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

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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, Aug. 22:
  - 7 pm — Pittsburgh vs. Nebraska (FOX)
  - 9 pm — Florida vs. Stanford (FOX)
- Saturday, Aug. 23:
  - 3 pm — Kansas vs. Vanderbilt (FS1)
  - 5 pm — Creighton vs. Penn State (FS1)
- Sunday, Aug. 24:
  - 1 pm — Florida vs. Pittsburgh (ESPN)
  - 3:30 pm — Stanford vs. Nebraska (ESPN)

August 25, 2025 in Sioux Falls, SD

- Monday, Aug. 25:
  - 6:30 pm — Kansas vs. Penn State (Big Ten Network)
  - 8:30 pm — Minnesota vs. Texas A&M (Big Ten Network)

All match times are listed in Eastern Time.

Get Your Tickets:

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

Pinnacle Bank Arena:

- 2/27 – Presales Begin
- 3/14 – Public On Sale
- 4/18 @ 10 am CT – Limited single session tickets available.
- Ticketmaster Link

Sanford Pentagon:

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

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Broadcast:

In addition to the sellout crowds at the two venues for the marquee matches, all eight contests will be broadcast on national networks. The Friday matches are on FOX and Saturday’s matches are on FS1. The Sunday doubleheader is on ESPN, and Monday evening’s matches will be on Big Ten Network.
Television coverage on all networks will include live, in-arena analysis between the matches.

Host Cities:

Lincoln, NE: Visit Lincoln
Sioux Falls, SD: Experience Sioux Falls
- 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.