Nebraska announces beach volleyball schedule
Trips to Hawaii and California highlight the Nebraska beach volleyball schedule, which was announced Thursday.
The Huskers' beach season begins March 9 with a closed scrimmage against Missouri Baptist at Hawks Championship Center. It will mark NU's first home competition in the program's four-year existence.
NU will head to Hawaii to compete against Hawaii Pacific and Chaminade on March 17. The following day, the Huskers will take part in the Hawaii Invite, which includes Loyola Marymount, USC and Hawaii. The trip will conclude with a match against Hawaii on March 20.
Nebraska will make three stops in California the following week.
The first-ever National Collegiate Beach Volleyball Championship will take place May 6-8 in Gulf Shores, Alabama. However, Nebraska will not take part in this year's event while continuing to evaluate how it wants to proceed as a program.
Nebraska went 6-2 last season, with both losses coming against the top-two ranked teams — USC and Hawaii. The Huskers finished the season ranked 12th.
2016 SCHEDULE
March: 9—Missouri Baptist (closed match); 17—vs. Hawaii Pacific and Chaminade, Honolulu; 18-19—Hawaii Invite, Honolulu; 20—at Hawaii; 23—vs. Irvine Valley College and Concordia (Calif.), Huntington Beach, Calif.; 24—at Long Beach State; 25—vs. Pepperdine and Caly Poly, Malibu, Calif.
