Big Sky-leading Portland State won its seventh in a row, Amber Igiede and Hawai’i rolled on in the Big West, UNLV stands alone atop the Mountain West, and there’s a tie at the top of the WAC.
Also, No. 3 San Diego and No. 17 BYU swept West Coast Conference matches, and Maryland won the only Big Ten match.
And Ole Miss finally said something Thursday about Coach Kayla Banwarth, announcing that the university and the coach “mutually agreed to part ways.”
That story and Thursday’s recaps and top performances follow, but first a look at Friday’s NCAA Division I schedule and an update on conference leaders.
The seven-match ACC schedule includes No. 4 Louisville home for Duke, No. 7 Pittsburgh at Wake Forest and No. 10 Georgia Tech at North Carolina. Also, Virginia is at Virginia Tech, Miami is at Boston College, Clemson is at NC State, and Florida State is at Syracuse.
In the Big 12, No. 2 Texas plays at Kansas State, and Iowa State, tied with idle Baylor and a game back, entertains third-place TCU.
The only Big Ten matches feature No. 12 Purdue at Northwestern and Rutgers at Indiana.
There’s a full slate in the Pac-12, where No. 8 Stanford holds a one-game lead over USC and No. 19 Washington is tied with No. 18 Oregon and Washington State, a game behind USC. Stanford is at Washington State, USC is at Utah, Washington is home for Cal (and the last meeting between sisters Marin Grote of Washington and Lydia of Cal), Oregon is at Arizona, UCLA is at Colorado, and Oregon State is at Arizona State.
The two ranked Big East teams also play, with No. 15 Creighton at Seton Hall and No. 16 Marquette at Butler.
In Conference USA, No. 21 Rice is at UTSA, and No. 22 Western Kentucky is home for UAB, and in the American Athletic, No. 23 Houston is home for Temple, and No. 25 UCF goes to Tulsa.
Georgia at Missouri and Texas A&M at South Carolina are the only SEC matches.
There are six ASUN teams bunched within one game of each other at the top. Kennesaw State (8-2) plays host to Stetston, Lipscomb (8-2) is at Queens, Liberty (8-2) is home for Austin Peay, and Jacksonville State (7-3) entertains FGSU (6-3). Central Arkansas (8-3) is off.
Atlantic 10 newcomer Loyola Chicago goes for its 13th win in a row when it plays host to VCU. Davidson, a game behind, goes to George Washington.
Campbell, 10-0 in the Big South, holds a one-game lead over High Point. The Fighting Camels play third-place Winthrop, which is two games back, and High…
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