NCAA Women
December 13, 2023
TAMPA, Florida — The Wednesday before the NCAA Division I Women’s Volleyball Championship is always busy.
Not only do all four teams — top-seeded Nebraska, No. 3 Wisconsin, No. 4 Pittsburgh and No. 7 Texas — practice and have media obligations, the AVCA announces its All-America teams.
Details follow, but the VolleyballMag.com All-American teams, coach, player and freshman of the year will be announced next week because we include Thursday’s national semifinals and Sunday championship match.
In this notebook, we’ve got all of the above plus some more intriguing TV news, why they won’t spread out the matches in the first three rounds, a tidbit about South Dakota that is so good, and plenty more.
And what Wisconsin coach Kelly Sheffield said:
“This is a heavyweight foursome here. These are elite teams, elite programs, players that are a variety of ages, but the young people don’t play young and they don’t play scared and they’re not going to be scared on this stage.
“And that’s one of the cool things, even the young players have played on big stages in front of big television crowds, in front of big arenas or football fields —…
