Another Freaky Friday in NCAA Division I volleyball.
Previously unbeaten No. 23 UCF? Knocked off in four in the American Athletic Conference at Houston.
No. 12 Oregon, the last unbeaten in the Pac-12? Not any more after losing in five at Washington State.
Sixth-ranked Ohio State went up 2-0 and then had to win in five against No. 13 Penn State.
Jacksonville State took its first ASUN loss, getting swept by Kennesaw State, and Youngstown State’s Paula Gursching had 33 more kills in a win over Robert Morris.
The roundup follows, but first a look at Saturday’s schedule.
The match of the day is in the Big Ten when No. 7 Wisconsin (10-3, 4-1) plays at No. 5 Purdue (14-1, 5-0). Nebraska (13-1, 5-0) plays at No. 24 Michigan (12-2, 3-1) and Indiana (9-8, 2-3) goes to Iowa (6-10, 0-5), which is winless in the conference but giving opponents fits.
There are two matches in the Big 12 when No. 17 Baylor goes to West Virginia and Texas Tech is at TCU.
Both ranked Big East teams are in action when No. 18 Marquette is at Seton Hall and No. 21 Creighton is at Providence.
No. 22 Rice plays a Conference USA match at UTEP. Rice is 14-0, 4-0 in C-USA and has won 10 in a row.
Towson (16-0, 6-0 in the Colonial Athletic Association), along with idle Texas as the only overall unbeaten teams left, plays at Delaware (10-4, 6-0), so one of those teams will fall off the pace. Hofstra (9-8, 6-0) is home for College of Charleston.
The six-match SEC slate includes No. 15 Florida home for upstart LSU and No. 19 Kentucky back at Arkansas.
All three ranked West Coast Conference teams play at home, as No. 4 San Diego entertains Santa Clara, No. 14 BYU has San Francisco and No. 20 Pepperdine plays Saint Mary’s.
The American Athletic, ACC and Pac-12 have Saturday off.
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Houston (14-2, 5-0 AAC) beat a ranked team for the first time since 2003 with its 25-23, 22-25, 26-24, 25-22 victory over visiting UCF (12-1, 4-1). Isabel Theut had 22 kills, hit .349 and had three blocks, and Abbie Jackson had 15 kills, a block and seven digs. Rachel Tullos had three kills and seven blocks, one solo. Kate Georgiades had 28 digs, four assists and an ace. Houston hit ,187, while UC hit .102. That included a tough match for McKenna Melville, who led the Knights with 17 kills, but she hit .045 to go with seven blocks and five…
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