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Nebraska volleyball sets new TV viewership record

The Nebraska women’s volleyball team has set another record.

The Nebraska Cornhuskers and Louisville Cardinals women’s volleyball programs set a new viewership record on ESPN/ABC on Sunday for their non-conference matchup.

On Tuesday, ESPN announced that the match was the most-watched regular season volleyball match ever on the network’s platforms. It averaged 684,000 viewers and peaked at 808,000 viewers.

Making the viewership record even more impressive is that the match went up against week three of the NFL schedule.

In the match attended by 14,000 at the KFC Yum! Center in Louisville, the Huskers cleanly swept the Cardinals 3-0 (25-16, 25-17, 25-20). Harper Murray led the Huskers with 11 kills. The Huskers had seven total aces in the match

Now at 10-1 on the season, the Huskers will begin Big Ten play on Friday by welcoming the UCLA Bruins to the Bob Devaney Sports Center. The Bruins enter this weekend with a 6-3 overall record but have struggled in true away matches with a 2-3 record.

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Nebraska to play in first volleyball game on ABC

The Nebraska Volleyball team will play in the first nationally televised regular season game on ABC.

The Nebraska Volleyball team will play in the first nationally televised regular season game on ABC. The Huskers will face the Louisville Cardinals on ABC on Sunday, Sept. 22.

ESPN will broadcast more than 2,600 women’s college volleyball matches on various ESPN platforms, the most games in a season in the network’s history. The network’s coverage of Nebraska volleyball will begin with the season-opening match on August 27.

The season kickstarts with the AVCA First Serve Showcase in Louisville, Ky. on Aug. 27, with four perennial powerhouses taking the court. 2023 National Runner-Up Nebraska takes on Kentucky at 6:00 p.m. CT, followed by Wisconsin vs. host Louisville – with both matches airing on ESPN2.

Nebraska has been named the Big Ten favorite heading into the 2024 season. The league’s 18 head coaches picked the Huskers as the top team in the conference preseason poll.

Last season, the Cornhuskers finished with a 33-2 record and reached the NCAA Championship. They also won their fourth Big Ten title with a 19-1 record.

Nebraska and Louisville will face off on ABC on Sunday, Sept. 22 at 11:30 a.m. CT.

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