The No. 6 Nebraska volleyball team (16-3, 10-0 Big Ten) faces its second of three straight top-15 opponents this Wednesday, Oct. 27 with No. 3 Wisconsin (17-1, 9-1) at the Devaney Center. First serve is set for 8 p.m., and the match will be televised on BTN and streamed via its digital extension on the FOX Sports app with Larry Punteney and Salima Rockwell on the call. The match closes a two-match homestand for the Huskers.
 
This week's action will be carried on Huskers Radio Network with the NU radio team of John Baylor and Lauren Cook West. Baylor is in his 28th season handling play-by-play duties for the Husker volleyball program, and West, a former All-America setter at NU, will provide color commentary for the sixth straight year.
 
Huskers Radio Network will carry the matches on HRN radio affiliates, including 107.3 FM in Lincoln and AM 590 in Omaha. A live audio stream will be available at Huskers.com and on the Huskers app. Inside the Devaney Center, fans can access the direct radio call of the match at 87.7 FM.
 
Quick Hits
• Nebraska has sole possession of first place in the Big Ten standings and is the only remaining unbeaten team at 10-0 in conference play. The Huskers are ahead of second-place Wisconsin (9-1).
• The Huskers moved up three spots to No. 6 in the AVCA national poll this week.
• NU will have played three straight ranked opponents with No. 7 Purdue, No. 3 Wisconsin and No. 11 Minnesota over the current eight-day stretch, Oct. 23-30.
• The Huskers carry a season-long 10-match win streak -- their longest since 13 straight wins, Nov. 2 - Dec. 13, 2018.
• NU leads the conference with a .283 attack percentage, 15.09 kills per set, 1.91 service aces per set, 13.91 assists per set and 17.48 digs per set in Big Ten matches.
• NU has gone at least 3-0 to start Big Ten play nine consecutive years. The Huskers' current 10-0 start is their best since going 11-0 in their inaugural season in the conference in 2011.
• Nebraska held a streak of 60 straight weeks in the top 10 of the AVCA poll before briefly dropping to 12th in the Sept. 20 and Sept. 27 releases. It was the only time the Huskers had ranked outside the top 10 since Sept. 18, 2017, when they were 14th.
• NU opened 2021 with a six-match win streak, then dropped three straight to No. 20 Utah (Sept. 11), No. 16 Stanford (Sept. 14) and No. 5 Louisville (Sept. 18) before rebounding with 10 wins.
• The Huskers played four straight top-20 opponents in an 11-day span last month with No. 19 Creighton (Sept. 8), No. 20 Utah (Sept. 11), No. 16 Stanford (Sept. 14) and No. 5 Louisville (Sept. 18).
• Five of NU's six freshmen have seen the court this year.
 
Scouting the Wisconsin Badgers
Wisconsin is 17-1 (9-1 Big Ten) and carries a nine-match win streak into Wednesday's contest. The Badgers beat back-to-back top-15 opponents last weekend, first taking down No. 6 Ohio State on Friday, 3-1, followed by No. 14 Penn State on Saturday, 3-2.
 
UW rallied from a 2-1 deficit against PSU, and Dana Rettke finished with 24 kills on .512 hitting to lead the Badgers. Julia Orzol added 19 more kills, and Devyn Robinson had 11 kills and 10 blocks. Sydney Hilley finished with 65 assists and 18 digs.
 
Hilley leads the Big Ten with 12.30 assists per set, while Izzy Ashburn is second with 0.51 aces per set. Dana Rettke is third for both hitting percentage (.457) and blocks per set (1.35). The Badgers are tied with Nebraska for the lowest opponent hitting percentage in the conference (.146).
 
Kelly Sheffield is in his ninth season and owns a record of 220-51 at UW and a career mark of 493-163 over 21 years as a head coach.
 
Noting the Series: vs. Wisconsin
Nebraska leads the all-time series with Wisconsin 19-8-1, including 9-7 in the John Cook era and 8-6 as Big Ten peers. NU has a 10-2 advantage at home in the series.
 
The Badgers have won five straight in the series. The most recent meeting was Dec. 14, 2019 in the NCAA Regional Final in Madison, Wis., which UW won 3-0.
 
