In another all-NCAA volleyball edition of Volleyball Today, San Diego got a much-needed victory Thursday with an upset of No. 17 BYU and Tulsa knocked off No. 22 Arkansas.
All the other AVCA-ranked teams swept except Baylor, which beat LSU, 30-28 in the fourth.
We’re back to quite a few teams playing twice in a day as the third weekend of pre-conference play continues Friday, so the slate is loaded.
The SEC is going to use the multi-sport video review system supplied by Hawk-Eye Innovations and Olympian Lauren Carlini got a real job.
Friday’s NCAA volleyball schedule
Most of the ranked Big Ten teams are in action, including No. 5 Nebraska (6-1) playing host to the Big 12’s No. 14 Arizona State (7-0) of the Big 12. Third-ranked Penn State (5-0) plays the ACC’s Duke, No. 7 Purdue (6-0) plays Houston of the Big 12, No. 12 Oregon plays No. 17 BYU of the Big 12, No. 19 Minnesota (3-3) takes on unbeaten Auburn (6-0) of the SEC and UCLA (5-1) plays No. 25 TCU (4-2) of the Big 12.
One won’t be unbeaten after Friday when No. 24 Dayton (5-0) of the Atlantic 10 plays Illinois (6-0) at Western Kentucky. Michigan, off to a 7-0 start, plays Akron. Washington (5-0) faces Washington State (3-2) in a not-Pac-12 match.
In the ACC, No. 1 Pittsburgh (4-0) is at Pepperdine. No. 15 Georgia Tech plays Alabama State, No. 20 Miami (5-0) plays at Ohio State, No. 21 Florida State faces Florida Atlantic, 7-0 Syracuse plays NJIT, Cal (5-2) plays 5-0 Wyoming, Virginia (6-1) plays both West Virginia and Liberty. Boston College plays both Jacksonville and Georgia. All three teams are 3-3. SMU (3-3) gets a crack at No. 10 Kentucky (5-2) of the SEC.
Also in the Big 12, unbeaten Arizona (6-0) plays both Abilene Chrisitan and Texas Southern.
The SEC schedule includes Arkansas getting right back at it against Stephen F. Austin, LSU taking on 5-0 Samford and unbeaten Texas A&M (4-0) facing Temple.
Matches worth noting include No. 9 Creighton vs. Northern Iowa, Western Kentucky vs. Marquette, 7-0 UT Arlington vs. Saint Louis, 6-0 Central Michigan vs. Eastern Kentucky and Southeast Missouri, 6-0 South Dakota vs. Eastern Illinois, 6-0 Tennessee Tech vs. Nicholls and West Georgia and 6-0 UConn vs. Delaware State.
San Diego, Tulsa notch upsets
San Diego (2-4) battled to a 24-26, 25-22, 22-25, 26-24, 16-14 victory over visiting BYU (4-2) for its first victory over a ranked team since winning at BYU in November 2022 in…
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