One and done has begun.
And it continues Thursday as single-elimination conference tournaments continue and get under way.
There are also key regular-season matches in a few conferences before things go into full swing on Friday.
Among the results Wednesday, top-ranked Texas swept Kansas, Ball State claimed the top spot in the MAC, Paola Santiago had 30 kills for UIC in a Missouri Valley win at Valparaiso and Gracie Johnson had 29 kills for Duke in a five-set ACC win over Wake Forest.
Bowling Green swept Toledo in the MAC and hit .540 with one error in 63 swings, but Ball State won, too, and took the No. 1 seed for the conference tournament. Also in the MAC, Maggie King had 30 kills for Western Illinois in its five-set win over NIU.
There was a firing and a Power 5 coach announced his retirement at season’s end.
The news, recaps and top performances follow, but first a look at Thursday’s NCAA Division I volleyball schedule.
There are two Pac-12 matches when No. 8 Stanford plays host to Arizona State and Arizona goes to Cal.
In the West Coast Conference, the race enters the home stretch as second-ranked San Diego goes to Loyola Marymount, No. 17 BYU goes to Pepperdione, Portland is at Pacific and Gonzaga is at Saint Mary’s.
The ASUN gets going at Lipscomb with four quarterfinals, FGCU vs. North Florida, Jacksonville State vs. Kennesaw State, Liberty vs. Stetson and Lipscomb vs. Central Arkansas.
The CAA also has four quarterfinals in Towson, Maryland. Towson plays Stony Brook, Northeastern faces Elon, Hofstra plays William & Mary and Delaware plays Charleston.
In the MAAC after Niagara beat Saint Peter’s on Wednesday and Rider beat Manhattan, there are four quarterfinals in the tournament at ESPN in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Fairfield plays Niagara, Canisius plays Siena, Marist plays Rider and Iona plays Quinnipiac.
Ohio Valley Conference quarterfinals at UT Martin open with Morehead State vs. Tennessee State, followed Tennesse Tech vs. Lindenwood, Eastern Illinois vs. Southeast Missouri and UT Martin vs. SIUE.
The Southland has two matches in its tournament at Southeastern Louisian when Northwestern State plays UIW and New Orleans plays Texas A&M-Commerce.
The Sun Belt continues after Arkansas opened by sweeping Georgia State and Marshall got past Louisiana-Monroe in five in the tournament in Foley, Alabama. Action continues with four quarterfinals as Old Dominion plays Arkansas State, Southern Miss plays Georgia…
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