There were 23 NCAA Division I women’s volleyball matches Wednesday.
Just five of them did not end in sweeps, including Georgia Tech’s four-set, comeback ACC win at Clemson, USC’s five-set Pac-12 win at UCLA, and Indiana’s four-set Big Ten over Illinois.
Line of the night: NCAA kills leader Kayley Cassaday had 18 more with no errors in 37 attacks to go with two assists, an ace, eight digs and a block as Tulsa swept Temple.
The recaps and best performances from those 23 matches follow, but first a look at Thursday’s schedule.
The highest-ranked team in action is No. 7 Washington State (10-1), which entertains Washington (9-2) in the rivalry known as the Apple Cup. This is the first time since 2002 that WSU is the higher-ranked team in this rivarly that Washington leads 55-20. Also in the Pac-12, Arizona State (12-0) — the last team out of the AVCA top 25 — puts its unbeaten record up against visiting Arizona and Utah goes to Colorado.
The lone Big Ten match has No. 12 Minnesota at Iowa.
There are three Big 12 matches, No. 25 Iowa State at West Virginia, USF at Cincinnati, and TCU at Kansas State. Both UCF and TCU are receiving votes in the AVCA poll.
The ACC and SEC are off, but the MAC gets going with four matches as NIU goes to Bowling Green, Eastern Michigan is at Toledo, Central Michigan is at Ball State, and Western Michigan, off to the program’s best start since 1985, goes to Miami.
The four Big Sky matches have Portland State at Idaho State, Eastern Washington at Northern Colorado, Montana State at Idaho and Northern Arizona at Sacramento State.
The Mountain West has five matches, including 11-0 Wyoming, unbeaten before conference play for the first time, at Utah State. Also, Air Force is at Fresno State, New Mexico is at Nevada, Colorado State is at Boise State, and San Jose State is at UNLV.
The Southland shows Southeastern Louisiana at UIW, Lamar at Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, Northwestern State at New Orleans and Houston Christian at Nichols.
In The Summit League, North Dakota is at Denver, Kansas City is at Omaha, South Dakota State is at St. Thomas and North Dakota State is at Oral Roberts.
The Sun Belt shows Old Dominion at Marshall, Louisiana-Monroe at Texas State, Troy at Louisiana-Lafayette and Southern Miss at South Alabama.
The WAC opens with five matches, Seattle at Abilene Christian, Utah Valley at…
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