Nebraska and Wisconsin last played in Lincoln on Oct. 5, 2019, which the Badgers won, 3-0. The Huskers' last win was Sept. 30, 2017 at the Devaney Center in five sets.
 
Up Next
Nebraska visits No. 11 Minnesota on Saturday, Oct. 30 at Maturi Pavilion in Minneapolis, Minn. First serve is set for 7 p.m., and the match will be televised on Big Ten Network and streamed via its digital extension on the FOX Sports app, with Larry Punteney and Audrey Flaugh on the call. John Baylor and Lauren Cook West will also have the radio call on Huskers Radio Network.

Hames, Rodriguez Combine for Trio of Big Ten Weekly Awards

Lexi Rodriguez was doubly honored with Big Ten Defensive Player of the Week and Freshman of the Week recognition, while Nicklin Hames was named Big Ten Co-Setter of the Week, the conference office announced Monday.
 
Rodriguez's Defensive Player of the Week distinction was the first of her career, while the Freshman of the Week award was her third. The Sterling, Ill., native averaged a team-leading 5.86 digs per set alongside 1.29 assists and 0.29 service aces per set last week as Nebraska improved to 10-0 in Big Ten play. Rodriguez finished with a match-high 17 digs, three assists and two aces Wednesday at Iowa, then followed with a season-high-tying 24 digs with six aces Saturday against No. 7 Purdue.
 
Hames' award is the second of her career. The Maryville, Tenn., native averaged a team-leading 12.43 assists, 4.00 digs, 0.71 service aces, 0.57 kills and 0.29 blocks per set last week. On Wednesday at Iowa, she finished with 39 assists, 11 digs, two aces and a kill, moving up to third in program history for career assists. On Saturday against No. 7 Purdue, Hames totaled 48 assists, a season-high-tying 17 digs, three aces, three kills and two blocks for her team-leading 12th double-double. She surpassed 4,000 career assists in the match, becoming the third Husker all-time -- and the second in the rally-scoring era -- to reach the milestone.
 
NU has counted 10 Big Ten weekly award winners this season.
 
NEBRASKA'S 2021 BIG TEN WEEKLY AWARD WINNERS
Aug. 30 -- Lexi Rodriguez - Freshman of the Week 
Sept. 6 -- Kayla Caffey - Defensive Player of the Week 
Sept. 27 -- Lindsay Krause - Freshman of the Week
Oct. 11 -- Madi Kubik - Player of the Week 
Oct. 11 -- Nicklin Hames - Setter of the Week 
Oct. 11 -- Lexi Rodriguez - Freshman of the Week
Oct. 18 -- Madi Kubik - Player of the Week
Oct. 25 -- Nicklin Hames - Co-Setter of the Week
Oct. 25 -- Lexi Rodriguez - Defensive Player of the Week
Oct. 25 -- Lexi Rodriguez - Freshman of the Week

Game Week: Purdue

NEBRASKA vs. PURDUE
OCT. 30, 2021 | MEMORIAL STADIUM
LINCOLN, NEB. | 2:30 PM (CT)
 
BROADCAST INFO
TV – ESPN2
RADIO NETWORK – HUSKERS RADIO NETWORK (Greg Sharpe, Matt Davison, Jeremiah Sirles)
INTERNET RADIO – Huskers.com
APP AUDIO – Official Huskers App
 
HUSKERS
3-5, 1-4 Big Ten
Last Game: at Minnesota (L, 30-23)
Rankings: NR
Coach: Scott Frost
Career/NU Record: 34-32 (6th Year)/15-25 4th Year)
vs.Purdue: 1-2
 
SERIES HISTORY
All-Time Series: Nebraska leads, 5-4
In Lincoln: Nebraska leads, 2-1
Last Game: Nebraska 37-27 (Dec. 5, 2020 in West Lafayette)
Win Streak: Nebraska, 1 game
 
The Matchup
Nebraska returns to Memorial Stadium on Saturday afternoon to begin a two-game homestand in Lincoln. The Huskers will play host to the Purdue Boilermakers in a Big Ten West battle, with kickoff set for shortly after 2:30 p.m. The game will be televised on ESPN2 and heard on the Huskers Radio Network.
 
