All eyes were on Pinnacle Bank Arena as No. 3 Pitt volleyball opened the season against No. 1 Nebraska. The Cornhuskers looked like they were going to sweep the Panthers, but Pitt showed some resilience to stave off the brooms.

Unfortunately for the Panthers, they didn’t do enough in the fourth set to force a fifth. Nebraska won the match 3-1 (25-22, 25-11, 20-25, 25-23), and Pitt started the 2025 season 0-1.

Pitt had a 21-18 lead at the end of the first set, but Nebraska came back with a 7-1 run to win the set by three points. The Panthers struggled to create their own offense, with just a .290 hitting percentage. They didn’t get their first kill until Olivia Babcock’s to tie things up at 10-10. The reigning national player of the year led both teams with four kills at the end of the se

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