There were 23 NCAA Division I women’s volleyball matches Wednesday.
Just five of them did not end in sweeps, including Georgia Tech’s four-set, comeback ACC win at Clemson, USC’s five-set Pac-12 win at UCLA, and Indiana’s four-set Big Ten over Illinois.
Line of the night: NCAA kills leader Kayley Cassaday had 18 more with no errors in 37 attacks to go with two assists, an ace, eight digs and a block as Tulsa swept Temple.
The recaps and best performances from those 23 matches follow, but first a look at Thursday’s schedule.
The highest-ranked team in action is No. 7 Washington State (10-1), which entertains Washington (9-2) in the rivalry known as the Apple Cup. This is the first time since 2002 that WSU is the higher-ranked team in this rivarly that Washington leads 55-20. Also in the Pac-12, Arizona State (12-0) — the last team out of the AVCA top 25 — puts its unbeaten record up against visiting Arizona and Utah goes to Colorado.
The lone Big Ten match has No. 12 Minnesota at Iowa.
There are three Big 12 matches, No. 25 Iowa State at West Virginia, USF at Cincinnati, and TCU at Kansas State. Both UCF and TCU are receiving votes in the AVCA…
