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Nebraska volleyball match at Creighton shatters NCAA attendance record
By Paul Harvey
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Nebraska volleyball is some of the best in the country, and Wednesday provided another thrilling match between the Cornhuskers and Creighton.
That top-25 matchup went to 5 sets, but the bigger story of the evening was a record-breaking crowd in attendance in Omaha. The number of attendees for the big match checked in at 15,797, the largest attended regular-season match in NCAA history.
Amazingly, the 13 most-attended regular season matches in history have one common thread. The Huskers have been involved in each match.
Record: shattered. 🤯
The LARGEST regular season volleyball crowd in @NCAA history.
1️⃣5️⃣,7️⃣9️⃣7️⃣ fans pic.twitter.com/8Gu9yyYf5g
— Husker Volleyball (@Huskervball) September 7, 2022
Here’s a glimpse at the scene from Wednesday night:
I can safely guess that the NCAA’s regular season attendance record for volleyball has been broken tonight.
Just need an official number. pic.twitter.com/60K7mXxocf
— Amie Just (@Amie_Just) September 7, 2022
As for the match, Nebraska built a 2-0 lead and came close to sweeping the match 3-0 before dropping the third set, 27-25. Creighton battled back to even the match and send it to a decisive 5th set.
The Huskers eventually took over in the 5th set and clinched the match with a 15-9 win. Whitney Lauenstein was named the Big-Time Performer of the match with a career-best 25 kills in the win.
@WhitLauenstein showed up with BIG numbers tonight for a BIG crowd. Posting a career-high 25 kills for @Huskervball 🤯💪#NCAAWVB pic.twitter.com/e54HDMsUUb
— NCAA Women's Volleyball (@NCAAVolleyball) September 8, 2022
Paul is a lifelong fan and student of all things college football. He has been covering college football since 2017 and the B1G since 2018.