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Wrigley Field has been big to legendary World Series, NFL Championships, 2 NHL Winter Classics and concerts by euphony icons including Paul McCartney.
Now, nan Friendly Confines will clasp an outdoor volleyball lucifer for nan first clip — and Mizzou is 1 of nan schools progressive successful nan historical event.
The Tigers will look Nebraska successful a nationally televised lucifer Sep. 6 connected FOX arsenic portion of nan inaugural SEC/Big Ten Volleyball Challenge Week. MU’s lucifer pinch nan Cornhuskers is portion of a doubleheader that will besides see Kentucky and Penn State.
“What an unthinkable opportunity for our volleyball squad to compete nether nan lights astatine Wrigley Field this autumn against Nebraska,” caput coach Dawn Sullivan said successful nan Mizzou Athletics property release. “This is simply a infinitesimal our players will transportation pinch them for nan remainder of their lives. To play connected specified a historical stage, successful a metropolis that intends truthful overmuch to us, makes it moreover much memorable.”
This is nan 2nd consecutive twelvemonth Mizzou has appeared connected nationalist tv during nan regular season, arsenic nan Tigers faced Stanford successful nan SEC/ACC Showdown astatine nan Net past autumn connected ESPN.
As portion of nan situation pinch nan Big Ten, MU will besides big Oregon astatine Hearnes Center connected Tuesday, Sep. 1.
Mizzou is coming disconnected a down play wherever it missed nan NCAA Tournament, but nan program’s wide occurrence nether Sullivan and nan university’s monolithic alumni guidelines successful nan Chicago area made it a earthy prime for nan lucifer astatine Wrigley. Nebraska was besides a no-brainer: nan Huskers are assemblage volleyball’s biggest marque and person a loyal fanbase that will apt screen nan historical ballpark successful a oversea of red.
The high-profile lucifer presents an opportunity for MU to elevate its nationalist floor plan arsenic nan programme looks to get backmost to nan tourney pinch a talented, young roster conscionable 2 seasons aft making it to nan Sweet Sixteen.
