NCAA Women
December 17, 2023
TAMPA — This, of course, is the big day, the NCAA Division I Volleyball Championship title match between top-seeded Nebraska and seventh-seeded Texas.
We’ll have more on that in a later post Sunday in advance of the 3 p.m. Eastern first serve on ABC.
First, some NCAA news and notes.
FREE AGENCY: Florida has the first major signing from the transfer portal and a really big name is up for grabs.
German Isabel Martin, the 2022 Mountain West player of the year for UNLV and MWC co-player of the year this season, will play her graduate year for the Gators.
Martin, a 6-foot outside, played two years at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa before the product of Mauerstetten, Bavaria, transferred to UNLV. This season she shared MWC honors with Boise State’s Paige Bartsch after leading the Rebels in kills with 514 (4.32/set), hitting .294. She had a team-high 38 aces and was second in digs 244 (2.05/set).
Minnesota junior Taylor Landfair has entered the portal. The 6-5 outside from Plainfield, Illinois, is a three-time all-Big Ten player and was a VolleyballMag.com first-team All-American in 2022.
Landfair led Minnesota in kills this season with 361 (3.19/set) and aces (35).
