A good mix of top teams will be on display at the Bellevue Invitational, Beatrice Invitational and Scotus Invitational on Sept. 3 and Sept. 4

Bellevue Invitational at Bellevue West

POOL A
1. Papillion LaVista South
2. Bishop Heelan
3. Lincoln Southeast
4. Omaha Central

DONIPHAN – Wood River was still the team to beat, but if the first night of matches is any indication, the Doniphan-Trumbull volleyball program is ready for a breakthrough season in 2010.

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BYU Nike Invitational
No. 7 Nebraska at BYU • Friday, Sept. 3 • Smith Fieldhouse • 8 p.m.
Radio: Husker Sports Network, including B107.3 FM in Lincoln and KTWI 93.3 FM in Omaha, and on Huskers.com
Live Stats: Huskers.com & BYUCougars.com

No. 7 Nebraska vs. Cal Poly • Saturday, Sept. 4 • Smith Fieldhouse • 1 p.m.
Radio: Husker Sports Network, including B107.3 FM in Lincoln and KTWI 93.3 FM in Omaha, and on Huskers.com
Live Stats: Huskers.com & BYUCougars.com

No. 7 Nebraska vs. Idaho State • Saturday, Sept. 4 • Smith Fieldhouse • 6 p.m.
Radio: Husker Sports Network, including B107.3 FM in Lincoln and KTWI 93.3 FM in Omaha, and on Huskers.com
Live Stats: Huskers.com & BYUCougars.com
Huskers Leave State of Nebraska for First Time in 2010
After playing its first three games of the 2010 season in Omaha, Neb., the No. 7 Nebraska volleyball team will travel outside its home state for the first time in 2010 this weekend to Provo, Utah, for the BYU Nike Invitational.

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KEARNEY - Jeri Walkowiak and Kelsey Werner have been playing volleyball together for a long time.

They both played at Grand Island Senior High for four seasons, then went on to play at Nebraska-Kearney.

OMAHA - The College of St. Mary’s volleyball team played its first home match under new coach Samantha Harvey on Wednesday night as they faced the visiting Concordia University Bulldogs.

After the Bulldogs took both of the first two games, Harvey’s Flames fought back to win game three. Unable to ride their momentum from the previous game, the Flames allowed Concordia to open up the fourth game with eight unanswered points. The Bulldogs held on to their early lead and closed out the match with a 25-21 victory in the final game.

Coach Harvey saw some bright spots at times but overall left the Lied Fitness Center gymnasium a little disappointed.

This Weekend
Sept. 3 4:30 pm Wake Forest vs. Iowa St. Louis, Mo. (Chaifetz Arena)
Sept. 3 7:00 pm Creighton at Saint Louis (KKAR 1290 AM) St. Louis, Mo. (Chaifetz Arena)

Sept. 4 9:30 am Wake Forest at Saint Louis St. Louis, Mo. (Chaifetz Arena)
Sept. 4 11:30 am Iowa vs. Creighton (KKAR 1290 AM) St. Louis, Mo.(Chaifetz Arena)
Sept. 4 5:00 pm Creighton vs. Wake Forest (KKAR 1290 AM) St. Louis,Mo. (Chaifetz Arena)
Sept. 4 7:00 pm Iowa at Saint Louis St. Louis, Mo. (Chaifetz Arena)

This Weekend
Creighton (1-3) hits the road for the first time this fall, travelling to St. Louis, Mo., for the Marcia E. Hamilton Active Ankle Challenge.

The Bluejays will play three matches while in St. Louis, starting with a 7 pm match on Friday night against host Saint Louis (1-2).

On Saturday, Creighton takes on undefeated Iowa (3-0) at 11:30 am before a quick turnaround to take on ACC foe Wake Forest (2-1) at 5:30 pm.

The matches will take place in Chaifetz Arena (10,600).

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The Western Nebraska Community College volleyball team will get another stern test when it competes in the Salt Lake Invitational Friday and Saturday.

The No. 5-ranked Cougars, who rolled to four victories last weekend on Council Bluffs, Iowa, will face No. 3 Salt Lake Community College on Friday at 2 p.m. and No. 1 College of Southern Idaho Saturday at 1 p.m.. WNCC coach Giovana Melo her team is ready for the challenge.

Conestoga (11-18) saw its 2009 season end in a five-set loss to Concordia in the subdistrict semifinals.

All of the Cougars’ victories last season were against teams that had a losing record.

In stacking up the Cougars in the subdistrict, Conestoga was 0-2 against Auburn and 0-1 against Syracuse last season.

Auburn (16-11) came on strong at the end of last season.

The Bulldogs won 11 of their final 14 matches with the only losses being to Lincoln Christian (17-15), Class C2 state champion David City Aquinas in three sets of a best of three format, and Class C1 state qualifier Syracuse in the subdistrict semifinals.

A couple highlights of the season were a 2-0 victory over Class C2 runner-up Sandy Creek and a five-set victory over Lincoln Lutheran (20-15).

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HASTINGS - First-year Hastings College head volleyball coach Lori Willadsen isn’t sure what to expect when the Broncos open their season Friday at the St. Ambrose Early bird Tournament.

“I don’t know much about it,” Willadsen said of the tournament. “I’m not necessarily worried about the tournament. I’m more concerned with my team. It’s nice that we’ll be able to travel together to Davenport, Iowa, which is a stretch away. To be together as a team before classes start, I think that’s rare, the fact that the girls aren’t juggling athletics and academics at the same time.”