Seventh-ranked Washington State swept visiting Washington on Thursday and Arizona State is 13-0 after sweeping Arizona in their Pac-12 openers, but Wyoming took its first loss when the 11-1 Cowgirls were beaten in five at Utah State to open Mountain West play.
No.12 Minnesota had to go five before winning at Iowa, UCF improved to 10-2 by winning its Big 12 opener Cincinnati, Western Michigan is 11-2 after winning its MAC opener at Miami.
The recaps and top performances follow, including an update on Florida setter Alexis Stucky, but first a look at Friday’s chock-full NCAA Division I women’s volleyball schedule.
Top-ranked Wisconsin opens Big Ten play at Northwestern and No. 2 Nebraska is home for Ohio State. No. 19 Purdue is at Maryland and Michigan plays host to Michigan State.
The ACC’s No. 5 Louisville is home for Syracuse, No. 8 Pittsburgh is at Duke. No. 13 Georia Tech is off, but Florida State is at Virginia Tech, Virginia is at North Carolina, Boston College is at Notre Dame, NC State is at Clemson and Miami is at Wake Forest. Every team in the ACC came through the pre-conference season with a winning record except for FSU and Syracuse.
In the Big 12, No. 9 Texas is at Oklahoma, No. 17 Kansas is at Texas Tech, No. 25 Iowa State is back at West Virginia, TCU is at Kansas State and UCF is back at Cincinnati.
There are four SEC matches, including No. 3 Florida at No. 24 Auburn. No. 16 Arkansas is home for South Carolina, No 22 Kentucky is home for LSU and Alabama goes to Ole Miss.
The Pac-12’s lone match has No. 6 Oregon home for Oregon State.
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No. 23 Dayton of the Atlantic 10 goes to defending-champion Loyola Chicago. The last time they met was in the conference tournament title match when Loyola won in four.Â
Unbeaten The Citadel plays its SoCon opener at Chattanooga, and in the Sun Belt, 10-2 Arkansas State plays 10-1 Georgia Southern.
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Washington State (11-1) made quick work of visiting Washington (9-3) in the Pac-12 opener for both teams. WSU hit .385 in the 25-17, 25-19, 25-15 victory as Iman Isanovic had 13 kills, hitting .409, and Pia Timmer…
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