The Nebraska Cornhuskers women's volleyball team is known for its passionate fanbase and record-breaking attendance. As they prepare to face UCLA in their first Big Ten Conference match, the excitement surrounding women's volleyball continues to grow.
Nebraska women’s volleyball goes all out. The Cornhuskers, who set a world record last season for attendance at a women’s sporting event when 92,003 fans filled Memorial Stadium, are regularly packing Bob Devaney Sports Center with nearly 9,000 fans this season.
Interest in volleyball has been growing at all levels in recent years. Volleyball was the second-most popular girls high school sport in the 2021-22 school YEAR with 454,153 participants nationally, according to the National Federation of High Schools.in addition to Nebraska’s record-setting attendance, 1.7 million people tuned into ABC to watch the NCAA Division I championship match between Texas and Nebraska. Female viewers made up 51% of the audience.
Friday’s match will be Reft’s return to the conference he started his collegiate coaching career as an assistant coach at Minnesota from 2010-12 and Illinois from 2018-19. He helped take Illinois to back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances as well as a national semifinal. UCLA’s nonconference schedule included multiple road trips to places like Atlanta and Knoxville, Tennessee, to help prepare the Bruins for the demanding travel schedule the Big Ten will bring.
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