Nebraska and Penn State won in the Big Ten on Wednesday, Houston of the American Athletic rolled on, and so did Baylor in the Big 12. Kentucky moved into a tie for first in the SEC and Virginia Tech broke a long losing skid.
The recaps and top performances follow, but first a look at Thursday’s NCAA Division I schedule.
It’s on in the Big South when Campbell (15-9, 11-1) plays at High Point (18-8, 11-1). High Point has won six in a row since losing at Campbell in five on October 8. The Fighting Camels took their only defeat this past week when they lost in five at Winthrop.
The lone Big Ten match has No. 3 Wisconsin at Illinois.
Both teams tied for the WAC lead are in action when UTRGV goes to Seattle U and Utah Valley is home NM State.
There’s MACtion when Kent State goes to Ball State.
The Mountain West has a full slate, including league-leading UNLV (20-3, 11-1) putting its 11-match win streak on the line against visiting Air Force. One team will be alone in third after Colorado State (17-6, 10-2) goes to San Jose State (16-6, 10-2).
There are four matches in the Big Sky, including first-place Portland State at Montana.
In the West Coast Conference, No. 2 San Diego is at Santa Clara, No. 18 BYU is at San Francisco, Loyola Marymount is at Pacific and Pepperdine is at Saint Mary’s.
Morehead State, three games back in third, goes to first-place UT Martin in the only Ohio Valley match.
Three teams are tied for second in the Southland Conference, a game behind McNeese (15-3, 11-3), which plays at one of them, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (10-18, 10-4). Southeastern Louisiana (20-6, 10-4) is at Lamar and HCU (18-9, 10-4) is home for UIW (that’s Houston Christian, which used to be Houston Baptist, and University of Incarnate Word).
In the Summit League, first-place South Dakota plays last-place Western Illinois. Omaha, a game back in second place and tied with idle North Dakota State, is home for Kansas City.
Southern plays Alcorn in the SWAC and Southern Miss is at Louisiana-Lafayettte in the Sun Belt.
Want to watch a match? We have the viewing links on the VolleyballMag.com TV & Streaming Listings page.
WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS: Fourth-ranked Nebraska (20-2, 12-1 Big Ten) swept visiting Indiana (13-12, 6-7) despite hitting .208. and moved into sole possession of first place in the Big Ten, a half game ahead of idle Wisconsin. Madi Kubik led with nine kills and seven digs in the 25-22, 25-18, 25-19 victory. Whitney…
Click Here to Read the Full Original Article at Volleyballmag.com…