Nebraska is coming off a bye week and begins the homestretch of the season, which includes three of the final four games in Lincoln. Nebraska enters the Purdue game with a 3-5 overall record, including a 1-4 mark in Big Ten play, after a 30-23 setback at Minnesota on Oct. 16. The Huskers rallied from a 12-point deficit, but could not convert on multiple red-zone chances in the road setback. Each of Nebraska's five losses this season have come by eight or fewer points.
 
Purdue heads to Lincoln with a 4-3 overall record, including a 2-2 mark in Big Ten play. Purdue's past three games have come against a tough Big Ten West stretch of Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin. The highlight of that run for Purdue was a dominant 24-7 victory at then-No. 2 Iowa on Oct. 16, pushing the Boilermakers into the national rankings, before a home loss to Wisconsin on Saturday afternoon.
 
Coach Jeff Brohm's team features one of the nation's most improved defensive units. Purdue allows 301.6 total yards and just 16.3 points per game to rank in the top four in the Big Ten in both of those categories. Offensively, the Boilermakers once again feature one of the nation's top passing attacks, averaging 317.6 yards per game through the air, which ranks second in the Big Ten and 12th nationally. Receiver David Bell ranks sixth nationally in receiving yards per game at 118.7 yards per contest, including a 240-yard effort at Iowa.
 
Series History: Nebraska vs. Purdue
Nebraska and Purdue will meet on Saturday for the 10th time overall and the ninth time as Big Ten opponents. Nebraska owns a 5-4 edge in the series, including a 2-1 advantage in Lincoln.
 
• It marks the ninth straight season the Huskers have met Purdue, including the past eight years with both schools in the Big Ten West Division.
 
• Before the first meeting after Nebraska joined the Big Ten, the schools had played just once previously, a 28-0 Purdue win in 1958.
 
• Nebraska's victory last season at Purdue was on Dec. 5, marking the Huskers' first regular-season victory in December since 1992.
 
• Nebraska held Purdue to minus-2 yards in last year's game, the fewest by a Nebraska opponent in seven seasons.
 
• Nebraska has scored at least 25 points in all eight meetings since 2013, including four games with 35 points or more.
 
This Week's Numbers
7 - The Nebraska passing game has been much improved and more explosive in 2021. The Huskers are averaging 9.47 yards per pass attempt to rank seventh in the nation in that category. Nebraska is on pace to set a school record in that category in 2021.
 
20 - Tight end Austin Allen has six receptions of 20 yards or more this season, with five of those in the past two games. His six catches of 20-plus yards lead all Big Ten tight ends. He ranks among the top three among Big Ten tight ends in receptions, receptions per game, yards per catch and total receiving yards.
 
18 - Cornerback Cam Taylor-Britt has played his best football the past two weeks combining for 18 tackles. Taylor-Britt also has an interception, three pass breakups, two TFL and a sack in the past two games.

Meet the Media: Purdue

Head Coach Scott Frost and Nebraska football players met with members of the media Monday to preview this Saturday's Big Ten West Division clash with Purdue in Lincoln. The Huskers and Boilermakers meet at Memorial Stadium for a 2:30 p.m. (CT) kick-off, with live television coverage from ESPN2. The game can also be heard across the Huskers Radio Network.
 
Nebraska enters the weekend at 3-5 on the season and 1-4 in the Big Ten Conference coming off a bye week. All five of Nebraska's losses have come by a single score, including three to top-20 opponents. The Huskers are 3-1 at Memorial Stadium with wins over Northwestern, Buffalo and Fordham and their lone loss to current AP No. 6 and unbeaten Michigan (32-29) on Oct. 9.

Purdue brings a 4-3 record and a 2-2 Big Ten mark to Lincoln after a 30-13 home loss to Wisconsin in West Lafayette, Ind., on Saturday. The Boilermakers are 2-1 on the road this season, including an impressive 24-7 victory at then-No. 2 Iowa on Oct. 16 and a 49-0 win at UConn (Sept. 11). Purdue's only road loss came at then-No. 10 Notre Dame (27-13, Sept. 18). The Boilers are 2-2 at Ross-Ade Stadium, including a 20-13 setback to Minnesota (Oct. 2).

