Top-ranked Pittsburgh stayed unbeaten with a sweep of visiting SMU, No. 14 in the VolleyballMag Super 16 Media Poll, No. 11 Oregon swept No. 16 USC, No. 12 Arizona State defeated Arizona in four, and UCLA knocked off AVCA No. 24 Washington on Wednesday in NCAA Division I volleyball.
We’ve got the key results and top performances, a look at Thursday’s schedule, and an update on top USA players playing professionally in this edition of Volleyball Today.
NCAA volleyball Thursday
There are three Big 12 matches involving four ranked teams. Eighth-ranked Kansas, the only team without a league loss at 12-1, 3-0, goes to West Virginia (6-9, 0-4). No. 17 TCU (11-3, 3-1) is at Utah, which is not ranked but stands 13-2 and is also 3-1. No. 18 Baylor (10-4, 2-1) goes to No. 23 BYU (9-6, 2-2) and Kansas State (4-9, 2-2) plays at Cincinnati (11-3, 2-1).
The lone Big Ten match has Ohio State (7-7, 0-4) at Northwestern (3-9, 1-3).
The ACC and SEC are idle.
South Dakota State (14-0, 3-0 Summit League), the only other team besides Pitt without a loss, is home for Omaha (5-9, 3-0) in a battle of conference leaders. Third-place North Dakota State (6-6, 2-1) is at Kansas City (3-11, 1-2).
First-place Pepperdine is idle, but second-place San Francisco (10-5, 3-0) plays a West Coast Conference match at Portland (9-5, 2-2), while San Diego (8-6, 3-1) plays at Loyola Marymount (11-4, 3-1) and Washington State (8-5, 3-1) is at Pacific (11-5, 1-3).
UT Arlington (14-2, 4-0), the only WAC team without a league loss, is home for Seattle U, while the two of the three teams tied for second place go at it when Grand Canyon (10-5, 3-1) is at Utah Tech (9-5, 3-1). Southern Utah (7-8, 3-1) is home for California Baptist.
Bowling Green (10-6, 5-0), the only MAC team without a league loss, is home for Eastern Michigan (13-4, 4-1), one of three teams tied for second. Central Michigan (13-4, 4-1) is at Toledo, while Buffalo (8-10, 4-1) is off.
Southeastern Louisiana (13-4, 5-0), tied with idle Stephen F. Austin (13-5, 5-0) atop the Southland Conference, is home for Nicholls.
Georgia Southern (12-1, 2-0) puts its 11-match winning streak on the line in a Sun Belt Conference match against visiting Troy. GSU is tied atop the East Division at 2-0, while Texas State leads the West at 4-0.
SoCon-leading Mercer (13-3, 3-0) goes to Samford (9-5, 3-1).
Tennesse Tech (15-1, 4-0) is the only team unbeaten in Ohio Valley Conference play and…
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