East Tennesse advanced in the SoCon Championship and Navy and American moved on in the Patriot League as NCAA Division I women’s volleyball postseason play got underway Tuesday.
In this report, we have the recaps, the AVCA news of the week, and what you need to know in the Power 5 conferencees — the ACC, Big 12, Big Ten, Pac-12 and SEC — as their respective regular seasons head into the final 10 days.
There have already been three coach firings — two on Tuesday — and we have the info.
First a look at Wednesday’s schedule.
There are three Big 12 matches and all involve ranked teams. Texas, the No. 7 team in the VolleyballMag.com Super 16 Media Poll, is home for Iowa State; AVCA No. 17 Kansas is home for No. 23 Baylor; and No. 21 Houston, which has won seven in row, longest streak in the Big 12, is home for surging TCU.
In the SEC, VBM No. 10 Arkansas goes to Ole Miss and Auburn is at Mississippi State.
The lone Big Ten match has Ohio State at Illinois.
There are six Missouri matches, including league-leading Northern Iowa, which already won the regular-season title, home for second-place Drake.
There’s MACtion as teams…