Transcripts from Coach Frost and select players can be found below:

Nebraska Head Coach Scott Frost

Quarterback Adrian Martinez
Offensive Lineman Turner Corcoran
Defensive Lineman Ben Stille
Defensive Lineman Ty Robinson

Huskers Host Peru State in Exhibition on Wednesday

On the air: Wednesday's game with Peru State will be carried on a select number of Huskers Radio Network stations, including KLIN (1400 AM) in Lincoln, KKCD (105.9 FM) in Omaha and will also be available on Huskers.com and the Huskers app. The pregame broadcast with Kent Pavelka and Jake Muhleisen begins one hour before tipoff.  Fans can also watch Wednesday's matchup with the Bobcats online at B1G+ (subscription required) with Jessica Coody and Buzzy Caruthers on the call. 

The Nebraska men's basketball team hits the court for a pair of exhibition games this week, as the Huskers host Peru State and Colorado at Pinnacle Bank Arena. The matchup with Peru State takes place on Wednesday, Oct. 27, with tipoff taking place at 6 p.m. A limited number of 300 Level tickets for Wednesday's game are available by visiting Huskers.com/Tickets or at the PBA Box Office beginning at 4:30 p.m. 

A Look at the Huskers
Head Coach Fred Hoiberg begins his third season at the helm of the Husker program with a strong returning corps back for the first time in his tenure. The Huskers return three starters and seven letterwinners while welcoming eight scholarship newcomers. 
The returnees are led by fourth-year junior Trey McGowens, who averaged 10.7 points, 3.9 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game in 2020-21. He is joined by returning starters Lat Mayen (8.6 ppg, 4.5 rpg) and Derrick Walker Jr. (5.9 ppg, 4.8 rpg), as the trio combined for 70 starts last year. McGowens and Mayen started all 27 games, while Walker started the Huskers' final 16 games after he was ruled eligible on Jan. 10. NU also returns a trio of key reserves in Kobe Webster (8.1 ppg, 38 percent from 3-point range), Eduardo Andre (2.7 ppg, 2.1 rpg) and Trevor Lakes (3.7 ppg, 1.1 rpg). 

The newcomers include a recruiting class which was ranked in the top-15 nationally by ESPN, as well as three Division I transfers. Bryce McGowens is one of the top-25 recruits in the country and was a five-star recruit by several recruiting services after averaging 21.6 points, 4.7 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.1 blocks per game last season. He was the Gatorade South Carolina Player of the Year and was selected to the Jordan Brand roster. Wilhelm Breidenbach was a top-100 recruit by ESPN as he averaged 15.5 points, 7.0 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game at national power Mater Dai High School before he suffered a season-ending injury. Junior college transfer Keisei Tominaga earned NJCAA All-America honors after 16.3 points per game and shooting 48 percent from 3-point range. Tominaga played in the Olympics for his native Japan and ranked among the leading scorers in the event despite being the youngest competitor in the field. 

The transfers are led by fifth-year senior Alonzo Verge Jr., who averaged 14.0 points, 3.8 assists and 3.9 rebounds per game at Arizona State. In 2019-20, he was the Pac-12 Sixth Man of the Year as he averaged 14.6 points per game, including a 43-point outburst. Both C.J. Wilcher (Xavier) and Keon Edwards (DePaul) were both top-100 recruits in high school and come to NU with four years of eligibility remaining. Wilcher played in 15 games for Xavier, averaging 3.3 points per game, while Edwards saw action in five games for DePaul. 

About Peru State
Head Coach Bob Ludwig begins his sixth season at Peru State and looks to bounce back after a 9-15 record last season. Ludwig, who played collegiately at nearby Nebraska Wesleyan, guided Peru State to a pair of NAIA National Tournament appearances in his first two years at the school (2017-18, 2018-19). This season, the Bobcats return 10 players, including their top three scorers. Senior Henry Tanksley is the team's top returnee, as he averaged 17.5 points and 5.0 rebounds per game last season. Ty Griggs averaged 10.8 points per game in 23 contests, including 17 starts and shot nearly 40 percent from 3-point range, while Skyler Wilson averaged 10.7 points per game in 19 games. Isaac Simpson led PSC with 31 3-pointers and shot 41 percent from beyond the arc. One newcomer that has Husker ties is junior forward Dedoch Chan, who was on the Huskers' 2018-19 roster, but did not play a game before leaving the team. Peru State, which begins its regular-season schedule on Thursday, averaged 73.5 ppg last year while shooting 45 percent from the floor and out-rebounding foes by 0.7 caroms per game. 

