NCAA Women
November 29, 2023
The NCAA Divsion I women’s volleyball tournament begins Thursday with 16 matches, including all four of the regional No. 2 seeds — Kentucky, Oregon, Texas and Louisville — and No. 1 Wisconsin.
The other No. 1 seeds — Nebraska, Stanford and Pittsburgh – – open play Friday.
Since there are 32 first-round matches, Friday will be loaded, with not only the 16 first-round matches, but eight between the Thursday winners.
Every first-round match can be seen on ESPN+. The matches at Texas will also be shown — if you get it — on the Longhorn Network for the last time, because that entitiy goes away after this school year when Texas joins the SEC.
We”ll have a match-by-match first-round breakdown later Wednesday.
Conference award winners
The ACC, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC announced their respective top players and coaches for the year. The Big Ten unveils its award winners Thursday,
ACC: There are co-players of the year in Louisville senior outside and Florida State junior outside Audrey Koenig. The defensive player of the year is Louisville junior libero Elena Scott, the setter is Pittsburgh junior Rachel Fairbanks, and the top freshman is Pitt right side Olivia Babcock. The coach of the year is Florida State’s Chris Poole.
Click here for the complete ACC honors list.
BIG 12: The player of the year is Texas junior outside Madisen Skinner. The setter is Kansas junior Camryn Turner, the libero is Houston senior Kate Georgiades and the freshman is Iowa State outside/right side Nayeli Gonzales. The coach of the year is Ray Bechard of Kansas.
Click here for the complete Big 12 honors list.
PAC-12: Kendall Kipp, Stanford’s fifth-year right side, is the player of the year. The setter is Stanford junior Kami Miner, the libero Stanford senior Elena Oglivie and the freshman is Cal outside Maggie Lie. The coach of the year is JJ Van Niel of Arizona State.
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