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{{Short description|University of Nebraska–Lincoln curling club team}}
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|university = [[University of Nebraska–Lincoln]]
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|location = [[Lincoln, Nebraska]]
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|conference = Aksarben Curling Club
|athletic_director = [[Troy Dannen]]
|arena = [[Baxter Arena]]
|nickname = [[Nebraska Cornhuskers|Cornhuskers]]
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The '''University of Nebraska Curling Club''' is the collegiate [[curling]] club team that represents the [[University of Nebraska–Lincoln]]. The team has competed in the Aksarben Curling Club since it was established in 2007 and primarily plays at [[Baxter Arena]].

==History==
===Club formation and growth (2007–2012)===
The Nebraska Curling Club began its history as the University of Nebraska Curling Guild in 2007. The club branched off of the Aksarben Curling Club in October 2007, eventually being established as an official club sport at NU. The team began competition in January 2008, joining the Aksarben Curling Club League and finishing third in the year-end College Curling Championship [[bonspiel]] in [[Chicago]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailynebraskan.com/new-nu-curling-team-takes-home-bronze/article_d6861482-99a3-57d2-9d8a-860b567eb2fc.html|title=New NU curling team takes home bronze|author=Jamie Klein|publisher=[[The Daily Nebraskan]]|date=24 March 2018|access-date=11 February 2015}}</ref> NU played its first full season the following year, again participating in the College Curling Championship, and fielded two teams in 2010 after an increase in membership.

Nebraska began competing in additional bonspiels in 2011, a transition year for collegiate curling – the national championship in Chicago was canceled in favor of regional events, as [[College Curling USA]] had yet to establish a national event. NU finished second in the Division III Midwest Regional Championship in [[Hartland, Wisconsin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsroom.unl.edu/releases/2012/03/15/UNL+curling+team+wins+silver+medal+in+regional+tourney|title=UNL curling team wins silver medal in regional tourney|publisher=[[University of Nebraska–Lincoln]]|date=15 March 2012|access-date=14 December 2014}}</ref>

===USA Curling College Championship era (2012–present)===

The [[USA Curling]] College Championship was created in 2012 and established a true national championship event for collegiate curling. The event eliminated experience-based divisional tiers, leaving teams across all levels to qualify by accumulating merit points during the season.<ref name=USACurling>{{cite web|url=http://www.collegecurlingusa.org/Championship_Guidelines/championship_guidelines.html|title=USA Curling College Curling – Guidelines|publisher=USA Curling College Curling|access-date=14 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112060308/http://www.collegecurlingusa.org/Championship_Guidelines/championship_guidelines.html|archive-date=12 November 2014|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> Nebraska was placed in Region 5 – it was designated an "emerging region" due to the lack of relative competition in the area, allowing for merit points to be earned in community leagues and extracurricular bonspiels.<ref name=USACurling/> Nebraska competed in four collegiate bonspiels in addition to league play in the 2012–13 season, finishing runner-up to Tennessee in Region 5. The team was swept in the round robin segment of the inaugural USA Curling College Championship in [[Duluth, Minnesota|Duluth]].<ref name=Titles>{{cite web|url=https://collegecurlingusa.org/about/history/|title=USA Curling College Curling – History|publisher=USA Curling College Curling|access-date=14 December 2014}}</ref> Nebraska again finished runner-up to Tennessee in Region 5 and participated in the national championship.<ref name=Titles/>

Following the 2014 season, the club updated its name from the University of Nebraska Curling Guild to the University of Nebraska Curling Club. The [[2014 Winter Olympic Games]] put a spotlight on curling as a sport, and a growth in membership allowed NU to add a third team to its regular-season competition in the Aksarben Curling Club. Nebraska hosted and won the Big Red Bonspiel at [[Ralston Arena]] in Omaha, the first time the Nebraska Curling club hosted its own bonspiel. Nebraska earned its first number-one during the season.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailynebraskan.com/sports/unl-s-curling-club-becomes-no-in-country/article_3cd49694-5fce-11e4-8112-001a4bcf6878.html|title=UNL's curling club becomes No. 1 in country|author=Chris Bowling|publisher=[[The Daily Nebraskan]]|date=30 October 2014|access-date=14 December 2014}}</ref>

