AVCA First Serve Showcase

Four of the nation’s top collegiate volleyball teams will open the 2024 women’s season at the AVCA First Serve Showcase on Aug. 27. The event features Kentucky, Louisville, Nebraska, and Wisconsin starting at 7 PM at the KFC Yum! Center.

The first match of the night will feature Nebraska and Kentucky. The Huskers were the 2023 NCAA runnerup and they return four AVCA All-Americans, while the Wildcats, who won the national title in the spring of 2021, are led by three-time All-American setter Emma Grome.

Wisconsin then plays Louisville, in a battle of teams that have made the NCAA semifinals two times in the last three years. The Badgers were national champions in the fall of 2021, and the Cardinals finished second in 2022. Both teams return three AVCA-All Americans from 2023.

With AVCA First Serve taking place in Louisville on Aug. 27, it means the 2024 season will both begin and end at the KFC Yum! Center, which is also the site of the 2024 NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship Dec. 19 and 22. AVCA First Serve matches will be broadcast on ESPN or ESPN2.

Tickets are on sale now at the KFC Yum! Center Box Office and Ticketmaster.com! 

Click HERE for more information on the AVCA First Serve Showcase.