Gazette was there for Husker world history

The No. 4-nationally ranked Nebraska Cornhuskers rose in front of Wednesday’s epic Memorial Stadium crowd to take down Omaha in three sets during this historic volleyball match. Wayne State topped University of Nebraska-Kearney earlier.

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LINCOLN, Neb. — A volleyball match in Nebraska appears to have made history Wednesday night — not on the court, but in the stands.

In addition to winning their game against Omaha in a 3-0 sweep, the Nebraska Cornhuskers said they smashed the world record for attendance of a women’s sporting event after the game hosted at Lincoln’s Memorial Stadium drew in more than 92,000 fans.

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

“There is NO PLACE like Nebraska,” the team said.

“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 said in a separate online post.

While 91,648 at a soccer game in Barcelona, Spain has been widely acknowledged as the previous women’s sports attendance record, at least one match at the unofficial 1971 Women’s World Cup in Mexico City reportedly drew 110,000 people, according to The Associated Press.

The U.S. record for women’s sports attendance was 90,185 for the 1999 World Cup soccer final between the U.S. and China at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.

Guinness World Records did not immediately respond to a request for comment from NBC News.

The Huskers beat Omaha in three sets.