NCAA Women
November 24, 2023
The first big upset of the postseason ensured that the Mountain West Conference will get two teams into the NCAA Tournament after fifth-seeded Fresno State knocked out No. 1 Utah State.
Utah State, a runaway MWC regular-season winner, was No. 16 in the most recent NCAA RPI and even with the loss is still No. 22 in the update KPI.
That was one of four Thanksgiving Day results in NCAA Division I women’s volleyball, which now turns its focus to the rematch: VolleyballMag.com Super 16 No. 1 and unbeaten Nebraska at No. 3 Wisconsin.
Nebraska is 27-0, 18-0 in the Big Ten, which includes beating visiting Wisconsin on October 21 — 25-22, 17-25, 20-25, 26-24, 15-13 — in what was then a battle of unbeatens.
The Badgers (24-3, 15-3) have lost twice since, in four at Penn State and in five at Purdue,…
