fandom".[38]
The Coliseum was one of few collegiate arenas designed specifically for volleyball. It is noted for its classical architecture and intimate atmosphere. At the Coliseum, the Huskers began an NCAA record for most consecutive sellouts in a women's sport, a streak that continues at the Devaney Center.[39] The Coliseum was the subject of a CBS Sports documentary in 2011.[40]
Bob Devaney Sports Center[]
Nebraska's volleyball program moved to the Bob Devaney Sports Center in 2013, which was vacated when Pinnacle Bank Arena was built for NU's basketball teams. The Devaney Center's capacity was decreased from 13,596 to 7,907 with luxury suites on the south side of the court.[41] Despite the increase in capacity from the Coliseum, the Huskers' sellout streak continued and stands at 285, the longest in any NCAA women's sport.[42] Nebraska has led the country in attendance every year since moving to the Devaney Center,[a] averaging over 8,000 fans per game each season.[43] The move to the Devaney Center has made Nebraska's volleyball program profitable each year, a rarity in women's college athletics.[44] With no financial support from tax dollars, tuition, or student fees, the team is entirely self-sufficient.[45]
Highest-attended matches[]
Nebraska has played in nine of the ten highest-attended matches in NCAA Tournament history.[b][46]
Rank | Date | Winner | Loser | Round | Venue |
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1 | Dec. 18, 2021 | No. 4 Wisconsin | No. 10 Nebraska | National final | Nationwide Arena (Columbus, OH) |
2 | Dec. 16, 2017 | No. 5 Nebraska | No. 2 Florida | National final | Sprint Center (Kansas City, MO) |
3 | Dec. 14, 2017 | No. 2 Florida | No. 3 Stanford | National semifinal | |
No. 5 Nebraska | No. 1 Penn State | ||||
4 | Dec. 15, 2018 | No. 1 Stanford | No. 7 Nebraska | National final | Target Center (Minneapolis, MN) |
5 | Dec. 13, 2018 | No. 1 Stanford | No. 4 BYU | National semifinal | |
No. 7 Nebraska | No. 3 Illinois | ||||
6 | Dec. 19, 2015 | No. 4 Nebraska | No. 3 Texas | National final | CHI Health Center (Omaha, NE) |
7 | Dec. 17, 2015 | No. 4 Nebraska | No. 9 Kansas | National semifinal | |
No. 3 Texas | No. 2 Minnesota | ||||
8 | Dec. 18, 2008 | No. 2 Stanford | No. 3 Texas | National semifinal | |
No. 1 Penn State | No. 4 Nebraska | ||||
9 | Dec. 16, 2016 | No. 6 Stanford | No. 4 Texas | National final | Nationwide Arena (Columbus, OH) |
10 | Dec. 16, 2006 | No. 1 Nebraska | No. 2 Stanford | National final | CHI Health Center (Omaha, NE) |
Awards[]
National Player of the Year[]
- Allison Weston – 1995
- Greichaly Cepero – 2000
- Christina Houghtelling – 2005
- Sarah Pavan – 2006
National Freshman of the Year[]
- Sarah Pavan – 2004
- Lexi Rodriguez – 2021
National Coach of the Year[]
- Terry Pettit – 1986, 1994
- John Cook – 2000, 2005
All-Americans[]
Nebraska has had 50 players account for 98 overall and 48 first-team AVCA All-American selections.[47][48]
First team
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Second team
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Third team
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National records[]
Team[49]
- Wins: 1,381
- Winning percentage in a season: 1.000 (2000, tied with four others)
- Consecutive winning seasons: 48 (1975–2021)
- Consecutive non-losing seasons: 48 (1975–2021)
- Assists in a match: 116 (Nov. 5, 1988 vs. Texas)
- Blocks per set in a season: 4.18 (2001)
Individual
- Hitting percentage in a match (min. 10 kills): 1.000 (Tracy Stalls – Nov. 24, 2007 vs. Texas Tech; Megan Korver – Sep. 25, 1998 vs. Iowa State; Lauren Stivrins – Sep. 28, 2018 vs. Northwestern)
- Assists in a match: Lori Endicott, 109 (Nov. 5, 1988 vs. Texas)
- Blocks in a season: Melissa Elmer, 250 (2005)
- Blocks per set in a season: Melissa Elmer, 2.17 (2005)
Season-by-season results[]
National champion | Conference champion[c] | Conference and tournament champion |
Year | Coach | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | Final rank[d] | ||
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Big Eight Conference (1976–1995) | ||||||||
1975 | Pat Sullivan | 34–8 | AIAW regional final | |||||
1976 | 49–13 | 1st | AIAW tournament | |||||
1977 | Terry Pettit | 42–12–7 | 1st | AIAW regional semifinal | ||||
1978 | 35–25–2 | 1st | AIAW final | |||||
1979 | 41–8–3 | 1st | AIAW regional final | |||||
1980 | 35–15 | 1st | AIAW regional final | |||||
1981 | 29–10 | 1st | ||||||
1982 | 27–6 | 1st | NCAA regional semifinal | 15 | ||||
1983 | 29–4 | 10–0 | 1st | NCAA first round | 16 | |||
1984 | 27–4 | 10–0 | 1st | NCAA regional final | 7 | |||
1985 | 28–3 | 10–0 | 1st | NCAA regional final | 6 | |||
1986 | 29–6 | 10–0 | 1st | NCAA final | 6 | |||
1987 | 30–5 | 12–0 | 1st | NCAA regional final | 10 | |||
1988 | 28–5 | 11–1 | 1st | NCAA regional semifinal | 5 | |||
