ºìÐÓÊÓƵ President Charlie Baker on the growing popularity of women's volleyball
Nebraska and Omaha shattered the all-time record for DI women's college volleyball attendance when 92,003 fans packed Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska, home of the Cornhuskers football team, on Aug. 30, 2023. In fact, the regular season match officially broke the world record for attendance at any women’s sporting event, surpassing the 91,648 in attendance at a 2022 UEFA Women's Champions League match between Barcelona and Wolfsburg at Camp Nou. On Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, the national final between Penn State and Louisiville at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky, broke the indoor record at 21,860.
Here are the nine DI college volleyball games with the most attendance. You can see all DI, DII, and DIII volleyball attendance records and averages in this .PDF.
1. 92,003: Nebraska defeated Omaha on Aug. 30, 2023 at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska
"Volleyball Day in Nebraska" included an exhibition match between DII schools Wayne State and Nebraska-Kearney, before Nebraska and Omaha took center stage at the home of Cornhuskers football.
2. 21,860: Penn State def Louisville on Dec. 22, 2024 at the KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, KY in the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ final
3. 19,727: Texas defeated Nebraska on Dec. 17, 2023 at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida in the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ final
4. 19,598: Nebraska defeated Pitt and Texas defeated Wisconsin on Dec. 14, 2023, at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida in the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ semifinals
5. 18,755: Wisconsin defeated Nebraska on Dec. 18, 2021 at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio in the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ final
Jamie Schwaberow | ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Photos
6. 18,516: Nebraska defeated Florida on Dec. 16, 2017 at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo. in the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ final
7. 18,374: Florida defeated Stanford and Nebraska defeated Penn State on Dec. 14, 2017, at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo. in the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ semifinals
Jamie Schwaberow | ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Photos
8. 18,113: Stanford defeated Nebraska on Dec. 15, 2018, at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minn., in the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ final
9. 17,808: Stanford defeated BYU and Nebraska defeated Illinois on Dec. 13, 2018, in the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ semifinals at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minn.
Jamie Schwaberow | ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Photos
Here is the list of the top 37 most attended women's college volleyball games from the ºìÐÓÊÓƵ DI record book.
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| ATT. | WINNER | OPPONENT | SCORE | DATE | ARENA | CITY | STATE | TOURNAMENT ROUND | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 92,003 | Nebraska* | Omaha | 3-0 | Aug. 30, 2023 | Memorial Stadium | Lincoln | NE | |
| 2 | 21,860 | Penn State | Louisville | 3-1 | Dec. 22, 2024 | KFC Yum! Center | Louisville | KY | ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Final |
| 3 | 19,727 | Texas | Nebraska | 3-0 | Dec. 17, 2023 | Amalie Arena | Tampa | FL | ºìÐÓÊÓƵ Final |
| 4 | 19,598 | Nebraska | Pitt | 3-0 | Dec. 14, 2023 | Amalie Arena | Tempa | FL | ºìÐÓÊÓƵ semifinals |
| Texas | Wisconsin | 3-1 | ºìÐÓÊÓƵ semifinals | ||||||
| 5 | 18,755 | Wisconsin | Nebraska | 3-2 | Dec. 18, 2021 | Nationwide Arena | Columbus | OH | ºìÐÓÊÓƵ final |
| 6 | 18,516 | Nebraska | Florida | 3-1 | Dec. 16, 2017 | Sprint Center | Kansas City | MO | ºìÐÓÊÓƵ final |
