Resurgent Omaha one of three Nebraska teams in NCAA Division I volleyball field

By Greg Echlin for VolleyballMag.com

There was hardly a better way to play your third match of the season than outdoors with 92,003 fans looking on — the highest attended women’s sports event in history — in late August inside the University of Nebraska’s Memorial Stadium. 

Unless, that is, you were on the opposite end of the floor facing the Huskers. 

The Omaha Mavericks, a first-time NCAA tournament entry three months later, did that day. They showed up, never led and got swept. 

“It was loud. It’s a different kind of coaching environment and playing environment,” said Matt Buttermore, the Mavericks coach since April 2019.

What’s more, it was part of a nine-match, season-opening losing streak.

Talk about a turnaround: Omaha (15-13) tied with three other teams atop The Summit…