Women’s college volleyball all-time attendance records

Nebraska and Omaha shattered the all-time record for DI women’s college volleyball attendance when 92,003 fans packed Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska, home of the Cornhuskers football team, on Aug. 30, 2023. In fact, the exhibition match officially broke the world record for attendance at any women’s sporting event, surpassing the 91,648 in attendance at a 2022 UEFA Women’s Champions League match between Barcelona and Wolfsburg at Camp Nou. On Sunday, Dec. 22, 2024, the national final between Penn State and Louisville at KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, Kentucky, broke the indoor record at 21,860.

On Sept. 16, 2025, Nebraska and Creighton broke the regular-season indoor attendance record with a sold-out crowd of 17,675 at CHI Health Center in Omaha.

Here are the 10 DI college volleyball games with the most attendance. You can see all DI, DII, and DIII volleyball attendance records and averages in this PDF. 

1. 92,003: Nebraska defeated Omaha on Aug. 30, 2023 at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska

2. 21,860: Penn State defeated Louisville on Dec. 22, 2024 at the KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, KY in the NCAA final

3. 21,726: Louisville defeated Pitt and Penn State defeated Nebraska on Dec. 19, 2024 at the KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, KY in the NCAA semifinals

4. 19,727: Texas defeated Nebraska on Dec. 17, 2023 at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida in the NCAA final

5. 19,598: Nebraska defeated Pitt and Texas defeated Wisconsin on Dec. 14, 2023, at Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida in the NCAA semifinals

6. 18,755: Wisconsin defeated Nebraska on Dec. 18, 2021 at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio in the NCAA final

Jamie Schwaberow | NCAA Photos

7. 18,516: Nebraska defeated Florida on Dec. 16, 2017 at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo. in the NCAA final

8. 18,374: Florida defeated Stanford and Nebraska defeated Penn State on Dec. 14, 2017, at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo. in the NCAA semifinals

Jamie Schwaberow | NCAA Photos

9. 18,113: Stanford defeated Nebraska on Dec. 15, 2018, at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minn., in the NCAA final

10. 17,808: Stanford defeated BYU and Nebraska defeated Illinois on Dec. 13, 2018, in the NCAA semifinals at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minn.

Jamie Schwaberow | NCAA Photos

Here is the list of the top 38 most attended women’s college volleyball games from the NCAA DI record book.

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* Host institution.

All arenas listed under current (or most recent) name.