Texas is finally back in action as the top-ranked Longhorns play Iowa State, the only team to beat them. Colorado State’s Tom Hilbert will retire at season’s end, Pacific players refuse to go to BYU, and we have the AVCA Poll and POW.
Wednesday is also national signing day, so if you follow volleyball teams on social media you will see which schools got papers from their recruits.
WEDNESDAY: A day after the sport took Election Day off, there are eight matches on the schedule including top-ranked Texas playing host to Iowa State in the Big 12. Iowa State is the only team to beat Texas, beating the Longhorns in five on October 19 in Ames. Texas, because TCU had to forfeit last week, hasn’t played a match since October 28. Also in the Big 12, Texas Tech is at Oklahoma.
No. 24 UCF plays an American Athletic Conference match at South Florida.
ETSU (East Tennessee State University), which holds a three-game lead atop the Southern Conference standings, is at Chattanooga. Also in the SoCon, UNC Greensboro is at Western Carolina and Samford goes to Mercer.
Independent Chicago State plays at Delaware of the CAA and Southern Indiana goes to Eastern Illinois in the Ohio Valley Conference.
HILBERT TO RETIRE: Colorado State coach Tom Hilbert announced Monday he is retiring at season’s end. He joins Minnesota’s Hugh McCutcheon as the second coach to announce he is leaving after the 2022 season. Ole Miss also has an opening after the school and coach Kayla Banwarth “mutually agreed to part ways” two weeks ago.
Hilbert has been the Colorado State coach for 26 years. This is from the CSU news release:
“Today, after much thought and reflection, I am announcing that I have decided to retire from coaching collegiate volleyball at the end of this season,” Hilbert said. “For the past 39 years – 26 of them here at Colorado State – I have been blessed to live out my dream at the best university and in the best volleyball community in the country, Colorado State University and Fort Collins, Colo.
“I have so many people to thank from our incredible fan base, fellow coaches, and administrators. But most of all I want to thank the amazing players who have been the real impetus for the success of Ram Volleyball. Thank you for all that you were willing to give… and for trusting me with your collegiate experience.
“There will be a time to celebrate and reflect, with more storytelling and memories. But this is not that time….
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