Nebraska not only stayed unbeaten as it swept Penn State, but the No. 2 team in the VolleyballMag.com Super 16 Media Poll improved to 17-0 and at 8-0 moved a half game ahead of idle Wisconsin atop the Big Ten standings.
No. 6 Texas won at Houston, which set a home attendance record as spectator marks continue to be broken in college volleyball.
FGCU took over first in the ASUN and The Citadel is 20-0 after sweeping at ETSU.
Line of the day: Iona won in four at Manhattan as Morgan Madasz had 27 kills and hit .467 to go with three aces, five digs and and three blocks.
The recaps and highlights for every conference that was in action Saturday follows, but first a look at Sunday’s NCAA Division I women’s volleyball schedule.
Houston, which set a home attendance record for Saturday’s match, plays host to Texas again at noon Central and that match is on ESPN.
The match of the day in the SEC has VBM No. 10 Tennessee at home for Kentucky, which is No. 23 in the AVCA top 25. VBM No. 13 Arkansas is home for Alabama, LSU is at Georgia, South Carolina is at Texas A&M and Ole Miss is at Missouri.
The Big Ten has No. 1 Wisconsin home for Maryland, AVCA No. 15 Purdue at Ohio State, AVCA No. 24 Minnesota home for Northwestern and Rutgers at Illinois.
There are seven ACC matches, but none of the ranked teams play each other. VBM No. 8 Louisville is home for Virginia, No. 7 Pittsburgh is at Notre Dame and No. 12 Georgia Tech is home for Miami. Florida State is at Clemson, North Carolina is at Boston College, Duke is at Syracuse and Virginia Tech is at NC State.
There are six Pac-12 matches, three involving ranked teams. Third-ranked Stanford is home for UCLA, No. 4 Washington State is home for Colorado and No. 5 Oregon is home for AVCA No. 19 Arizona State. Arizona is at Oregon State, Utah is at Washington and USC is at Cal.
The Big 12 has the day off.
Creighton, receiving votes in the VBM Poll and AVCA No. 17, has a Big East home match against Villanova.
Saint Peter’s goes at it again when the 0-21 Peacocks play at Fairfield, which has won five in a row and is in a three-way tie with Marist and Quinnipiac in the loss column atop the MAAC standings. Hampton, 0-10, was scheduled to play back-to-back NEC matches at Northeastern but they were canceled”due to health concerns within the Hampton program.”
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