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08/20 20:29 CDT Georgia women's soccer team breaks NCAA attendance record with
crowd of 25,433
Georgia women's soccer team breaks NCAA attendance record with crowd of 25,433
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) --- The University of Georgia women's soccer team broke the
NCAA attendance record for men or women with a crowd of 25,433 on Thursday
night at Sanford Stadium for a 6-0 victory over James Madison.
Honoka Hamano scored twice for Georgia in the "Soccer in Sanford" match
honoring the 30th anniversary of the United States women's gold-medal victory
over China in the 1996 Olympics at the iconic 93,033-seat football stadium.
The crowd broke the women's mark of 14,410 set in the 1999 NCAA championship
between North Carolina and Notre Dame in San Jose, California. The previous
overall mark was 22,512 for a 1980 men's game at Busch Stadium in St. Louis
between Saint Louis and Southern Illinois-Edwardsville.
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