A volleyball match in Nebraska seems to have made historical past Wednesday evening — not on the courtroom, however within the stands.

In addition to profitable their sport towards Omaha in a 3-0 sweep, the Nebraska Cornhuskers stated they smashed the world record for attendance of a women’s sporting occasion after the sport hosted at Lincoln’s Memorial Stadium drew in additional than 92,000 followers.

“Husker Nation, you’ve done it,” the crew stated in a tweet. “The WORLD RECORD for a Women’s Sporting Event lives in Lincoln.”

“There is NO PLACE like Nebraska,” the crew stated.

“The attendance of 92,003 set a record for the largest crowd to watch a women’s sporting event in the United States. The crowd of more than 92,000 also surpassed what is widely regarded as the world-record attendance for any women’s sporting event,” the Huskers stated in a separate on-line put up.

While 91,648 at a soccer sport in Barcelona, Spain has been extensively acknowledged because the earlier ladies’s sports attendance record, no less than one match on the unofficial 1971 Women’s World Cup in Mexico City reportedly drew 110,000 individuals, in keeping with The Associated Press. The U.S. record for women’s sports attendance was 90,185 for the 1999 World Cup soccer closing between the U.S. and China on the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.

Guinness World Records didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark from NBC News.

The crew appeared to shatter information after asserting final spring that they might make the sport a daylong celebration of volleyball, a sport that enjoys enormous recognition in Nebraska.

The Huskers normally host video games at their residence facility, the Devaney Center, with the volleyball program promoting out 306 consecutive regular-season matches, in keeping with the crew. The Devaney Center has a most capability of 13, 595, in keeping with the University of Nebraska’s official athletics web site.

Wednesday’s match doesn’t rely towards that streak because it was performed at Memorial Stadium, permitting the Huskers to bid for a record attendance.

“We took a chance by playing in Memorial Stadium, and to go for the record and break it … I don’t think anybody could have envisioned that when this whole thing started,” Nebraska coach John Cook stated, in keeping with The AP. “It feels like a great accomplishment for this sport called volleyball played by women. It’s a state treasure. We proved it.”

According to the Huskers, the sport additionally shattered a pair of NCAA information on Wednesday evening by exceeding previous information for any NCAA volleyball match and an NCAA volleyball regular-season match. The NCAA doesn’t observe attendance throughout all sports and NBC News was not instantly in a position to independently confirm the declare. The NCAA didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark from NBC News.

Fans and onlookers championed the Huskers for the achievement on social media, with one poster writing on X, previously referred to as Twitter: “What an amazing atmosphere! Congratulations to the players and to the fans for their incredible support.”

“So happy to see the support for women’s sports! This is so awesome for these ladies!” one other wrote.