![]() There are 75 women from the state of Nebraska who are on Division I volleyball rosters this season. High school teams from across a state stretching 430 miles border to border were excused from classes to attend. So were Husker volleyball players who were part of iconic coach Terry Pettit’s teams over four decades. NCAA President Charlie Baker, Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti were on hand, as was Gov. “This is a statement on Title IX, and having two daughters of my own, what Title IX has done for women’s sports is huge,” fan Troy Pfannenstiel of Omaha said before the matches.Ĭhancellor Rodney Bennett canceled classes for the day. Nebraska has won five national championships in volleyball, and its program is one of the few in Division I women’s sports that turns a profit - $1 million last year, according to athletic department CFO Doug Ewald. (Wednesday’s event won’t count toward the streak because it is not being held on the team’s Devaney Center court.) The Huskers have led the nation in attendance every season since 2013, and eight of the top nine crowds in NCAA volleyball history are matches that have involved Nebraska. Nebraska has sold out 306 consecutive regular-season matches. A 2010 outdoor hockey game between Michigan and Michigan State at Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor drew more than 113,000 fans.Ī message seeking comment from officials of Guinness World Records was not immediately returned. The NCAA does not track attendance across all sports, but associate director of media coordination and statistics Jeff Williams said a crowd of 90,000-plus was easily among the largest for a non-football game. The American record attendance for a women’s sporting event had been 90,185 for the 1999 World Cup soccer final between the United States and China at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California - the game where Brandi Chastain ripped off her shirt after scoring the decisive penalty shot for the U.S. Though 91,648 was widely acknowledged as the women’s sports attendance record, at least one match at the unofficial 1971 Women’s World Cup in Mexico City reportedly drew 110,000 people. ![]() ![]() Synchronized chants of “Go Big Red!” were heard all around.Ĭonditions were 83 degrees, clear skies and a south wind listed at 4-mph at court level with gusts that sometimes moved the ball in unpredictable ways. There was a flyover during the national anthem and, minutes before first serve, Cook led his Huskers into the stadium to the Tunnel Walk, the longtime tradition of the football team. The stadium was one-quarter full at the start of that match and gradually filled to capacity as players for Omaha and Nebraska were warming up. Fans in red and white started their tailgate parties outside the stadium hours before first serve of an exhibition Wayne State won in three sets. ![]()
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