UWGB volleyball excited to welcome Wisconsin to the Kress Center
UWGB volleyball will host Wisconsin on Saturday, April 18, at the Kress Center as part of the Frozen Phoenix Invite. A record crowd is expected.
It’s not every day the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay volleyball team gets to play one of the best squads in the nation at its own place. That will be the case Saturday, April 18, when UWGB hosts Wisconsin at the Kress Center in a spring exhibition match in front of what will be a record crowd. More than 3,000 fans are expected to be in attendance, which would far outnumber what is believed to be the current record of 1,401 that watched the Phoenix against Minnesota on Sept.
19, 2024. The match is part of the Frozen Phoenix Invite, which starts with a Division III showdown between UW-Oshkosh and Lawrence at 10:30 a. m.
and is followed by UWGB-Wisconsin at 1 p. m. The Badgers made the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament in 2025, while Oshkosh won the DIII national championship for the first time in program history.
Although UWGB has played Wisconsin during the spring season in recent years, none of the matches have been in Green Bay. This will be the third time in program history the Phoenix will host the Badgers and the first since September 2009. How the heck did UWGB get Wisconsin to come here, even for an exhibition?
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