Nebraska volleyball will make its Sanford Pentagon debut on Saturday when the Huskers meet Iowa State in a spring exhibition match at 1 p.m. Big Ten Network will televise the game, with Larry Punteney and John Cook on the call.
The Huskers Radio Network will also carry the match on volleyball affiliate stations, Huskers.com and the Huskers App, with John Baylor and Lauren Cook West on the broadcast. For Bergen Reilly, the matchup is a homecoming: the Sioux Falls native and O'Gorman graduate returns to the city where she built her basketball-and-volleyball following before becoming one of the sport's top setters.
Reilly's 2025 season was packed with hardware. She was named AVCA Setter of the Year, Big Ten Player of the Year, Big Ten Setter of the Year, All-Big Ten First Team and AVCA West Region Player of the Year. Her 3,723 career assists rank third in school history in the rally-scoring era, a number that underscores how quickly she has become central to Nebraska's offense.
Saturday's exhibition also gives Nebraska another chance to show the depth of a roster that was loaded with postseason recognition. Harper Murray earned AVCA All-America and All-Big Ten First Team honors for the third straight year in 2025, was an AVCA Player of the Year semifinalist and repeated as AVCA All-Region selection while leading the Huskers with a career-best 3.54 kills per set on a career-high.295 hitting percentage. Andi Jackson was chosen to the AVCA All-America First Team for the second straight year, was named All-Big Ten First Team and AVCA Middle Blocker of the Year, and averaged 2.74 kills per set on.467 hitting with 1.12 blocks per set and 16 aces. Her.467 hitting percentage led the nation and ranked No. 3 in school history for a single season, while her.559 mark in conference-only matches broke the Big Ten record for a season.
There is also a test beneath the homecoming and the awards. Laney Choboy averaged a team-high 2.71 digs per set last season and made the AVCA All-Region Team and All-Big Ten Second Team. Olivia Mauch averaged 2.56 digs per set. Teraya Sigler finished her first season with 0.69 kills per set, 1.50 digs per set and 17 aces. Virginia Adriano, a Big Ten All-Freshman Team pick, averaged 2.16 kills per set on.287 hitting with 0.67 blocks per set, and Manaia Ogbechie averaged 2.30 kills per set on.529 hitting with 1.11 blocks per set in her freshman season. Nebraska has recent experience at the Pentagon, too: the venue hosted two NCAA Division I women's volleyball AVCA First Serve matches in 2025, the Nebraska men beat Oklahoma there on Nov. 15, 2025, and the Husker women topped North Dakota State the next afternoon. The men and women also played back-to-back dates at the Pentagon in 2024.
The setting fits the sport and the calendar. The Sanford Pentagon has hosted volleyball and basketball events in recent years, and Saturday's match gives Nebraska a visible spring stage before the work of the next season begins in earnest. For Reilly, though, the story is simpler than the backdrop: she gets to play in front of a home-state crowd, and the Huskers get another public look at the player who has already shaped their future.
