The Nebraska football team opens their season this Saturday at Big Ten West Division foe Illinois. Husker head coach Scott Frost made a brief appearance in front of reporters Thursday. After playing in empty stadiums last season, Frost said, he’s glad the fans are back. The Huskers travel to Champaign tomorrow after a brief walkthrough. The Huskers and Fighting Illini are set to kickoff Saturday at noon.
The Nebraska volleyball team’s season opener with Tulsa has been canceled in accordance with COVID-19 protocols. The Husker Invite schedule now includes three matches for the weekend at the Devaney Center. Kansas State and Colgate meet today at 11:00 a.m., followed by the originally-scheduled Colgate-Nebraska match at 6:30. The tournament wraps up Saturday with Kansas State-Nebraska at 4:00.
In accordance with the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department Directed Health Measure announced Tuesday, Nebraska Athletics and University of Nebraska-Lincoln leadership will follow a reinstituted face covering (mask) mandate for all indoor spaces in athletic venues. The new DHM runs through Sept. 30th and applies to all Husker home competitions. The mask mandate will affect Nebraska games differently depending on the venue and the different types of spaces in the respective venues, including primary seating areas, concourses, club levels, loge seating, private suites and press areas.
Nebraska football fans attending the September home games against Fordham (Sept. 4) and Buffalo (Sept. 11) are strongly encouraged to wear an appropriate face covering (covering both the nose and mouth) when on campus property. All fans should bring an appropriate face covering (mask covering the nose and mouth) to the football home opener on Sept. 4, with only a limited number of masks available at the entry points.
For all Nebraska home volleyball matches (through at least Sept. 30), the face covering mandate will apply to all in attendance. Fans are encouraged to bring their own mask with a limited number of face coverings made available at the arena entry points. The mask mandate will be in effect at volleyball beginning with Friday’s regular-season opener at the Devaney Center.
High School Results & Schedules:
– Thursday
– Kearney Catholic Girls Golf Invite – 3rd (9-teams)
– GICC def. Kearney Catholic Boys Tennis – 9-0
– Kearney High Softball vs. Fremont (DH)
– Fremont 6, Kearney 5
– Kearney Catholic Softball @ Hershey (DH)
– Kearney Catholic 12, Hershey 0
– Kearney Catholic 14, Hershey 2
– Kearney High Volleyball def. Lincoln North Star – 3-1
– Kearney Catholic Volleyball @ Scotus – 3-1
– Friday
– Kearney High Girls Golf Invite – 9:30 @ Awari Dunes
– Kearney High & Kearney Catholic Boys Tennis Quad – 1:30 @ Harmon Park
– Kearney High Football vs. Grand Island – 7:00 @ UNK
– Kearney Catholic Football vs. Wood River-Shelton – 7:00 @ Miles Field
– Saturday
– Kearney High Softball @ Lincoln Invite – 9:00 @ Doris Bair Complex
– Kearney Catholic Softball @ Holdrege Invite – 9:00
– Kearney High Volleyball @ Norfolk Invite – 9:00 @ NHS
– Kearney Catholic Volleyball @ Hastings St. Cecilia Triangular – 11:00
– Kearney Catholic Boys Tennis @ GICC Invite – 9:00
