KEARNEY – The UNK Volleyball program set their sights high, and reached their ultimate goal of reclaiming the Division II regular season attendance record.
On Wednesday night, hosting in-state foe Peru State, the University of Nebraska at Kearney volleyball broke the attendance record for a regular season matchup in Division II volleyball with a mark of 4,003.
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UNK set the D2 regular standard back in 1996 when 3,520 fans showed up to watch the Lopers battle rival Nebraska-Omaha. That mark held for the next 26 years before Alaska-Anchorage drew 3,888 fans last November in a sweep of Central Washington.
The record comes a week after the Loper Volleyball program attended Volleyball Day in Nebraska, as the event became the largest attending women’s sporting event in world history with 92,003 at Lincoln’s Memorial Stadium.
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Updated Top 15 Loper Home Crowds (as of Sept. 6, 2023):
- Grand Valley State (12/3/05) 5,025 – NCAA Tourney (Division II Record)
- Truman State (12/1/05) 4,412 – NCAA Tourney
- Cal State Los Angeles (12/2/05) 4,331 – NCAA Tourney
- Peru State (9/6/23) 4,003 – Regular Season matchup
- Nebraska-Omaha (10/15/96) 3,520 – (former Division II record for the regular season)
- Portland State (11/18/95) 3,316 – NCAA Tourney
- Metro State (11/8/02) 3,109
- Metro State (11/19/04) 2,814 – NCAA Tourney
- Wayne State (11/1/11) 2,901
- Fort Hays State (11/21/04) 2,776 – NCAA Tourney
- Eastern New Mexico (11/20/04) 2,743 – NCAA Tourney
- Concordia-St. Paul (12/7/19) 2,677 – NCAA Tourney
- Regis (10/22/99) 2,637
- Metro State (10/29/04) 2,553
- Washburn (11/12/13) 2,401
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