Omaha, which came from behind all season, pulled off a reverse sweep in The Summit League final to claim that conference’s automotic NCAA Tournament bid.
Eastern Illinois and Southeast Missouri won their semifinal matches and play for the Ohio Valley Conference title, and Northern Iowa and Drake did the same and play for the Missouri Valley Conference crown.
Coach Matt Ulmer sang the national anthem and then Oregon, No. 6 in the VolleyballMag.com Super 16, overpowered visiting AVCA No. 24 USC in the Pac-12.
The coaching carousel spun a little faster as three more openings were announced, at Air Force, East Tennessee State and Radford.
The recaps and coaching news follows, but first a look at Wednesday’s NCAA Division I women’s volleyball schedule that includes those OVC and Valley finals.
There’s a big match in the ACC when No. 15 Georgia Tech goes to No. 5 Louisville. Fourth-ranked Pittsburgh is home for Miami, NC State is at Virginia, Boston College is at Wake Forest and Clemson is at Virginia Tech.
In the SEC, first-place No. 8 Kentucky holds a one-game lead over Arkansas and Tennessee. Kentucky goes to No. 10 Arkansas and ninth-ranked Tennessee is home for Mississippi State. AVCA No. 20 Florida is home for South Carolia Alabama is at Auburn and Georgia is at LSU.
AVCA No. 22 Houston at No. 25 Baylor highlights Big 12 action, which also includes VBM No. 16 Kansas at Cincinnati, AVCA No. 15 BYU at West Virginia, UCF at Iowa State and Oklahoma at Texas Tech.
The lone Big Ten match has No. 14 Penn State at Maryland.
In the Pac-12, the match of the day has AVCA No. 18 at VBM No. 11 Washington State. Second-ranked Stanford is home for Utah, Colorado goes to Cal, UCLA is at Oregon State and Arizona is at Washington.
The Big Sky quarterfinals get underway with four matches, and there are two quarterfinals each in the Mountain West, Big East and Big West.
And there’s a full regular-season slate in the American Athletic Conference, including conference-winner SMU at Temple.
For the complete schedule with viewing links to every match, go to the VolleyballMag.com TV & Streaming Listings.
SUMMIT LEAGUE: Omaha, a team that started 0-9, is going to the NCAA Division I Tournament for the first time.
The Mavericks lost the first two sets against Kansas City and then rallied for a 18-25, 20-25, 26-24, 25-12, 15-11 victory in Vermillion, South Dakota.
Omaha (15-13) had five played with…
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