NCAA volleyball: San Diego, BYU, San Jose State, Wright State all roll on

Fourth-ranked San Diego and No. 12 BYU had West Coast Conference sweeps Thursday, San Jose State stayed unbeaten in Mountain West play, Wright State did the same in the Horizon League, and the line of the night goes to Colorado State’s Kennedy Stanford, who had 28 kills, hit .370 and had an assist, 15 digs and three blocks, one solo, in a five-set win at Fresno State.

The recaps and top preformances follow, but first a look at Friday’s NCAA Division I volleyball schedule 

It’s showdown time in the Big East. The two ranked teams face off with No. 16 Marquette at No. 21 Creighton.

There are five Big Ten matches, but only one between ranked teams when No. 14 Penn State goes to Nebraska. No. 5 Wisconsin is at Iowa, No. 9 Purdue is at Indiana, No. 24 Michigan is at Michigan State and Maryland is at Northwestern.

The ACC has seven matches including No. 2 Louisville home for Georgia Tech, No. 8 Pittsburgh home for Miami and No. 11 Georgia Tech at Duke. Also, Florida State is at Virginia, Boston College at North Carolina, Wake Forest at Duke and Syracuse at NC State.

Both ranked teams in Conference USA are in action with No. 22 Rice at UAB and No. 23 Western Kentucky at North Texas.

In the American Athletic Conference, league-leading Houston, the last team out of the AVCA top 25, plays a key match against SMU, while No. 24 UCF is home for Temple. 

There are six Pac-12 matches. No. 7 Stanford, tied atop the standings with No. 15 Washington and USC, goes to Arizona. Washington is at Utah and No. 17 Oregon is at USC. Oregon State is at UCLA, Washington State is at Colorado and Cal is at Arizona.

The SEC slate shows No, 13 Florida at Mississippi State and Tennessee at Arkansas, while Alabama plays host to the SWAC’s Alabama State.

The lone WCC match has No. 20 Pepperdine at Loyola Marymount. 

The Big 12 is idle.

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WCC: San Diego (16-1, 7-0) won 25-17, 25-23, 25-15 at Pacific (10-9, 2-5) as Breana Edwards and Katie Lukes had 11 kills each. Edwards hit .360 and had a block and a dig, while Lukes hit .409 and had an assist and a dig. Pacific hit .052 … BYU (14-3, 7-0) kept pace with a 25-18, 25-3, 25-14 sweep at Saint Mary’s (6-9, 3-4). The Cougars, who hit .378, got 11 kills from Erin Livingson and 10 from Whitney Llarenas, who had one error in 16 attacks and four blocks, two solo. Elyse Stowell had nine kills with one…