Huskers' Exhibition History
Nebraska is 59-6 all-time in exhibition games dating back to the 1966-67 season and has won its last 17 exhibition games since a 54-50 loss to SIU-Edwardsville in 2006.  In all, NU has won 28 of its last 29 exhibition games dating back to 2001.

• The Huskers are 16-0 against in-state teams in exhibition games dating back to the 2001-02 season, including a 75-43 win over Peru State in 2010.
• The 2021-22 season will mark the first time that Nebraska has played two exhibition games since the 2017-18 season (at Mississippi State; Northwood). That season also featured a charity exhibition game. 

What is Back for the Big Red
For the first time in Fred Hoiberg's three seasons, the Huskers return a significant portion of their roster. With three starters (Trey McGowens, Lat Mayen and Derek Walker) and two of its top reserves (Kobe Webster and Eduardo Andre), the Huskers return nearly 50 percent of its scoring and more than 40 percent of its rebounding and assists.  While it may not seem like a large number, the two previous teams had just 21 percent and two percent of its points back from the previous season - the lowest two totals for the Huskers over the last 20 years.  In Hoiberg's first season, NU returned just one letterwinner and 50 points - the fewest returning total by any power conference school (Power Five + Big East) in a decade. 
 

 
Husker Recruiting Class Seeing Stars
The Huskers bring one of the nation's top recruiting classes to campus this fall. The class is ranked as high as 13th by ESPN as well as 18th by 247Sports and 21st by Rivals and is the third-highest ranked class in the Big Ten. 
 Nebraska's five signees are headlined by five-star Bryce McGowens and four-star recruit Wilheim Breidenbach, both of whom were top-100 recruits. McGowens was a consensus top-25 recruit who played in the Iverson Classic and was selected to  the Jordan Brand team. NU rounded out the class with junior college All-American Keisei Tominaga and freshmen Oleg Kojenets and Quaran McPherson.

The Huskers three incoming transfers, who do not count in recruiting rankings included a pair of former top-100 recruits in C.J. Wilcher (Xavier) and Keon Edwards (DePaul), while Alonzo Verge spent the last two seasons at Arizona State.

Up Tempo Basketball
One trait of any Fred Hoiberg-coached team is to play at a fast pace. The Huskers have led the Big Ten in pace in each of the last two seasons, ranking 16th nationally by KenPom in 2019-20 and 35th in 2020-21. NU has been the only Big Ten team to rank in the top-50 in each of the past two seasons. In seven full seasons as a college head coach (five at Iowa State; two at Nebraska), Hoiberg's teams have ranked in the top-50 in tempo five times, including three times in the top-20.  Prior to Hoiberg's arrival, the last time a Husker team was in the top-100 nationally in tempo according to KenPom was in 1999-2000 under Danny Nee.
 

Trey the Thief
Fourth-year guard Trey McGowens led Nebraska with 38 steals in his first season, continuing a trend during his college career. The 6-foot-4 guard was fourth in the Big Ten with 1.4 steals per game while starting all 27 games for the Big Red. It marked the third straight season he ranked in the top five in the conference in steals, as he ranked among the ACC leaders in both 2018-19 and 2019-20.
He is one of only four players in power conference programs who have ranked in the top five in steals in each of the past three seasons, joining Jamari Wheeler, LJ Figueroa and Marcus Garrett. McGowens and Wheeler, who has transferred from Penn State to Ohio State, return to college basketball in 2021-22.
 

