NORCECA Day 1 Results and Recap

Three former Huskers started and played significant time in the first match of the NORCECA qualifier at the Pinnacle Bank Arena.

Pinnacle Bank Arena played host to the first of three nights of the NORCECA Olympic Qualifier on Thursday. The tournament is a round-robin, four-team tournament pitting the #1 FIVB-ranked USA, #7 Dominican Republic, #15 Puerto Rico and #16 Canada. For more background on the tournament, including what the heck NORCECA and FIVB mean, see yesterday's CornNation preview.

The first match at the night went four sets, with the Dominican Republic knocking off Puerto Rico 17-25, 25-13, 25-23, 25-23. The match featured B1G Player of the Year Daly Santana of Minnesota for the…