Nebraska volleyball sets world record with attendance: 'Women’s sports are a big deal here'

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Nebraska’s women’s volleyball team set a new world record on Wednesday night, as more than 92,000 fans packed in Memorial Stadium to watch the Cornhuskers defeat Omaha in a three-set sweep. 

Playing a regular season match in Nebraska’s football stadium, the Huskers achieved their goal of breaking the record for the largest attendance at a women's sporting event ever with 92,003 fans packing into the stadium which officially seats just over 85,000. 

Cheerleaders hold up signs to announce attendance for the match between the Nebraska Cornhuskers and the Omaha Mavericks, 92,003, which set the record for the highest attended women's sporting event in the world at Memorial Stadium on Aug. 30, 2023 in Lincoln, Nebraska. (C. Morgan Engel/NCAA Photos via Getty Images)

"I’ve probably cried five times today, I’m not kidding," head coach John Cook said in a press conference after the match. "Several times I’ve had to bite my lip to hold it together. It’s been a very emotional day." 

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"There is a lot of satisfaction in that," Cook said of the record. "It’s a celebration of Nebraska volleyball at all levels in the state, and we took a chance by playing in Memorial Stadium and to go for the record and break it. So not only do we make a statement to everybody else about how important volleyball is here and [that] we want the record, we [showed] it to the world."

"I don’t think anybody could have envisioned that when this whole thing started." 

The Nebraska Cornhuskers stand on the court during introductions before the game against the Omaha