1989 | 29–4 | 12–0 | 1st | NCAA final | 5 | |||
1990 | 32–3 | 12–0 | 1st | NCAA semifinal | 2 | |||
1991 | 27–5 | 12–0 | 1st | NCAA regional final | 7 | |||
1992 | 22–6 | 12–0 | 1st | NCAA regional semifinal | 7 | |||
1993 | 25–6 | 10–2 | 2nd | NCAA second round | 8 | |||
1994 | 31–1 | 12–0 | 1st | NCAA regional final | 1 | |||
1995 | 32–1 | 12–0 | 1st | NCAA champion | 1 | |||
Big 12 Conference (1996–2010) | ||||||||
1996 | Terry Pettit | 30–4 | 19–1 | 1st | NCAA semifinal | 3 | ||
1997 | 27–7 | 16–4 | T–2nd | NCAA regional final | 8 | |||
1998 | 32–2 | 19–1 | 1st | NCAA semifinal | 3 | |||
1999 | 27–6 | 17–3 | 1st | NCAA semifinal | 11 | |||
2000 | John Cook | 34–0 | 20–0 | 1st | NCAA champion | 1 | ||
2001 | 31–2 | 20–0 | 1st | NCAA semifinal | 3 | |||
2002 | 31–2 | 20–0 | 1st | NCAA regional final | 5 | |||
2003 | 28–5 | 17–3 | 2nd | NCAA regional semifinal | 13 | |||
2004 | 30–2 | 20–0 | 1st | NCAA regional final | 5 | |||
2005 | 33–2 | 19–1 | 1st | NCAA final | 2 | |||
2006 | 33–1 | 19–1 | 1st | NCAA champion | 1 | |||
2007 | 30–2 | 19–1 | T–1st | NCAA regional final | 5 | |||
2008 | 31–3 | 18–2 | T–1st | NCAA semifinal | 3 | |||
2009 | 26–7 | 16–4 | 3rd | NCAA regional final | 5 | |||
2010 | 29–3 | 19–1 | 1st | NCAA regional semifinal | 7 | |||
Big Ten Conference (2011–present) | ||||||||
2011 | John Cook | 25–5 | 17–3 | 1st | NCAA second round | 12 | ||
2012 | 26–7 | 15–5 | T–2nd | NCAA regional final | 7 | |||
2013 | 26–7 | 16–4 | 2nd | NCAA regional final | 7 | |||
2014 | 23–10 | 14–6 | 4th | NCAA regional final | 8 | |||
2015 | 32–4 | 17–3 | 2nd | NCAA champion | 1 | |||
2016 | 31–3 | 18–2 | 1st | NCAA semifinal | 4 | |||
2017 | 32–4 | 19–1 | T–1st | NCAA champion | 1 | |||
2018 | 29–7 | 15–5 | T–3rd | NCAA final | 2 | |||
2019 | 28–5 | 17–3 | T–2nd | NCAA regional final | 5 | |||
2020[e] | 16–3 | 14–2 | 3rd | NCAA regional final | 6 | |||
2021 | 26–8[f] | 15–4 | 2nd | NCAA final | 2 | |||
Overall: 1,407–261–12 (.841), Conference: 598–63 (.905) |
Beach volleyball[]
Nebraska announced on January 9, 2013 that it would add beach volleyball as the school's 22nd intercollegiate sport. The Nebraska Cornhuskers women's beach volleyball team began play in the spring of 2013. In 2016, the NCAA began sponsoring a beach volleyball tournament (previously the sport was run by the AVCA), but Nebraska did not attempt to qualify. Despite the sport's increasing popularity (64 teams compete in Division I), Nebraska and nearby Wayne State fund the only volleyball programs in the Midwest. NU generally plays its entire season during a spring break trip to California and Hawaii, and its beach roster is composed entirely of players from its indoor program. John Cook coaches both programs, and has said the school views beach volleyball primarily as a training and recruiting tool for its indoor team.
On March 8, 2017, Nebraska hosted Missouri Baptist at the Hawks Championship Center. The match, which was closed to the public because of space limitations, was the first collegiate beach volleyball match to take place in the state of Nebraska. The Cornhuskers swept the Spartans 5–0.
Through eight seasons of competition, Nebraska's overall record is 46–50. Beach volleyball competes as an independent, making it one of only three programs at Nebraska not affiliated with the Big Ten.
Beginning in 2006, CBS College Sports Network, American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) and the Association of Volleyball Professionals (AVP) sponsored the Collegiate Beach Volleyball Championship, an invitational tournament. In 2007 Nebraska (Jordan Larson and Sarah Pavan) won a competition among eight colleges, which featured two players per school.[50]
Season-by-season results[]
Year | Coach | Overall | Postseason | Final rank | ||||
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Independent (2013–present) | ||||||||
2013 | John Cook | 4–5 | 7 | |||||
2014 | 3–2 | 7 | ||||||
2015 | 6–2 | |||||||
2016 | 5–5 | |||||||
2017 | 5–7 | |||||||
2018 | 4–14 | |||||||
2019 | 12–12 | |||||||
2020 | 7–3 | Canceled[g] | ||||||
Overall: 46–50 (.479) |
Notes[]
- ^ Excluding the 2021 spring season in which many arenas did not host fans due to the COVID-19 pandemic
- ^ The NCAA lists the same attendance for national semifinal matches
- ^ Neither the Big 12 nor the Big Ten play conference tournaments
- ^ The AVCA began weekly polling in 1982
- ^ Season played in spring 2021
- ^ Does not include the forfeit win over Rutgers
- ^ Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
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- ^ "2012 NCAA women's volleyball records" (PDF). NCAA. 2012.
- ^ "Volleyball Field Set for Collegiate Nationals". Huskers.com. University of Nebraska Athletics. 9 April 2008. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
External links[]
- Nebraska Cornhuskers women's volleyball