Random thoughts as the NCAA Division I women’s volleyball conference season kicks into full gear on a Tuesday when unbeaten — unbeaten! — Cal plays host to No. 4 Stanford in the first of their final two Pac-12 matchups before both schools go to the ACC next year.
There are 16 other matches on the Tuesday schedule, including four in the Horizon League. Defending-champion Wright State (4-7) is at Robert Morris (3-8), Cleveland State (6-5) plays IUPUI (6-5), Northern Kentucky (5-6) plays Youngstown State (5-6) and Oakland (6-6) plays Purdue Fort Wayne (5-7).
No. 18 Baylor of the Big 12 plays the WAC’s Stephen F. Austin. The ACC’s Florida State plays North Florida of the ASUN, there’s a battle in D.C. when American plays Howard and the two Nashville teams face off when Belmont plays Lipscomb.
Want to watch? We have the conference-by-conference schedule with viewing links for any match that is being shown in our VolleyballMag.com TV & Streaming Listings.
In the only match Monday, Giovana Larregui Lopez had 25 kills as Eastern Illinois (11-1) beat visiting Southern Indiana (4-8) in the Ohio Valley Conference…