 
Huskers-Buffs Battle Sunday for Charity
Two longtime men's basketball rivals will get back together for a trio of worthy causes this weekend, as Nebraska will host Colorado this fall to raise money for the trio of non-profit charities. The game is set for this Sunday, Oct. 31, and will start at 11 a.m., and a limited number of tickets are available for the contest by visiting Huskers.com/Tickets or by calling the NU Athletic Ticket Office at 800-8-BIGRED. 
It will mark the first meeting between the programs since March 5, 2011, which was both schools' final regular-season Big 12 game before the Huskers moved to the Big Ten Conference and the Buffaloes went to the Pac-12 Conference. Proceeds from the contest will go to three local organizations: the TeamMates mentoring program; the YWCA of Lincoln for its Employ402 program and the Nebraska Greats Foundation.

• The mission of the TeamMates Mentoring Program is to impact the world by inspiring youth to reach their full potential through mentoring. The program, which was started by Dr. Tom and Nancy Osborne in 1991, now serves more than 170 school districts across five states.
• The YWCA's Employ402 Program is a job readiness program created to address barriers and provide resources for community members seeking mobility, stability, and ingenuity surrounding employment. The Keys Series explores the topics of financial literacy, overcoming barriers, and strengths development.
• The mission of the Nebraska Greats Foundation is to provide medical and financial assistance to in-need former athletes from Nebraska's 16 four-year Colleges and Universities. The organization was started by Jerry Murtaugh in 2014 and is a member of the Nonprofit Association of the Midlands.

Nebraska will return the favor next season, as the Huskers will travel to Boulder for a charity contest.

Huskers will be Tested in 2021-22
The Huskers face a 2021-22 schedule which features eight games against teams ranked in the Associated Press preseason poll released on Oct. 18. NU will face No. 22 Auburn in non-conference play as part of Holiday Hoopsgiving, while facing No. 6 Michigan (twice), No. 7 Purdue, No. 11 Illinois, No. 17 Ohio State (twice) and No. 21 Maryland. In addition, NU will also play five other games against teams receiving votes (Michigan State, Indiana and Rutgers) in the preseason poll.

ALL IN THE FAMILY
Several members of the 2021-22 Huskers have family members who have played basketball at the college or professional levels. The list is led by former NBA players Eric Piatkowski, who spent 14 years in the NBA after scoring nearly 2,000 career points at Nebraska, and Fred Hoiberg, who played in the NBA for a decade after a standout career at Iowa State. Keisei Tominaga's father didn't play college basketball, but was a center on the Japanese national team at the 1998 FIBA World Championship and played professionally in Japan for a decade.
 

 
Banton and Roby on NBA Rosters
Nebraska had a pair of former players on opening-night NBA rosters with Isaish Roby and Dalano Banton.  The pair gives Nebraska multiple NBA players since the 2008-09 season (Tyronn Lue and Mikki Moore).
Roby, a second-round pick in 2019, is in his second full season with the Oklahoma City Thunder after averaging 8.7 points and 5.6 rebounds per game last season. Roby played three seasons at Nebraska and helped the Huskers to a pair of postseason appearances.
Banton was a second-round pick of Toronto in 2021, becoming the Huskers' second NBA Draft pick in the last three years. A native of Toronto, he became the first Canadian player ever drafted by the Raptors. Banton spent two seasons at NU and averaged 9.6 points per game while leading the Huskers in both rebounding (5.9) and assists (3.9) per game. He was the first Husker since 1974 to lead NU in both rebounds and assists in the same season.

It is Academic For Webster
Kobe Webster became the latest Husker men's basketball player to earn CoSIDA Academic All-America honors, as he was a third-team selection in May of 2021. Webster, who graduated from Western Illinois in 2020, has a 3.75 GPA while working on his master's degree in educational administration. Webster was the first Husker men's basketball player to be honored since Shavon Shields in 2015 and 2016.  NU Head Coach Fred Hoiberg was a two-time Academic All-American at Iowa State (1994 and 1995) and was inducted into the CoSIDA Academic All-America® Hall of Fame in 2016. Entering the 2021-22 school year, Nebraska leads all NCAA Division I programs with 347 CoSIDA Academic All-Americans.
 
