League One Volleyball (LOVB) announced that the team has a new ownership group for its professional volleyball team in Nebraska, featuring a familiar face to Nebraskans. Former Husker legend and LOVB Founding Athlete Jordan Larson will headline the new ownership group that also includes JE Dunn Construction Group’s investment subsidiary.
Larson is not the only volleyball legend from the state who will be involved in the team’s front office. LOVB revealed that former Creighton University women’s volleyball head coach Kirsten Bernthal Booth will serve the team as president of business operations. After 22 seasons leading the Bluejays, Booth abruptly stepped down at Creighton in April. At that time, she revealed that she had accepted an administrative position with LOVB. Her role is now defined. Read more about Larson and Booth’s involvement with new-look LOVB Nebraska HERE.
The Pro Volleyball Federation and Major League Volleyball announced plans for a single league branded as MLV. The move brings in additional team owners, league governance, ownership standards and innovative off-court player opportunities and fan engagement. The league stated in a press release that “MLV is an evolution of PVF, and the upcoming campaign will be recorded as the league’s third season.”
On a busy volleyball news week, the Supernovas also announced that retired Nebraska Cornhuskers volleyball coach John Cook is now the club’s general manager and co-owner. The Husker legend retired after last season. More information on the Supernovas and Cook can be found HERE.
Significant staffing moves were made by the Supernovas in conjunction with Cook’s arrival. The team announced Wednesday that Laura “Bird” Kuhn will not be moving with the Supernovas as head coach. Kuhn took over as head coach two matches into the inaugural 2024 season and led Omaha to a PVF Championship. In 2025, she and her staff led a roster with only two returning players and eight rookies to a league-best 21-7 record.
Luka Slabe will become the Supernovas’ next head coach. His hire was announced less than two hours after Kuhn’s announcement. Slabe has served as an assistant coach for the U.S. Men’s National Team since 2024. Prior to that, he served as an assistant for the U.S. Women’s National Team, winning the country’s first-ever gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Assistant coach Thomas Robson will remain on staff for his third season with the Supernovas. Robson has been instrumental in the success of the team over the past two seasons and helped guide the team to its 2024 PVF Championship.
The United States U23 national volleyball team won the NORCECA Pan American Cup on Friday night, sweeping Canada in the gold medal match. Former Bluejays Ava Martin and Nora Sis were two of 12 athletes to make the team for this event. Martin appeared as a serving specialist for Team USA, serving the final three points of the win. Nora Sis did not play in the match. Martin will return to Creighton this fall for her senior season, while Sis heads into her second season with Major League Volleyball’s Orlando Valkyries.
Creighton volleyball is ranked 12th in the American Volleyball Coaches Association’s Top 25 preseason poll. This is the ninth time in the last 10 seasons that Creighton has been ranked in the preseason. Brian Rosen, in his first year as head coach, returns 11 letter winners from last year’s team that finished 32-2.
Creighton baseball alumnus Isaac Collins won the National League Rookie of the Month for July, recording 25 hits and posting a .321 average for the month. Collins ranks second in betting odds, behind Atlanta catcher Drake Baldwin, to win National League Rookie of the Year.
Union Omaha defeated Westchester SC on Wednesday night, 2-1. The winner came on a goal from Stefano Pinho in the 96th minute. Union Omaha fell behind 1-0 early in the second half and scored two goals in the final 13 minutes of the game to secure its fifth win of the season. The Owls are back in action Saturday at 6 p.m. at Werner Park, hosting the Chattanooga Red Wolves.
The Omaha Storm Chasers are playing a series at the Indianapolis Indians this week. Omaha took games one and two on Tuesday and Wednesday. First pitch tonight is at 5:35 p.m. All Storm Chasers games can be streamed with a subscription to MLB.TV or the MLB app.
Upcoming Games
- Omaha Storm Chasers at Indianapolis | August 4 – August 10 | 5:35 p.m. Tonight
- Union Omaha vs. Chattanooga | Saturday, August 9 | 6 p.m.
