After a Friday in which Auburn upset Creighton, TCU bounced Washington and Northern Iowa did the same to Florida State, the NCAA Division I women’s volleyball tournament is down to to 26 teams.
The seeds held form Friday for the six moving on to next weekend’s round of 16, with 10 more spots up for grabs Saturday.
Six teams moved into the round of 16:
Texas
San Diego
Nebaska
Baylor
Kentucky
Marquette
These winners will move on Saturday:
Louisville vs. Purdue
Pittsburgh vs. BYU
Auburn vs. Houston
Florida vs. Iowa State
Ohio State vs. USC
Penn State vs. UCF
Wisconsin vs. TCU
Minnesota vs. Northern Iowa
Oregon vs. Arkansas
Stanford vs. LSU
Of note
The SEC, which had the most teams in the 64-team field, seven, has gone 7-2 with five teams left, Florida, Kentucky, Auburn, LSU and Arkansas
The Big 12 had five teams and is 6-2 with four teams left, Texas, Baylor, TCU and Iowa State.
The Pac-12 started with six and Stanford, Oregon and USC remain.
The Big Ten started with five and all are still in the bracket, Wisconsin, Nebraska, Ohio State, Minnesota and Purdue.
The ACC, with five teams, is down to Louisville and Pitt.
The American Athletic Conference went 2-0 Friday as UCF and Houston advanced.
Conference USA went 0-2 Friday as both Rice and Western Kentucky were eliminated.
Both teams from the Mountain West are out.
All the matches can be seen on ESPN+. We highly recommend the new ESPN The Fifth Set, a whiparound studio show that made its debut Thursday, also on ESPN+. With so many matches on tap and overlapping — the NCAA could have started earlier and spread things out — it’s an easier way to keep up with what’s going on in the moment.
Want to watch a match? We have the viewing links on the VolleyballMag.com TV & Streaming Listings page.
Six teams into the round of 16
TEXAS SWEEPS GEORGIA: The top-ranked Big 12-champion Longhorns (24-1), who have been the team to beat all season, put a beatdown on the SEC’s Georgia (23-8) by hitting .366 in the 25-14, 25-16, 25-15 victory.
Logan Eggleston and Madisen Skinner had nine kills and Kayla Caffey and Molly Phillips, who had no errors in 13 attacks, had six kills each. Texas has won 10 in a row and is in the round of 16 for the 17th year in a row. Kacie Evans had 13 kills for Georgia, which hit .078 but finished its best season since 1995.
Texas will play Marquette.
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