LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Louisville and Kentucky volleyball will open their 2024 women’s seasons at the AVCA First Serve Showcase on Aug. 27, an event featuring four of college volleyball’s prominent programs.

What You Need To Know

  • Kentucky will play Nebraska followed by Louisville playing Wisconsin in the AVCA First Serve Showcase

  • The games will be played at the KFC Yum! Center, with the first match beginning at 7 p.m. ET

  • The second match will begin 30 minutes after the end of the first match

  • For Kentucky and Louisville, the hope is for a season that begins and ends in the KFC Yum! Center. It hosts this year's Final Four on Dec. 19 and 22

Kentucky takes on Nebraska at 7 p.m. ET, followed by the Cardinals playing Wisconsin 30 minutes after the first match at the KFC Yum! Center.

“The AVCA is very excited to bring together four teams of this caliber to get the new season started,” said AVCA CEO Dr. Jaime Gordon. “AVCA First Serve offers another way to showcase the sport and continue the momentum from the record-setting 2023 season.”

The Nebraska Cornhuskers were the 2023 NCAA runner-up 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.

The second game is a battle of teams that have both made the NCAA semifinals twice in the last three years. The Badgers were national champions in the fall of 2021, and the Cards finished second in 2022. Each squad returns three AVCA All-Americans from 2023.

For the Cards and the Cats, the hope is for their seasons to begin and end at the KFC Yum! Center. The venue will host this year’s Final Four on Dec. 19 and 22.

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