Via SI.com, exciting news of a Nebraska women’s volleyball event that is expected to shatter the NCAA volleyball attendance record and has a chance to become the most attended women’s sporting event in history—perhaps attracting more than 91,000 people:

A world record could very well be set tonight in Lincoln, Neb.

The Nebraska women’s volleyball team is set to play a match tonight at Memorial Stadium, the school’s football stadium, that will shatter the NCAA volleyball attendance record and has a chance to become the most attended women’s sporting event in history—perhaps attracting more than 91,000 people.

It’s being billed as “Volleyball Day in Nebraska” and was conceived as a response to Wisconsin breaking the NCAA volleyball attendance record last year with 16,833 fans. The only venue on campus at Nebraska capable of holding more people than that is the football stadium, so the school is dreaming big.

“Wisconsin, being as competitive as they are, went and took one of our attendance records away,” Cornhuskers coach John Cook told USA Today. “So we’re like, ‘How are we going to get it back?’”

When tickets went on sale in April, the school sold its full allotment of 82,900 in just three days. With standing-room tickets and floor seating, the school is expecting north of 90,000 fans in the stadium. Nebraska athletic director Trev Alberts told USA Today that he believes the final attendance figure will be closer to 95,000. (Here’s what the volleyball court looks like in the massive expanse of the football stadium.)

A crowd of that size would be not just the largest in NCAA volleyball history and not just the largest for a women’s sporting event in the United States. It would break the world record for attendance at a women’s sporting event. The U.S. record is 90,185 for the 1999 Women’s World Cup final at the Rose Bowl. The world record is 91,648 for the Barcelona vs. Wolfsburg Women’s Champions League semifinal in April 2022.

So how did Nebraska get to the point that it could sell out a football stadium for a volleyball match? Well, the Cornhuskers are one of the nation’s most dominant volleyball programs. They’ve qualified for the NCAA tournament every year since 1982 and have won five national championships. They’ve sold out their last 306 matches at their 8,000-seat home arena, a streak that stretches back more than 20 years. Combine that with Nebraskans’ fervent support for the Cornhuskers (as evidenced by the football team’s 60-year sellout streak) and the conditions were right for a special night in Lincoln.

“In our state, people just really enjoy big events,” Alberts told The Athletic. “So I get excited thinking about the energy in our stadium and doing something special for these young women. Doing something special for our fans. Doing something special for our entire state.”

Volleyball Day in Nebraska will be an all-day event, beginning with a matchup of Division II schools (Nebraska-Kearney vs. Wayne State) before the Huskers face Nebraska-Omaha in the main event. After the match, country singer Scotty McCreery will perform.

Nebraska took a big chance in scheduling this event. Cook, who’s coached at the school since 2000, was initially hesitant to book the match in the football stadium, according to ESPN. But the quick sellout proved that those concerns were unwarranted. The only other potential issue was the weather. Rain would have forced the match to move to the indoor arena and scuttled the world record attempt, but the current weather forecast calls for comfortable temperatures and no chance of rain. It’s setting up to be a memorable night in Lincoln—and, perhaps, a record-setting one.

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