Huskers Begin Beach Season on Friday

The Nebraska beach volleyball team begins its season on Friday with home matches against Wayne State at 8 a.m. and Park at 4 p.m. Both matches will be played at the Hawks Championship Center and will be streamed on the Huskers’ YouTube page. Nebraska’s home matches are closed to the public because of space limitations inside the Hawks Championship Center. 

The Huskers will start the following pairs on Friday morning: Bekka Allick/Lexi Rodriguez, Harper Murray/Merritt Beason, Ally Batenhorst/Bergen Reilly, Laney Choboy/Lindsay Krause, Hayden Kubik/Caroline Jurevicius and Andi Jackson/Maisie Boesiger. 

Nebraska will also play two home matches on March 1 against Oklahoma Wesleyan at 8 a.m. and Ottawa (Kan.) at 4 p.m. 

NU’s first road trip will be to Gulf Shores, Ala., for the BadgerRam Beach Bash on March 3-4. Nebraska will face Huntingdon College, Spring Hill College, Florida Memorial University and the University of Mobile. Those matches will be played at West Public Beach.

Nebraska will then travel to Hawaii for six matches in five days. The Huskers will take part in the annual Heineken Queens Cup on Queen’s Beach in Honolulu, facing California, Hawaii, Texas, Washington and Oregon. On Tuesday, March 14, the Huskers will battle the Rainbow Wahine one more time at the Ching Complex. 

As the Big Red heads back to the mainland, they’ll stop in California for six final matches. NU will play Grossmont and San Diego Mesa in El Cajon, Calif., on March 16, and then they will play Saddleback College and Orange Coast College on March 17 in Irvine, Calif. The Huskers will close out their season on March 18 with a doubleheader against Irvine Valley College and Hope International University, also in Irvine.