KEARNEY — Tickets for the Nebraska volleyball’s May 4 spring match will go on sale this morning and the die-hard Husker fans showed up in force.
The match will be against the Denver Pioneers at the University of Nebraska at Kearney’s Health and Sports Center after being moved from Kearney High School to accommodate more fans.
The Huskers played their 2017 spring match at Kearney High School but have not played a spring match at UNK’s 5,000-seat Health and Sports Center. Kearney Public Schools is the primary host of the event, working in partnership with Nebraska Athletics, UNK and the Kearney Visitors Bureau.
Tickets had to be purchased in person, cash only, at the Buffalo County Fairgrounds.
Several of the dedicated Husker volleyball fans had shown up to the fairgrounds at midnight and were waiting in chairs and wrapped in blankets to endure the near freezing temperatures that were present throughout the morning.
By 7:30 a.m., the line stretched around the south side of the Buffalo County Fairgrounds Exposition Center, up the west side and all the way around to the middle of the north side. People continued to arrive all the time for tickets.
For the third consecutive year, the Huskers’ spring match will be televised statewide on Nebraska Public Media and streamed online on B1G+. In addition to television and streaming coverage, the match will air on select Huskers Radio Network affiliates and the official Huskers App.
The trip back to Kearney continues Nebraska’s tradition of touring the state for spring volleyball matches. Since 2007, Nebraska has played spring matches in North Platte, Scottsbluff, Grand Island, Norfolk, Wayne, Ogallala, Kearney and McCook.
