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Nebraska women's basketball | first-class facilities Nearly every Husker sport enjoys a venue that The Nebraska Indoor Track and Field facility ranks among the nation’s best. Nebraska is received $2.7 million in renovations in 2000, dedicated to providing its athletes top-notch distinguishing it among the world’s best. It game-day and practice atmospheres in every sport. features a hydraulic-banked track, one of three in Nebraska annually hosts several Big 12 and NCAA the nation and only seven in the world. Championship events, including volleyball, baseball, soccer, softball, track and field, gymnastics, golf, wrestling and swimming and diving. NEBRASKA INDOOR TRACK MEMORIAL STADIUM One of the “Cathedrals of College Football” according to The Sporting News, Memorial Stadium is the home of the five-time national champion football program. The Stadium, which has been sold out for an NCAA record 282 consecutive games entering 2007, recently underwent a $50 million expansion, increasing capacity beyond 80,000 for the first time. NU COLISEUM Completed in June of 2001, Hawks Field at Haymarket Park is the crown jewel of a $29.53 million baseball and softball complex that is among the best in the nation. In 2006, the Nebraska baseball team averaged more than 5,000 fans per game for the first time in school history, while hosting an NCAA Regional for the third time in four seasons. HAWKS FIELD Bowlin Stadium, the home of Nebraska softball, ranks among The home of Nebraska's three-time national champion the best facilities in the nation. Husker volleyball team, the NU Coliseum had featured In addition to providing the best sellout crowds for 90 consecutive matches heading into atmosphere in the country, it is the 2007 season. The Coliseum was previously the home conveniently located near Hawks of the Nebraska men's basketball team before the Bob Field and the Haymarket district in Devaney Sports Center was built in 1976. downtown Lincoln. Bowlin Stadium has hosted NCAA Regionals three of the last four seasons. BOWLIN STADIUM 26 • 8 All-America Awards • 8 academic All-America awards • 1 wade trophy winner 4 straight postseason appearances • 3 Conference Players of the Year • 20 All-big 12 Awards first-class facilities | Nebraska women's basketball The Tom and Nancy Osborne Athletic Complex is the new home of Nebraska Athletics at the north end of Memorial Stadium. In addition to housing the Huskers’ Strength Complex and Athletic Medicine areas, it includes the Nebraska athletic administrative areas and is attached to the Hawks Championship Center by a skybridge. Once inside the main doors on the Northwest corner of the Osborne Athletic Complex, visitors are greeted by a stunning 40-foot waterfall, an impressive and sophisticated donor wall and the entrance to the Charles and Romona Myers Performance Center. The new Nebraska Strength Complex in the Charles and Romona Myers Performance Center is used by all of NU’s 600 student-athletes. The weight room is approximately 50 percent larger than the previous weight room located in the West Stadium. An area where athletes can grab a nutritional drink, relax after a workout or check their e-mail sits just outside the Strength Complex and adjacent to the Hawks Championship Center. OSBORNE ATHLETIC COMPLEX SKYBRIDGE TO THE HAWKS CHAMPIONSHIP CENTER THE HEART OF HUSKER SPORTS 27 • 8 All-America Awards • 8 academic All-America awards • 1 wade trophy winner 4 straight postseason appearances • 3 Conference Players of the Year • 20 All-big 12 Awards.