Sports · College sports · published 2026-08-27 · via The Athletic

Nebraska volleyball takes marquee venues by storm in 11-day stretch

Top-ranked Nebraska will play at AT&T Stadium, T-Mobile Arena, and Wrigley Field over an 11-day span, starting with Thursday's Spikes Under the Lights exhibition in Dallas. The event features a $1 million NIL prize pool, with the winning team taking $400,000. Coach Dani Busboom Kelly said the team turned down other invitations to make this ambitious schedule work.

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The Huskers' Dallas exhibition on Thursday pairs them with Florida in a semifinal, while Penn State meets SMU in the other bracket before a same-night title match. The $1 million NIL pool distributes $400,000 to the winning program. Following Las Vegas regular-season matches against UNLV and Texas, Nebraska heads to Wrigley Field on Sept. 6 for a Big Ten/SEC Challenge clash with Missouri.

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