2025 AVCA First Serve

Name: 2025 AVCA First Serve
Start: 2025-08-22T00:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-08-25T23:59:59-04:00

The 2025 AVCA First Serve will be held August 22 - 25 in Lincoln, NE and Sioux Falls, SD

Ten of the nation’s top collegiate volleyball teams will open the 2025 women’s season at the AVCA First Serve August 22-25 in Lincoln, NE & Sioux Falls, SD. This event will feature the first eight matches of 2025 Division I women’s volleyball and promises to kick off the season with a bang!

Event Information:

August 22-24, 2025 in Lincoln, NE

- Friday
  - Nebraska vs Pitt
  - Stanford vs Florida
- Saturday
  - Penn State vs Creighton
  - Kansas vs Vanderbilt
- Sunday
  - Nebraska vs Stanford
  - Florida vs Pitt

August 25, 2025 in Sioux Falls, SD

- Monday
  - Texas A&M vs Minnesota
  - Kansas vs Penn State

All match times and order of games each day are TBD.

Get Your Tickets:

Tickets for Lincoln & Sioux Falls will be sold separately via Ticketmaster.

Pinnacle Bank Arena:

- 2/27 – Presales Begin
  - 2/27 update: Due to an overwhelming demand for tickets to the AVCA First Serve in Lincoln, today’s allotment of presale tickets have sold out. The AVCA will make a follow-up announcement on Monday, March 3, regarding the next opportunity to purchase tickets.
- 3/14 – Public On Sale
  - A limited amount of packages will be available on Friday, Mar. 14 at 10 am CT via Ticketmaster. No codes will be required for access. Single session tickets will be offered on April 18 if any inventory remains.
- 4/18
  - Single session tickets will be offered on April 18 if any inventory remains.
- Ticketmaster Link

Sanford Pentagon:

- 3/6 @ 10 am CT – Presale
- 3/14 @ 10 am CT – Public On Sale
- Ticketmaster Link

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- The Pentagon is part of the 500-acre Sanford Sports Complex. And within that complex there are multiple hotels, restaurants, a coffee shop, etc. – places of interest to visitors.