The schedule was light but the action was heavy Wednesday, especially in Fort Worth, where No. 6 Texas barely got out with a five-set Big 12 victory at TCU and its record crowd.
In the Big Ten, top-ranked Wisconsin and No. 2 Nebraska swept, Purdue got revenge on Indiana, surprising Michigan State is tied with Indiana for fifth in the B1G after beating Michigan.
Seventh-ranked Pittsburgh got an ACC sweep over Virginia and in the MAAC, Saint Peter’s was so close again, but fell to 0-23 when the Peacocks lost in five to visiting NJIT.
Recaps and top performances follow, but first a look at Thursday’s NCAA Division I women’s volleyball schedule on a day when the ACC, Big Ten, SEC and Pac-12 are off.
The Big 12 shows No. 10 BYU home for Iowa State, Cincinnati at West Virginia and Kansas State at Oklahoma.
There are three Big Sky matches in a conference where Sacramento State, Montana State and Weber State are tied for the lead. Sacramento State is home for Montana, Montana State is at Portland State and Weber State is home for Northern Colorado. Also, Northern Arizona is at Idaho State.
It’s a busy night in the Big West where league-leading UC Santa Barbara is at UC Bakersfield. Long Beach State, two games back, is at UC Irvine. Also, UC San Diego is at Fullerton, Cal Poly is at CSUN and UC Davis is at UC Riverside.
Mountain West-leading Utah State is at UNLV, while Boise State, a game behind in second place, is at San Diego State. Also, Nevada is at Wyoming, Fresno State is at Colorado State and New Mexico is at San Jose State.
The five matches in the Southland include first-place Southeastern Louisiana, a game up on Texas A&M-Corpus Christ in the win column, at Houston Christian, while TAMUCC is at McNeese. Also, UIW is at Lamar, Texas aA&M-Commerce is at Nicholls and New Orleans is at Northwestern State.
Red-hot Omaha, winner of eight in a row and up by a game in the win column over Kansas City in The Summit League, is at South Dakota. Kansas City is off, but Denver, a game back, is at North Dakota. Also, St. Thomas is at South Dakota State and Oral Roberts is at North Dakota State.
WAC-leading Stephen F. Austin, a game up on Grand Canyon and riding an eight-game winning streak, is at Utah Tech, while GCU is home for Utah Valley. Third-place UTRGV is at Abilene Christian and UT Arlington is at Southern Utah.
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