Top-ranked Texas returned to the court with a vengeance, showing no rust after 12 days off, and swept visiting Iowa State, the only team to beat the Longhorns this year.
Eighth-ranked Stanford went to USC, which was without leading attacker Skylar Fields. But USC won the first two sets before Stanford came back to win the third, had to rally late in the fourth, and then won easily in the fifth.
No. 23 UCF swept at South Florida.
Michigan coach Mark Rosen has taken “temporary leave of absence for health-related reasons” and his wife, associate head coach Leisa Rosen, will take over.
That story, recaps and top performances follow, but first a look at Thursday’s, Friday’s and Saturday’s key matches in NCAA Division I volleyball. We won’t have another roundup again until Sunday.
THURSDAY: The big match of the day is in Conference USA, when No. 21 Rice goes to No. 22 Western Kentucky. Rice is 22-2 overall, 12-0 in C-USA, and has won seven matches in a row, while WKU is 25-2, 13-0 and has won 14 in a row.
The only Big Ten match has No. 6 Ohio State home for No. 15 Purdue.
There are three Pac-12 matches including No. 14 Oregon at Utah, Cal at UCLA and Oregon State at Utah.
In the West Coast Conference, second-ranked San Diego is home for Saint Mary’s and No. 18 BYU is off, because Pacific refused to go to Provo and forfeited.
the lone Big 12 match has West Virginia at Kansas State.
FRIDAY: The big match in the ACC has No. 5 Louisville at No. 13 Georgia Tech. Also in the ACC, No. 7 Pittsburgh is home for Syracuse, Boston College goes to Duke, Virginia Tech is at Virginia, Miami is at Clemson and Florida State is at Notre Dame.
There are six Big Ten matches but none involving two ranked teams. No. 3 Wisconsin is home for Rutgers, No. 4 Nebraska is home for Iowa, No. 9 Minnesota is home for Maryland, No. 16 Penn State is at Indiana, Northwestern is at Michigan and Illinois is at Michigan State.
Creighton of the Big East, ranked No. 12, entertains St. John’s. The other ranked team, No. 17 Marquette, is off.
No. 23 Houston plays an American Athletic Conference match at Tulsa.
There are two Pac-12 matches when No. 20 Washington goes to Arizona and No. 25 Washington State plays at Arizona State.
In the SEC, No. 11 Florida is off but No. 19 Kentucky goes to Mississippi State. Also, Georgia is at Tennessee, South Carolina is at Alabama and Auburn is at Ole Miss.
SATURDAY: Matches in the Big 12 includes Texas at…
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