Georgia Tech took it to visiting No. 13 Florida on Wednesday night as the No. 15 Yellow Jackets played in its big arena and came up with a big sweep.
Top-ranked Pittsburgh won the first set 31-29 and then overpowered No. 23 USC, No. 2 Stanford won in four at Pepperdine, No. 6 Texas swept visiting Houston and Western Michigan knocked off Michigan State.
Recaps and top perfomances follow in this all-NCAA Division I edition of Volleyball Today.
Thursday’s NCAA volleyball slate
Two ranked Big Team are in action when No. 19 Minnesota plays LIU and USC is back at against Utah State. UCLA is making a Texas trip and playing three opponents for the first time, facing the SWAC’s Prairie View and the Southland’s Texas A&M-Commerce on Thursday before playing host TCU on Friday. Northwestern goes for its first win when it plays Notre Dame, Rutgers faces Binghamton, and 6-0 Michigan is home for Sacramento State.
Three ranked SEC teams play Thursday, including Florida taking on Alabama State. No. 22 Arkansas, off to a 7-0 start, plays 6-1 Tulsa, LSU goes to No. 18 Baylor and Oklahoma plays Stephen F. Austin.
There are five ACC teams in action, including Georgia Tech back it — but in O’Keefe Gym — when it plays South Alabama. Syracuse, a program that won two matches in 2023, puts its 6-0 mark on the line at Siena, a couple of hours to the east north of Albany. Virginia plays ETSU, Clemson plays App State and Notre Dame faces Northwestern.
In addition to Baylor, the Big 12’s Arizona State, 6-0 and ranked No. 14, plays Wichita State, No. 17 BYU plays San Diego and No. 25 TCU is home for Texas A&M-Commerce and Prairie View. Cincinnati stays in Ohio and plays Xavier, Texas Tech plays UTRGV and Kansas State faces Lipscomb.
Also on the Thursday schedule, 6-0 UT Arlington plays Missouri State and in the something’s-gotta-give department, 0-5 Central Connecticut is at 0-7 Merrimack.
Wednesday’s recaps, top performances
Georgia Tech (5-1) had never won in McCamish Pavilion before coming away with a 25-19, 25-19, 25-21 victory over Florida (5-2). Bianca Bertolini led with 16 kills as the senior outside from Argentina had one error in 32 attacks to go with an assist, an ac and 12 digs. Tamara Otene had 12 kills, hit .409, and had an ace and nine digs. Larissa Mendes had nine kills with one error in 20 swings, an assist and two blocks. Tech hit .367. AC Fitzpatrick…
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