There were three ranked teams in action Thursday and, while all won, No. 8 Kansas had to go five to beat Kansas State and No. 11 Purdue had to do the same against UCLA. No. 22 Baylor swept Cincinnati.
South Dakota State (17-0) remained the lone unbeaten with a sweep at North Dakota State.
Reverse sweeps? Eastern Michigan did it to visiting NIU in the MAC, the third reverse-sweep victory for the Eagles this season.
The NCAA Division I women’s volleyball slate is full Friday, but there are few big-time matchups as we head into the middle of the conference season.
Also in this edition of Volleyball Today, Athletes Unlimited gets back to it in Mesa, Arizona, and we muster all the virtual hugs we can for Penn State coach Katie Schumacher-Cawley, who shared on social media Thursday that she has breast cancer.
NCAA volleyball Thursday
There are eight ACC matches, none pitting ranked teams. Those include No. 1 Pittsburgh home for Cal, No. 4 Louisville home for Wake Forest, No. 17 Georgia Tech at Clemson and No. 19 Florida State at Boston College. Also, North Carolina is at Virginia Tech, Miami is at Syracuse, NC State is at Notre Dame and Duke is at Virginia.
The Big Ten has six matches with only one involving two ranked teams, and it’s a big one for both as No. 12 Oregon goes to No 10 Wisconsin. Second-ranked Nebraska is at Michigan State, No. 3 Penn State is at Ohio State, No. 14 Minnesota is at Rutgers, No. 15 USC is at Maryland and Washington is at Michigan.
Only one ranked Big 12 teams plays when No. 13 Arizona State is home for Colorado. Texas Texas Tech is at Iowa State and Houston is at Arizona.
The SEC shows No. 7 Texas home for Arkansas, No. 23 Florida at Texas A&M, Ole Miss at South Carolina and Oklahoma at Georgia.
Sixth-ranked Creighton, which has won eight in a row, has a Big East match against visiting Xavier, and No. 21 Dayton, which has won 10 in a row, has an Atlantic 10 match against visiting George Washington. Dayton is 7-0 in the A10 and GWU is tied for second with VCU at 5-2.
NCAA volleyball Friday
Kansas (15-1, 6-0) rallied to beat Big 12 opponent Kansas State (6-10, 4-3) in the Sunflower Showdown 19-25, 25-15, 22-25, 25-20, 15-10. Toyosi Onabanjo had 14 kills, hit .571, and added two assists, a dig and three blocks, one solo. Rhian Swanson had 12 kills and Reese Ptacek had 11 kills, hit .533, and had 11 blocks. Aliyah Carter led K-State with 15 kills, but had…
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