“Volleyball Day in Nebraska” set a world record for largest crowd to attend a women’s sports event.

More than 92,000 filled Memorial Stadium on Wednesday night to watch the five-time NCAA champion Nebraska Huskers volleyball team take on Omaha.

The official attendance was 92,003, breaking the previous record of 91,648 set on April 22, 2022, in Barcelona, Spain, for a Champions League match between FC Barcelona and Wolfsburg.

“There’s a great business case and strategy around women’s athletics long-term that maybe college athletics hasn’t embraced,” Nebraska athletic director and former football star Trev Alberts said, per ESPN. “And we think here in Nebraska, long before I became the athletic director, we’ve significantly invested in women’s athletics, and you’re seeing the result of that by seeing the success of the volleyball program and the fan base surrounding it.”

The previous record for a women’s event in the United States was 90,185, which was the number in attendance at the Women’s World Cup final between Team USA and China at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, on July 10, 1999.

The event began with an exhibition between in-state Division II powers Nebraska-Kearney and Wayne State and was followed by the Huskers’ three-set sweep of Omaha in a regular-season match. Country artist Scotty McCreery performed afterward.

Memorial Stadium’s official capacity is just over 85,000 for football, but that number was higher for this event because there were seats and standing room on the field.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.