==Venues==
The club plays its home bonspiels at [[Baxter Arena]] in [[Omaha, Nebraska|Omaha]] and practices at the Breslow Ice Center.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.1011now.com/home/headlines/83601577.html|title=Curling Cornhuskers|publisher=[[KOLN]]|access-date=14 December 2014}}</ref>

==Rivalries==
===Tennessee===
Historically, the rivalry between Nebraska and Tennessee carried regional and national implications. In 2014, the "Tennebraska Cup" was established, college curling's first rivalry trophy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/NebraskaCurling/photos/a.167675536668587.22698.148284431941031/518037181632419/?type=1&theater|title=Tennebrsaka Cup Announcement|access-date=14 December 2014}}</ref>

===Wayne State===
Nebraska and Wayne State have maintained an annual in-state rivalry since the Wildcats established a curling club in 2014.

=== '''Minnesota''' ===
Nebraska and the University of Minnesota maintain an informal rivalry, with skips passing the "GopHusker Cardigan" back and forth at bonspiels.

==Seasons==
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{{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Nebraska Cornhuskers|Year|Events{{efn|Available results incomplete.}}|National championship{{efn|The national championship was an open event prior to the establishment of the [[USA Curling]] College Championship in 2013.}}|Final<br>rank{{efn|name=Rank|Established in 2013 based on merit points earned for participating, winning, and hosting events.}}}}
|-
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
 | name = Aksarben Curling League
 | conf = no
 | startyear = 2007
 | endyear = present
}}
|-
| 2007–08 || Irish Open (0–3, 12th) || 4–1 (3rd, Division IV) ||rowspan=5|
|-
| 2008–09 || || 0–3 (Division III)
|-
| 2009–10 || ||
|-
| 2010–11 || || 0–3 (Division III) <br> 1–2 (Division IV)
|-
| 2011–12 || Rice Lake College Bonspiel (1–3, 7th) || 3–1 (2nd, Division III) <br> 2–2 (Division III)
|-
| 2012–13 || Tennessee College Bonspiel (1–2, 4th) <br> Rice Lake College Bonspiel (1–4, 8th) <br> Carroll College Bonspiel† (2–2, 4th; 1–3, 8th) <br> Johnniespiel (2–2, 4th) || 0–3 (Round robin) || 13
|-
| 2013–14 || Rice Lake College Bonspiel† (2–2, 7th; 2–1, N/A) <br> Carroll College Bonspiel† (2–2, 4th; 1–3, N/A) || 2–1 (Round robin) || 5
|-
| 2014–15 || Butler Bulldog Bonspiel† (5–0, 1st; 3–2, 2nd) <br> Rice Lake College Bonspiel (2–2, N/A) <br> Carroll College Bonspiel† (2–2, 7th; 1–3, 8th) <br>Big Red Bonspiel† (4–0, 1st; 2–2, 4th) <br> Irish Open (1–2, N/A) || 1–2 (Round robin) || 1
|-
| 2015–16 ||rowspan=5| ''Not available'' || Round robin || 4
|-
| 2016–17 || Runner-up || 7
|-
| 2017–18 || Runner-up || 5
|-
| 2018–19 || Round robin || 4
|-
| 2019–20 || ''Canceled''{{efn|name=COVID|Canceled due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].}}|| 2
|-
| 2020–21 ||colspan=3|''Canceled''{{efn|name=COVID}}
|-
| 2021–22 ||rowspan=3| ''Not available'' || Round robin || 8
|-
| 2022–23 || || 17
|}
† Nebraska entered multiple teams

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