Wisconsin sets NCAA regular season volleyball attendance record

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) – There’s a brand new file on the town.

Wisconsin volleyball set a brand new NCAA file throughout its match towards Florida Friday night time for greatest crowd for an everyday season match, with 16,833 in attendance on the Kohl Middle.

Wisconsin and Florida made it to 5 units, however Florida ended up pulling out the win.

Danielle Hart and Sarah Franklin have been tied for essentially the most kills Friday night time, with 10, adopted by Julia Orzol, with eight.

The final time a volleyball match was performed within the Kohl Middle was the 1998 NCAA Championship match on December 12. Lengthy Seaside State defeated Penn State, 3-2, within the title match in entrance of 13,194 followers, a then-NCAA attendance file.

The Badgers have been seeking to break the NCAA regular-season attendance file of 15,797, set on the CHI Well being Middle in Omaha, Nebraska, on September 7, 2022 when Nebraska beat Creighton, 3-2. The Kohl Middle seats greater than 17,000 followers for males’s and girls’s basketball.

The Badgers often play within the Wisconsin Subject Home, the place the capability is ready at over 7,500.

Senior setter Izzy Ashurn mentioned forward of the match that the workforce was excited to play on the Kohl Middle.

“We’re going to be us wherever we go, we’re simply excited to have our house crowd on the market,” Ashburn mentioned. “It’s going to be electrical.”

New UW Chancellor Jennifer Mnookin served as honorary workforce captain for Friday night time’s sport, and followers have been inspired to put on crimson for a “Pink Out.”

The Badgers headed into the match towards Florida on a four-game win streak, after defeating No. 24 Marquette, Excessive Level, No. 14 Kentucky and Campbell.

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