What does Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023 mean for the state of Nebraska?
All undergraduate classes at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will be fully virtual, most of the campus offices and facilities will be closed and a Scotty McCreery concert will close out the night.
All for volleyball.
On that date, a pair of outdoor women’s volleyball matches — first of their kind — will be held in the epicenter of college volleyball: Lincoln, Nebraska. Both will be held at Memorial Stadium, where the football team plays. The first will be a 5:30 p.m. ET DII exhibition match between Nebraska-Kearney and Wayne State, followed by a regular season matchup between Omaha and the Huskers at 8 p.m. ET.
By day’s end, the all-time NCAA women’s volleyball attendance record won’t be just shattered — it will likely be quadrupled. But brace yourselves… It’s not just the sport of college volleyball that will feel the impact of this monumental event.
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— Nebraska Volleyball (@Huskervball) August 29, 2023
If NCAA volleyball were a religion, Nebraskans would be the most devout practitioners. The Huskers have maintained a 306-match regular season sellout streak that dates back to 2001. Nebraska has…
