College Volleyball Starts This Weekend!

We've got Big Ten volleyball starting tonight! The First Serve event is a huge opener to the season, with the #1st, #2st, and #3rd ranked teams all attending, plus several other ranked teams joining in (and also Vanderbilt). The first three days are all in Lincoln, NE, while the final day of matches is in Sioux Falls. To the schedule!

Friday, August 22

• #3 Pittsburgh v #1 Nebraska. 7:00 PM CT/8:00 ET. Fox.
• #16 Florida v #6 Stanford. 9:00 PM CT/10:00 ET. Fox.

Saturday, August 23

• #16 Kansas v Vanderbilt. 3:00 PM CT/ 4:00 ET. FS1.
• #12 Creigton v #2 Penn State. 5:00 PM CT/ 6:00 ET. FS1.

Sunday, August 24

• #16 Florida v #3 Pittsburgh. 1:00 PM CT/ 2:00 ET. ESPN.
• #6 Stanford v #1 Nebraska. 3:30 PM CT/ 4:30 ET. ESPN.

Monday, August 25

• #16 Kansas v #2 Penn State. 6:30 PM CT/ 7:30 ET. BTN.
• #11 Minnesota v #9 Texas A&M. 8:30 PM CT/ 9:30 ET. BTN.

I am not much of an expert on volleyball (or anything, really), but yeah. That's a fantastic lineup. The only bummer is we won't get to see the reigning champs from State College take on #1 Nebraska until later in the season. We'll also get to see Dani Busboom Kelly take over the coaching role for the Huskers in place of long-time coach John Cook.

So, yeah. I'll leave that there and Kind Of... can throw in some actual expert analysis and live thoughts in the comments!