The Nebraska volleyball program and the Big Ten Conference announced the 2023 schedule on Wednesday.

The Huskers will begin the 2023 campaign on Aug. 25-27 by hosting Utah State, Lipscomb and SMU in a tournament at the Bob Devaney Sports Center. The Huskers' season opener is set for 6 p.m. on Aug. 25 against Utah State. NU's other matches on opening weekend will be at 5 p.m. on Aug. 26 against Lipscomb and at 2 p.m. on Aug. 27 against SMU.
 
In week two, the Big Red will play Omaha on Wednesday, Aug. 30 at 7 p.m. in the Volleyball Day in Nebraska match in Memorial Stadium. The Huskers will travel to play at Kansas State in its new arena at 4 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 3.
 
NU is back at home on Wednesday, Sept. 6 at 7 p.m. to host Creighton for the first time since 2019. For the second year in a row, the Huskers will host Long Beach State – led by former Husker associate head coach Tyler Hildebrand – on Saturday, Sept. 9.
 
The non-conference schedule concludes with matches against two top-15 teams from 2022. The Huskers will travel to play at Stanford on Tuesday, Sept. 12, and NU will host Kentucky on Sunday, Sept. 17 at the Devaney Center.
 
In Big Ten Conference play, Nebraska's seven double-play opponents are Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Penn State, Rutgers and Wisconsin. Nebraska will host Illinois, Maryland and Ohio State without a return road match. Nebraska will travel to Indiana, Iowa and Purdue without a return home match this season.
 
Nebraska opens Big Ten play with home matches against Ohio State and Minnesota on Friday, Sept. 22 and Sunday, Sept. 24, respectively.
 
The next four matches will be on the road: at Purdue (Friday, Sept. 29), at Indiana (Saturday, Sept. 30), at Michigan State (Friday, Oct. 6) and at Michigan (Saturday, Oct. 7).
 
The Huskers will return home for a stretch of five of six matches at home to finish October. NU hosts Michigan State on Friday, Oct. 13 and Penn State on Saturday, Oct. 14. After a mid-week trip to Northwestern on Wednesday, Oct. 18, the Huskers come back to Lincoln for meetings with Wisconsin (Saturday, Oct. 21), Maryland (Friday, Oct. 27) and Rutgers (Saturday, Oct. 28).
 
November begins with a road trip to Penn State (Friday, Nov. 3) and Rutgers (Sunday, Nov. 5). Following that is a three-game home stretch: Northwestern (Wednesday, Nov. 8), Illinois (Sunday, Nov. 12) and Michigan (Friday, Nov. 17).
 
The Huskers close out the regular season with three straight road matches: at Iowa (Sunday, Nov. 19), at Wisconsin (Friday, Nov. 24) and at Minnesota (Saturday, Nov. 25).
 
Start times and TV information for all matches will be added to the Huskers.com schedule page as they become known.

Anderson, Matthews Recognized as NCBWA Second-Team All-Americans

Max Anderson and Brice Matthews added to their impressive haul of postseason accolades, as the Husker duo were recognized as Second-Team All-Americans by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) on Tuesday.

Anderson was tabbed a second-team All-American by Collegiate Baseball and NCBWA's District 6 Player of the Year earlier this month, while Matthews earned third-team All-America recognition from Collegiate Baseball. Both Huskers received first-team All-Central Region honors from ABCA/Rawlings earlier this week.

A semifinalist for the Golden Spikes Award and NCBWA District 6 Player of the Year, Anderson was a unanimous First-Team All-Big Ten honoree while hitting .414 with 20 doubles, two triples, 21 home runs, 70 RBI and 51 runs scored.

The Omaha native became the first player in the country to reach 100 hits and finished with 101 hits on the season, which is sixth-most by a Husker in a single-season in program history. Anderson is the first Husker to conclude the season hitting above .400 since John Cole's .418 batting average in 2001.

The junior became the first Big Ten player with 15 home runs in a conference season with a traditional schedule. Anderson finished the 2023 campaign ranked fourth on the single-season charts in program history with 188 total bases while climbing to fifth with 21 home runs and 43 extra-base hits.

Matthews concluded his junior season batting .359 at the plate with 11 doubles, two triples, 20 home runs, 67 RBI and 61 runs scored as a First-Team All-Big Ten selection. With 20 home runs and 20 stolen bases, Matthews became the first player in program history and second player all-time in the Big Ten to reach the 20-20 club.

The Humble, Texas, native reached base safely in the first 52 games this season to extend his on-base streak to 55 games, which is the longest streak by a Husker since at least 1999. Matthews is tied for ninth on the single-season chart in program history with 20 home runs and is one of 10 Huskers all-time to reach the 20-homer mark at Nebraska.