| 7 | 18,374 | Florida | Stanford | 3-2 | Dec. 14, 2017 | Sprint Center | Kansas City | MO | ºìÐÓÊÓƵ semifinals |
| Nebraska | Penn St. | 3-2 | ºìÐÓÊÓƵ semifinals | ||||||
| 8 | 18,113 | Stanford | Nebraska | 3-2 | Dec. 15, 2018 | Target Center | Minneapolis | MN | ºìÐÓÊÓƵ final |
| 9 | 17,808 | Stanford | BYU | 3-0 | Dec. 13, 2018 | Target Center | Minneapolis | MN | ºìÐÓÊÓƵ semifinals |
| Nebraska | Illinois | 3-2 | ºìÐÓÊÓƵ semifinals | ||||||
| 10 | 17,561 | Nebraska | Texas | 3-0 | Dec. 19, 2015 | CHI Health Center | Omaha | NE | ºìÐÓÊÓƵ final |
| 11 | 17,551 | Nebraska | Kansas | 3-1 | Dec. 17, 2015 | CHI Health Center | Omaha | NE | ºìÐÓÊÓƵ semifinals |
| Texas | Minnesota | 3-1 | ºìÐÓÊÓƵ semifinals | ||||||
| 12 | 17,430 | Stanford | Texas | 3-2 | Dec. 18, 2008 | CHI Health Center | Omaha | NE | ºìÐÓÊÓƵ semifinals |
| Penn St. | Nebraska | 3-2 | ºìÐÓÊÓƵ semifinals | ||||||
| 13 | 17,345 | Stanford | Texas | 3-1 | Dec. 17, 2016 | Nationwide Arena | Columbus | OH | ºìÐÓÊÓƵ final |
| 14 | 17,209 | Nebraska | Stanford | 3-1 | Dec. 16, 2006 | CHI Health Center | Omaha | NE | ºìÐÓÊÓƵ final |
| 15 | 17,037 | Wisconsin | Marquette | 3-1 | Sept. 13, 2023 | Fiserv Forum | Milwaukee | WI | |
| 16 | 17,014 | Nebraska | UCLA | 3-1 | Dec. 14, 2006 | CHI Health Center | Omaha | NE | ºìÐÓÊÓƵ semifinals |
| Stanford | Washington | 3-0 | ºìÐÓÊÓƵ semifinals | ||||||
| 17 | 16,833 | Florida | Wisconsin* | 3-2 | Sept. 16, 2022 | Kohl Center | Madison | WI | |
| 18 | 16,670 | Stanford | Minnesota | 3-1 | Dec. 15, 2016 | Nationwide Arena | Columbus | OH | ºìÐÓÊÓƵ semifinals |
| Texas | Nebraska | 3-0 | ºìÐÓÊÓƵ semifinals | ||||||
| 19 | 16,531 | Wisconsin | Louisville | 3-2 | Dec. 16, 2021 | Nationwide Arena | Columbus | OH | ºìÐÓÊÓƵ semifinals |
| Nebraska | Pittsburgh | 3-1 | ºìÐÓÊÓƵ semifinals | ||||||
| 20 | 16,290 | Stanford | Wisconsin | 3-0 | Dec. 21, 2019 | PPG Paints Arena | Pittsburgh | PA | ºìÐÓÊÓƵ final |
| 21 | 16,448 | Texas | Oregon | 3-0 | Dec. 15, 2012 | KFC Yum! Center | Louisville | KY | ºìÐÓÊÓƵ final |
| 22 | 15,797 | Nebraska | Creighton* | 3-2 | Sept. 7, 2022 | CHI Health Center | Omaha | NE | |
| 23 | 15,119 | Nebraska | Florida | 3-0 | Dec. 10, 2005 | CHI Health Center | Omaha | NE | ºìÐÓÊÓƵ regional final |
| 24 | 14,975 | Penn St. | Washington | 3-0 | Dec. 19, 2013 | KeyArena | Seattle | WA | ºìÐÓÊÓƵ semifinals |
| 25 | 14,779 | Penn St. | Wisconsin | 3-1 | Dec. 21, 2013 | KeyArena | Seattle | WA | ºìÐÓÊÓƵ final |
| 26 | 14,661 | Stanford | Minnesota | 3-0 | Dec. 19, 2019 | PPG Paints Arena | Pittsburgh | PA | ºìÐÓÊÓƵ semifinals |
| Wisconsin | Baylor | 3-1 | ºìÐÓÊÓƵ semifinals | ||||||
| 27 | 14,489 | Nebraska | UCLA | 3-0 | Dec. 9, 2005 | CHI Health Center | Omaha | NE | ºìÐÓÊÓƵ regional semifinals |
| Florida | Louisville | 3-0 | ºìÐÓÊÓƵ regional semifinals | ||||||
| 28 | 14,299 | Penn St. | Stanford | 3-0 | Dec. 20, 2008 | CHI Health Center | Omaha | NE | ºìÐÓÊÓƵ final |
| 29 | 14,035 | Texas | Wisconsin | 3-1 | Sep. 1, 2024 | Fiserv Forum | Milwaukee | WI | |
| Stanford | Minnesota | 3-2 | |||||||
| 30 | 14,032 | Penn St. | California | 3-0 | Dec. 18, 2010 | Sprint Center | Kansas City | MO | ºìÐÓÊÓƵ final |
| 31 | 14,022 | Nebraska | *Creighton | 3-2 | Sept. 6, 2018 | CHI Health Center | Omaha | NE | |
| 32 | 13,870 | UCLA | *Nebraska | 3-2 | Sept. 13, 2009 | Bob Devaney Sports Center | Lincoln | NE | |
| 33 | 13,747 | UCLA | Illinois | 3-1 | Dec. 17, 2011 | Alamodome | San Antonio | TX | ºìÐÓÊÓƵ final |
| 34 | 13,631 | Penn St. | Stanford | 3-2 | Dec. 15, 2007 | Power Balance Pavilion | Sacramento | CA | ºìÐÓÊÓƵ final |
| 35 | 13,412 | *Nebraska | LSU | 3-0 | Sept. 12, 2008 | Bob Devaney Sports Center | Lincoln | NE | |
| 36 | 13,396 | *Nebraska | Hawaii | 3-0 | Oct. 21, 2007 | Bob Devaney Sports Center | Lincoln | NE | |
| 37 | 13,385 | Oregon | Penn St. | 3-1 | Dec. 13, 2012 | KFC Yum! Center | Louisville | KY | ºìÐÓÊÓƵ semifinals |
| Texas | Michigan | 3-2 | ºìÐÓÊÓƵ semifinals |
* Host institution.
All arenas listed under current (or most recent) name.
