Dallas- The second ranked Nebraka volleyball team will play its third straight match against a team from Texas when it heads to Dallas to face SMU at Moody Coliseum tonight at 7 p.m CT. Nebraska opened the college volleyball season with a 3-1 win over No. 9 Kentucky at the AVCA First Serve Showcase in Louisville, Ky., last Tuesday. The Huskers had 18 blocks in the match, which was their most in a match since 2018.
The Huskers followed up with a pair of home wins at the Ameritas Players Challenge over the weekend. NU swept Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Friday while hitting .427 in the match, its best offensive outing since 2021. The Huskers then beat TCU, 3-1, with Harper Murray leading the way with 20 kills on Saturday.
SMU went 26-7 last season and won the American Athletic Conference title.
The Mustangs reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament. They opened this season with a split in Honolulu, Hawaii. The Mustangs fell 3-2 to Hawaii before defeating San Diego, 3-1. In its inaugural season in the ACC, the Mustangs were picked to finish sixth in the preseason poll.
