Caitlin Clark greets fans before the record-breaking Crossover at Kinnick on Oct. 15, 2023.Photo:Matthew Holst/Getty

Guard Caitlin Clark #22 of the Iowa Hawkeyes interacts with fans after the match-up against the DePaul Blue Demons at Kinnick Stadium during the Crossover at Kinnick event on October 15, 2023 in Iowa City, Iowa.

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The Iowa women’s basketball team just made NCAA history!

Instead of the team’s usual home turf of Carver-Hawkeye Arena, the preseason game against the Blue Demons was held at Kinnick Stadium, making it the first-ever women’s basketball game played outdoors in a football stadium.

55,646 fans filled the seats at Kinnick Stadium on Oct. 15, 2023, breaking the NCAA women’s basketball attendance record.Iowa Women’s Basketball/X

Attendance Record in Outdoor Game at Football Stadium

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The “Crossover at Kinnick,” a charity exhibition for the neighboring Children’s Hospital, also had the highest attendance of any game in NCAA women’s basketball history, perthe association.

The previous record was a tie earned during the 2002 NCAA tournament when the Final Four teams — Tennessee, Duke, UConn, and Oklahoma — collectively filled 29,619 seats at The Alamodome in San Antonio, and the latter two teams drew the same size crowd days later for the finals, per the NCAA’swebsite.

Caitlin Clark (22) led the Hawkeyes to victory during their record-breaking preseason game on Oct. 15.Matthew Holst/Getty

Guard Caitlin Clark #22 of the Iowa Hawkeyes is introduced before the match-up against the DePaul Blue Demons at Kinnick Stadium during the Crossover at Kinnick event on October 15, 2023 in Iowa City, Iowa

In the record-shattering Crossover at Kinnick, Anaya Peoples led the Blue Demons with 19 points, and Clark — who was just added to the2024 Nancy Lieberman Point Guard of the Year Watch List— emerged with a triple-double (34 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists).

“Women’s Sports Matter 💛,” the team captioned the clip.

Caitlin Clark (left) and Anaya Peoples (right) were the highest-scoring players for their respective teams at the Crossover at Kinnick on Oct. 15, 2023.Matthew Holst/Getty

Guard Caitlin Clark #22 of the Iowa Hawkeyes drives to the basket during the first half against guard Anaya Peoples #22 of the DePaul Blue Demons at Kinnick Stadium during the Crossover at Kinnick event on October 15, 2023 in Iowa City, Iowa.

The Hawkeyes’ record-breaking game comes a little over a month after Nebraska’s women’s volleyball team made headlines forbreaking the world record for women’s sports attendance.

On Aug. 30, more than 92,000 fans packed the stands at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska, to watch the Cornhuskers take on the Omaha Mavericks.

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The historic volleyball game ended with the home team securing a 3-0 win in front of the record-breaking crowd. (NCAA volleyball matches typically take place in arenas seating 10,000 to 20,000 spectators.)

When the unbelievable attendance record was announced to the crowd, which was filled with Cornhusker-red, fans cheered wildly.

“Husker Nation, you’ve done it. The WORLD RECORD for a Women’s Sporting Event lives in Lincoln,” theteam’s X accountposted on Wednesday. “Today’s attendance: 92,003. There is NO PLACE like Nebraska.”

source: people.com