OMAHA—A record, sold-out crowd was treated to another chapter of the in-state rivalry as top-ranked Nebraska escaped with a 25-17, 21-25, 25-18, 24-26, 15-9 victory Tuesday night at the CHI Health Center.
Creighton and Nebraska set a new attendance record with 17,675 fans at the CHI Health Center, the largest indoor crowd for a regular-season game. The previous record of 17,037 was set in 2023 when Marquette hosted Wisconsin at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee.
Several times during the fourth and fifth sets, the fans filled the arena with duelling “Let’s go Jays” and “Go Big Red” chants.
The previous largest crowd to watch a home Creighton match (and Nebraska indoors) was on Sept. 7, 2022, when 15,797 spectators saw the Huskers win in five sets, with Whitney Lauenstein putting up 25 kills. The Huskers hold the all-time attendance record of 92,003 for their match outdoors at Memorial Stadium…