Texas reverse sweeps Baylor; K-State stuns BYU; Waves rule; big Friday slate ahead

This is the last time Texas and Baylor play as members of the Big 12.

We can only hope that after Texas moves to the SEC next year, the Longhorns still play their rivals from Waco.

Thursday night, Texas, the No. 5 team in the VolleyballMag.com Super 16 Media Poll, pulled off a reverse sweep against the visiting Bears, No. 20 in the AVCA top 25.

And they play again Friday in Gregory Gym.

There was a big Big 12 upset when No. 9 BYU not only lost at Kansas State, but got swept in a match that wasn’t close. K-State hadn’t beaten a top-10 team in 20 years. 

Pepperdine stayed unbeaten in the West Coast Conference with its 13th win in a row and Purdue swept Minnesota in the Big Ten.

Recaps and top performances follow, but first a look at Friday’s NCAA Division I women’s volleyball schedule, a slate punctuated with some really key matches.

Start with the Big 12, where Baylor is back at Texas and BYU is back at K-State. VBM No. 16 Kansas is home for West Virginia after sweeping the Mountaineers on Thursday, and there’s another important battle for both teams when TCU plays at UCF after losing their in four Thursday. TCU is No. 53 in the NCAA RPI and UCF 37.

None of the ranked teams in the ACC play each other, but all are in action and that includes a big one in Louisville, where the No. 4 Cardinals play host to unranked Florida State. They are both tied for the ACC lead with No. 7 Pittsburgh, which is home for Virginia Tech. No. 11 Georgia Tech — one game off the lead — is at Boston College, Miami is at Notre Dame, Wake Forest is at Virginia, NC State is at Duke and Clemson is at Syracuse.

There’s a huge Pac-12 showdown when No. 8 Oregon goes to No 6 Washington State. Third-ranked Stanford is at Arizona, AVCA No. 21 Arizona State is home for Cal, USC goes to Colorado, UCLA is at Utah and Oregon State is at Washington.

The SEC shows No. 10 Arkansas at South Carolina, No. 14 Kentucky at LSU, AVCA No. 24 Auburn at Georgia and Mississippi State at Alabama.

Three of the Big Ten’s ranked teams are in action as No. 1 Nebraska is home for Maryland, No. 2 Wisconsin is at Michigan State, No. 13 Penn State is at Michigan and Rutgers is at Iowa.

Marquette, which holds a one-game lead over Creighton and St. John’s in the Big East, is home for Providence, while AVCA No. 17 Creighton is at Villanova and St. John’s is home for Xavier.

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