Nebraska volleyball team earns No. 2 NCAA tourney seed

The Nebraska volleyball team was selected as the No. 2 overall seed for the 2024 NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship on Sunday night and will host the first and second rounds at the Bob Devaney Sports Center this Friday and Saturday.

The Huskers, making their 43rd straight NCAA Tournament appearance and hosting the first round for the 39th time, will open the tournament on Friday at 7 p.m. against Florida A&M (27-6), champions of the SWAC.

The 4:30 p.m. match will feature Miami (21-10) of the ACC and South Dakota State (27-2) of the Summit League.

Friday’s winners will meet in the second round on Saturday 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 7:30 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.

Pittsburgh was the No. 1 overall seed, followed by Nebraska, Penn State and Louisville as the top four seeds.

Should Nebraska advance past the second round, it would host an NCAA Regional on Dec. 12-15 at the Devaney Center. The national seeds in the same region as Nebraska are No. 7 Wisconsin, No. 10 Arizona State and No. 15 Baylor. The NCAA adopted a new regional format this season.

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 Florida A&M for the second time ever. The Rattlers beat Nebraska on Sept. 10, 2004 in Lincoln en route to a 28-3 record that season. Florida A&M went 16-0 in the SWAC this season and won the conference tournament.