Kentucky vs. Pitt Volleyball Tickets Presale Link Now Live

FT. WORTH, Texas – Presale tickets for the 2025 Shriners Children’s Showdown at the Net are now available through Ticketmaster and HERE, where fans can begin purchasing tickets in the Kentucky block with the presale code: WILDCATS.

Kentucky will be facing the Pitt Panthers at 6:30 p.m. ET/5:30 p.m. CT on Wednesday, Sept. 10 as part of a doubleheader of action at Dickies Arena in Ft. Worth, Texas, followed by Louisville facing off against Texas in the late match. Both matches will be televised on ESPN.

The Wildcats and Panthers met in the 2024 NCAA Volleyball Championship Regional Final, with the Panthers edging the Wildcats in three tight sets to advance to the NCAA Final Four last December. Pitt is one all four NCAA Final Four teams from 2024 that UK is set to face in its 2025 non-conference schedule.

Tickets go on sale to the general public without the presale code of a specific team Friday at 11 a.m. ET. The pre-sale link is good for the next 24 hours.

Earlier this year, ESPN Events also announced the “Broadway Block Party”, a volleyball event hosted by the Nashville Sports Council featuring three matchups between Big 10 and SEC schools.

2025 Showdown at the Net ACC/SEC Challenge

Tuesday, Sept. 9

Georgia Tech @ Tennessee (SEC Network)

Texas A&M @ SMU (ESPN2)

Boston College @ Arkansas (SEC Network+)

Stanford @ Missouri (ESPN)

Virginia @ Auburn (SEC Network+)

Florida @ North Carolina (ACC Network)

Georgia @ Clemson (ACC Network Extra)

LSU @ Notre Dame (ACC Network Extra)

Wednesday, Sept. 10

Kentucky vs. Pittsburgh (6:30pm ET, ESPN)*

Texas vs. Louisville (9pm ET, ESPN)*

Florida State @ Oklahoma (SEC Network)

Duke @ Mississippi State (SEC Network+)

South Carolina @ NC State (ACC Network)

Wake Forest @ Alabama (SEC Network+)

Ole Miss @ Miami (FL) (ACC Network Extra)

Vanderbilt @ California (ACC Network Extra)

* Shriners Children’s “Showdown at the Net” (Dickies Arena; Ft. Worth, Texas)

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