Huskers Open NCAA Tournament As No. 1 Seed Against Long Island

The Nebraska volleyball team was selected as the No. 1 overall seed for the 2025 NCAA Division I Women's Volleyball Championship on Sunday night and will host the first and second rounds at John Cook Arena at the Bob Devaney Sports Center this Friday and Saturday.

The Huskers, making their 44th straight NCAA Tournament appearance and hosting the first round for the 40th time, will open the tournament on Friday, Dec. 5 at 7 p.m. against Long Island (20-8), champions of the Northeast Conference. The 4:30 p.m. match will feature San Diego (25-4) of the West Coast Conference and Kansas State (17-9) of the Big 12. Friday's winners will meet in the second round on Saturday, Dec. 6 at 7 p.m.

A limited number of tickets to the first and second round matches in Lincoln go on sale at Huskers.com/Tickets on Sunday night at 7 p.m. First and second round matches will be streamed on ESPN+. Huskers Radio Network will have audio coverage of all Nebraska matches on Huskers Radio Network affiliates, Huskers.com and the Huskers app.

The top four overall seeds are Nebraska, Kentucky, Texas and Pittsburgh. Should Nebraska advance past the second round, it would host an NCAA Regional on Dec. 11-14 at the Devaney Center. The national seeds in the same region as Nebraska are No. 8 Louisville, No. 9 Texas A&M and No. 16 Kansas. Two of the four regionals will be played on Thursday and Saturday. The other two will be played on Friday and Sunday. Regional dates and times will not be announced until the conclusion of the second round.

Nebraska will be playing Long Island for the second time ever. The teams met in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in Lincoln in 2023, a 25-13, 25-16, 25-22 Husker win. 

Nebraska (30-0) finished the regular season unbeaten for the third time in school history (1994 and 2000), dropping only seven sets overall and one in Big Ten play. The Huskers won their 37th all-time conference title and third straight Big Ten title with a perfect 20-0 record in conference play. It was the Huskers' first unbeaten conference season since 2004 in the Big 12.

Nebraska's 30 straight wins is the fourth longest win streak in school history. The Huskers also hold a nation-leading home court win streak of 60 matches, the third-longest home win streak in program history. Nebraska has won 26 consecutive NCAA Tournament matches played in the Devaney Center, a school record. 

This year's NCAA Championship is set for December 18-21 at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Mo., site of the Huskers' 2017 NCAA Championship.  

NCAA TOURNAMENT FIRST AND SECOND ROUND SCHEDULE

First Round – Friday, Dec. 5

4:30 p.m. – San Diego vs. Kansas State (ESPN+)

7 p.m.* – Nebraska vs. Long Island (ESPN+)

*or 30 minutes following the conclusion of the 4:30 p.m. match, but no sooner than 7 p.m.

Second Round – Saturday, Dec. 6

7 p.m. – First Round Winners (ESPN+)