CHICAGO - Omaha volleyball is set to compete in the postseason for the third-consecutive season Thursday as the Mavericks take part in the 2024 Women's NIVC first round. Omaha will face Lindenwood on Thursday, Dec. 5 at 4 p.m. CT at McGrath-Phillips Arena in Chicago, Ill. The winner of Thursday's match will play either DePaul or Toledo on Dec. 6 at 7 p.m. CT.

Thursday's match will be streamed on YouTube. Click here or the link above to watch free-of-charge.

Omaha last participated in the NIVC in 2022 where the Mavericks faced Pacific. Last season, Omaha captured the program's first Summit League championship and took-on Kansas in the 2023 NCAA tournament.

Finishing the regular season with a 14-2 record in-conference, Omaha finished second in the Summit League and faced eventual tournament champion South Dakota in the Summit League Championship semifinal, falling in four sets to the Coyotes.

Three Summit League teams are still competing with both South Dakota and South Dakota State in the NCAA tournament and Omaha in the NIVC.

Three student-athletes earned postseason honors from this year's Maverick squad with Kali Jurgensmeier (OH/Wahoo, Neb./Bishop Neumann) and McKenna Ruch (MB/Omaha, Neb./Millard North) earning All-League Team honors and Shayla McCormick (OH/Omaha, Neb./Omaha Skutt Catholic) earning a Honorable Mention All-Summit League nod. With 455 career total blocks, Ruch, the MVP of last season's Summit League tournament, is tied for seventh all-time in Summit League history. Ruch was named to the Summit League All-Tournament Team.

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