Unranked Kansas State scored the upset of the year in the Big 12 Wednesday night by not only beating visiting Texas, but sweeping the Longhorns. K-State had lost 39 in a row to Texas, a streak started in 2003.
Seton Hall not only knocked visiting St. John’s out of a three-way first-place tie in the Big East, it too, came away with a surprising sweep.
Top-ranked Nebraska won a tough four-set match against visiting Northwestern, No. 11 Kentucky bolstered its SEC lead with a quick sweep at AVCA No. 24 Auburn, Ohio State swept visiting Michigan State, and Denver moved into a tie with Omaha atop The Summit League by beating the Racers in five.
The recaps and top performances follow but first a look at Thursday’s NCAA Division I women’s volleyball schedule.
The big match is in Palo Alto, when Stanford (20-3, 13-1), No. 3 in the VolleyballMag.com Super 16 Media Poll, plays host to No. 6 Oregon (21-4, 11-3) in the Pac-12. Third-place Arizona State (22-4, 10-4) is home for Colorado (14-11, 6-8). Also in the Pac-12, Utah goes to Arizona and Oregon State is at Cal.
There are three matches in the Big 12, including VBM No. 13 BYU plays at UCF, AVCA No. 22…
