OMAHA — It was another record-setting night for college volleyball in Omaha on Tuesday.
Creighton’s match against No. 1 Nebraska was a sellout, and with 17,675 spectators, it set an NCAA attendance record for a regular-season indoor match.
The match hit sellout status on Monday, and then it was just a matter of what the final total would be. That total was announced during the middle of the second set.
The 17,675 figure topped the previous record of 17,037 for a Marquette vs. Wisconsin match at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee in 2023.
While it’s Creighton’s home match, the record doesn’t get set without Nebraska, with more than 75% of the fans wearing red. Creighton got a nice boost from more than 1,000 students on one end of the court, which added to an outstanding college sports scene. They unfurled a large Bluejay flag just before the match, just like before a big-time basketball game. Some students had face paint.
But the cheers were much louder when Nebraska won the point.
You could really feel how many Nebraska fans were there when the Husker fans stood at the end of the first set. And when Andi Jackson served an ace, the roar was so loud the players must have had chills.
The overall attendance record is 92,003 for Nebraska’s Memorial Stadium match in 2023.
Reach the writer at 402-473-7435 or bwagner@journalstar.com. On Twitter @LJSSportsWagner.
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