NCAA: Florida, Texas, ULL score upsets; WKU wins; WMU tops Michigan

There’s a match tonight in Lincoln, Nebraska, that is grabbing all the attention, but don’t forget the other happenings in NCAA women’s Division I volleyball.

Florida and Texas would appreciate that. 

So, too, would Louisiana-Lafayette.

Especially since No. 8 Florida swept at No. 2 Stanford on Tuesday night and No. 7 Texas won in four at No. 5 Minnesota. And Louisiana-Lafayette swept No. 18 Rice for its first win over a ranked team in 10 years and first over a top-20 team since the last century.

In other words, the early season unpredictability didn’t stop after the first weekend of the season.

There’s a light schedule Wednesday, including No. 1 Wisconsin at No. 21 Arkansas for back-to-back matches. 

Now its the West Coast Conference vs. the Big 12, but Loyola Marymount plays its old WCC rival when the Lions go to BYU. 

There are some interesting in-state matches, including Utah vs. Utah State, Clemson vs. South Carolina, Fresno State vs. CSUN, and, oh, yeah, No. 4 Nebraska home for Omaha.

The match, which begins at 7 p.m. Central, can be seen on the Big Ten Network, which has a half-hour show about the festivities starting at 6:30. Nebraska is 3-0 after sweeping Utah State, Lipscomb and SMU. Omaha of The Summit League is 0-2 after losing in four to Texas A&M and getting swept by Texas.

For more about Nebraska-Omaha and all the festivities surrounding the match that will be played in Memorial Stadium, the football venue expected to draw 90,000-plus, read our story here.

FLORIDA SWEEPS CARDINAL: The Gators (3-0) and freshman Kennedy Martin have made a season-opening statement. Kennedy, the AVCA national player of the week, kept right on going in the 25-19, 29-27, 25-23 victory with 16 kills while hitting .394 to go with two aces, four digs and four blocks, one solo. Sofia Victoria and Kira Hutson had nine kills each. Setter Alexis Stucky, whose team hit .324, had  four kills with one error in five tries, 334 assists and a match-high 12 digs. 

Stanford, still without second-leading attacker Caitie Baird, got 15 kills from Kendall Kipp, who hit .306 and had two blocks and three digs. Jordyn Harvey ahd nine kills with one error in 18 attacks, a block and a dig. Sami Francis had eight kills with one error in 15 attacks, a block and a dig, and Elia Rubin had seven kills and five digs. Kami Miner, whose team hit .333, had two kills in her only tries, an ace and 10 digs. Stanford had two aces and 14 errors. 

Stanford…