An Olympic Effort by Tominaga
Nebraska's 2021-22 roster features an Olympian, as Keisei Tominaga played for his native Japan in 3x3 basketball during the Tokyo Olympics. Tominaga, the youngest player in the eight-team field, helped Japan reach the medal round and finished third among all players in scoring (6.9 ppg), fourth in 1-point shooting (74 percent) and seventh in 2-point shooting (36 percent).  He was one of only two active NCAA players to play in the Olympics, joining Virginia's Francisco Caffaro, who played for Argentina in men's basketball. 
Tominaga became the third Husker basketball player to play in the Olympics, joining Aleks Maric (2012, Australia) and Ade Dagunduro (2012, Nigeria).
 
Husker Roster Boasts International Flavor
Nebraska's roster has had an international flavor in recent seasons and that trend will continue in 2021-21. Four members of this season's roster are from overseas, including Eduardo Andre (London, England), Oleg Kojenets (Kaunas, Lithuania), Lat Mayen (Adelaide, Australia) and Keisei Tominaga (Moriyama Nagoya Aichi, Japan).  In three seasons under Hoiberg, NU has had players on its roster from a host of countries, including Australia, Canada, England, France, Iceland and Slovenia.
 

Nebraska Announces Expansion of Red Carpet Experience

The Nebraska Athletic Department will expand the Red Carpet Experience beyond Memorial Stadium, making the popular fan initiative available for a select number of games at other ticketed events. 

The Huskers debuted the Red Carpet Experience at Memorial Stadium this season. The program provides an opportunity for underserved youth across the state of Nebraska to receive complimentary tickets and experience Husker game days. 

The Red Carpet Experience will now expand to other selected ticketed events, including volleyball, men's basketball and women's basketball. In addition to providing an opportunity for youth to attend more athletic events, the expanded Red Carpet Experience allows for more Husker fans to get involved in the program by returning tickets they are not able to use. 

"We have received overwhelmingly positive feedback from the Red Carpet Experience at Husker football games," said Dr. Lawrence Chatters, Nebraska Executive Associate AD for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. "The resounding success of the program to this point led us to explore how to continue to build on the Red Carpet Experience. We are pleased to include additional sports and continue to provide opportunities for youth across Nebraska." 

Nebraska Athletics will announce selected games that will be part of the Red Carpet Experience for the remainder of the 2021-22 athletic season, and encourages fans to participate through one of two ways: 

• Log in to their ticket accounts on huskers.com/myaccount and select Return for selected Red Carpet events. (preliminary list below)
• Make a monetary donation to the Red Carpet Experience through the Husker Athletic Fund 

More details on how to return tickets or donate to the Red Carpet Experience can be found by visiting Huskers.com/redcarpet. The landing page also provides information for youth and community groups to receive tickets through the Red Carpet Experience. 

In addition to the expansion of the Red Carpet Experience to include other Husker sports, Nebraska Athletics will continue to offer tickets through the program for the final three home football games. Tickets for games against Purdue (Oct. 30), Ohio State (Nov. 6), and Iowa (Nov. 26) are available because of generous donations from anonymous Husker donors. A total of 1,000 tickets will be available for the Purdue game, with 500 each for the Ohio State and Iowa games.  
  
Tentative List of Upcoming Games for Red Carpet Experience 
Volleyball 
Nov. 12               Maryland 
Nov. 20               Rutgers 
  
Men's Basketball 
Nov. 27               South Dakota 
Dec. 22                Kennesaw State 
Jan. 29                 Rutgers 
Feb. 5                  Northwestern 
  
Women's Basketball 
Nov. 14                Alabama A&M 
Nov. 20               North Carolina Central 
Dec. 11                Indiana State 
Dec. 22                Wyoming 
  
Football
Oct. 30                Purdue 
Nov. 6                  Ohio State 
Nov. 26 (Fri.)      Iowa 
*-1,000 Tickets Available for Purdue, 500 each for Ohio State and Iowa
  
Additional Red Carpet Experience Details 

• Complimentary tickets through the Red Carpet Experience are limited to students in 8^th grade or younger, along with one or two accompanying parents/guardians. The students must be present to get tickets. 
• Tickets returned for use as part of the Red Carpet Experience will not be considered a donation. 
• For more information on the Red Carpet Experience, contact Dr. Lawrence Chatters at [email protected]